National Disaster Response Force personnel deployed in Odisha and West Bengal are ready to evacuate 11 lakh people likely to be severely hit by cyclone 'Amphan'.
It is likely to cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Islands in West Bengal & Hatiya islands in Bangladesh between afternoon & evening of 20 May.
Indian subcontinent is world's most affected region with regard to tropical cyclones — between 1891 and 2000, 308 cyclones have struck India's east coast.
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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