Wreckage of Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft, seen a month after the tragedy, in Ahmedabad, Saturday, July 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI From hotel booking cancellations to loss of baggage, and from accidental death coverage to trip plan withdrawals, insurance companies have received a range of claims from the kin of the Ahmedabad Air … Read more
PA Campaigners have held frequent demonstrations in memory of loved ones who died due to infected blood used in medical procedures Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal are being “harmed further” by long waits for compensation, the chair of the public inquiry into the disaster has said. In a hard-hitting report, Sir Brian … Read more
Harriet Heywood BBC News, Cambridgeshire BBC Pelvic mesh was used to give weak or damaged tissue extra support and treat incontinence in women for many years A woman has criticised the government for “dragging its feet” when it came to making reforms for women harmed by pelvic mesh implants. Five years ago, the Cumberlege First … Read more
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy interacting with the families of the victims of a reactor blast that took place at Sigachi Industries in Sangareddy district on Tuesday (July 01). | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy visited the Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd unit in Pashamylaram Industrial area in Sangareddy district on … Read more
A selfie taken by Prateek Joshi with his wife and three children before the Air India flight took off from Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Prateek Joshi, one of the victims of the Ahmedabad Air India flight crash, had studied medicine in Belagavi in Karnataka. He hails from Banawal … Read more
GPs in England are to help the NHS find more undiagnosed patients affected by the contaminated blood scandal. It is thought thousands of people could have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood transfusions in the 1970s, 80s and 90s; part of a scandal which affected more than 30,000 people in the … Read more
Pahalgam terror attack victim Samir Guha’s wife speaks to the media regarding ‘Operation Sindoor’, in Kolkata, on May 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Widows of Pahalgam victims, in West Bengal, have welcomed ‘Operation Sindoor’ even as they come to terms with their grief. Sohini Adhikari, widow of Bitan Adhikari (40) who was killed in … Read more
More victims of the infected blood scandal will die without ever receiving full compensation, a government minister has said. The paymaster general Nick Thomas-Symonds was giving evidence to a special session of the public inquiry into what’s been called the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. It’s thought 30,000 patients in the UK were infected … Read more
A day after the deadly attack in which at least 26 people were killed, in the Pahalgam area of Anantnag in south Kashmir. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has suspended its campaign against the Waqf (Amendment) Act for three days in solidarity with victims of the terrorist attack … Read more
Sian Vivian BBC Wales Investigates Wyre Davies BBC Wales Investigates Tony Summers, whose son died after contracting HIV and Hepatitis C from infected blood products, says he “just wants this to be over” Victims of infected blood are dying “two a week” while awaiting compensation for the biggest scandal in the history of the NHS, … Read more