Hundreds of divers go to the Yamuna River in New Delhi to hunt for coins, trinkets, discarded bottles and shards of metal and wood that can be sold in the capital's booming scrap market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/society/india-river-divers-health-treasures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #india #rivers

A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates that it was the younger co-pilot who asked his more experienced colleague why he turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/society/air-india-captain-fuel-switches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #airindia #india #airlines

Last month's deadly Air India crash and a recently released Australian report on the midair breakup of a helicopter in 2023 have renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over use of cockpit video cameras. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/society/air-india-cockpit-video-recorders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #airindia #airlines #aviation #airaccidents #india

India's Fauja Singh, believed to be the world's oldest distance runner, has died in a road accident at age 114, his biographer said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/16/more-sports/oldest-marathoner-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #faujasingh #india #uk

India ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensifies of fuel switch locks after a deadly Air India crash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/airlines-boeing-fuel-switches-air-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boeing #airlines #aviation #airindia #airaccidents #india #southkorea

The succession of the Dalai Lama is a thorn in China-India relations, the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi said, as India's foreign minister prepares to visit China for the first time since deadly border clashes in 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/asia-pacific/politics/china-dalai-lama-succession-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #dalailama #india

Remote work is changing how Indian professionals — and their families — live, work and thrive in Japan. Five years after the pandemic, a new kind of migrant story is emerging. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/07/14/issues/indian-migration-japan-remote-work/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #india #immigration #foreignworkers #tech #indiancommunity #indiajapanrelations #expats

The Air India jetliner that crashed on June 12 was doomed almost immediately upon taking off, after both engines lost fuel supply and the pilots ran out of time to regain control and avert catastrophe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/air-india-crash-cockpit-fuel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #india #airindia #airaccidents #boeing

Stark contrast to the far superior #Indonesia pavilion next door, which highlighted the country's cultural & natural diversity, not highlighting one religion or ethnic group over others.

A new report depicted confusion in the cockpit before an Air India jetliner crashed, killing 260 last month, after the plane's engine fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped, starving the engines of fuel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/asia-pacific/air-india-crash-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airaccidents #airindia #india

Over one quarter billion on #strike over Indian government's pro-employer attempts to bust unions and worsen working conditions

https://www.bwint.org/BwiNews/NewsDetails?newsId=666

#strikes #union #unions#UnionStrong#India#UnionBusting#BharatBandh#AllIndiaStrike#CTU#MinimumWage #pensions#SocialSecurity#PSU #privatisation #neoliberalism#INBCWF#WorkingClass #capitalism #exploitation#ClassWar

A month after the worst aviation accident in India in decades, authorities are poised to release a preliminary report into the catastrophe, offering the first official clues to what caused the aircraft to crash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/asia-pacific/air-india-crash-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #airindia #aviation #airaccidents #boeing #india

250 million Indian workers and farmers on the streets in a national strike.

The strike was called by the trade unions and farmers groups against anti-workers labor codes and failures of the government to enact a legal support price for farm products.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/07/09/250-million-indian-workers-and-farmers-on-the-streets-in-a-national-strike/

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The glitzy Indian Premier League is becoming a "global phenomenon" with a business value that has been estimated at $18.5 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/10/more-sports/indian-premier-league-value/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #indianpremierleague #india #royalchallengersbengaluru

India is looking to boost its output of rare-earth magnets to cut its reliance on China, which controls about 90% of the world's processing of the minerals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/india-rare-earth-china-reliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #india #china #rareearths #mining #trade

New Delhi has found itself in a tough position following U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs on India over its participation in the BRICS forum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/trump-brics-india-trade-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #india #narendramodi #brics

@MishaVelthuis Another issue, is that Mastodon is only for 13% translated to #Hindi, 15% to #Tamil, 10% #Punjabi, and 5% to #Marathi. Just to name a few. Of course a lot of people can read English but using Mastodon in their mother tongue is a plus. #India has a large diaspora, so maybe those people can be of use?

Just curious: am I right that there is still no dedicated Mastodon (or Fediverse?) server with a regional focus on #India?