
The three-day Global Dryland Congress 2026 began on 10 September 2026 at the National Agricultural Science Complex in New Delhi. The event is jointly organised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, with participation from scientists, policymakers, farmer representatives, and development partners from Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) conducted a flight acceptance hot test of the indigenous CE20 cryogenic engine at an uprated thrust level of 220 kN on 9 September 2026. The test took place at the ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, and the engine is linked to the upgraded C32 upper stage of an upcoming LVM3 mission.
The 22nd edition of Yudh Abhyas, the annual India-US bilateral military exercise, is scheduled from 9 September to 28 September 2026. The exercise is being conducted in a two-theatre format across Bikaner in Rajasthan and Auli in Uttarakhand.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) announced a ₹2,000-crore alternative investment fund for deeptech energy startups on 8 September 2026 at an industry event at IIT Bombay. A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding was signed among the MC²⁺ Foundation, IIT Bombay, and the Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) to connect startups with research facilities, laboratories, mentors, and pilot projects.
The 2026 Pickleball World Cup was held in Da Nang, Vietnam, from 30 August 2026, and India finished fourth in the overall medal standings with 41 medals. The Indian tally included seven gold, 17 silver, and 17 bronze medals, and the result marked an improvement from India’s seventh-place finish at the previous World Cup.
The 503-member Indian contingent for the 20th Asian Games received an official send-off in New Delhi on 8 September 2026. The Games are scheduled from 19 September 2026 to 4 October 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and Indian athletes will compete in 36 sporting disciplines.
Tripura recorded a zero per cent dropout rate at the primary school level, covering Classes 1 to 5, in the 2025-26 academic year. The state government linked the figure to UDISE+ data and placed the primary dropout rate at 2.21 per cent in 2013-14 before it reached zero in 2025-26.
The Odisha Forest Department rescued five young orangutans from the Ranakotha Protected Reserved Forest in the Bhograi block of Balasore district on 8 September 2026. The rescued primates included three males and two females, and officials transferred them to Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar for quarantine and care.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will organise Dronathon-2026 at the Pokhran range in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, from 14 September to 16 September 2026. The three-day military aviation event will focus on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS) for defence applications.
The Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defence Force will conduct Veer Guardian-2026, a bilateral air defence exercise, at Air Force Station Jodhpur in Rajasthan. The 14-day exercise is scheduled from 9 September to 22 September 2026, and it is the second edition of the exercise after the inaugural edition in Japan in 2023.
Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Island is an artificial energy island under construction in the North Sea, about 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast. The project is designed as a 5-hectare offshore energy hub for grid connection infrastructure linked to offshore wind power.
India launched the Ocean Research Vessel ORV Sagar Manthan (Yard 3041) on 09 September 2026 at the Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata. The vessel was designed, engineered and constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited for the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.