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In today’s newsletter: Israel takes unilateral action against Iran, which was in the middle of negotiations with the US, taking the Middle East to the brink of all-out war
Aamna Mohdin
Flight AI171 was bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff
Emine Sinmaz in London and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Witnesses at a hospital near the impact site described parts of the plane landing on a canteen building as 200 people ate inside
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Jason Burke
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is sole survivor of crash and told his brother he does not know how he escaped from the plane
Alexandra Topping and Kate McCusker
Air India tragedy comes after Boeing agreed US justice department payment to avoid prosecution over 2018 and 2019 crashes
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
The passenger plane bound for London Gatwick crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad
Graphics by Paul Scruton. Video by Mathilde Poncet and Sarah Bertram
Hundreds of woman in one cane producing district were agreeing to the surgery, say activists, in order to keep working long, physically punishing hours
Deepa Parent and Ruchi Kumar
Critics say the government’s plan to eradicate the country’s decades-long Maoist rebellion comes at a bloody price – and questions whether there are motives other than a wish for peace
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi
Shubhanshu Shukla is part of four-person mission launching on Tuesday from US
Oliver Holmes
Prominent Sikh gurdwara says Pennsylvania-based Hindu American Foundation has promoted ‘the interests of the BJP’
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington
Mark Carney declined to answer if he believed Indian PM had a role in murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Letter: Dr Adam Parr says Britain should promote regenerative agriculture at home and in frontline countries around Europe to prevent mass population displacement
Those hoping to study in US are in limbo or looking elsewhere after president’s targeting of foreign students
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi
Sankirtan mandali troupes are usually male singers and dancers. But in Odisha, women are joining in to spread safety messages as the climate crisis turns their region into a tinderbox
Roli Srivastava and Rakhi Ghosh in Angul and Keonjhar, Odisha
Bengali singer who has more Spotify followers than Taylor Swift to bring ‘sheer power’ to same London stage as Beyoncé
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Disinformation spread to mainstream channels in what experts call deliberate ‘informational warfare’
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
Use of xenon gas and hypoxic tents before recent expeditions have triggered alarm in Nepal, where guides fear it could encourage inexperienced climbers
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Gaurav Pokharelin Kathmandu
Other lives: Writer and cross-cultural organiser who founded the multilingual Kavya Rang poetry group in Nottingham
Matt Turpin
Incident next to Gujarat border occurs weeks after four-day conflict between countries
Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad
Announcement wipes about $70bn off Apple shares amid pressure on company to build smartphones in US
Dan Milmo Global technology editor
The author and activist, who was subject to a fatwa in 2000, has won the prestigious prize for translated fiction with her translator Deepa Bhasthi for her collection of short stories about the lives of Muslim women. They explain why Heart Lamp’s themes ‘are universal’
John Self
A cooperative in Pune, India, is diverting waste from the landfill while also alleviating poverty
Shatakshi Gawade
Three children and two adults killed in attack on bus en route to army public school in Balochistan province
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Translator Deepa Bhasthi’s pick of 12 of Mushtaq’s ‘life-affirming’ tales about women’s lives in southern India becomes the first short story collection to win the £50,000 award
Lucy Knight