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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Business
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Oil Rises Amid Middle East Tensions
0008 GMT — Oil rises in early morning Asian trading amid Middle East tensions. Israel's military said it was conducting strikes in Tehran area of Iran early Wednesday local time. The military also issued two warnings about incoming missiles, saying launches had been detected from Iran and it was trying to intercept them. Ongoing missile attacks between Israel and Iran have increased concerns over possible supply disruptions, says Axel Rudolph, senior technical analyst at IG, in an email. Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 0.5% higher at $75.22/bbl; front-month Brent crude oil futures are 0.4% higher at $76.74/bbl. ( Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.
Hindustan Times
13-06-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Air India Boeing Jet Crash Probe Puts Early Focus on Engine Thrust
AHMEDABAD, India—An investigation into the crash of a London-bound bound Air India Boeing 787-8 that killed over 240 people is focusing on whether the aircraft had a loss or reduction in engine thrust, and if that played a role in the crash, according to people briefed on the accident probe. The aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad with 242 people on board on Thursday, leaving a single survivor. It reached an altitude of 625 feet in clear conditions when it stopped transmitting location data, according to Flightradar24, just 50 seconds into the flight. Efforts to contact the cockpit after it issued a Mayday call drew no response. The probe was in its early stages, and new points of interest could emerge as investigators comb through crash-site wreckage and recover and analyze the plane's flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders. The people familiar with the probe cautioned that engine thrust was an early focus as many questions remained unanswered. Investigations can last months and often point to a number of factors contributing to a crash, such as crew missteps and maintenance errors. Video of the Air India flight showed the jet lifting off, then descending into a residential area in Ahmedabad, one of India's most populous cities, sending flames and smoke into the sky. Ahmedabad is the largest city in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi visited the crash site on Friday and Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where many of the victims on the ground and the sole surviving passenger were taken. Around 100 people injured on the ground were brought to the hospital, including about 50 medical students who were at a dormitory where the plane crashed, a doctor there said Friday. Four students died, a few were in intensive care with serious injuries and several were still missing, the doctor said. The flight was carrying 230 passengers, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. A nurse who treated the lone survivor said he had some cuts and abrasions but nothing life-threatening. 'He is traumatized but physically he is fine,' she said. The survivor was a British national of Indian origin, Air India said. The Air India crash was the first fatal incident for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, which entered service in 2011. As is the case with other modern aircraft, it is equipped with advanced safety systems that can aid pilots in emergencies. 'Investigations will take time, but anything we can do now we are doing,' Air India's chief executive, Campbell Wilson, said Thursday. Write to Shan Li at and Andrew Tangel at Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.
Mint
13-06-2025
- General
- Mint
Air India Boeing jet crash probe puts early focus on engine thrust
An investigation into the crash of a London-bound bound Air India Boeing 787-8 that killed over 240 people is focusing on whether the aircraft had a loss or reduction in engine thrust, and if that played a role in the crash, according to people briefed on the accident probe. The aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad with 242 people on board on Thursday, leaving a single survivor. It reached an altitude of 625 feet in clear conditions when it stopped transmitting location data, according to Flightradar24, just 50 seconds into the flight. Efforts to contact the cockpit after it issued a Mayday call drew no response. The probe was in its early stages, and new points of interest could emerge as investigators comb through crash-site wreckage and recover and analyze the plane's flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders. The people familiar with the probe cautioned that engine thrust was an early focus as many questions remained unanswered. Investigations can last months and often point to a number of factors contributing to a crash, such as crew missteps and maintenance errors. Video of the Air India flight showed the jet lifting off, then descending into a residential area in Ahmedabad, one of India's most populous cities, sending flames and smoke into the sky. Ahmedabad is the largest city in Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi visited the crash site on Friday and Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where many of the victims on the ground and the sole surviving passenger were taken. Around 100 people injured on the ground were brought to the hospital, including about 50 medical students who were at a dormitory where the plane crashed, a doctor there said Friday. Four students died, a few were in intensive care with serious injuries and several were still missing, the doctor said. The flight was carrying 230 passengers, including 169 Indian nationals, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian. A nurse who treated the lone survivor said he had some cuts and abrasions but nothing life-threatening. 'He is traumatized but physically he is fine," she said. The survivor was a British national of Indian origin, Air India said. The Air India crash was the first fatal incident for Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, which entered service in 2011. As is the case with other modern aircraft, it is equipped with advanced safety systems that can aid pilots in emergencies. 'Investigations will take time, but anything we can do now we are doing," Air India's chief executive, Campbell Wilson, said Thursday. Write to Shan Li at and Andrew Tangel at
