logo
ENFRع
#

Latest news with #PriyaPatel

Lucky seven who failed to board ill-fated flight and lived
Lucky seven who failed to board ill-fated flight and lived

Time of India

time15-06-2025

  • Time of India

Lucky seven who failed to board ill-fated flight and lived

1 2 3 Sometimes, destiny doesn't announce its warnings aloud. It just intervenes through mundane ways: a mother's emotional plea, traffic that refuses to clear or just a gut feeling that something isn't quite right. For seven passengers meant to board Air India Flight 171 on June 12, these subtle interventions became the difference between life and death. Yaman Vyas had his return journey to London all planned. The warehouse worker, who holds a UK work permit, was wrapping up a visit to his family in Vadodara after two years abroad. His bags were packed, documents ready and he was not expecting to return to India for at least another year. But as he prepared to seek his parents' blessings before departure, his mother was overcome with emotion. The thought of another lengthy separation seemed unbearable. "Thhoda divas rokai jaa ne, beta (Just stay back for a few more days, son)," she pleaded, her voice heavy with affection. His father supported her request. Overwhelmed by his mother's plea, he simply cancelled his flight, no questions asked. "Later that afternoon, when messages about the crash started flooding my mobile, I realised how my mother's instinct had saved my life." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Furious Audiologists Try To Ban This $160 Crystal Clear Hearing Breakthrough risinghealthtrends Learn More Undo For Jaimin Patel, 29, and Priya Patel, 25, from Chandlodia in Ahmedabad, the journey to London was meant to be a happy reunion. Their friend Rohit Yadav had invited them for holidays, and they arrived at the airport with visitor visas, all excited about the trip. At the check-in counter, however, their plans hit a hurdle. The Air India staff informed them that queries had been raised regarding their documentation, which required resolution before boarding passes could be issued. Jaimin and Priya Patel told the staff that it was impossible to resolve the matter at such short notice and begged to be allowed on the flight. But the staff remained firm, saying they cannot violate the protocol. After waiting at the airport for an hour in mounting frustration, Jaimin and Priya returned home disappointed. "About an hour later, one of my friends called and just said, 'Switch on the TV right now!' When I saw the news, I was shocked," Jaimin said. "The flight had crashed. I have never been so grateful to God. I thank the Air India staff for putting their foot down and not letting us board the plane." Sometimes the heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend. That is exactly what Savji Timbadia, a Nikol resident, experienced. Everything had been arranged for his trip to London, where his son lives and works. He had seat 1-A reserved on AI 171. But early on Thursday morning, Timbadia made an unexpected call to his son, which puzzled both. "I told my son I did not feel like flying and would postpone my departure until Monday. When he asked about the sudden change of plan, I could only describe a feeling of mental unease. It was not something I could explain." That afternoon, a friend sent him a message asking him to watch the news on TV. "I got the answer to what made me feel uneasy," he said. "Lord Swaminarayan saved my life." Another passenger, who had a similarly lucky escape, was Bhoomi Chauhan. She had every reason to curse Ahmedabad's notorious traffic congestion enroute to the airport. The Bharuch native was to return to her husband in London after her vacation. Taking detours and navigating through traffic jams, when she reached the airport at 12.20pm, she was told that the boarding gates had closed at 12.10pm. "I pleaded with the staff to let me board the flight, but to no avail," she said. Angry and disappointed, she was returning to Bharuch when she learned about the crash. "I was shocked and also grateful to the divine for saving me," she said. "I was leaving my son in India. This was nothing but Ganpati Bappa's miracle." Jayesh Thakkar from Vadodara has business obligations to thank for saving his life. The organizer of one of the biggest garba events in Vadodara, Thakkar was scheduled to be on that ill-fated flight but got delayed in Kolkata due to work. "I was delayed in Kolkata due to work and realized I would not make it to Ahmedabad in time for the flight. That is when I decided to change my itinerary," Thakkar said. Similarly, Ravji Patel decided against flying that day with his son-in-law Arjun Patoliya as he had work to be completed. Arjun was going back to his daughters in London after the post-death rituals of his wife, Bharti, whom he lost to cancer in May. "He insisted that I go with him and meet my granddaughters, aged 8 and 4. But I had some work to do and told him that I will fly down after a fortnight. He agreed to book the tickets for me," Ravji Patel said, still reeling under the shock of losing two loved ones in 20 days. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .

3-Year-Old Arrested By ICE Agents in California
3-Year-Old Arrested By ICE Agents in California

