Modi flags off rail link in India-administered Kashmir

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a landmark railway project in Indian-administered Kashmir, featuring the world’s highest railway arch bridge, in a strategic move to connect the restive Himalayan region with the Indian heartland. The crown jewel of the $5 billion Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line is the Chenab Rail Bridge—a 1,315-metre (4,314-foot) long steel-and-concrete marvel that soars 359 metres (1,178