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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicSamudrayaan project

Topic: Samudrayaan project

A giant plunge towards Samudrayaan: 2 Indians create history with 5,000-metre dive into Atlantic Ocean

Raju Ramesh & Jatinder Pal Singh will be 'aquanauts' to lead India's own Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) Samudrayaan in 2027.

Big step for Samudrayaan as ISRO, NIOT complete key weld on deep-sea submersible after ‘700 trials’

Samudrayaan, which is part of gov’s larger Deep Ocean Mission, will send humans to a depth of 6,000 metres. Journey will be undertaken in a spherical submersible vessel, Matsya-6000.

India’s first crewed deep-sea mission set for testing—‘We’re to oceans what ISRO is to space’

Matsya 6000 submersible will be tried in a harbour off Chennai with three crew members on board. If all goes as planned, in 2026, National Institute of Ocean Technology will send a crew 6,000 metres under the Indian Ocean.

‘Vigyan Shri’ awardee says Indian Ocean remains poorly explored, hails Samudrayaan deep-sea mission

In an interview with ThePrint, Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi talks about the need for ocean studies with climate change challenges and other related issues.

On Camera

There’s an emerging duopoly in India’s aviation sector. 7 reforms to encourage competition

Companies should not unnecessarily increase fares to increase their profits and should adhere to aviation regulations. The need today is to issue licenses to new players.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.