The visit is intended to strengthen India’s bilateral ties with Uzbekistan and include participation in the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan; the first leg is in Tashkent on August 29–30.
Source ↗The Ministry of External Affairs has established round-the-clock assistance as rescue and humanitarian operations continue in flood-hit Nepal, where many Indian nationals remain uncontactable.
Source ↗New Delhi will convene the 18th BRICS leaders’ summit in September, making India’s role in the grouping and its multilateral diplomacy an important examination topic.
Source ↗The Commerce and Industry Minister’s Japan engagement focused on attracting investment into India’s semiconductor and technology ecosystems, linking trade diplomacy with strategic manufacturing.
Source ↗Uttar Pradesh has introduced a dedicated startup portal alongside its 2026 policy, highlighting state-level support for entrepreneurship, innovation and employment generation.
Source ↗India used the bilateral roundtable to emphasise scientific approaches to snow leopard conservation, making the species, its high-altitude habitat and transboundary cooperation relevant for environment preparation.
Source ↗The sector’s current improvement is linked to increased sugar production, diversification into ethanol and more timely payments to sugarcane farmers—relevant to agricultural policy, biofuels and rural incomes.
Source ↗Launched on 28 August 2014, PM-JDY marked its 12th anniversary with 59.09 crore accounts and ₹3.17 lakh crore in deposits as of August 2026; it remains a foundation of the JAM and direct-benefit-transfer architecture.
Source ↗The technology-transfer decision will allow eligible Indian manufacturers, including MSMEs, to produce DRDO-developed conventional missile systems subject to qualifications, certification and regulatory approvals, advancing defence indigenisation.
Source ↗The rural-transformation mission seeks to link households with eligible government schemes and converge agriculture, employment, health, education and infrastructure interventions; its pilot covers Budni and Khategaon blocks in Madhya Pradesh.
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