Raised on 30 July, 1846, as the XIV Ferozepore Sikhs or Sikh I, with Sikh 2 or the XV Regiment of Loodhiana being raised the following day, the Sikh Regiment today comprises 20 Battalions.
We are all well aware of Akshay Kumar’s knack for taking on social themes, but in Kesari he delivers an entire syllabus on social and political justice.
A doctored viral image on Twitter showed a purported Republic TV screenshot announcing this fake headline: '21 Sikh regiment refused to fight for India'.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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