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World's 7 Most Expensive Mega-Projects: Gone are the days when mega-infrastructure projects were build secretly. The year 2026 marks the era of brutal financial and geopolitical reality check for global infrastructure landscape. As skyrocketing raw material inflation, labor shortages, and shifting economic priorities collide, the world’s most ambitious engineering marvels are being forced to adapt or downsize or recaliberate their strategy. From historic pivots in the Saudi desert to Swiss-engineered aviation launches in India and high-stakes semiconductor builds in the American West, this definitive visual gallery pulls back the curtain on the world's 7 most expensive mega-projects. Move past the glossy PR renders—here is the real-time status, raw data, and true financial cost of global construction in 2026.
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This country with no cinema hall for 35 years: The country faced religious pressure to not have a public cinema hall. Let's find out more about this in this feature.
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7 countries in world without any river: For thousands of years, rivers have been the backbone of human settlement, the Nile built Egypt, the Indus shaped South Asia, and the Thames gave London its reason to exist. Yet scattered across the globe are nations that have never known a permanent river, and have found ways to survive, even thrive, without one. Their stories are as much about human ingenuity as they are about geography.
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Several countries across the world do not have a single permanent river. These are largely nations where geography and climate make it difficult for rivers to form or sustain year-round flow. In many cases, these countries are located in desert regions where rainfall is extremely limited and water quickly evaporates. In others, the reason is simply size- some island nations and city-states are too small to support river systems. According to data compiled by WorldAtlas, there are around several countries that do not have natural, permanent rivers. Interestingly, many of them are still surrounded by seas or oceans, or rely on alternative water sources to sustain life.
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Indian Embassy in Riyadh said the two sides are holding wide-ranging discussions on strengthening bilateral cooperation and exchanging views on regional and other issues of mutual interest.
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India and the UAE deepened strategic ties during Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed’s brief January 2026 visit, signing defence, trade, space, and energy agreements amid shifting West Asian alliances and regional security dynamics.
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The Line is designed as a continuous structure extending approximately 170 kilometres, with a planned width of 200 metres and a height of 500 metres, stretching from the Hejaz Mountains to the Gulf of Aqaba.
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Industry analysts say this reflects a broader shift in international mobility for young professionals emerging from Indian management programmes.
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Islamabad has charged the Afghan Taliban regime of hosting elements hostile towards it and reportedly carrying out deadly attacks inside Pakistan's territory.
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Trump will approve F-35 jet sales as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Washington for defence, economic talks and Abraham Accords discussions, marking his first White House trip since 2018.
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A Saudi bus fire killed 45 Indian Umrah pilgrims, leaving only 24-year-old Shoeb alive. He escaped before the bus exploded and is now hospitalized with injuries.
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The biggest shift is seen in Pakistan’s ties with the United States. President Donald Trump has publicly praised Pakistan Army’s Field Marshal Asim Munir and tried to project Islamabad as a “peace-making” nation.
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The revelation follows Pakistan’s signing of a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia in September, and comes amid its deepening cooperation with the United States.
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A ceasefire now holds in Gaza, but Israel’s actions continue. Moves to expand control over the West Bank have drawn sharp criticism from Gulf countries.
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Saudi Arabia has abolished its 50-year-old Kafala system. Millions of migrant workers, including over 1.3 crore Indians, are set to gain new freedoms and protections under a reformed labour framework.
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The country’s leaders balance diplomacy, defence deals and investments while risking national sovereignty.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, describing it as a significant loss to the Islamic world.
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India On Saudi-Pakistan Deal: The pact was signed in Riyadh by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday, when both sides agreed that an attack on one would be considered an attack on both.
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Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Defence Deal: The agreement, signed in Riyadh by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is seen as the most formal institutionalisation yet of a defence partnership that has spanned decades.
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Through a mix of technical surveillance and human intelligence, the CBI finally managed to detect one of his recent passports and issued another LOC.
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In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat stated that the number of foreign tourist arrivals stood at 99,51,722.
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