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India falls two spots in WEF Gender Gap Index, ranks 131
The Hans India
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June 13, 2025
New Delhi: India has ranked 131 out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025, slipping two places from its position last year. With a parity score of just 64.1 per cent, India is among the lowest-ranked...
India Manual Toothbrush Market Competition, Forecast & Opportunities To 2030: How Colgate-Palmolive And Hindustan Unilever Dominate India's Manual Toothbrush Market Amidst Rising Challenges
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The India manual toothbrush market is expanding due to rising oral hygiene awareness, government health initiatives, and affordability. Key opportunities include innovating eco-friendly products to align with...
India plane crashes into student hostel kills 241 with one survivor
Switch TV
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June 13, 2025
Ahmedabad, India – It was just past lunchtime when the quiet at a medical college in Ahmedabad was shattered by the roar of engines and the sound of disaster. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport,...
asia 'I don't believe how I survived': Air India sole crash survivor says he escaped through broken emergency exit
Asiaone
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June 13, 2025
NEW DELHI — The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people said he walked out of a broken emergency exit after the aircraft hit a medical college hostel in the city of Ahmedabad. Ramesh Viswashkumar, who police...
India Mourns as Air India Plane Crash Claims 265 Lives in Ahmedabad
Business Hallmark
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June 13, 2025
Grief and shock gripped India on Friday as the death toll from Thursday’s devastating crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner rose to 265, making it one of the country’s worst aviation disasters in recent years. The London-bound Flight AI171...
India News | Ensure a Thorough Probe into Ahmedabad Plane Crash: CPI(M)'s MA Baby
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Thrissur (Kerala) [India] June 13 (ANI): CPI (M) General Secretary MA Baby has expressed his shock over the AI-171 plane crash that claimed 241 lives. On behalf of the party, Baby extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families on...
Pacific Mini Games to Unite Region through sports and sister state partnerships
Island Times
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June 13, 2025
KOROR, Palau – Palau is preparing to host its largest-ever regional event, the 22nd Pacific Mini Games, with more than 2,000 athletes confirmed to participate—making it the most attended Mini Games in over a decade. Two thousand eighty-five...
asia Rescuers search for missing people, aircraft parts after Air India crash kills over 240
Asiaone
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June 13, 2025
AHMEDABAD, India — Rescue workers searched for missing people and aircraft parts on Friday (June 13) after an Air India plane crashed onto a medical college hostel in the city of Ahmedabad, killing more than 240 people in the world's worst...
India launches probe into deadly Air India crash that killed 241
Sabah
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June 13, 2025
Authorities have opened an investigation into one of India’s deadliest aviation disasters after an Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 241 of the 242 people on board. The lone survivor remained in critical condition, officials...
India News | Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Relatives Anxiously Await DNA Verification to Identify Victims
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 13 (ANI): As authorities on Friday continued the process to identify through DNA sampling the deceased in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, shattered families wait anxiously to get details of their loved...
India News | Omar Abdullah Urges Centre to Ensure Safety of Kashmiri Students in Iran After Israeli Strikes
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 13 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir (J-K) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday urged External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar to ensure the safety and well-being of the Kashmiri students currently in Iran,...
India News | Whole Country is Saddened by This Incident: Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Arun Sao
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao paid tribute to those who were killed in the AI-171 plane crash in Ahmedabad a day earlier and said that the State government and the Centre are providing...
India News | Whole Country is Saddened: Speaker Om Birla Expresses Grief over Ahmedabad Plane Crash
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Kota (Rajasthan) [India] June 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has expressed his deep sorrow over the AI-171 plane crash, which claimed several lives on Friday. Birla also said that several people from Rajasthan were among the victims....
India News | IIT Delhi Opens Admissions for Batch 5 of Advanced Certification in Data Science and Decision Science
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), through its prestigious Continuing Education Programme (CEP), has commenced admissions for the fifth cohort of its Advanced Certification in Data Science and...
India News | MP CM Mohan Yadav Meets French Ambassador to India Thierry Mathou, Signs MoU with French Embassy, Alliance Francaise
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav met French Ambassador to India Thierry Mathou and signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Embassy and Alliance Francaise....
India News | Chhattisgarh Dy CM Vijay Sharma Condoles Loss of Lives in AI-171 Crash
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma on Friday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the Air India plane crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad that claimed 241 lives a day earlier. "May God...
India News | Soon, Enjoy Evening Tour from PM Museum to War Memorial on AC Bus
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
New Delhi, Jun 13 (PTI) The Delhi government will soon start an AC electric bus service to ferry tourists from Pradhanmantri Sanghrahalya to the War Memorial on an 'evening' tour. The buses will have a certain coloured design to make them...
India News | Travel-loving Couple in Air India Crash Were Heading to London for Summer Vacation
Latestly
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June 13, 2025
Agra, Jun 13 (PTI) Neeraj Lavania and his wife Aparna were among the 241 souls onboard flight AI-171 from Ahmedabad to London who died when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff on June 12. The couple shared a passion for travelling and were...
China continues push for greener packaging
The Independent (U.S.)
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June 13, 2025
With express delivery ubiquitous in China, where almost 175 billion packages were delivered last year, the public and private sectors are taking steps to address the reduction of packaging waste and forge a more sustainable way forward for the...
China, Spain vow to deepen cooperation, uphold multilateralism
CGTN
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Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met Spanish King Felipe VI on Thursday, with both sides pledging to deepen cooperation and uphold multilateralism and free trade. Conveying Chinese President Xi Jinping's greetings to the king, Han said China...