Indian authorities deployed hundreds of rescue workers after flash floods triggered by sudden heavy rain on Wednesday left more than 100 people missing in Sikkim state, northeastern India.

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Two doctors and their children were some of the more than 240 people who tragically died on Air India Flight AI171 this week — as a photo shows the family of five smiling on board the aircraft ...