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BRICS Tax Authorities Meet in New Delhi
The BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities Meeting was held in New Delhi on 23 September 2026 as the concluding event of India’s Chairship of the BRICS tax cooperation...
Hurricane Polo Reaches Category 5 off Mexico
Hurricane Polo intensified to a Category 5 hurricane on 22 September 2026 off Mexico’s Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center classified Polo as an extremely dangerous storm...
PhonePe Gets UAE Central Bank Approval for Two Payment Licences
PhonePe, an Indian fintech company, received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE on 22 September 2026 for two payment licences. The approvals cover Retail Payment...
India Sends 70 Competitors to WorldSkills Shanghai 2026
India has sent its largest-ever contingent of 70 skilled competitors to the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China, held from 22 to 27 September 2026. Fourteen women are...
India Co-Sponsors Partners for Multilateralism Summit
India co-sponsored the inaugural Partners for Multilateralism (P4M) Summit at the United Nations in New York on 22 September 2026. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar co-chaired the summit,...
WWF Global Conservation Conference Inaugurated in Jaipur
The WWF Global Conservation Conference was inaugurated in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 21 September 2026. Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the conference, which was...
Indian Naval Ships Join ADMM-Plus Maritime Security Activity
Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri and Kulish participated in the 23rd ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Maritime Security Joint Cooperation Activity at Subic Bay in the Philippines. The activity...
UN Appoints Luke Lindberg to Head World Food Programme
The United Nations appointed U.S. agriculture official Luke Lindberg as the new Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) on 18 September 2026. The appointment followed confirmation...
Hansraj Singh Verma Appointed India’s Next Ambassador to Cuba
Hansraj Singh Verma has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba. The Ministry of External Affairs announced the appointment on 18 September 2026, and...
Maldives Repays $150 Million Loan to India
The Maldives repaid a 150 million loan to India on 17 September 2026. The repayment closed the final 50 million tranche of treasury bills originally subscribed by the...
Trump extends 100,000 H-1B visa fee until September 2027
The H-1B visa is a United States non-immigrant work visa for specialty occupations, and President Donald Trump extended a $100,000 fee on certain H-1B petitions until September 21,...
