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Trinidad and Tobago is set to become the first Caribbean nation to adopt India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), a real-time digital payments system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India. The project involves a real-time payments platform modelled on UPI and is linked to technical cooperation between NPCI International Payments Limited and the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Trinidad and Tobago.
India dispatched around three tonnes of anti-tuberculosis medicines to Sri Lanka on 28 September 2026. The consignment reached Colombo by an Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft. India has also continued technical and other assistance for Sri Lanka’s tuberculosis control programme.
Iran completed the track-laying operation on the Chabahar-Zahedan railway in September 2026. The rail line connects the Port of Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman with Zahedan and links the port to Iran’s national rail network. The project is expected to become fully operational within three to four months from September 2026.
On 25 September 2026, the United States and China agreed in Washington, D.C. to create an artificial intelligence incident communication channel and a US-China Super Intelligence Dialogue. The arrangement was announced after talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with the next dialogue exchange scheduled by November 2026.
India and Liberia launched the “Group of Friends on Safety & Security of Shipping & Seafarers” in New York on 25 September 2026. The initiative was announced during the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week, and India and Liberia will serve as co-chairs of the group.
India signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in September 2026 in New York during the 81st United Nations General Assembly. The signing was done by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and the treaty is the first comprehensive global convention on cybercrime adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2024.
The BRICS Theatre Festival 2026 will be held in New Delhi from 12 to 14 October 2026. The Ministry of Culture, India, will organise the three-day festival during India’s BRICS Presidency 2026. The festival will open at the National School of Drama on 12 October 2026.
Abhiram Singh Yadav, Chairman of Persatuan Cricket Indonesia, was elected to an Associate Member position on the International Cricket Council Chief Executives’ Committee on 24 September 2026. He won one of the three seats reserved for Associate Member representatives and will serve until the next elections at the ICC Annual Conference in June 2027.
India presented its development approach based on Sarvodaya at the second G7 Development Ministers meeting in New York on 24 September 2026. Sibi George, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, represented India at the meeting held on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
India participated in the 14th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers’ Meeting and the 23rd ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultation in Manila, Philippines, from 22 to 24 September 2026. The Indian delegation was led by Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Nitin Kumar Yadav, and the meetings included ASEAN members and EAS partners such as India, Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Russia, and the United States.
Denmark’s Parliament passed legislation on 4 September 2026 to create a new work permit route called the Collective Agreement-Based Business Scheme. The scheme is scheduled to begin on 1 January 2027 and will allow eligible employers in Denmark to recruit foreign workers under a simplified immigration pathway. Indian nationals will be among the citizens of 16 eligible countries who can apply under this route.
The BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities Meeting was held in New Delhi on 23 September 2026 as the concluding event of India’s Chairship of the BRICS tax cooperation track. The meeting brought together tax administrations from Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.