Anshika Patel from Pakri Godam village in Jaunpur made an impression at the prestigious Washington and Lee University without even sitting for the SAT.
According to Forbes World’s Billionaires list 2021, number of Indian billionaires, at 140, is the third highest in the world behind US and China. Bezos and Musk are the richest.
The net worth of RIL chairman rose up to 73% last year to $88.7 billion. Gautam Adani took the second spot on the list with a net worth of $25.2 billion.
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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