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India Flags Off VLGC ‘Shivalik’, Boosting Maritime Atmanirbharata

By TNI Team October 6, 2025 $75 billion savings 112 vessels 4.5 million gross tonnage advanced temperature control Atmanirbharata BCSL Bharat Container Shipping Line Capt. Bhaskar Tandon crude carriers energy security EXIM cargo fleet augmentation global safety standards india Indian maritime fleet indian oil corporation Indian-flag vessels IOCL joint venture liquefied petroleum gas LPG Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 Maritime Development Fund maritime infrastructure maritime sector MDF Oil PSUs Operational efficiency operational reliability Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ruwais UAE Sarbananda Sonowal SbDS SBFAS SCI seafarers segregated tanks self-reliance ship repair shipbuilding Shipbuilding Development Scheme Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Scheme Shipping Corporation of India Steel PSUs Visakhapatnam Port VLGC Shivalik ₹6 trillion savings

India inducted its third VLGC, “Shivalik,” bolstering energy security and self-reliance. Built in South Korea, it transported LPG from UAE. Government initiatives, including financial packages, aim to expand maritime infrastructure and shipbuilding, reducing dependence on foreign carriers and aiming for top global ranking by 2047.

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MoU Exchange Unlocks ₹66,000 Cr Investment, Strengthens India’s Shipbuilding Ambitions

By TNI Team October 6, 2025 000 crore 1.5 lakh jobs 150 MTPA 77-metre lighthouse Andhra Pradesh Atmanirbhar Bharat Bahuda Port Bhavnagar Block Fabrication Facility BPCL Clean Energy Climate Fund Managers Cochin Shipyard Limited domestic shipbuilding Dry Dock electric ferries Employment generation Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers global maritime share green shipbuilding greenfield facilities gujarat Gujarat Maritime Board HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering heritage HPCL IIFCL india industrialisation Inland Waterways Authority of India international collaboration investment IOCL Lighthouses logistics parks Lothal maharashtra mansukh mandaviya manufacturing clusters maritime infrastructure maritime sector Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited MoU MoU Exchange Ceremony MSMEs NaBFID National Maritime Heritage Complex Neo Fund Odisha offshore infrastructure Patna Water Metro ports Prime Minister Narendra Modi recycling yards Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited Samudra Se Samriddhi Sarbananda Sonowal Shantanu Thakur ship repair shipbuilding shipbuilding clusters Shipping Corporation of India SPVs strategic partnerships sustainable projects sustainable transport Tamil Nadu terminal points tourism Vessel Owning Joint Venture ₹66

NEW DELHI: A historic milestone in India’s maritime journey was achieved on September 19, 2025, at Bhavnagar, with a high-level MoU Exchange Ceremony held on…

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Sonowal Hails Brahma Kumaris on Golden Jubilee, Calls Sacrifice and Discipline Pillars of Patriotism

By Aman Kumar Himanshu June 29, 2025 Antyodaya Ashta Lakshmi Brahma Kumaris character building discipline Golden Jubilee human values inclusive growth Maha-BharaT meditation moral clarity moral guidance moral leadership National Unity northeast india patience patriotism Prime Minister Narendra Modi prosperity Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas Sabka Prayas sacrifice Sahan shakti Sarbananda Sonowal Self-discipline self-realisation societal change spiritual leadership spiritual service transformative force Youth

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Saturday lauded the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris for completing fifty years of spiritual service…

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India to Build First Indigenous Polar Research Vessel in Partnership with Norway

By Atul Krishan June 3, 2025 Antarctic Arctic climate change climate-resilient research domestic shipbuilding Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers global environmental research green port projects GRSE india India-Norway ties indigenous kolkata Kongsberg MAHASAGAR Make in India marine ecosystems maritime maritime cooperation maritime technology MoU National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research NCPOR New Delhi Norway Norway visit Norwegian investors ocean research Polar Research Vessel PRV Sagarmala 2.0 Sarbananda Sonowal scientific capabilities ship design state-of-the-art technology sustainable development sustainable shipping union minister

