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AI-171 CRASH THE HUNT FOR ANSWERS • In one of the worst aviation disasters, the London-bound Air India flight 171 Boeing 787-8 aircraft with 230 passengers and 12 crew on board crashed at Ahmedabad shortly after taking off, killing 241 people on board and an unknown number of casualties on the ground. What went wrong?

FATAL TRAJECTORY • Four possible reasons why the Boeing Dreamliner came down in a crash a few seconds after takeoff

STAMPING OUT STAMPEDES • Frequent stampedes expose critical gaps in planning, policing and preparedness across India’s crowded public spaces

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The Ketamine Cacophony

A SEA OF TROUBLES • As two shipwrecks foul its coastal waters, Kerala finds itself staring at a deepening maritime emergency that threatens its fragile marine ecology and millions of livelihoods

STALIN GETS A SLOGAN • The census and an election: that’s 2026 in Tamil Nadu. Renewed fears, as well as politics, over delimitation play well for DMK—for now

AAP SEEKS A CHHOTA REFERENDUM • A chance election in Ludhiana West gives the Mann regime an arena in which to test its urban popularity

NO END T O NREGA FAMINE • It’s been over three years since the Centre paused funds to the job scheme in Bengal, alleging a scam. A bitter debate picks up ahead of polls

THE GORAKHPUR MODEL • The home base of CM Yogi Adityanath is emerging as the industrial nerve centre of eastern UP

SAVING THE FROG • A new awareness campaign hopes to get an illicit delicacy—frog’s legs—off Goa’s restaurant menus

MARCHING TO THE DECEPTION BEAT • The fraud in MP Police’s selection test for constables shows the practice still thrives in the land of Vyapam scam

A LEASE RENEWAL AT CM’S OFFICE • Ambitious rivals crowd the Jaipur palace, but BJP is inclined to favour Sharma’s continuation

DROWNING IN PLASTIC • INDIA IS NOW THE WORLD’S BIGGEST PLASTIC POLLUTER. WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR HEALTH AND HOW TO FIX IT

DUBIOUS DISTINCTION • India may be producing less plastic waste per capita than, say, China, but mismanagement of that waste makes it the world’s worst offender in plastic emissions

GROWING SEA OF PLASTIC • Plastic waste has devastating consequences all around—polluting oceans, harming wildlife, endangering health and the climate

WASTE TO WEALTH • Plastics can be grouped in two categories: thermoplastics and thermosets. While thermoplastics can be remoulded 2-3 times into any shape after being heated and are therefore easy to recycle, thermosets can be moulded only once. Here are the different kinds of plastics, their uses and recyclability

TACKLING TRASH • Experts highlight steps that India can take to address the environmental threat effectively

A LINGUA FRACAS OVER HINDI • THE NEP’S THREE-LANGUAGE POLICY AND THE UNION GOVERNMENT’S PUSH FOR HINDI HAVE SPARKED A HOSTILE REACTION FROM SEVERAL STATES

SMALL CARS, BIG LOSSES • Rising costs from stricter safety and emission rules, coupled with a shift toward SUVs, have battered small car sales. Carmakers are...