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Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh released the RAKSHA defence diplomacy framework document in New Delhi on 3 September 2026. The document sets out a 10-year roadmap for India’s defence partnerships, security cooperation, and defence manufacturing outreach.
The 16th edition of Aero India is scheduled to be held at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru from 8 to 12 February 2027. The Ministry of Defence announced the event on 2 September 2026, and the Department of Defence Production will serve as the primary organiser.
On 2 September 2026, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority facilitated the export of NPOP-certified ethnic organic rice from Tripura to Austria and the Netherlands. The consignment was flagged off in Agartala and marked Tripura’s first organic agricultural shipment to the European market.
Gaurang Vyas, a Gujarati music composer, arranger and singer, died at the age of 87 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in September 2026. He was known for work in Gujarati cinema and for composing music for more than 100 films.
Apollyon Dynamics, a defence technology startup incubated at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, entered the India Book of Records on 1 September 2026 for developing India’s fastest multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle. Its electric interceptor drone, Ahuti Mk II, recorded a certified top speed of 498 km/h, which exceeded the earlier Indian multirotor benchmark of 325 km/h.
India and Belgium signed multiple Memoranda of Understanding in New Delhi on 2 and 3 September 2026 during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. The agreements covered renewable energy, defence-industrial cooperation, migration and mobility, semiconductor collaboration, and critical minerals processing and recycling.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy removed Konda Surekha, the State Minister for Environment, Forests and Endowments, from the Council of Ministers with immediate effect on 3 September 2026. The same day, the Chief Minister also withdrew the appointment of G. Chinna Reddy as Vice Chairman of the Telangana State Planning Board and approved new appointments in the state administration.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) released a consultation paper on 1 September 2026 for a proposed Public Insurance Registry (PIR). The PIR is planned as an interoperable digital public infrastructure for the insurance sector in India.
The India-Afghanistan Joint Working Group on Trade, Commerce and Investment held a virtual meeting on 1 September 2026 to review bilateral trade and commercial cooperation. The meeting covered trade facilitation, customs cooperation, visa facilitation for Afghan traders, banking and financial cooperation, energy, tariff concessions, and cargo connectivity.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, launched a digital dialogue series named AyurVarta on 1 September 2026. AIIA is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Ayush, and the series was introduced ahead of the 11th Ayurveda Day, which falls on 23 September.
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) in Chennai and the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (UNESCO MGIEP) signed a cooperation agreement on 1 September 2026 to develop next-generation AI and immersive learning technologies. The partnership combines UNESCO MGIEP’s work in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) with IIT Madras expertise in artificial intelligence, Extended Reality (XR), and game design.
Lakkundi in Gadag district of Karnataka is the site of a six-month LiDAR survey and geospatial mapping project under a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage, Karnataka, and the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. The project uses non-invasive digital tools to locate buried structures linked to the Kalyana-Chalukya era, which dates to the 10th to 12th centuries CE.