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India fixed a foodgrain production target of 373.93 million tonnes for the 2026-27 crop year on 29 September 2026. The target is lower than the record output of 376.56 million tonnes achieved in 2025-26. The announcement was made by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
The 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC) was held in New Delhi, India, on 28-29 September 2026. The Government of India hosted the meeting, and delegations from all seven BIMSTEC Member States attended it.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the 90-day nationwide “Shram Samvad” awareness campaign on 28 September 2026. The campaign covers industrial clusters in 316 districts across all 36 States and Union Territories and focuses on the four Labour Codes and stakeholder dialogue.
Two Pakistani pilots, Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud, are undergoing astronaut training in China for a mission to the Tiangong space station in September 2026. One of them will become Pakistan’s first astronaut and the first foreign national to travel aboard China’s Tiangong space station.
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Ranvijay, a frontline destroyer of the Indian Navy, made a port call at Salalah in Oman on 29 September 2026. The visit formed part of the ship’s ongoing deployment and was linked with maritime cooperation between India and Oman.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled PRAHAAR, which stands for Policy for Response Against Hostile Activities and Radicalism, as India’s first national counter-terrorism policy and strategy on 23 February 2026. A conference on “PRAHAAR – CT Policy and Strategy” was held in New Delhi on 28 September 2026, and the strategy was discussed as a 10-year institutional framework.
India finished 10th at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China, which concluded on 27 September 2026. Team India won six silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence at the global skills event.
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.
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.
The Centre extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in specified areas of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months from 1 October 2026. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued Gazette notifications on 25 September 2026 after a review of the law and order situation in the three northeastern states.
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.
INS Sudarshini, the Indian Navy’s sail training ship, arrived at Alexandria in Egypt on 23 September 2026 during the Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition. The port call was the ship’s second visit to Alexandria during the same deployment.