Three elephants, including a calf, were found dead under mysterious circumstances in a privately owned forest in Vellore district on Thursday, triggering a joint Tamil NaduAndhra Pradesh investigation.

IndiGo issued a “heartfelt apology” to customers and industry stakeholders after widespread disruptions across its network and operations over the past two days, and said the airline “remains focussed on streamlining its operations at the earliest.”

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told AFP on Thursday it is “tragic” that child deaths will increase worldwide for the first time this century because wealthy Western countries have slashed international aid.