Hindustan Times
05-06-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
Trump Orders Investigation Into Biden's Actions as President
President Biden in JanuaryPresident Trump ordered an investigation into Joe Biden's actions as president, including his use of an autopen, alleging that his predecessor's aides hid evidence of what he called Biden's 'serious cognitive decline.' Trump ordered the White House counsel, in consultation with the attorney general, to review whether Biden's team conspired to deceive the public about his mental state and unlawfully exercise presidential authority. Trump alleged that 'Biden's aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden's cognitive decline.' Autopens are machines programmed to imitate signatures and are often used by presidents and other government officials to sign legal documents. Past administrations have said autopen-signed documents are legally valid. In a statement, Biden said: 'Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false.' 'This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations,' Biden added, referring to the GOP's tax and spending bill. Trump has used the autopen, too, though he has played down those instances as dealing with minor correspondence. 'I almost never use the autopen,' he told reporters last week. 'In fact, yesterday I was signing about 81—I think it was 81 proclamations and statements to people that I think should be signed by us. I think when you write letters to foreign dignitaries or presidents or prime ministers, you should be signing those letters, not done with autopens.' Trump's order Wednesday comes after he commented recently on Biden's use of an autopen and amplified conspiracy theories. On Saturday, Trump shared on Truth Social a conspiracy theory that Biden was 'executed' in 2020 and replaced by a clone. In March, Trump questioned the validity of pardons issued by his predecessor, calling them 'void, vacant, and of no further force of effect' because they were signed via autopen. He said at the time, without evidence, that the documents weren't properly explained to Biden and that the staff who used the autopen 'may have committed a crime.' New books detailing Biden's decline in office have sparked a public reckoning in the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the former president was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Write to Victoria Albert at Get 360° coverage—from daily headlines to 100 year archives.
Mint
04-06-2025
- General
- Mint
North Korea races to fix capsized warship by Kim's deadline
SEOUL : The North Korean warship that capsized last month during a botched launch has returned to an upright position, satellite imagery shows, as the country works to restore the vessel before leader Kim Jong Un's patience runs out. The 5,000-ton destroyer is one of Kim's crown jewels in his dream of modernizing his decades-old navy. At a May 21 launch event, Kim witnessed his Choe Hyon-class destroyer—only North Korea's second such modernized warship—topple into the water. Officials had deployed a risky 'side launch" maneuver to get the ship off the dock. It failed. The destroyer's bow remained on land, while the stern plunged into the surrounding waters—flipping on its side and partially sinking. 'Absolute carelessness," Kim told officials. That was exactly two weeks ago. In the mishap's immediate aftermath, North Korea vowed to pump out the seawater over several days; the ship would be back upright in roughly 10 days. It covered the ship in blue tarps, hiding the damage to the outside world. The effort appears to be on track, despite the end-of-June target to restore the ship being met with skepticism, according to 38 North, a leading authority on North Korea's military, which analyzed satellite imagery of the Chongjin shipyard on June 2. Helipad markings that would be on the stern's deck are now visible, said 38 North, a website affiliated with the Stimson Center, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The Choe Hyon-class warship—named after a former North Korean guerrilla fighter—appears to have incurred damage to the sonar bow section, it added. Repairs would typically require the ship to be taken out of the water, then moved to the types of dry docks that the Chongjin shipyard lacks, 38 North said. For now, the damaged bow remains on the dock's launch mechanism, suggesting repairs will begin with that part of the warship, 38 North said. North Korean state media hasn't commented publicly if the submerged vessel has been lifted out of the water. The most-recent official mention of the warship came last week with a report that work restoring the balance of the warship was underway. North Korea has called the gaffe an 'unpardonable crime." The North Korean warship does appear to be upright in the satellite imagery from the 38 North report, and hitting the intended timeline seems plausible, said Choi Il, a retired South Korean navy captain. 'North Korea moved fast to keep the ship from sinking further into the sea," said Choi, who now heads the Submarine Research Institute in South Korea, which archives documents. Write to Dasl Yoon at and Timothy W. Martin at
