
The three-day Table Top Exercise of the Colombo Security Conclave concluded on 12 September 2026 at the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. The exercise began on 9 September 2026 and focused on a coordinated response to illicit maritime activities in the Indian Ocean Region.
Drydocks World, a DP World company, and Cochin Shipyard Limited signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement on 11 September 2026 to operate and expand the International Ship Repair Facility in Kochi. The agreement was formalised during the BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi and involves the transfer of the existing Willingdon Island facility to the new company.
India and Russia have set a bilateral trade target of 100 billion by 2030, with current trade at around 60 billion. The two countries are also pursuing a new Bilateral Investment Treaty and a bilateral investment target of $50 billion by 2030.
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.
Indian and French private space companies signed three agreements at the inaugural International Space Summit in Paris on 10 September 2026. The agreements covered satellite launches, space surveillance, and microsatellite technology. The summit was held on 9–10 September 2026 and featured 51 announcements linked to about €20 billion in global space investments and contracts.
The 9th ASEAN–India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AIMMAF) was held in New Delhi on 9 September 2026. The meeting was co-chaired by Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare of India.
Australia and India expanded space-sector cooperation on 8 September 2026 through five industry partnerships announced at the 9th Bengaluru Space Expo in Bengaluru. The agreements covered satellite infrastructure, spacecraft recovery, spaceport activities, research collaboration, and advanced manufacturing.
India and Morocco held the inaugural meeting of their Joint Defence Committee (JDC) in New Delhi on 8 September 2026. The meeting created a formal bilateral mechanism for defence cooperation between the two countries under a Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding signed in September 2025.
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.
The 7th Meeting of the India-Japan Joint Working Group on cooperation in the forestry sector was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 8 September 2026. The Indian delegation was led by Shri Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Additional Director General (Forests) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Japanese delegation was led by Mr. Shimizu Kotaro, Deputy Director General of the Forestry Agency under Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The United Kingdom has included India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) in its indicative list of overseas carbon pricing mechanisms under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, under the Ministry of Power, received formal confirmation that the CCTS meets the criteria under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Regulations 2026.
The 27th World Knowledge Forum opened in Seoul, South Korea, on 8 September 2026 at Jangchung Arena and The Shilla Seoul. The three-day forum, organised by Maekyung Media Group, runs until 10 September 2026 and focuses on artificial intelligence, co-intelligence, and global economic change.