Breaking News Live Update: From chips to ships, India building new manufacturing future, says PM Modi at Vadodara
Synopsis
Speaking at the ‘NaMo for Viksit Bharat’ event in Vadodara, PM Narendra Modi highlighted the completion of the 2,800-km Dedicated Freight Corridor, calling it a backbone of India’s trade and commerce. He said over 430 freight trains now operate daily, while a double-stack train can carry cargo equivalent to 250+ trucks. Modi also spoke of India’s manufacturing push “from chips to ships” and education reforms focused on talent. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Surat-Vapi bullet train section is expected to be completed by December, with testing to follow before inauguration.
PM Narendra Modi at 'NaMO 4 Viksit Bharat' event at Vadodara, Gujarat
Breaking news live update: PM Narendra Modi, speaking at the ‘NaMo for Viksit Bharat’ event in Vadodara, underlined how India’s freight and rail infrastructure is being transformed, from the completion of the 2,800-km Dedicated Freight Corridor to double-stack container trains and the upcoming bullet train. He also spoke about India’s manufacturing ambitions “from chips to ships” and education reforms focused on talent and skills. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Surat-Vapi bullet train section is expected to be completed by December.
In other news, Marine traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed amid escalating Middle East tensions, according to shipping data, highlighting growing caution among vessel operators and renewed risks to global energy supplies.
In other news, Marine traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed amid escalating Middle East tensions, according to shipping data, highlighting growing caution among vessel operators and renewed risks to global energy supplies.
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Recently, a double-stack container freight train was operated from JNPT (Mumbai) to Vadodara—meaning the train ran with one container stacked on top of another. With this single trip, the volume of cargo transported from Mumbai to Vadodara was equivalent to that of over 250 trucks. Now, enter the 'naraaz fufa' figure—the one who will immediately start complaining: "What about the truck drivers? Where will the trucks go? What will happen to those who bought trucks?" Well, 'fufa' has found something to grumble about now...
- PM Modi at 'Namo 4 Viksit Bharat' event at Vadodara
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NAMO 4 VIKSIT BHARAT Event: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that around 1.5 lakh wagons have been added to the railway network, as India enters a new chapter in manufacturing “from chips to ships”, while speaking at the NaMo 4 Viksit Bharat event in Vadodara
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- PM Modi at 'Namo 4 Viksit Bharat' event at Vadodara
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