At the UN Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism, two Indian victims recounted not only what happened during the attack, but what followed. The event was held on 8 and 9 September.
Nidhi Chaphekar is among a group of Jet Airways employees meeting ministers & keeping track of airlines' insolvency resolution process in a bid to get it up and running.
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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