Brendan Dabhi works with The Indian Express, focusing his comprehensive reporting primarily on Gujarat. He covers the region's most critical social, legal, and administrative sectors, notably specializing at the intersection of health, social justice, and disasters....Read More
Brendan Dabhi works with The Indian Express, focusing his comprehensive reporting primarily on Gujarat. He covers the region's most critical social, legal, and administrative sectors, notably specializing at the intersection of health, social justice, and disasters.
Expertise
Health and Public Policy: He has deep expertise in healthcare issues, including rare diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), the complex logistics of organ transplants, and public health challenges like drug-resistant TB and heat health surveillance. His on-ground reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic and Mucormycosis was critical in exposing healthcare challenges faced by marginalized communities in Gujarat. Social Justice and Legal Administration: He reports on the functioning of the legal and police system, including the impact of judicial philosophy, forensics and crucial administrative reforms (. He covers major surveillance and crackdown exercises by the Gujarat police and security on the international border. Disaster and Crisis Management: His work closely tracks how government and civic bodies respond to large-scale crises, providing essential coverage on the human and administrative fallout of disasters including cyclones, floods, conflict, major fires and reported extensively on the AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad. Civic Infrastructure and Governance: Provides timely reports on critical civic failures, including large scale infrastructure projects by the railways and civic bodies, as well as the enforcement of municipal regulations and their impact on residents and heritage.
Jul 01, 2025 04:50 IST
A preliminary report submitted by the AMC's five-member probe panel had led to the dismissal of...
Tue, Jul 01, 2025
Jun 24, 2025 01:49 IST
Body of one Indian male passenger yet to be confirmed by DNA profiling, say...
Tue, Jun 24, 2025
Jun 22, 2025 21:15 IST
Truck carrying aircraft tail gets stuck in tree near Ahmedabad’s Shahibaug, traffic halted as AMC...
Mon, Jun 23, 2025
Jun 22, 2025 01:06 IST
Meanwhile, the process of DNA analysis of samples taken from the bodies of victims with those of...
Sun, Jun 22, 2025
Jun 21, 2025 07:37 IST
With most victims charred beyond recognition, including 12 people at the crash site, confirming...
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
Jun 21, 2025 04:05 IST
One of the officers quoted above said around 650 trained personnel were involved in the...
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
Jun 21, 2025 04:03 IST
Kalawadia’s DNA was matched with a family member’s and his body was handed over to his family...
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
Jun 19, 2025 21:43 IST
The afternoon of June 12 was no different. Until, around 1.40pm, when an Air India plane crashed...
Fri, Jun 20, 2025
Jun 19, 2025 01:03 IST
In the early hours of Wednesday, at 2.10 am, morgue officials in Ahmedabad had handed Ajay’s body...
Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Jun 18, 2025 13:58 IST
Meanwhile, 190 bodies have been identified with DNA analysis as of Wednesday morning and 159 have...
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
Jun 18, 2025 13:16 IST
His family is headed to the Union Territory of Diu to perform the last rites for his younger...
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
Jun 18, 2025 04:02 IST
Proper care has been taken to ensure site is unaffected by natural factors:...
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
Jun 17, 2025 04:20 IST
Paramedic recalls guiding lone survivor of Air India crash to...
Tue, Jun 17, 2025
Jun 16, 2025 17:38 IST
Bodies of deceased handed over to their families, says BJ Medical College...
Mon, Jun 16, 2025
Jun 16, 2025 01:09 IST
The couple had come to Ahmedabad earlier this month for a medical procedure and were on their way...
Mon, Jun 16, 2025
Jun 15, 2025 01:22 IST
As two cranes reached the hostel compound to extricate the tail of the plane, crowds swelled...
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Jun 14, 2025 23:15 IST
A 1,200-bed hospital and a police camp are in the vicinity of the Meghaninagar area, where the...
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Jun 14, 2025 17:27 IST
Confirmed death toll of BJMC hostel residents now at four; 20 students injured, of which 11 have...
Sat, Jun 14, 2025
Jun 14, 2025 16:00 IST
Chief Fire Officer Amit Dongre said the body had been sent to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital for...
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Jun 14, 2025 07:03 IST
Meena Mistry was rolling out rotis, Aryan Rajput moved to the handwash area, Jeet Bhuriya walked in...
Mon, Jun 16, 2025
Jun 13, 2025 20:51 IST
Two former Zydus doctors, their three children lost their lives in the fatal crash of Air India...
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025 12:50 IST
13-year-old Akash, whose family had been evicted a fortnight ago and were sleeping on a pavement...
Sat, Jun 14, 2025
Jun 13, 2025 01:24 IST
When the fire department and police control room received the first messages of the crash around...
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
Jun 12, 2025 21:52 IST
Confirming the deaths at the medical college, Dr Minakshi Parikh, Dean, B J Medical College, said...
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
Jun 12, 2025 02:02 IST
The communal harmony initiatives, entering their fourth edition this year, have become an annual...
Thu, Jun 12, 2025