The US President's first defense secretary James Mattis issued a sharply worded and unprecedented rebuke, raising pressure on Trump, who is seeking a re-election.
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.
Military helicopters were hovering aggressively at tree top height in Washington, trying to disperse protesters. Violating FAA guidelines. Had one of them crashed, with the resulting fireball claiming hundreds of innocent lives, that would have been the end of the Trump presidency.
Military helicopters were hovering aggressively at tree top height in Washington, trying to disperse protesters. Violating FAA guidelines. Had one of them crashed, with the resulting fireball claiming hundreds of innocent lives, that would have been the end of the Trump presidency.