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The Tragedy of Flight AI171

Ullekh NP

India in mourning after the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London crashes moments after take-off, raising questions about aviation safety. Lone survivor among 242 aboard, many students of BJ Medical College feared killed as the plane on fire crashes into their dining hall

Ahmedabad, June 12,2025: Debris from Air India Flight AI171 outside BJ Medical College
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The Dreamliner That Didn’t Climb

V Shoba

The crash of AI171 exposes the narrow margin between flight and failure and the unforgiving nature of take-off

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In the Beginning Was the Hunt…

S Prasannarajan

Keeping pace with Frederick Forsyth’s Jackal

Edward Fox as the Jackal in the movie
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News Briefs | Web Exclusive

Last Flight: The Tragic Death of a Pilot

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot of the ill-fated AI 171, lived alone with his octogenarian father in Mumbai

Politics

The Redundant Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s inept handling of the party organisation is rapidly eroding its credibility amid growing dissent

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Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangkok, April 4, 2025

Essays | Open Essay

A Breach Dhaka Cannot Afford

As Sheikh Hasina is indicted and relations between Bangladesh and India deteriorate, the army is losing its patience with Muhammad Yunus

Kamal Haasan in Thug Life

Columns | Dharma Dispatch

The Kamal Haasan Saga

Once a great actor and now a wannabe intellectual

Columns | Comment

What’s in a Deal?

India is closely watching the evolving Trump-Xi dynamic

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Columns | Soft Power

Swaraj versus Jihad

The freedom movement was a struggle for the subcontinent’s soul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Chenab railway bridge in Jammu & Kashmir, June 6, 2025

Politics | 11 Years of Prime Minister Modi

The Modi Booster

In Prime Minister Modi’s eleventh year, his government is working with states to simplify regulations while RBI is gambling on growth by reducing lending rates and increasing liquidity

Columns | Letter from Washington

The End of the Affair

A full and final breakup between Donald Trump and Elon Musk will leave both sides weaker and Republicans vulnerable in the midterms

Columns | Insider

Jaishankar Goes to Europe

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has had to negotiate some rough weather following Trump’s self-adulatory comments but patient handling seems to have paid off

Coffee drinkers at Greenr , Delhi

Features | Food

National Coffee Break

The coffee drinking India is on the rise

Art & Culture

Colonial Imprints

When textile labels chronicle the Raj legacy

Books

The End of Immunity

A lawyer-writer explains how Augusto Pinochet’s 1998 arrest in London changed international law even as he pursues the connection between the dictator and a notorious Nazi war criminal

Columns | Tech Talk

Translucent by Design

Apple unveils ‘Liquid Glass’ to improve the display of its devices

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