
NITI Aayog launched the Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport (PACT) and the Zero Emission Truck (ZET) Marketplace on 7 September 2026 at the 5th e-FAST India Summit in New Delhi. The initiative is linked to zero-emission freight deployment, electric truck adoption, charging infrastructure planning, and business engagement among manufacturers, logistics service providers, charging operators, and financiers.
On September 7, 2026, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi granted Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for capital acquisition proposals worth about ₹1.10 lakh crore. The Ministry of Defence stated that around 98% of the procurement value will come from the domestic Indian industry under the Atmanirbhar Bharat framework.
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, under the Department of Atomic Energy, conducted a five-day site assessment in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 4 to 8 September 2026 for possible deployment of Small Modular Reactors. The assessment covered sites across all three districts of the archipelago, which currently depends on diesel generator sets for electricity generation.
The 16th National Meet of State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils was held in Chandigarh on 6–7 September 2026. The two-day meeting was organised by the National Biodiversity Authority to discuss biodiversity governance, local implementation, and conservation-related institutional mechanisms in India.
Gegeneophis chandgadi is a newly described subterranean, legless amphibian, also called a caecilian, from Buzawade village in Chandgad tehsil of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. The species was formally published in the Records of the Zoological Survey of India on 2 September 2026 and belongs to the genus Gegeneophis, which includes Indian caecilians from the Western Ghats.
Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) delivered its 400th “Made in India” fuselage for the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter from its Hyderabad facility on 7 September 2026. TBAL is a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), and it was established in 2016.
Pixxel, a Bengaluru-based space-tech startup founded by Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal, closed a $100 million Series C funding round on 7 September 2026. The company works in space and planetary intelligence and develops satellite-based Earth observation systems.
The 62nd APNIC Conference (APNIC 62) is being held in Mumbai from September 4 to September 10, 2026. The event is hosted by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and organised by the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC).
The inaugural International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK) began on 7 September 2026 at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. The four-day festival, themed “Rang-e-Cinema”, is scheduled from 7 September to 10 September 2026.
Indian Railways is developing India’s first hydrogen-powered trainset for regular operation at a target speed of 110 kmph. The train completed trial runs at 120 kmph, while its earlier operational cap was 75 kmph.
Seven core OPEC+ members kept their October 2026 oil production targets unchanged from September 2026 levels in a virtual meeting held on 6 September 2026. The participating countries were Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman.
Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal was appointed as the 44th regular Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on 5 September 2026. He was serving as a judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court before the appointment, and the Central Government also cleared his name in a wider order that named eight new chief justices for different High Courts in India.