Daily digests (5-8 items/day).
On 8 September 2026 the Department of Telecommunications said its Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI), launched on 22 May 2025, had helped prevent suspected cyber-fraud losses of ₹5,043.73 crore by August 2026. FRI tags mobile numbers as medium, high or very high risk so banks and payment apps can stop a fraud before money leaves the account.
8 Sep 2026
The Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self Defence Force held bilateral exercise Veer Guardian-2026 at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 9 to 22 September 2026. The IAF flew Tejas, Su-30 MKI and Rafale; JASDF flew F-2A fighters. Separately, the 7th India-Japan Joint Working Group on forests met in Bengaluru on 8 September.
8 Sep 2026
As on 4 September 2026, India had sown kharif crops on 1,086.31 lakh hectares, against 1,104.00 lakh ha a year earlier, a fall of 17.69 lakh ha. Rice was down 16.37 lakh ha at 421.82 lakh ha. Pulses and jute and mesta were higher than last year, with Uttar Pradesh adding the most pulses area.
8 Sep 2026
On 8 September 2026 the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said it had stepped up control of Lumpy Skin Disease after sporadic cases since July 2026, mainly in UP, Rajasthan, Himachal, Haryana, Punjab and Uttarakhand. A Central Expert Team went to UP in August. Over 36.18 crore cattle have been vaccinated, and 3,461 cases were active.
8 Sep 2026
On 7 September 2026, at the 5th e-FAST India Summit, NITI Aayog launched PACT, the Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport, to pool freight demand from shippers and logistics firms and turn it into zero-emission truck deployments on chosen corridors. A ZET Marketplace was also introduced. E-freight vehicle deployments rose from 201 in FY25 to 826 in FY26.
7 Sep 2026
A PIB note of 7 September 2026 says India made 76 lakh bales of raw jute and 12.80 lakh MT of jute goods in FY 2025-26, the largest raw jute output in the world. The MSP for raw jute in 2026-27 is ₹5,925 a quintal, and all food grains must be packed in jute.
7 Sep 2026
On 7 September 2026 the Lok Sabha Speaker opened a two-day All-India Capacity Building Workshop on "Gender-Responsive Governance" organised by the National Commission for Women in Faridabad. He called the provision of 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies a historic need and said women must shape laws, not just receive support.
7 Sep 2026
A Fisheries Ministry note of 7 September 2026 says 9,467 Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems and 4,573 biofloc units have been approved under PMMSY, backed by ₹4,120 crore. RAS recycles up to 90 to 95 per cent of water. India's fish output rose from 95.79 lakh tonnes in 2013-14 to a record 198 lakh tonnes in 2024-25.
7 Sep 2026
On 7 September 2026 the Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by the Raksha Mantri, gave Acceptance of Necessity to capital acquisition proposals worth about ₹1,10,000 crore. They include CBRN reconnaissance vehicles and mine layers for the Army, Arudhra radars and marine gas turbines for the Navy, and jammers for the forces. About 98 per cent will be bought from Indian industry.
7 Sep 2026
The National Biodiversity Authority held the 16th National Meet of State Biodiversity Boards and UT Biodiversity Councils at Chandigarh on 6 and 7 September 2026. The Environment Minister asked States to align their rules with the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 and the 2024 Rules, and to make over 2.76 lakh Biodiversity Management Committees work.
6 Sep 2026