Sukhoi crash
A board of investigation has been set up to find the cause of the Sukhoi aircraft crash near Nashik in Maharashtra on Wednesday, the fighter jet maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said.
“Su-30 MkI, produced at HAL Nashik, crashed during a sortie in local flying area of Ozar (Nashik) Airport today at 11 hrs,” HAL said in a statement.
It said the aircraft was piloted by Wg Cdr Prashant Nair accompanied by Sqn Ldr L Biswal (Flight Test Engineer) and they ejected safely.
According to local police, the aircraft crashed in a farm at Wavi-Thushi village near Pimpalgaon Baswant town, around 25 km from Nashik.
ABVP protest
Delhi police and paramilitary force personnel baton charge ABVP supporters during a protest outside NSUI office, in New Delhi on Wednesday.
ABVP protesters protested outside NSUI headquarters, against NSUI president. Police and paramilitary force resorted to lathi charge.
H.H. Sheikh Al Nahyan Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UAE garlanded Mahatma Gandhiji's statue and tried the spinning wheel at Hridaykunj, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
The following three days will see ambassadors and high commissioners of four countries and a delegation of United Arab Emirates led by its Foreign Affairs Minister visiting the country for an insight into development here.
The visit of the diplomats on Wednesday and Thursday was sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs as part of a programme to promote Indian States abroad.
Rain in Delhi
Commuters cross a road during a rainfall, in New Delhi, on Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
Overcast skies and very light rains in some parts of the national capital offered relief to Delhiites as the maximum temperature settled at 34.2 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season's average. Rain continued on Wednesday bringing cheers to Delhiites.
Earlier, the MeT department has forecast a partly cloudy sky becoming generally cloudy sky from June 27 onwards.
“Strong surface winds likely during the day time during next 48 hours. Possibility of thundery development on June 26. Thunderstorm with rain likely to occur June 27 and June 28,” said Met. Since June 1, the city has received only 4.7 mm or rainfall which is 30.6mm less than the normal for the month.
Nikki Haley in India
United States envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, at the Humayun tomb in New Delhi.
United States envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, at the Humayun tomb in New Delhi.
Nikki Haley is in India for the first time as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. During her two-day visit, she will meet senior Indian officials, NGO and business leaders, students and the inter-faith community.
Talks between Ms. Haley, the highest ranking Indian-American in the Donald Trump administration, and Indian officials could include a host of topics, including India-U.S. strategic ties and significant global developments.
Interactive session with Andhra CM
Women trainee sub-inspectors during an interactive session with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu (unseen) at Undavalli near Vijayawada on Wednesday.
Missing Thai soccer team
A soldiers rests as rescue teams continue the search for the young soccer team and their coach that went missing in a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
Rescuers battled heavy rains Wednesday as they struggled to drain a flooded cave in Thailand where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped for days, as desperate relatives clung to hope the boys will be rescued soon.
The young football team, aged between 11 an 16, have been stuck in the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand since Saturday night after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance.
Protests against U.S. top court
Activists during a protest against the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump's travel ban outside the the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018.
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Donald Trump's travel ban was being met with outrage and heartbreak at demonstrations. Immigrant-rights activists crowded into the park across the street from the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan on Tuesday to voice their dismay at the decision.
Protesters chanted, cheered and held signs reading "No ban, no wall." The crowd included those separated from family as a result of the ban, which covers people from five countries with predominantly Muslim populations: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen as well as North Korea and some Venezuelan government officials and their families.
Explosion at Texas hospital
People hug near Coryell Memorial Healthcare System hospital where an explosion in a building under construction injured several people in Gatesville, Texas on Tuesday.
One construction worker was killed and a dozen others were injured after an explosion at an addition to a Texas hospital Tuesday, authorities said.
All of those killed or injured were construction workers and not hospital staff or patients, sources said.
The incident was reported about 2-30 p.m. Tuesday at a construction site at the 25-bed hospital in Gatesville, 58 km west of Waco. Witnesses said an electric generator inside an uncompleted hospital expansion exploded, spreading shrapnel. However, Dave Byrom, the hospital’s chief executive, said the blast possibly started with a gas line.
