Death of 3-yr-old Sujith Wilson who had fallen into a borewell in Tamil Nadu Friday, has once again brought to focus the dangers posed by open & abandoned borewells.
15th finance commission is exploring ways to ensure funds are available to states not just for relief, but also for rehabilitation, mitigation & capacity-building.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi instructed senior officers to maintain close coordination with officers of affected states, and ensure relief operations are unhindered.
The National Disaster Response Force & the Indian Coast Guard have been put on high alert as cyclone Fani is expected to intensify into a very severe storm.
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.
If the PM Cares has now 10000 cr. Wonder if the same fund was to have been promoted by someone else would it have got the same response.