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The Supreme Court of India has directed seven consenting states to amend service rules and raise the retirement age of district judges from 60 to 62 years. The order was passed in the case of All India Judges Association v. Union of India and applies to Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.
The United Nations General Assembly approved an African-led resolution on 4 September 2026 to promote maps that show continents in more accurate relative sizes. The resolution supports the use of the Equal Earth projection and moves away from the 16th-century Mercator projection in educational and public mapping contexts.
The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Intel India launched the Agentic AI Skilling Programmes on 3 September 2026. The initiative is linked to training youth across India in artificial intelligence skills for work with systems that can reason, plan and execute tasks.
GIFT City International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat has expanded its banking activity through External Commercial Borrowings, FCNR(B) swap mobilisations, and international bond listings. The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) recorded large-scale participation by domestic and foreign International Banking Units (IBUs) under the Reserve Bank of India’s special swap facility for Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposits.
India will host the Hyundai World Archery Para Series 2026 for the first time at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, from September 5 to September 9, 2026. The tournament is Stage 3 of the 2026 World Archery Para Series and will feature competition in Recurve Open, Compound Open, W1, and Visually Impaired divisions.
India and Canada held their annual Foreign Office Consultations on 2 September 2026 at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led by MEA Secretary (East) Rudrendra Tandon, and the Canadian delegation was led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Arun Thangaraj.
The Supreme Court of India on 2 September 2026 directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame rules for a specified channel for fishing vessels to transit through territorial waters to the Exclusive Economic Zone. The bench comprised Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, and the matter concerned access for vessels carrying purse seine nets.
The Indian Patent Office granted Patent No. 599900 on 2 September 2026 to the Chairman of the Defence Research & Development Organisation and the Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy Materials at the University of Hyderabad. The patent covers a next-generation solid rocket propellant fuel with the chemical designation N1,N1,N1,N4,N4,N4-hexaethylbut-2-yne-1,4-diaminiumdodecaborane and the energetic compound name BAM-H24.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released India’s Gross Domestic Product estimates for the first quarter of 2026–27 with real growth of 7.8% under the 2022–23 base year. On 2 September 2026, MoSPI issued a clarification on the negative 1.5% implicit Gross Value Added deflator in manufacturing and on the use of the double-deflation method in national accounts.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named India as the host of the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy for 2027. The tournament will run from 14 February to 28 February 2027 and will feature six teams in a Twenty20 International (T20I) round-robin format followed by a final.
The Indian Air Force conducted a successful drop trial of the indigenously designed long-range glide bomb Khagantak-243 on 2 September 2026. The weapon was released from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet and is being developed as a precision-guided munition for stand-off delivery.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the four recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024 on 2 September 2026. The awards recognise achievements in land adventure, water adventure, and lifetime contribution to adventure sports in India.