Nirbhay Choudhary set a new national record in Indian men’s hammer throw with a 71.02m throw at the Indian Athletics Final Series 2026. Neeraj Kumar previously held the record with a throw of 70.23m in 2016. Dameet Singh and Ashish Jakhar are currently third and fourth with throws of 68.12m and 67.51m, respectively.

The women’s event also produced a national record. Tanya Chaudhary beat Anushka Yadav’s record with a throw of 68.35m. Anushka previously held the national record with a throw of 67.02m and in the final, she finished second with 66.34m, while Kulvinder Kaur finished third with 59.13m.

On the other hand, several established Indian athletes used the meeting to gauge their form ahead of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.

Shree Charani scripted history in the Women’s Asia Cup semi-final against Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday, becoming the fastest Indian to 50 wickets in T20Is. The left-arm spinner reached the landmark in her 29th match, surpassing Kuldeep Yadav’s record for India across men’s and women’s cricket.

Charani completed the milestone by dismissing Bangladesh opener Juairiya Ferdous in the sixth over of the innings. With Bangladesh needing to accelerate while chasing 150, Ferdous attempted to play across the line against a delivery that spun across her. She got a top edge, allowing Richa Ghosh to run across and complete the catch behind the stumps. Ferdous departed for 14 off 18 balls, with two fours, giving Charani her 50th T20I wicket.

The Gujarat government has allocated Rs 301 crore for preparations to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games, including Rs 200 crore for payment of the host fee, the state assembly was informed on Thursday.

Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi, who holds the Sports and Youth Services portfolio, provided the details in a written reply during the Question Hour on the second day of the state assembly's monsoon session. The question was asked by Congress MLA Amit Chavda.

Sanghavi confirmed that Gujarat had been awarded the hosting rights for the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

The state had signed the Host Collaboration Agreement (HCA) for the Games and paid the host fee, he said.

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) unveiled two new products at the Global Fintech Fest, UPI Tap & Pay and My UPI, an AI-powered payments assistant, marking a significant expansion of the country's digital payments infrastructure.

UPI Tap & Pay allows users to complete payments by simply bringing their phone close to a point-of-sale terminal, without opening a UPI application. The feature works even in low or no network conditions, including in airplane mode. The product is currently backed by 32 banks, 15 UPI applications, eight acquirers and aggregators, and 18 payment service providers.

My UPI is an AI-powered assistant designed to consolidate payment controls, transaction history, complaint management, and safety features across all UPI apps and accounts into one interface. Key features include a merchant trust check before payments, a “Pay Again” option for repeat transactions, automated complaint filing in natural language, mobile number de-linking from UPI IDs, and a safety switch to instantly pause all UPI debits. My UPI is supported by 29 banks, 25 UPI applications, and 14 technology service providers.

Tanya Chaudhary became the unlikely star at the Indian Athletics Series Final as the 22-year-old from Uttar Pradesh shattered the national record in the women’s hammer throw.

Tanya sent the hammer to a distance of 68.35 metres, improving her state-mate Anushka Yadav’s previous record of 67.02m set in June at the Inter-State National Championships. Anushka finished second with 66.34m.

Both men’s and women’s hammer throw were organized in the second field of play, away from the main mondo track, but both events saw national records going down with Nirbhay Chaudhary shattering it in the men’s event with 71.02m.

In a step to decongest the high density networks of the Indian Railways, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved eight multitracking projects spanning 1,196 kilometers worth Rs 20,804 crore. These projects lie on the Mumbai-Kolkata and Mumbai-Chennai high density network, two of the seven such railway corridors.

The projects are Kharagpur-Jharsuguda (Bagdehi) 4th Line, Bilaspur (Uslapur)-Pendra Road 3rd Line, Katni-Pendra Road 4th Line, Secunderabad (Ghatkesar)-Kazipet fourlining, Arakkonam-Renigunta 3rd and 4th Line, Whitefield-Bangarapet 3rd and 4th Line, Hosur-Omalur doubling, and Salem-Karur-Dindigul doubling.

High Density Network, or HDN, are passenger-freight corridors where the number of trains run beyond its capacity in most sections. This leads to congestion, passenger delays, and freight operations that affect network efficiency.

PhonePe, the country’s largest digital payments app, is expanding beyond its UPI-led payments model with a suite of card-based offerings in partnership with card network player Visa.

The Bengaluru-based fintech firm on September 9 announced three new solutions, including tap to pay, cross-border scan to pay and smart accept, at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai.

The offerings build on PhonePe’s existing Visa card tokenisation capability, launched in February 2025, as competition intensifies across digital payments.

Interestingly, UPI accounts for 89 percent of all digital transactions in the country even though the average value is much lower than a typical card payment.

Vipul Misra has been appointed as acting Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines.

Prior to his elevation, Misra served as the head of engineering at SriLankan Airlines. He assumed charge of CEO post today.

In a statement, SriLankan airlines said Misra brings over two decades of aircraft engineering and aviation leadership experience.

“Misra’s background spans across significantly large commercial carriers including Air India, Vistara, IndiGo, SpiceJet, Kingfisher Airlines and Air Deccan. His comprehensive expertise across legacy, full-service, and low-cost carriers is expected to provide strong technical and operational direction during this interim period, as the national carrier of Sri Lanka works towards enhancing its performance and long-term sustainability,” the airline said.

UIDAI has launched a new face authentication SDK that will allow partner banks and businesses to run Aadhaar authentication locally, potentially easing geofencing-related limitations for Indians overseas. The move comes as Aadhaar authentication volumes rise to around 10 crore transactions a day, with UIDAI preparing for 25-30 crore daily transactions.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a new face authentication software development kit (SDK) aimed at making Aadhaar authentication easier for partner institutions while addressing geofencing restrictions that have affected Indians travelling or living overseas.

UIDAI Chairman Neelkanth Mishra announced the new SDK at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 in Mumbai on September 9. The conference is being held from September 8 to 11 at the Jio World Centre.

Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday introduced various governance reforms aimed at employment creation, global trade expansion, advanced skill development, government employee welfare, and judicial infrastructure.

The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, approved the "Mukhyamantri Startup and NIPUN Mission" with an outlay of Rs 500 crore over the next five years, intending to transform youth from "job-seekers into job-creators."

Under this mission, entrepreneurship development centres will be set up across all 33 districts, accompanied by 100 Emerging Technology Labs and 5 industry centres of excellence.