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The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) launched the third phase of underwater archaeological exploration off Poompuhar, also known as Kaveripoompattinam, in Mayiladuthurai district on 6 September 2026. The project is being carried out with the Indian Maritime University and covers an underwater zone linked to the ancient Sangam-era port city.
Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the China Masters title on 6 September 2026 at Shenzhen Arena in Shenzhen, China. The fifth-ranked Indian pair defeated China’s He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu in a 70-minute comeback final with a scoreline of 11-21, 21-13, 21-17.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza on 6 September 2026 for Mercedes. He became the first Italian to win his home Grand Prix in 60 years, after Ludovico Scarfiotti won the race in 1966. Antonelli was 20 years old at the time of the victory.
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.
The U.S.-India TRUST Fellowship was launched in Bengaluru in September 2026 to support collaborative research between American scholars and Indian institutions. TRUST stands for Transforming the Relationship Utilizing Strategic Technology, and the programme is linked to the bilateral TRUST framework announced by the United States and India in February 2025.
The 28th Western Zonal Council meeting was chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Panaji, Goa, on 7 September 2026. The meeting was organised under the Inter-State Council Secretariat and included leaders from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
The BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir in Bussy-Saint-Georges, Seine-et-Marne, was inaugurated on 6 September 2026. The temple is France’s first traditionally designed stone Hindu temple and the largest of its kind in mainland Europe.
The Government of India sold about 4,000 tonnes of buffer onions across 17 cities during the first ten days of its subsidised retail intervention in 2026. The central buffer stock for the year 2026 stands at 1.21 lakh tonnes, and the onions are being sold at Rs 35 per kg in selected price-sensitive markets.
India and China held their first Corps Commander-level military meeting in Arunachal Pradesh on 6 September 2026 to discuss border tensions and de-escalation measures along the eastern sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The meeting took place at the Wacha-Damai Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) point in the Kibithu sector of Anjaw district, which lies on the Indian side of the border.
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.
India’s direct tax buoyancy remained above 1 for the third consecutive financial year, with the figure at 1.39 in 2024–25. Direct tax buoyancy measures the rate of growth in direct tax collections relative to the rate of growth in nominal Gross Domestic Product.
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.