Newsweek

time06-06-2025

  • Politics
  • Newsweek

3-Year-Old Arrested By ICE Agents in California

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A 3-year-old was among those arrested during route checks at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Francisco on Wednesday. At least 15 people, including young children, were taken into custody, according to immigration rights advocates. Newsweek has contacted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for comment. Why It Matters Several of the detainees, including parents and young children, spent the night at the ICE field office at 630 Sansome Street, according to Priya Patel, a supervising attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. Advocates reported that the group included at least four children and consisted of residents from San Francisco, Contra Costa, and San Mateo counties. Individuals with pending immigration cases are usually required to report to ICE officials at least once a year while their cases move through an often backlogged court system. Newsweek has revealed several cases of green card holders and undocumented immigrants being detained at immigration appointments at ICE field offices across the United States. An ICE agent with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) pictured during an operation in May 2019 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (Photo by) An ICE agent with U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) pictured during an operation in May 2019 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (Photo by)What To Know Advocates from the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ) and Mission Action say that some of the detainees were still in the middle of their immigration proceedings and did not have final deportation orders. Others were complying with ICE supervision requirements as part of ongoing legal processes. Several of those detained have since been transferred to detention facilities, including the Golden State Annex in McFarland, California, and the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, which holds women and children. Advocates also raised concerns that children detained with fathers may face family separation, as there are no facilities equipped to house fathers with children. Several undocumented immigrants were taken into custody and held in the building's basement, with some reportedly held overnight, according to immigration attorneys and family members. Democratic lawmakers are furious with the move. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi launched a scathing attack on Trump's immigration enforcers over the incident. "It is stupid that ICE is now arresting families and children for obeying the law. The detained immigrants were diligently cooperating with law enforcement and complying with the law by reporting to their regularly scheduled check-in with ICE," Pelosi said. These families were following their normal routine – and if the purpose of ICE is to ensure immigration laws and processes are enforced and followed, these arrests run counter to that mission and are inconsistent with it. Protesters gathered outside the ICE field office on Wednesday evening to express their opposition to the recent detentions. What People Are Saying Pelosi said in a press release: "The traumatic impact these detainments will have on these families – including a three-year-old child – who are being detained for obeying the law is outrageous and unforgivable. This menacing conduct will instill fear in immigrants who have scheduled future check-ins with ICE officials and their trepidation may deter them from pursuing lawful pathways. Clearly ICE does not place a value on our responsibility to the wellbeing of families. Patel told reporters on a press call: "They're disappearing families and not even giving folks the courtesy of telling us what they're going to do with them when these are families who have legitimate fears of returning to their country." San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder said in a statement: "San Francisco can no longer pretend it is immune from the reaches of the Trump administration," Fielder said in a statement. "Every official and organized body must denounce this attack on constitutional rights and express support for our immigrant San Franciscans."

Big Mars Dust Devil Eats Smaller Twister In NASA Rover Video
Big Mars Dust Devil Eats Smaller Twister In NASA Rover Video

Forbes

time03-04-2025

  • Science
  • Forbes

Big Mars Dust Devil Eats Smaller Twister In NASA Rover Video

This large dust devil in the center consumed a smaller nearby dust devil on Mars in January. Future human visitors to Mars will have to deal with an unfriendly planet. It's dusty. It's windy. Sometimes those two factors come together in a swirling spectacle. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured a group of dust devils out for a dance across the red planet's surface. Be forewarned there's some dust-devil cannibalism. The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory shared the rover's extraordinary view in a video released on April 3. The images come from late January. The video shows several dusty twisters swirling across the landscape. The largest one closest to the rover measured 210 feet in width. That's about the wingspan of a 747 airplane. Look for two other obvious dust devils in the background. You might think a jumbo dust devil on Mars would fling you around like Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz,' but that's not the case. 'If you were standing there, not to worry,' said atmospheric scientist Priya Patel in the video. 'The Martian atmosphere is so thin that it would feel like a gust of wind, though you'd get pretty dirty.' A video of Perseverance rover images shows a larger dust devil consuming a smaller one. There's a sneaky fourth dust devil in the video. A smaller puff can be seen trailing the closest twister. The larger dust devil ate up the daintier one, which was just 16 feet wide. 'If two dust devils happen upon each other, they can either obliterate one another or merge, with the stronger one consuming the weaker,' Perseverance scientist Mark Lemmon said in a NASA statement. It's a dust-devil-eat-dust-devil world on Mars. 'If you feel bad for the little devil in our latest video, it may give you some solace to know the larger perpetrator most likely met its own end a few minutes later,' said Lemmon. 'Dust devils on Mars only last about 10 minutes.' The big dust devil in the video is reminiscent of a well-known sighting from 2012 when NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft saw a real whopper from up above. That dust devil's plume was about 210 feet wide, much like the one Perseverance saw. However, MRO's dust devil measured out at around 12 miles high. That's roughly the height of two Mount Everests stacked on top of each other. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted a 12-mile-high dust devil in 2012. Studying dust devils is about more than the wow factor of these wild whirlwinds cavorting across the landscape. They can help scientists understand wind patterns, surface-atmosphere interactions and climate. 'Every time we spot a dust devil, it helps us refine our climate models of Mars,' Patel said. Perseverance is exploring the rim of the Jezero Crater. It landed inside the crater in early 2021 and spent its time examining an ancient river delta and collecting rock samples. It took an epic climb, but the rover made it to the rim late in 2024. Scientists were eager to get a closer look at unusual formations that had only been seen from above by orbiting spacecraft. The crater rim is a whole new adventure. Percy recently spotted a strange rock packed with spherules and scientists hope to figure out where it came from. The rover is continuing its rock-collecting hobby by taking samples from the rim and sealing them in tubes. NASA hopes to send a future mission to retrieve the rover's samples and bring them back to Earth for closer study. The samples could be key to answering our most pressing Mars question: Did the red planet once host microbial life? Mars was a much more watery place long ago and NASA rovers have spotted intriguing hints of possible ancient life. The rovers are rolling laboratories, but they're not equipped to find a definitive answer. For that, we need laboratories and scientists on Earth. NASA's current rovers, Perseverance and Curiosity, are built to withstand the dusty Mars environment. Both use a nuclear power source so they don't end up defunct like the solar-powered Opportunity rover. Opportunity succumbed to a planet-wide dust storm that kicked up in 2018. That storm makes Perseverance's Mars dust devils look pretty tame by comparison.

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Get Started Now: Download the App

Ready to dive into a world of global content with local flavor? Download Daily8 app today from your preferred app store and start exploring.
app-storeplay-store