The Centre has earmarked significant funds for shipping and logistics in the Budget, with a major thrust on container manufacturing, ports, inland waterways and ship repair facilities.
China’s growing deployment of survey vessels in the Indian Ocean underscores a reality only recently acknowledged in the wider strategic discourse: hydrography is geopolitical currency.
With a fresh wave of naval upgrades and smart partnerships, India is stepping up its maritime game to secure trade routes, boost stability, and carve out a leading role in the Indo-Pacific.
Modern innovations may have reshaped marine industry but preserving traditional knowledge vital for heritage, sustainable practices, says ex-director general of Shipping Malini Shankar.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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