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New Delhi hosted the first-ever Home Ministers' Meeting of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), which ended with the adoption of the Delhi Declaration 2026. The groupi...
New Delhi was the venue for the 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC), hosted by India. Talks centred on joint action against cross-border crimes such as...
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, M...
The second edition of Tarang Shakti, the Indian Air Force's multinational air exercise, is under way in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Eight countries are participating with their air assets: Australia, Bangladesh, France, Germany,...
A new checklist by the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) has recorded 3,261 flowering plant species, plus 26 subspecies and 28 varieties from 190 families, in the Agasthyamalai Bio...
India and Sri Lanka have started the 13th edition of SLINEX-26, their bilateral naval exercise, at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
The Third BIMSTEC Conference on Traditional Medicine Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights has begun in Goa, organised by the Ministry of Ayush with the All-India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa...
India defeated Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the final of the Women's Twenty20 (T20) Asia Cup 2026, played in Dubai. The win gave India its eighth title in the tournament, extending its own record as the most successful team i...
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology has begun the third phase of underwater archaeological exploration off Poompuhar (Kaveripoompattinam) in Mayiladuthurai district, an ancient Chola-period port city. The work...
NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) has tied up with Uzbekistan's National Interbank Processing Centre (NIPC) to enable Unified Payments Interface (UPI) merchant payments in that country. Uzbekistan is now the 11t...
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), completed 10 years on 25 August 2026. Annual transactions grew from 1.78 crore in FY 2016-17 to more than 24,16...
IntroductionTamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, on 11 August 2026, laid the foundation stone for the ₹380 crore Keezhadi Phase 2 Site Museum and Research Centre at Keezhadi village, Sivaganga district. The museum...
