Former British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh, an alumnus of UBC, called the decision to scrap the event ‘most ill-considered’ and not behoving of a world-class university.
Bal was scheduled to speak at UBC’s Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial programme. But alleged pressure from 'radical' Sikh activists forced the university to cancel it.
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.
He is not a Sikh leader. He hates Sikhs and is misleading people.