Between December 2023 and early 2024, container shipping across the Red Sea decreased by 90%. Large shipping companies like Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, and MSC diverted their ships around the Cape of Good Hope, resulting in an additional 14 days and more than $1 million in fuel expenses per trip.
In Lok Sabha, Shah asserted Naxals caused underdevelopment, cites killings, arrests and surrenders, and accused Congress of having links with Maoist sympathisers during UPA era.