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Shri Tarun Kapoor, Advisor to the Prime Minister, made a two-day visit to Dhanbad from 31 August to 1 September 2026 to review the Jharia Master Plan and the operations of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
Indian Railways approved Kavach Version 4.0 on the remaining sections covering 712 route kilometres (Rkm) of Moradabad Division, Northern Railway, at a cost of Rs 170 crore.
Indian Railways approved Rs 170 crore on 1 September 2026 to deploy Kavach Version 4.0 across the remaining 712 route kilometres of Northern Railway's Moradabad Division.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, launched a digital dialogue series called AyurVarta on 1 September 2026.
The CBI carried out searches at 89 locations across 20 states on 4 September 2026 under Operation Chakra-VI, targeting digital arrest fraud networks.
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated Indore Metro Priority Corridor-2 on 5 September 2026, with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav present.
Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched the India Valve Registry on 5 September 2026 at the India Valves 2026 conference in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
A Special NIA Court at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district convicted all ten surviving accused in the 2013 Jhiram Ghati massacre on 5 September 2026, nearly 13 years after the attack.
The District Magistrate of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir, Krishan Lal, ordered a complete ban on the use of Virtual Private Networks across the district for two months on 6 September 2026.
A five-storey building running as a boys' paying-guest accommodation collapsed in Satya Niketan, South-West Delhi, on 6 September 2026, killing seven and leaving six in critical condition.
The Ganga at Gandhi Ghat in Patna touched 50.57 metres on 6 September 2026, breaking its previous highest flood level of 50.52 metres set on 21 August.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour to the Goa Police at Panaji on 7 September 2026.
The Prime Minister laid foundation stones for and dedicated development projects worth more than ₹35,000 crore at Vadodara, Gujarat, on 8 September 2026.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 35,000 crore at Vadodara, Gujarat, on 8 September 2026.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence conducted eight operations across the country over a fortnight, seizing about 740 kg of cannabis and charas.
India will enter eleven skill categories for the first time at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China, 22-27 September 2026.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, through the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), held a National Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on fluorosis on National Fluorosis Day.
The two-day International Literacy Day 2026 celebrations concluded with the ULLAS Mela in New Delhi, inaugurated by the Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Shri T. K. Anil Kumar.
Southern Railway achieved 100% electrification of its 5,068-route-km broad gauge network on 9 September 2026.
BJP national president Nitin Nabin announced on 9 September 2026 at the party headquarters in New Delhi that a nationwide Seva Sankalp Abhiyan will run from 17 September to 17 October 2026.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized around 41 kg of foreign-origin gold valued at about Rs 62 crore in six intelligence-led operations, arresting 24 persons including three foreign nationals.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has directed domestic airlines to complete a one-time mandatory screening for psychoactive substances of all pilots by 31 July 2027.
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) achieved the 41st tunnel breakthrough of the Rishikesh-Karnaprayag rail project on 11 September 2026, completing Escape Tunnel-1.
The 51.38 km Bairabi-Sairang broad-gauge line in Mizoram, inaugurated by the Prime Minister on 13 September 2025, completed one year on 13 September 2026.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized more than 362 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates under Operation Deep Manifest.
NHAI will upgrade the 1033 National Highway Helpline with AI, real-time caller location tracking, multilingual call handling and smart dispatch of ambulances, cranes and patrol vehicles.
India marks the 11th Ayurveda Day on 23 September 2026 with the theme 'Ayurveda for a Healthier Tomorrow'.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence announced on 14 September 2026 the seizure of more than 362 metric tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates at the Container Freight Station, Ambad, in Nashik.
Andhra Pradesh has all but stopped releasing Krishna water to Chennai from the Kandaleru reservoir in Nellore district after storage there fell to 17 TMC.
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship held the send-off for India's WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 contingent at Kaushal Bhawan, New Delhi.
The 43.218-km, Rs 10,998-crore Varuna Elevated Corridor will connect NH-31 with the Varanasi Ring Road along the Varuna River.
Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, ex-officio President of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), addressed its 25th anniversary as an Institution of National Importance at Sapru House, New Delhi, on 15 September 2026.
The Ministry of Home Affairs declared the Shahzad Bhatti Network a terrorist organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, announced by Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on 16 September 2026.
On 18 September 2026, Indian Railways approved two Maharashtra projects worth about ₹990 crore together.
On 18 September 2026 the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) started three adjudication cases against Nestle India over infant nutrition products.
On 18 September 2026 TRAI amended the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR), 2018 to tighten its anti-spam framework.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 26th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, held between 31 August and 1 September 2026 — the year the grouping completed 25 years.
Apple Maps relabelled Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users in the United States on 1 September 2026.
US President Donald Trump nominated Hung Cao as permanent Secretary of the Navy on 1 September 2026.
India and Denmark reviewed cooperation on MSME development, innovation and intellectual property at the fourth meeting of their Joint Working Group, held in Copenhagen from 24 to 28 August 2026.
Real GDP grew 7.8% in Q1 of FY 2026-27 to Rs 81.36 lakh crore, against 6.9% in the same quarter of 2025-26; nominal GDP rose 10.3% to Rs 88.27 lakh crore.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation launched Hub & Spoke international flight operations from Ahmedabad on 1 September 2026, making it the third spoke airport in the framework after Varanasi and Amritsar.
The Government began a calibrated release of onion buffer stocks under the Price Stabilisation Fund on 24 August 2026 through NAFED and NCCF, using a hybrid model of railway rakes and road transport.
Gross GST collection in August 2026 stood at Rs 1,99,853 crore, a 14.8% rise over August 2025, per Ministry of Finance data released on 1 September 2026.
India Post Payments Bank marked its 9th Foundation Day on 1 September 2026 and launched the DakPay Sound Box for merchants, a Digital Insurance Technology Platform and a Digital Mutual Fund Platform.
The Reserve Bank of India appointed Suman Ray as Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2026.
UPI processed an all-time high 24.51 billion transactions worth Rs 29.82 trillion in August 2026, according to NPCI data.
IRDAI released a consultation paper on 1 September 2026 proposing a Public Insurance Registry, envisaged as Digital Public Infrastructure for insurance.
NHRC India, with MyGov, launched the online 'Human Rights Quiz 2026: Celebrating Life, Liberty, Equality and Dignity' on 1 September 2026 in the run-up to its 33rd Foundation Day.
On 1 September 2026 the Supreme Court invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to quash FIRs registered across the country against students and young people who took part in protests over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak between 20 and 25 July 2026.
The Union government deferred the Census 2027 house-listing phase in Manipur, which was due to begin on 1 September 2026.
A Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana asked the Union government to examine introducing totaliser machines for counting EVM votes.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviewed the annual performance of all 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings in New Delhi on 1 September 2026, briefed by Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Sanjeev Kumar and the CMDs of the DPSUs.
Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma assumed charge as Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Education) at Air Headquarters on 1 September 2026.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the annual performance review of all 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings at DPSU Bhawan, New Delhi, on 1 September 2026.
Russia has formally protested to Tokyo over the deployment of the United States Typhon missile system on Japanese territory, calling it absolutely unacceptable and a threat to Russian security.
Speaking at the Technology Development Board's 30th Foundation Day, the Union Minister for Science & Technology called for wider outreach on the Rs 1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund so that eligible applicants understand its purpose and process.
Tata Elxsi and Sarla Aviation signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Bengaluru on 1 September 2026 to develop Shunya, an indigenous eVTOL aircraft.
An Indian Council of Medical Research multicentric surveillance study finds that infections from carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria kill more patients and cost far more to treat than drug-susceptible infections.
Researchers at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru — an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology — have shown that sudden temperature shocks can briefly make a jammed, glass-like system flow, wiping out the memory imprints stored in it.
A PIB Backgrounder sets out Jan Ganga, the public-participation pillar of the Namami Gange Programme, arguing that river revival has to move from awareness through participation to community ownership.
