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India urges Iran to release 40 sailors detained from 4 ships

India has asked Iran to release nearly 40 Indian seafarers who were detained from four different merchant ships seized by the Persian Gulf country over the past eight months on different charges,......

Modi flags off longest river cruise, inaugurates Tent City

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the world's longest river cruise -- MV Ganga Vilas -- which will cover 3,200 kilometres across 27 river systems in five states in India and......

Modi to flag off world's longest Varanasi-Dibrugarh river cruise on Friday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the world's longest river cruise, MV Ganga Vilas, and inaugurate a 'Tent City' on the banks of the Ganga river in Varanasi on January 13 via video......

Can Modi Achieve 'DMK mukt' Tamil Nadu?

'If he has not achieved a 'Congress mukt Bharat' even now, the question of his creating a 'DMK mukt Tamil Nadu' does not arise,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......

Why I Support Narayana Murthy

If 4,000 workers could work round the clock for the construction of the new Parliament building, then there is no reason why all infrastructure projects too cannot follow that model, asserts Dr......

Ports are being developed as hubs of green hydrogen production

The government is developing ports across the country as centres for green hydrogen production and export, Sarbananda Sonowal, minister of ports, shipping and waterways (MoPSW) said on Tuesday.......

Going local for global: Bharat Global Ports to test waters at home first

The government is looking to give Bharat Global Ports a certain amount of domestic exposure after it set up the state-owned consortium to increase India’s global maritime heft, officials......

Ganga to get country's first inland waterway

The project would facilitate the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to put in place infrastructure and navigation services needed to develop the waterway. The Union government and the......

Shipping ministry wants to use road funds for inland waterways

Transportation via inland waterways is cost-effective and more environment-friendly than rail or road transportation The shipping ministry is looking to divert part of the funds from the Central......

Govt plans to convert 101 rivers into waterways: Gadkari

Transport minister says they are cheaper mode of transport than road and rail; so far only 5 river stretches have been declared waterways Keen on promoting water transport to propel economic......

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India urges Iran to release 40 sailors detained from 4 ships

Modi flags off longest river cruise, inaugurates Tent City

Modi to flag off world's longest Varanasi-Dibrugarh river cruise on Friday

Can Modi Achieve 'DMK mukt' Tamil Nadu?

Why I Support Narayana Murthy

Ports are being developed as hubs of green hydrogen production

Going local for global: Bharat Global Ports to test waters at home first

Ganga to get country's first inland waterway

Shipping ministry wants to use road funds for inland waterways

Govt plans to convert 101 rivers into waterways: Gadkari

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