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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicSea link

Topic: sea link

Budget doubled over 5 years, Rs 63,000 crore Versova-Virar sea link to be Mumbai’s costliest so far

The sea link will connect Versova, a western suburb of Mumbai, to Virar, fast-growing, dense residential hub. When it was first conceived in 2018, it was estimated to cost Rs 30,000 crore.

Maharashtra govt plans a new 42-km sea link for Mumbai after years of flip-flops

Proposed Versova-Virar sea link could help establish a ring route around Mumbai along with five other roads, some of which have already been built.

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Why India has friends everywhere, but leverage nowhere

India is too close to Israel for Iran’s trust, yet still blindsided. It risks losing assets like Chabahar port and export markets, while key partners don’t factor in its concerns.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

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

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.

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

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.