NEW DELHI -- One passenger onboard the ill-fated plane that crashed in west India was rescued alive after several hours had lapsed since the tragedy occurred, confirmed a top cop on Thursday.
However, the identity of the lone survivor could not be ascertained yet. (India-Crash-Survivor)
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NEW DELHI -- One person was killed, at least seven people are reported missing, and 50 others injured at the premises of B J Medical College in the western Indian state of Gujarat, where an Air India flight with 242 people on board crashed Thursday, a doctor association said.
"Fifty 50 MBBS students admitted (Stable), 4-5 students missing, 2-3 critical in High Dependency Unit/Intensive Care Unit (HDU/ICU), 3-4 relatives of resident doctors missing. Wife of one super-specialist doctor found dead," reads a brief statement posted on social media by the Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) Doctors Association. (India-Plane crash)
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NEW DELHI -- India's foreign ministry said a lot of people have lost their lives in Thursday's plane crash with 242 people on board an Air India flight to London in the western state of Gujarat.
The Air India flight had 169 Indian nationals, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese nationals and one Canadian on board when it crashed shortly after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, about 17 km south of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. (India-Plane Crash)
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MOSCOW -- Russia and the United States, as major global powers, are destined to live in non-confrontational peaceful coexistence despite their disagreements, said Russian ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev on Wednesday.
Speaking at a reception at the Russian Embassy, Darchiev emphasized the need for cooperation between the two nations. (Russia-US-Ties)
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HANOI -- Vietnam's National Assembly on Thursday officially passed a resolution on merging provincial-level administrative units, reducing the number of provinces and cities from 63 to 34, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Based on the current status and development orientation of Vietnam's 63 provincial-level localities, the government has formulated merger plans for 52 provinces to establish 23 new administrative units. (Vietnam-Provincial Merger,1ST LD WRITETHRU) ■