New Delhi: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced a major milestone in India’s maritime and scientific capabilities as Kolkata’s GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers) signed…

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Union Budget 2024 to transform Northeast India: Sarbananda Sonowal

By Aman Kumar Himanshu July 29, 2024 Budget 2024 t northeast india Sarbananda Sonowal Shipping & Waterways union budget 2024 union minister Union Minister of Ports

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal outlined the budget’s ambitious plans to elevate Northeast India’s economic and social landscape in a discussion on the Union Budget 2024 held in Shillong on July 28.

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India and Iran sign crucial Chabahar Port contract

By Aman Kumar Himanshu May 14, 2024 Belt and Road initiatives Chabahra Port Gwadar ports india Indian Ports Global Limited (IPGL)INSTC iran Iran’s Port & Maritime Organisation (PMO)Sarbananda Sonowal Shahid Behesti terminal Shipping & Waterways Sittwe port Union Minister of Ports

Indian Ports Global Limited (IPGL) and Iran’s Port & Maritime Organisation (PMO) have signed a long-term bilateral contract. This agreement allows IPGL to operate the Shahid Beheshti terminal at Chabahar Port for the next 10 years.

Sarbananda Sonowal excusively speaks to The New Indian's Executive Editor Rohan Dua

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INTERVIEW| Hum sath sath hain: Sarbananda on Himanta Biswa & Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Seat

By Rohan Dua April 8, 2024 Assam Assam CM Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma lok sabha elections 2024 Sarbananda on Himanta Biswa & Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Seat Sarbananda Sonowal

Sonowal talks in detail about his upbringing in Dibrugarh, his equation with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and the win probability in the 14 Assam seats as well as opposition to the CAA.

Floral tribute was paid to the departed soul of eminent actor Nipon Goswami in Guwahati

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Nipon Goswami: Assamese Cinema Loses Its Pole Star

By TNI Team October 27, 2022 assamese actor Himanta Biswa Sarma nipon goswami PM Narendra Modi Sarbananda Sonowal

Veteran Assamese actor Nipon Goswami left for his heavenly abode at a private hospital in Guwahati, Assam on Thursday. The 80-year-old stalwart was battling a prolonged illness.

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BJP Apex Board: Modi-Shah Supreme; Sonowal’s Entry Marks New NE Phase

By Rajgopal August 18, 2022 Bharatiya Janata Party narendra modi parliamentary board Sarbananda Sonowal

every single decision of the party has the stamp of PM Modi and Amit Shah, Minister of Home Affairs. It was no different when the BJP reconstituted its parliamentary board, party’s highest decision-making body, on Wednesday (August 17)

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Sonia Gandhi Should Apologise To Country: BJP

By Rajgopal July 28, 2022 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Kiren Rijiju President Draupadi Murmu Sarbananda Sonowal

NEW DELHI: Through the remark of Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury against President Draupadi Murmu, Congress has laid bare its anti-tribal mentality and…

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India Flags Off VLGC ‘Shivalik’, Boosting Maritime Atmanirbharata

Sonowal Hails Brahma Kumaris on Golden Jubilee, Calls Sacrifice and Discipline Pillars of Patriotism

India to Build First Indigenous Polar Research Vessel in Partnership with Norway

Union Budget 2024 to transform Northeast India: Sarbananda Sonowal

India and Iran sign crucial Chabahar Port contract

INTERVIEW| Hum sath sath hain: Sarbananda on Himanta Biswa & Dibrugarh Lok Sabha Seat

Nipon Goswami: Assamese Cinema Loses Its Pole Star

BJP Apex Board: Modi-Shah Supreme; Sonowal’s Entry Marks New NE Phase

Sonia Gandhi Should Apologise To Country: BJP

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