For decades, the Kashmir Valley has relied heavily on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, or NH-44, for petroleum products and other essential commodities. Weather disruptions, landslides and road damage along the mountainous highway have repeatedly affected the movement of supplies.
The growth of India’s domestic defence industry is perhaps the clearest indication of this transition. Defence production reached a record ₹1.78 lakh crore in FY2025–26. Public-sector entities accounted for around 76 per cent of output, while private companies contributed the remaining 24 per cent.
The platform now provides visibility for 100 per cent of India’s EXIM container movement. It uses Radio Frequency Identification, Internet of Things, Big Data and cloud technologies to follow containers across ports, railways, highways, industrial zones and border checkpoints.
CMEs are among the most dramatic and powerful events in our solar system — gigantic eruptions of magnetized plasma hurled from the Sun at millions of kilometres per hour. When directed toward Earth, they can damage satellite systems, disrupt power grids, and interfere with global communications.
Bhringaraja belongs to the Asteraceae family and is perhaps best known for its association with healthy hair. Indeed, names such as Kesharaja, meaning “king of the hair”, and Kesharanjana, referring to its traditional association with darkening or colouring the hair, reveal how deeply this plant became connected with hair care in the Ayurvedic tradition. Yet Bhringaraja is considerably more than a hair herb. Classical Ayurvedic practice has also employed it in conditions involving the skin, digestion, respiratory system, intestinal parasites and disorders traditionally associated with the liver.
Indian manufacturers are now capable of designing and producing modular ballistic-protection systems intended for military forces, police units, paramilitary personnel and specialised security teams. These products combine indigenous research, advanced ceramics, high-strength polymers, technical textiles and ergonomic load-distribution systems.
In the Mahabharata, however, Anga is far more than merely Karna’s territorial title. His installation as its king becomes one of the defining moments of the epic. It is the moment when Duryodhana transforms Karna from an unknown challenger at the Hastinapura tournament into a crowned monarch, establishing a political and personal friendship that survives until Karna’s death at Kurukshetra.
The Masked Finfoot has since undergone catastrophic decline across much of Asia. It was upgraded to Critically Endangered in 2022, and the eastern Sundarbans of Bangladesh are now considered its most important surviving stronghold.
The ₹6,000 crore Central Sector sub-scheme operates under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). It covers four years from FY2023-24 to FY2026-27.
The United States accounts for the overwhelming majority of the retrieved antiquities, with 589 objects returned to India. Australia has accounted for another 51 antiquities, while 21 have been retrieved from the United Kingdom and one from the Netherlands.