India and Germany signed a Joint Declaration of Intent on the Conservation and Wise Use of Wetlands of International Importance on the sidelines of the 4th Indo-German Environment Forum in New Delhi on 1 September 2026.
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Earth Sciences, launched the fifth edition of 'Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar 2026: SSSS v.5.0' on 1 September 2026.
Depalpur in Madhya Pradesh has become the first city under the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative to achieve Zero Legacy Waste status, remediating 1,250 metric tonnes of waste accumulated at its dumpsite over five years.
The Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare reviewed the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana at Krishi Bhawan, focusing on the 100 identified districts, scheme convergence and outcome-based monitoring.
The Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities held 'SAMAVESH UTSAV' at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, with more than 700 beneficiaries, community leaders and artisans taking part.
The Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, chaired a conference of State/UT Food Secretaries in New Delhi on 1 September 2026 to review procurement, distribution and storage of foodgrains.
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh launched fisheries infrastructure projects worth Rs 36.49 crore at Kamarajar Manimadapam, Puducherry on 1 September 2026, alongside a capacity building conclave on cooperative-led seaweed farming under the Blue Economy.
IIT Madras and UNESCO MGIEP signed a cooperation agreement on 1 September 2026 to develop next-generation AI and immersive learning technologies.
GeM and the Textiles Committee signed an MoU to promote recycled and upcycled textile products through public procurement.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever visited India from 2 to 4 September 2026, the first visit to India by a Belgian head of government in two decades.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Warsaw on 4 September 2026.
The 26th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State was held at the Yrys Ordo Congress Hall in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 31 August and 1 September 2026, marking 25 years of the grouping.
The 4th Indo-German Environment Forum was held in New Delhi on 1 September 2026 on the theme 'Together For More Resilience'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the valedictory session of the two-day National Departmental Summit on Water on 2 September 2026, organised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti with Ministers and senior officials of States and Union Territories.
The 18th Meeting of the Heads of Intellectual Property Offices of BRICS countries (IP BRICS) was held in New Delhi from 1 to 3 September 2026, hosted by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (O/o CGPDTM) under DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.3 points in August 2026, released on 4 September 2026.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change conferred the 5th Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan Awards at Swachh Vayu Diwas 2026 in New Delhi on 7 September 2026.
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, ranked 26th globally and 2nd in India in the Financial Times Masters in Management 2026 ranking, up from 35th globally and 3rd in India in 2025.
Forbes, with market research firm Statista, released its first World's Top Performing Banks list on 9 September 2026.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards (TNNAA) for 2024 in four categories — Land Adventure, Water Adventure, Air Adventure and Lifetime Achievement.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced four recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024 on 2 September 2026.
The US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) named Chennai-born computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan the 2026 winner of the Arthur M. Bueche Award, announced on 2 September 2026.
The 36th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony was held on 3 September 2026 at Zurich, Switzerland, the first time in 35 years it was staged outside the United States.
Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma became the first woman officer from outside the Medical Branch in the Indian defence services to attain the rank of Air Vice Marshal or its equivalent.
Air Marshal KAA Sanjeeb, AVSM, VSM, assumed charge as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOM) of the Indian Air Force on 1 September 2026.
Retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra was named the first-ever Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, Ayodhya, on 2 September 2026.
Adobe announced on 3 September 2026 that Anil Chakravarthy will become its President and Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 December 2026.
The International Cricket Council named India as host of the inaugural ICC Women's Champions Trophy, with the Board ratifying the decision on 2 September 2026.
India is hosting a leg of the Hyundai World Archery Para Series for the first time, at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, from 5 to 9 September 2026.
Smriti Mandhana scored 124 off 64 balls against Hong Kong in the Women's T20 Asia Cup at Dubai on 3 September 2026.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated the Archery Association of India's World Archery Para Series in Ahmedabad through video conferencing.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Ayush, launched 'AyurVarta', a digital dialogue series carrying expert conversations on Ayurveda to audiences in India and abroad.
