Briefs | FLIGHT MH370 – Investigators for missing Malaysia flight meet in Paris

French and Malaysian investigators are meeting in Paris with a judge after the arrival of a wing fragment many hope will solve the mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Experts are trying to determine whether the part comes from the plane, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. It was found on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion and returned to the French mainland. Air safety investigators, including one from Boeing, have identified the component as a flaperon from the trailing edge of a Boeing 777 wing, a U.S. official has said. Flight 370 is the only missing 777 and many are convinced the flap comes from the ill-fated jet.

India – Gov’t orders telecoms to block more than 850 adult websites

India has ordered Internet service providers to block access to more than 850 adult websites in what the government describes as a way to protect social decency. N.N. Kaul, a spokesman for India’s department of telecom, said yesterday the government was controlling easy access to pornography following a directive from the country’s top court. Kaul said that while Internet service providers in India will have to bar access, users may still view the sites through virtual private networks and proxy servers. He said the move would protect children. The leaked government order asks service providers to block access to the 857 sites on grounds of morality and decency. The order has caused a furor with many in the country accusing the government of moral policing and infringing on personal freedoms.

India – Monsoon rains kill more than 100 people

Heavy monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in India in the past week and forced tens of thousands of people to take shelter in state-run relief camps, India’s Home Ministry said Sunday. A cyclone struck the worst-hit state of West Bengal, where 48 people have been killed and nearly 215,000 villagers have been taken to relief camps after heavy rains triggered flooding, the ministry statement said. More than 200 medical teams using 120 boats have reached the area. Authorities said they have so far distributed over 400,000 drinking water pouches, in an effort to prevent the outbreak of water-borne diseases. Another 28 deaths were reported from western Rajasthan state. Rescue workers evacuated nearly 1,000 people to higher ground there. On Saturday, at least 20 people were swept away by a landslide that flattened up to 10 homes in Jourmol, a tiny village in the northeastern Manipur state, a spokesman for the National Disaster Response Force said Sunday.