In Episode 1545 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how the ‘we must do something’ industrial complex has lost the fight for clean air.
The National Green Tribunal also said that green crackers can be used from 11:55pm to 12:30am at places where air quality is 'moderate' or below, during Christmas and New Year.
Multiple hashtags trend on Twitter over the suspension of the account 'True Indology'. Roopa had a heated exchange with this user on mention of crackers in scriptures.
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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