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The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved a proposal on 9 October 2026 to rename Noida International Airport at Jewar as “Narendra Modi International Airport, Noida-Jewar”. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the decision in Lucknow after a Cabinet meeting. The airport is located at Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh.
The Centre approved ₹1,175.59 crore for a 6.91-km-long six-lane major bridge across the Teesta River at Sevoke on NH-10 in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, on 30 September 2026. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the approval on 1 October 2026.
India formally identified 28 places and geographical features on the official Survey of India maps of Ladakh on 2 October 2026. The updated map was prepared in consultation with the Union Territory administration and was made available on the official Survey of India website.
India added five new properties to the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage on 29-30 September 2026. The addition raised India’s total number of properties on the Tentative List to 78.
The Ministry of Railways is set to begin the Second Saraighat Rail-cum-Road Bridge Project in Assam. The project includes a 1.3-km double-decker bridge over the Brahmaputra and the doubling of the railway track between Agthori and Kamakhya stations over 7.20 km.
The 366-metre container vessel MSC Beryl departed from Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala on 1 September 2026 for Valencia, Spain. The vessel carried Vizhinjam’s first export consignment of eight containers, including packaged food products from Thiruvananthapuram and seafood from Kochi.