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The 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah will be launched on 9 September 2026 at the Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Smt. Annpurna Devi, Union Minister of Women and Child Development, will lead the launch ceremony with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Minister of State Smt. Savitri Thakur, and UP Cabinet Minister Smt. Baby Rani Maurya.
Dr. Dinesh Sharma, a Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and former Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 5 September 2026. The appointment was issued by President Droupadi Murmu and took effect when he formally assumed charge of office.
Adani Defence & Aerospace signed a five-year agreement with Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited for the supply of indigenous 7.62×39 mm small-calibre ammunition for the AK-203 assault rifle programme. The arrangement covers domestic ammunition supply for the Indian armed forces over the five-year period and links locally produced rifles with locally manufactured ammunition in India.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution reduced the sugar stock holding limit for dealers and traders to 2,000 quintals on 1 September 2026. The earlier limit was 4,000 quintals, and the revised cap will apply from 15 September 2026 to 30 November 2026.
Bihar and Jharkhand are scheduled to sign a water-sharing agreement for the Sone river on 31 August 2026. The pact ends a 25-year dispute that began after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in November 2000.
The Union Government’s newly launched PARIVARTAN Scheme has gained rapid traction, registering over 1,300 beneficiaries, onboarding 42 banks/NBFCs, and partnering with 15 auto OEMs across Delhi-NCR.
Catastrophic flash floods and debris flows tore through the transboundary Lhende Khola, Bhote Koshi, and Trishuli river systems along the Nepal–Tibet border.
Uttar Pradesh completed the physical demarcation of the 700-kilometre Ganga River floodplain zone across 13 districts from Unnao to Ballia. The boundary work was marked on the ground with 7,350 pillars, and the status was placed before the National Green Tribunal in August 2026.
A sudden flash flood swept through Nepal’s Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river systems on 26 August 2026. The flood affected the Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts, and it caused deaths, missing-person cases, damage to roads and bridges, and disruption to cross-border movement.
On 20 August 2026, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a 489-page judgment in State of Uttar Pradesh v. Jai Bir Singh on the legal meaning of “industry” under Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Bench ruled by a 5:4 majority that the 1978 Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa framework remains valid, but needs refinement with greater weight on the commercial character of an establishment.
Economist Jean Drèze highlighted a sharp contraction in rural employment generation during the transition from the repealed Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 to the new Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025
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