Three years after the martyrdom of Colonel Manpreet Singh and following repeated appeals by his family and representations by Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday dedicated the 200-foot-wide HR-2 road and a park in New Chandigarh to the decorated Army officer who laid down his life while defending the nation in Anantnag in 2023.Sharing the announcement on X, the Chief Minister paid tribute to Shaheed Colonel Manpreet Singh (Kirti Chakra) on his martyrdom anniversary.“I pay my heartfelt tributes to the great warrior, Shaheed Colonel Manpreet Singh (Kirti Chakra), who attained martyrdom while defending the nation in Anantnag. As a mark of respect to this braveheart, today we have named the road from Mullanpur Chowk to the T-Point ‘Shaheed Colonel Manpreet Singh Marg’ and the park in Sector 5-A ‘Shaheed Colonel Manpreet Singh Park’. The unparalleled sacrifice of this brave son of village Bharojian will always inspire our youth. Our martyrs are our pride and legacy, and the Punjab Government will always stand firmly with their families. Inquilab Zindabad,” Mann stated.

A hundred of the 2,451 newly appointed assistant professors across 211 new degree colleges in Bihar will undergo specialised training at Oxford University and various other premier global institutions as part of an international training programme funded by the state government.

Making the announcement during an orientation session held for the professors in Patna, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary stressed that the specialised training programme was aimed at providing quality education to students pursuing higher education. The teachers will learn modern teaching methods and boost their professional capabilities through the initiative, he said.

Choudhary further noted, “Bihar has acquired the distinction of being the first state in the country to launch 211 degree colleges in a single day.” He called on all teachers to ensure that their students maintain a minimum of 75% attendance in all classes.

An Indian firm and an American defence major on Tuesday announced that they will work together to support the development of India's high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle.

In a statement, Bharat Forge and Pratt & Whitney Canada said they will evaluate the integration of advanced turboprop engines into a HALE unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), being designed and developed under a programme by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Pratt & Whitney is a business of US-based RTX.

The collaboration supports India's indigenous unmanned aerial systems efforts under the government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.

HALE UAVs provide long-endurance surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance across land and maritime domains.

The Karnataka government on Tuesday approved the observance of September 15, the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya, as ‘Engineers’ Day’, in recognition of the invaluable contribution made by engineers toward the development and economic progress of the country.

The government also permitted the use of the title “Er.” (Engineer) before the names of engineers.

The government’s order came hours after Chief Minister D K Shivakumar made the announcement.

Engineers to use ‘Er.’ prefix
Recently on September 5 -- Teachers’ Day -- the state government allowed teachers in the state to use the prefix ‘Tr’ before their names as a mark of respect for their contribution to society.

The prefix is akin to professional titles such as ‘Dr’ for medical doctors and ‘Prof’ for professors.

The Keralam government is set to launch its highly anticipated ‘Reimagining Keralam’ Round Table Conference on September 16. Aimed at giving fresh momentum to Kerala's development and ensuring that announced projects are implemented within stipulated timelines, it begins in Thiruvananthapuram on September 16.

Organised under the theme "Ideas, Projects, Actions," the three-day event will be held from September 16 to 18 at the Lemon Tree and Hilton hotels in the state capital.

In what is being described as a first in Keralam's history, more than 40 departments and 73 projects are being brought together under a single initiative to prepare a comprehensive action plan. Priority will be given to projects that involve coordination across multiple departments, with discussions being held with the active participation of policy experts, investors and startups. Three days, six clusters and accelerated coordination of 73 projects have been identified as the key features of the initiative.

Odisha is set to get an integrated semiconductor manufacturing unit after the Unit Approval Committee (UAC) of the Falta Special Economic Zone (FSEZ) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry approved SiCSem Private Limited’s proposal to establish a silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor facility with an investment of ₹3,406.25 crore at Info Valley-II on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.

The project, which was among the two semiconductor proposals approved for Odisha under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) last year, will come up on 21.889 acres at the Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) Park in Info Valley-II.

Sources said the UAC approval clears the way for SiCSem to establish an integrated semiconductor manufacturing facility covering fabrication, assembly, testing, marking and packaging of SiC semiconductor devices.

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) will invest around ₹27,000 crore to establish a greenfield shipbuilding cluster at Dighi in Raigad district, in a move expected to generate 90,000 jobs, the Maharashtra government said on Tuesday.

MDL signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Park Maharashtra Ltd (NSHIPML) in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, an official release issued here said.

As per the agreement, MDL has set a target of achieving an annual shipbuilding capacity of at least 2 million gross tonnes at Dighi.

SENIOR IPS officer Sanjukta Parasor, also known as the “Iron Lady of Assam” for her counter-insurgency work in the Northeast, has taken charge as Inspector General of the Central Reserve Police Force’s elite CoBRA unit, becoming the first woman officer to head the specialised jungle-warfare force.

Parasor, a 2006-batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, brings to the post extensive experience in counter-insurgency operations, field policing and national security investigations.

The CRPF headquarters issued the appointment order last week. Parasor succeeds 1996-batch IPS officer Danesh Rana as the IG, CoBRA. “This is the first time that the 10-battalion-strong CoBRA of the CRPF will be headed by a woman officer,” a senior officer said. Two CoBRA units were recently deployed by the CRPF to check armed violence in Manipur.

The National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of integrated Computer Lab-cum-Smart Classroom facilities in 29 functional Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) across 11 districts of Rajasthan, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs said.

The Ministry said the integrated technology-enabled learning facilities will benefit more than 10,000 Scheduled Tribe students annually, with equal representation of girls.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs Ranjana Chopra; Joint Secretary, MoTA and CMD, NSTFDC T Roumuan Paite; Deputy Secretary, MoTA Ganesh Nagarajan and other senior officials of the Ministry. The HPCL delegation included Director (HR) K.S. Shetty, CGM, DCO Pawan Kumar Sehgal, CGM, CSR & PRCC Anupam Tiwari, Manager, CSR Bhargav Chauhan and Officer, CSR Sakshi Dwivedi. The NSTFDC delegation comprised AGM, Projects & CSR Bismita Das, Chief Manager Himanshu Vishwakarma and Manager, Projects & CSR Vikash Ranjan.

In a landmark moment for cultural preservation in the Union Territory, the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Vinai Kumar Saxena, has officially declared Kumik village in Zanskar as the region's first designated ‘Heritage Village’ on Tuesday, today, coinciding with the launch of the Ladakh Zanskar Festival 2026.

Nestled in the high-altitude Zanskar Valley, Kumik is renowned for its traditional houses, sacred spaces, agricultural practices, and age-old traditions, and is widely known for preserving a rich Buddhist textual tradition, including precious Kanjur manuscripts and other Tibetan Buddhist materials. It offers a glimpse into a different side of Zanskar – as a place where knowledge, faith and cultural traditions were preserved and transmitted,” LG Ladakh wrote on X.