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Important topics and their relevance in UPSC CSE exam for February 22, 2026. If you missed the February 21, 2026, UPSC CSE exam key from the Indian Express, read it here. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO FRONT Trade to rare earths: India and Brazil for a stronger Global South Syllabus: Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies-II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting ...Read More >
India is bracing for potential trade turmoil with the US as proposed 50% tariffs loom. Economist Swaminathan Aiyar suggests the dispute transcends trade, implicating geopolitics due to India's stance on Russian crude oil. Aiyar cautions about the impact on India's defense ties with the US, questioning future arms purchases if treated unfavorably. With just one day to go before the proposed 50% tariffs come into effect, India is bracing for a stormy phase in its trade relations with the United S ...Read More >
WASHINGTON/SEATTLE, July 17 (Reuters) - A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month supports the view that the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane's engines, said a source briefed on U.S. officials' early assessment of evidence. The first officer was at the controls of the Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 787 and asked the captain why he moved the fuel switches into a position that starved the engines of fuel and requested that he res ...Read More >
Medical records for an Air India pilot killed in last month's crash are reportedly now being reviewed by investigators amid reports he'd been suffering from depression and other mental health issues. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was the lead pilot when the London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner went down in Ahmedabad on June 12 -- killing 241 people on board and leaving just one sole survivor. Sabharwal, who had more than 15,000 flying hours under his belt at the time of the tragedy, had taken me ...Read More >
The captain of an Air India plane that crashed last month killing 260 people had promised he would return home hours before jetting off on the doomed flight. Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was the senior pilot onboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that plummeted into a residential area in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 people on board and 19 people on the ground. The veteran aviator, who had more than 8,200 hours in the cockpit, is being looked into by investigators over suggestions he turned off ...Read More >
The fuel switches that were cut off before the Air India plane crash are designed so that this cannot easily "accidentally" happen, an aviation expert has said. The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a medical college shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad Airport on June 12, killing 241 people on board. Another 19 other people also died and 67 were seriously injured. A preliminary report from India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, published on Friday, said both of the ...Read More >
India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has called for restraint from the public and international media as it investigates the recent Air India crash which authorities have described as one of the most devastating aviation incidents in recent years. Last month, an Air India Boeing 787 crashed at Ahmedabad killing 270 people. Initial findings by AAIB said that the fuel switches were cut off seconds after taking off. The report also mentioned that there was confusion among the two ...Read More >
The DGCA is expected to advise airlines using Boeing 787s to inspect the locking mechanism of fuel control switches, in the wake of the Air India crash preliminary report. Amid the ongoing probe with the Air India plane crash, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is likely to instruct airlines to check the locking mechanism of fuel switches, according to CNBC-TV18. The report quoted sources as saying that the DGCA directive would be issued to airlines using Boeing 787 aircraft, and ...Read More >
BENGALURU, July 15 (Reuters) - Air India said on Tuesday it would partially restore its international flight schedule that was scaled back following the crash involving its flight last month that killed 260 people. As part of the restoration, Air India will start a thrice-weekly service between Ahmedabad and London Heathrow from August 1 to September 30, replacing the currently operating five-times-a-week flights between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for London fr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 14 (Reuters) - The probe into last month's Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad city is "far from over," CEO Campbell Wilson said in an internal memo on Monday, adding that the airline is open to further inquiries and warned against "premature conclusions." The memo, seen by Reuters, comes after a preliminary report on Saturday showed confusion in the cockpit shortly before the Air India jetliner crashed and killed 260 people last month, after the plane's engine fuel cutoff s ...Read More >
One month after the tragedy, an early investigation into the accident has detailed a breakdown of the minutes leading up to the incident, which killed 260 people, as ITV News' Sejal Karia reports. A preliminary report into the Air India crash last month has found that fuel to the engines appears to have cut off shortly after takeoff. According to the report, the switches in the cockpit which provide fuel to the engines turned to the CUTOFF position. The engines tried to restart, but it was to ...Read More >
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