Compiled by JUNAID IBRAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A COPY of the Bhagavad Gita, which was found almost intact among the wreckage of the Air India plane crash, has become a talking point among Indian netizens.
Videos of one of the rescue workers finding the Hindu holy scriptures with minimal damage on its cover went viral online, Makkal Osai reported.
The discovery was even reported on TV.
Some people called it a “miracle” that the book was found in good condition although the entire plane went up in flames.
Last Thursday, Air India Flight AI171, which was bound for London, crashed shortly after take-off in the Indian state of Gujarat.
There was only one survivor among the 242 people onboard – a 40-year-old British man.
Apparently, there has been a constant stream of people trying to access or get near the crash area to take selfies of the air disaster.
This has led to many netizens voicing their displeasure over such behaviour.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