National Nutrition Week 2026 is observed across India from 1 to 7 September, the annual awareness week run by the Food and Nutrition Board under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
World Coconut Day was observed on 2 September 2026, a Wednesday, across coconut-growing countries of the Asia-Pacific.
World Skyscraper Day is observed every year on 3 September.
Gaurang Vyas, a Gujarati music composer, arranger and singer, died in Ahmedabad on the night of 2 September 2026 at the age of 87.
Krishna AchutaRao, professor at IIT Delhi and Head of its Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, died at the age of 62 after a prolonged illness.
Malayalam filmmaker, screenwriter and Kerala government officer R Sarath died on 7 September 2026 at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, aged 65.
Tung Chee-hwa, the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, died on 8 September 2026 at a Hong Kong hospital, aged 89.
Nvidia announced on 3 September 2026 that it will acquire the AI platform Hugging Face in a deal valued at about $12.93 billion.
ONGC Chairman and CEO Arun Kumar Singh announced a ₹2,000-crore Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) for deeptech energy start-ups at IIT Bombay on 8 September 2026.
Drydocks World, a DP World company, and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) signed a Joint Venture Agreement on 11 September 2026 to own, operate and expand CSL's International Ship Repair Facility (ISRF) at Willingdon Island, Kochi.
SiCSem Private Limited's Rs 3,406.25 crore silicon carbide (SiC) device facility in Odisha has been approved by the Unit Approval Committee of Falta SEZ at its 217th meeting; the approval was announced on 15 September 2026.
The Delhi Cabinet approved the second amendment to the Delhi Solar Energy Policy, 2023, at its 40th meeting on 1 September 2026.
Kerala will set up a Coconut Park with the Coconut Development Board, focused on processing, value addition and exports rather than on cultivation alone.
The Tamil Nadu Business Facilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the State Legislative Assembly to speed up regulatory approvals for businesses.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced a world-class Tamil Nadu Olympic City in Chennai in the State Assembly on 3 September 2026.
Nagaland's Tourism and Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna Along posted a video about Raja Mircha with a warning that you do not eat it, you negotiate with it, and you always lose.
A six-month LiDAR and geospatial mapping project has begun at Lakkundi in Gadag district, Karnataka, to locate monuments still buried beneath the surface.
The Ministry of Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India announced on 2 September 2026 that the Gollala Gudi temple at Palampet in Mulugu district, Telangana, is now a monument of national importance.
4 September 2026 marked the 201st birth anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji, born in Bombay on 4 September 1825.
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The India-Afghanistan Joint Working Group on Trade, Commerce and Investment held a virtual meeting on 1 September 2026 to review bilateral trade and commercial cooperation.
RBI data released on 1 September 2026 showed India's current account deficit at $4.2 billion, or 0.5% of GDP, in Q1 FY27 (April-June 2026).
IFSCA reported that as on 31 August 2026, 20 IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) at GIFT City had sanctioned USD 54.02 billion under the Reserve Bank of India's special swap facility for FCNR(B) deposits, of which approximately USD 52.82 billion had been disbursed.
The U.S.-India TRUST Fellowship was launched in Bengaluru on 7 September 2026 by United States Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, to place American researchers in Indian institutions.
The National Statistics Office has for the first time released district-level estimates from a large-scale nationwide enterprise survey, covering India's unincorporated non-agricultural sector.
India recorded its best-ever performance at the 19th International Earth Science Olympiad, held in Turin, Italy, from 20 to 27 August 2026, winning 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Postal Service officer, was re-elected Secretary-General of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union at the 14th APPU Congress in Bangkok on 4 September 2026.
India and Japan will play their first-ever men's T20 International on 22 September 2026 at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
National Wildlife Day was observed on 4 September 2026, drawing attention to endangered species and habitat loss.
Princess Astrid of Norway died in Oslo on 11 September 2026, aged 94, the Norwegian Royal House announced.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy dropped Konda Surekha from the Council of Ministers with immediate effect on 3 September 2026.
A virtual museum on Sri Aurobindo was unveiled at the India Space in Bharat Nivas, Auroville, on 4 September 2026.
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