The plane crashed near the town of Menzelinsk, about 960 kilometers east of Moscow.
Amit Panghal (52kg), who is also the reigning Asian champion, defeated Philippines' Carlo Paalam 4-1 to be assured of at least a bronze at the World Boxing Championships.
Duryodhan Negi lost to Jordan's Zeyad Eashash in the second round, while Satish Kumar went down 0-5 to Richard Torrez of the USA in his opening-round bout at the World Men's Boxing Championships.
Amit Panghal (52kg), who is also an Asian Games gold-medallist, thrashed Chinese Taipei's Tu Po-Wei 5-0 to move into the pre-quarterfinals at the World Boxing Championships on Saturday.
Manish Kaushik (63kg) defeated Kyrgyzstan's Uulu Argen Kadyrbek 5-0 in the only bout of the day for India at the World Boxing Championships.
Brijesh Yadav (81kg) didn't just defeat Poland's Maleusz Goinski 5-0 but also left him with a wound on his head in the first and only bout of the day for India at the World Boxing Championships.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.