China has launched a major dam project on the Brahmaputra River, which increases concerns about possible impacts on water flows in India and Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the US NTSB has dismissed Western media reports as speculative about Air India crash. Here are the top 5 news stories from the dayChina starts a mega-damage project on BrahmaputraChina on Saturday started building a large dam on the Brahmaputra River in Southeast Tibet near the border with India. Chinese premiere Lee Kiang attended the groundbreaking ceremony, the news agency AFP reported local media. China enhances a large -scale hydropower project, aimed at the water flow in India and Bangladesh with a view to promoting China’s carbon neutrality and regional development. Read full storyAir India Crash: US NTSB Conditions Western Media Report ‘Satta’Following a barrage of reports in Western media, who blamed the AI 171 captain for closure of fuel supply to the Qayamat Air India Dreamliner for the June 12 accident, the US National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) has now called those articles “premature and speculative”. Read full storyUttarkashi Helicopter Crash: AAIB report says that pilot tried emergency landingAccording to the AAIB report, the helicopter started descending from its prescribed height about 20 minutes after the takeoff. The pilot tried an emergency landing on the Uttarkashi-Gangotry National Highway, but failed. During the landing attempt, the main rotor of the helicopter hit an overhead fiber cable running along the road, causing an accident. Read full storyActor Sangeet Bijlani’s farmhouse vendedPolice said that a farmhouse related to film actor Sangeeta Bijlani has been found to be barbaric in Pune district of Maharashtra. Read full storyRahul Gandhi says, ‘Make in India is just assembly, not manufacturing’Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called for a “grassroots change” to make India a true manufacturing power. He said that in the name of ‘Make in India’, the country is only collecting products and is not really not building them. Read full story
