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India’s 51st Doppler Weather Radar was inaugurated at Sambalpur in Odisha on 16 September 2026. The radar is located at Jamadarpali in Sambalpur and functions as a Make in India installation under Mission Mausam.
GIFT City, or Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, ranked 37th globally in the Global Financial Centres Index 40 and 26th in the FinTech rankings in September 2026. The index assessed 139 financial hubs worldwide through 144 quantitative measures and 39,531 professional assessments.
The World Bank Group announced on 16 September 2026 the appointment of Michael Kremer as Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. The appointment takes effect on 1 October 2026, and Kremer succeeds Indermit Gill, who retired from the post last month.
On 16 September 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening the door for Canada to become the European Union’s first “associate member” during her State of the Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was present at the address, and Canada and the European Union are scheduled to hold a summit in late October 2026.
The 69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference is being held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 13 to 19 September 2026. The Parliament of South Africa and the CPA South Africa Branch are hosting the conference under the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association framework.
Kumik village in Zanskar was declared Ladakh’s first designated Heritage Village on 15 September 2026. The declaration was made by the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, during the launch of the Ladakh Zanskar Festival 2026.
Assam had 3,260 one-horned rhinoceroses as of September 2026, and this figure formed about 80% of the global population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros. The global population reached 4,075 individuals in 2026, while India had an estimated 3,323 rhinos and Nepal had around 752.
Sanjukta Parashar, a 2006-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, became the first woman officer to head the Central Reserve Police Force’s CoBRA unit in September 2026. She took charge as Inspector General of the 10-battalion CoBRA formation from 1996-batch IPS officer Danesh Rana.
The Sports Ministry formed a 10-member Task Force on 15 September 2026 to assess the feasibility of reviving Formula 1 and motorsports in India. The panel will examine policy, taxation, infrastructure, and partnership models linked to a possible Formula 1 race in India by 2028.
The PM Vishwakarma scheme was launched on 17 September 2023 for artisans and craftspeople engaged in 18 traditional trades. The scheme has a financial outlay of ₹13,000 crore for FY2023-24 to FY2027-28 and provides support through skill training, toolkits, credit, and market linkage measures.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the India Net Zero Portal and the National Action Plan on Climate Change Dashboard on 16 September 2026 in Mumbai. Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh launched the two digital platforms on World Ozone Day 2026.
The 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi, India, on 12 September 2026. At the summit, BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration and discussed reforms in global governance, the United Nations, and international financial institutions.