India and Kazakhstan are holding the 9th edition of their joint military exercise, KAZIND-2026, at Oskemen in Kazakhstan. The KAZIND series aims to strengthen defence cooperation and interoperability between the armed forces of the two countries.
Trinidad and Tobago is set to become the first country in the Caribbean to adopt India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI). UPI already operates in 11 foreign countries: Bhutan, Nepal, Singapore, UAE, France, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Qatar, Cambodia, Greece and the Maldives. The expansion reflects the growing global reach of India's digital public infrastructure for instant payments.
The Union government has sanctioned a ₹87 crore project to develop India's first world-class geological museum at Bhedaghat-Lamhetaghat in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The museum is intended to showcase the country's geological heritage and promote earth science awareness and geo-tourism in the region.
India's first steel bridge for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project has been launched at Dive-Anjur village in Bhiwandi, Thane district, Maharashtra. The Mumbai–Ahmedabad corridor is India's first high-speed rail project, and the installation of the steel bridge marks a construction milestone on the Maharashtra section of the line.
India's first dual-fuel Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) train has been flagged off from Sabarmati Railway Station in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. A dual-fuel locomotive can run on a combination of LNG and conventional diesel, helping Indian Railways cut fuel costs and lower emissions as part of its push towards cleaner traction.
India reiterated its commitment to science-based conservation of cetaceans at the 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC-70) in Hobart, Australia. The IWC was set up under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in Washington, D.C., on 2 December 1946, and now has 89 member governments.
India presented its progress in sustainable forest management and ecological restoration at the 28th session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 28) in Rome, Italy. COFO is the highest global intergovernmental statutory body on forestry under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); it has 128 FAO members and meets every two years in Rome.
The Union government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has officially prohibited Paraquat Dichloride, a highly toxic non-selective herbicide. Paraquat is a fast-acting, broad-spectrum contact weedkiller used for weed control and crop desiccation. If swallowed it is extremely poisonous and can cause severe lung and kidney damage, including progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
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