In 2017, Congress lost Goa govt to BJP despite emerging as the single-largest party, mainly because it had not stitched an alliance with other parties & Independents.
PM Modi's announcement of a university in UP named after Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh put the spotlight on Jat politics. Here are some other influential icons from the community.
The former finance minister also rejected the possibility of a change in the party's leadership after its losses in the recently concluded assembly polls.
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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