The Food Ministry has signed an agreement with state-owned FCI to set targets for this fiscal, including modernising foodgrain management and improving operational efficiency.

The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is the nodal agency for procurement and distribution of foodgrains.

According to an official statement on Tuesday, the Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) and the FCI signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for this fiscal.

"The MoU establishes a comprehensive performance framework for FCI, with defined targets aimed at improving operational efficiency, strengthening accountability and accelerating modernisation in foodgrain management," the food ministry said.

India and Japan on Tuesday reviewed and strengthened cooperation in the forestry sector during the 7th India-Japan Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on forests held in Bengaluru.

The meeting brought together senior officials from both countries to discuss collaboration in forest management, biodiversity conservation, research, technology and capacity building.

The Indian delegation was led by Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Additional Director General (Forests), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, while the Japanese delegation was headed by Shimizu Kotaro, Deputy Director General, Forestry Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Government of Japan.

The discussions focused on three key areas of cooperation—Tree Outside Forests (TOFs), Forest Genetics and Forest Stack.

India bagged five medals including two gold, two silver and one bronze on the penultimate day of the Stage three of World Archery Para Series in Ahmedabad today, with the men’s teams winning the top honours.

Reigning world champion Toman Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami clinched the gold medal in the Men’s compound team event with a dominant win over Iraq’s Abbas Kadhim and Anwer Aldawod, 152-139.

Men’s duo of double Paralympic medallist Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi overcame Slovakia’s David Ivan and Denis Ivan 6-2 to bag the yellow metal in recurve team title.

India finished fourth amongst 82 nations in the recently concluded Pickleball World Cup held at Da Nang, Vietnam, with a total medal tally of 41 medals, including seven golds, 17 silvers and 17 bronze medals.

The Pickleball World Cup 2026 proved to be a massive jump for India, which finished 7th in last year’s World Cup, according to a release.

India sent a team delegation of 48 athletes who competed in the Kids, Juniors, Open, Seniors and Master’s team events, representing the official Indian Team at the World Cup.

The Indian contingent for the Asian Games 2026 received a grand send-off in New Delhi yesterday in the presence of Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya. Dr. Mandaviya, along with Indian Olympic Association President P T Usha, Sports Secretary Hari Ranjan Rao, and Chef de Mission Sahdev Yadav, unveiled the official jersey of the Indian contingent in the presence of athletes and support staff.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. Mandaviya urged Indian athletes to turn pressure into performance, view opponents as opportunities and transform those opportunities into achievements. Highlighting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Indian sports, he said the Government has created new pathways for athletes to compete and excel at the global level.

Dr Mandaviya also highlighted the growing depth of Indian sport and the emergence of young talent. He said that out of the 503-member contingent, more than three hundred athletes are first-time participants at the Asian Games. Applauding India’s performance at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow, the Union Minister said at the last Commonwealth Games, India won 13 gold medals and this time the tally has improved by more than 35 per cent. He said the target is to establish India firmly on the world sporting stage by 2036, when the country aims to host the Olympic Games. He added that this ten-year plan includes an allocation of more than 36 thousand crore rupees for improving sports infrastructure.

Indian Railways is working to run the country’s first hydrogen-powered train at speeds of up to 110 kmph after completing trials at 120 kmph, Railway Board Chairman and CEO Satish Kumar said on Sunday. He said consultations were on with stakeholders to decide the rail sections where the train could run, while technical issues and fuel supply arrangements were also being examined.

Kumar also said the Railways was expanding its Vande Bharat sleeper services, with the first train now operating between Howrah and Kamakhya (Guwahati), four more trains completed and 11 more expected this year. He added that the Railways was preparing for the Simhastha festival in Ujjain in 2028 and was reviewing major infrastructure projects, including the Indore-Manmad railway line.

“The operational speed of the hydrogen train has so far been kept at 75 kmph. However, trials have been completed for a speed of 120 kmph. After that, efforts are now underway to operate it at a maximum speed of 110 kmph,” Kumar told reporters in Indore. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on July 17 flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train, which operates on the 89-km Jind-Sonipat route in Haryana.

In Badminton, Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the men’s doubles title at the China Masters in Shenzhen today. The Indian duo defeated China’s He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu 11-21, 21-13, 21-17 in the summit clash to secured India’s first-ever title at the China Masters.

The victory marks the duo’s second title of the season. They had earlier won the Singapore Open Super 750 and finished runners-up at the Thailand Open Super 500. Satwik and Chirag booked their place in the final after defeating Malaysia’s Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub and Tan Wee Kiong 21-15, 18-21, 21-11 in the semifinals. The Indian duo had finished runners-up at the China Masters in 2023 and 2025 and reached the semifinals in 2024.

The 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2026 will be launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in Varanasi on Wednesday. This year’s campaign draws momentum from the revised Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) Guidelines under Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0, which, for the first time, define Hot Cooked Meals and mandate SNP Menu Boards, and guidelines for the establishment of Anganwadi Management Committees.

Guided by the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a Suposhit Bharat as the foundation of a Viksit Bharat by 2047, Poshan Abhiyaan was launched in 2018 to place nutrition at the centre of the national development agenda. Rashtriya Poshan Maah, observed every September, has since grown into a Jan Andolan that mobilises communities to strengthen nutrition, health and caregiving behaviours among women, children and adolescents.

The 9th edition, to be launched by Union Minister of Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi, carries this journey forward under the theme “Hamari Anganwadi Hamari Jimmedari”, calling upon every citizen to take shared ownership of the Anganwadi Centre as the first point of nutrition, health, care and early learning for the nation’s children.

The first ever international film festival in Jammu and Kashmir got underway on Monday with 135 films including 60 foreign entries to be screened during the four-day festival in an attempt to revive J&K’s long- association with the world of cinema and make it once again a preferred destination for film making and film making.

The 4-day film festival themed "Rang-e-Cinema" (colours of cinema) is being held from September 7-10 at Srinagar, Jammu and world famous ski resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir.

Organised by J&K Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) in collaboration with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), the festival opened on Monday with the screening of Lebanese filmmaker Sarah Francis’s film “Dead Dog” at INOX, Srinagar’s only multiplex.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) organised the Swachh Vayu Diwas 2026 today, on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies.

The event was presided over by the Chairperson, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Justice Prakash Shrivastava, as Chief Guest.

According to a release, other dignitaries gracing the occasion included Secretary (EFCC), Tanmay Kumar; Chairperson (CAQM), Rajesh Verma; DG (Forest) and Special Secretary (EFCC), Sushil Kumar Awasthi; Chairperson (CPCB), Amandeep Garg; and AS (EFCC), Ashutosh Agnihotri. Officials from Union Ministries, Multilateral organisations, Mayors, District Collectors and Municipal Commissioners of award-winning Cities and wards, besides officials from MoEFCC, CPCB and CAQM were present.