Eighteen passengers, including two pilots, were killed when Air India flight IX-1344 from Dubai skidded off the tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport, Kerala, broke into two and the front half fell 30 metre down a slope. More than 150 psasengers of the Boeing 737 aircraft were injured in the accident. The pilot, Wing Commander (retired) Deepak Sathe, was cremated with state honours in Mumbai.
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Holding that daughters cannot be deprived of their right to equality, the Supreme Court has ruled they will have equal rights to property in a joint Hindu family, even if the father died before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005.
A fire at a coronavirus treatment/quarantine facility in Hotel Swarna Palace, Vijayawada, killed 10 people. The blaze has been attributed to a short-circuit in an air-conditioner on the ground floor. A private hospital had leased the hotel to treat COVID-19 patients.
