🚨 BIG BREAKING
Indiaʼs first HYDROGEN-POWERED train SUCCESSFULLY completed its trial run between Delhi and Jind 🔥
— Reached speeds of up to 120 kmph.
— Emergency braking and oscillation performance were SUCCESSFULLY tested.
The last decade has witnessed record infrastructure upgrading. We are committed to building next-generation infrastructure for the people of our nation to realise our vision of a Viksit Bharat.
#12YearsOfNayaBharatNirman
> be the United States
> undisputed "Empire of Roads" since the 1950s Eisenhower Interstate System
> global economic hegemony built on asphalt
fast forward to today
> get casually dethroned by a nation one-third your size
> be India
> 6.7 million kilometres of roads
> now the largest road network on the planet
> but length is only half the story
> look at the geographical context
> India is roughly 1/3rd the landmass of the US or China
> yet our road density is 204 km per 100 sq km
US is at 67. China is at 57
> we are on course to achieve total geographic and market saturation
> Critics usually cope by crying "but Indian roads are unpaved dirt tracks!"
> India has officially surpassed the US in total PAVED > road length too (4.5M km vs 4.3M km)
> China is only slightly ahead, and with India adding 10,000 kms a year (a Tokyo to London stretch annually), that gap is closing violently fast
> how did a notoriously slow bureaucracy pull this off?
> A synchronised, dual-engine policy execution
> Bharatmala & PM Gati Shakti - building the high-speed arterial expressways to crash corporate logistics costs and speed up freight
> PMGSY - building the rural capillaries, integrating 600,000+ remote villages directly into the formal consumer economy
> this density alters the macroeconomic reality of the Republic
> supply-chain friction? dying.
> post-harvest agricultural wastage? plummeting, because farmers can finally reach cold storage and markets
> Tier-3 and Tier-4 domestic consumption? unlocked and fully connected
> military mobility on contested Himalayan frontiers? secured for rapid deployment
you cannot become a superpower on mud roads
the Asian Century requires physical infrastructure to match its demographic ambition
the concrete is poured. the acceleration is here.
Should it be called the Indus Valley Civilisation or the Indus-Saraswati Valley Civilisation? Was there a massive river in ancient times, in what is today's Thar desert. Was that river the legendary Saraswati?
What do you think?
When Rambo single-handedly rewrote the trauma of Vietnam into a fantasy of American redemption, it wasn’t propaganda; it was ‘iconic’. When James Bond raced across the globe as a tuxedo-clad emissary of British superiority, it wasn’t propaganda; it was ‘style’. @Utpal_Kumar1 must read on the left propaganda on Dhurandar.
https://t.co/LAMdwIof3l
The most admirable thing about Akshaye Khanna is how genuinely content he seems with his life. He was at peace before Dhurandhar, and he appears just as undisturbed after the film created a fresh, unprecedented craze around him.
In similar situations, most actors would aggressively monetise the moment with back-to-back interviews, TV appearances, podcasts, and constant visibility to maximise money, relevance, and fame. Khanna, however, has been nowhere to be seen.
The ability to not chase validation even when it’s freely available is a level of self-assurance and inner balance one should truly aspire to achieve.
Aspirational India rising!
Under PM @NarendraModi ji's leadership, the rich-poor divide is narrowing, and rural India is driving consumption on the back of development through empowerment.
What were once seen as symbols of urban comfort, like bikes, cars, fridges, TV sets, and mobile phones, have become staples in homes in villages. It is indeed a silent revolution of prosperity.