The Indian Air Force successfully conducted a night landing of the C130-J transport aircraft at the Kargil airstrip. This marks the first time a night landing has been carried out at the airstrip, situated near the Line of Control in Ladakh.
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to soldiers who lost their lives in the 1999 Kargil War and laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in Delhi.
The emergence of 4 species of Indian goliaths
In a newly opened-up economy, first-generation entrepreneurs pushed forward, unsettling the traditional pecking order. Several prominent business family groups collapsed entirely, others simply slid down the rankings. Art: The Indian Ambassador by Sunil Padwal, 2020
(Courtesy: Sunil padwal/Galleryske)
Gita Piramal
Post 1991, Indian entrepreneurs curious to explore the world’s markets and technologies were encouraged rather than discouraged by the state
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As they mature, business sectors consolidate. By its very nature, consolidation creates goliaths.
In the 1990s, four species of goliaths emerged in India. One was global: transnationals who collect companies across the world, including in India. The other three are wholly Indian in parentage, surfacing from big business family groups, fresh talent and the government. Almost every major sector has its own sub-set of two or three goliaths, drawn from any of the four paren