Dadam mining zone, comprising 48 hectares in the middle of protected forests, has been lucrative as well as controversial over the years. The landslide last week has led to more questions.
NDRF and SDRF teams continue rescue work overnight. Panel under district magistrate to probe mining activities in the Dadam mining zone by Goverdhan Mines and Minerals.
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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