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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicFreight

Topic: freight

Railways’ massive Dedicated Freight Corridor nears completion 2 decades later — why it’s a big deal

Moushumi Das Gupta -
80% of 2,843-km DFC was operational by August 2023. Built at a cost of Rs 1.24 lakh crore, the corridor — made up of eastern and western arms — spans 9 states & 77 districts.

Indian Railways transporting FMCG is good. But it has on-ground challenges to address

Palak Passi -
Indian Railways needs a flexible policy framework to move away from the traditional rigid structure so that it can grow its ‘smalls’ traffic.

Why railways’ Dedicated Freight Corridor was delayed, and how it could be a game-changer

Sanya Dhingra -
As the total 2,843-km project is finally set to take off, here’s why it is significant for the railways and for goods movement in the country.

Indian Railways to go ‘corporate’, asks zones to prepare marketing plans to boost business

Sanya Dhingra -
Railway Board tells zonal railway general managers it will regularly review Business Development Units, which are tasked with doubling freight loading by 2024.

Merchant ships to become slower by 2020 to cap sulphur levels

Alex Longley -
In order to comply with IMO regulations, cargo ships have two options - slow down or bear additional costs

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Opinion

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

Stela Dey -
The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

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Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Economy

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

Udit Bubna -
With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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