In a major breakthrough, the U.K. has recognised India's Carbon Credit Trading Scheme as a qualifying criterion for pricing relief under its carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), a move that would reduce the tax burden on domestic exporters, an official said on Monday (September 7, 2026).

In a communication addressed to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, the U.K.'s HM Treasury confirmed that the CCTS has been included in the U.K.'s published indicative list of overseas carbon pricing schemes assessed as qualifying criteria under a provision of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026, the official said.

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today said that Indian medical value tourism has huge potential to drive economic growth, generate employment, and earn international goodwill. The Minister was addressing a HealthCare and Wellness Expo, Sanjeevani 2026 in New Delhi.

Mr Goyal said that the event is bringing to the fore the potential that India holds in serving global healthcare requirements through its robust medical ecosystem. He stressed that India must maintain high standards, ethics, integrity, deal with care, compassion, upholding the traditional ethos of Atithi Devo Bhava. The Minister said that the nation must establish a high quality benchmark for global healthcare delivery through transparency and patient-centric care.

Mr Goyal urged the industry to work as collaborator to make the entire process seamless, to ensure that India has a world-leading medical value travel ecosystem. Mr Goyal emphasized that 35 lakh patients have benefited from Indian healthcare services in the last seven years. He added, the nation must scale its target to serve over 10 million international patients annually.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today presented the prestigious President’s Police Colour to the Goa Police at a ceremony held at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Taleigao, Goa. Mr. Shah also launched an AI-based voice assistant for the 1930 cyber-fraud helpline, supporting 12 languages to provide quick assistance to citizens and tourists.

Addressing the gathering, Mr. Shah praised the Goa Police for its service, professionalism, courage and discipline. He said the force has played an important role in maintaining internal security, protecting the coastline and safeguarding Goa’s tourism and economy. He also paid tribute to police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty. Mr. Shah highlighted the reduction in emergency response time through the 112 helpline, from 18 minutes to 8 minutes, and appreciated the Goa Police’s improved conviction rate.

The Home Minister urged the force to take the lead in combating narcotics and work towards eliminating the menace by 2029. Mr. Shah also highlighted India’s 7.8 per cent GDP growth in the first quarter and its growing role in disaster relief and capacity building globally.

e-FAST India, an initiative of NITI Aayog, today launched the Platform for Aggregating Clean Transport (PACT) to support accelerated zero-emission freight deployment in the country. Member, NITI Aayog, Rajiv Gauba launched the Platform during the 5th e-FAST India Summit 2026, in New Delhi. A flagship initiative under the e-FAST India platform, PACT is designed to aggregate freight demand from shippers, Logistics Service Providers (LSPs) and other ecosystem stakeholders and translate it into deployment opportunities across identified freight corridors. By bringing together shippers, LSPs, vehicle manufacturers, financiers, charge point operators (CPOs) and other ecosystem partners, the platform aims to improve demand visibility, support charging infrastructure planning and strengthen the commercial case for electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (e-MHDVs). The initiative also marks a significant step towards accelerating the deployment of zero-emission trucks in India.

The Summit also introduced the ZET Marketplace, an interactive business-engagement platform connecting e-truck manufacturers, LSPs, CPOs, financiers, and technology companies. The Marketplace enabled participants to showcase products, explore commercial opportunities and develop partnerships needed to move zero-emission freight projects from intent to implementation.

Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos has inaugurated two new assembly and testing facilities in Chennai, strengthening its ambitions to develop a reusable launch vehicle capable of flying, recovering and flying again.

The company unveiled the Stage Testing & Inspection Facility (STIF) and the Pressurant Tank Realisation, Over-wrapping and Outfitting Facility (PROOF) at its Assembly & Testing Facility.

The facilities were inaugurated in the presence of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, one of India's Gaganyaan astronaut-designates.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) has risen nine places to #26 globally and #2 in India in the Financial Times Masters in Management (FT MiM) 2026 global ranking, up from #35 globally and #3 in India in 2025. Institute ranks #1 in India for Careers Service, Alumni Network, Value for Money, and ESG and Net Zero Teaching. SPJIMR has climbed nine places to #26 globally and #2 in India in the Financial Times Masters in Management 2026 ranking, up from #35 globally and #3 in India in 2025. SPJIMR ranks #2 globally for Careers Service and #6 globally for Alumni Network, reinforcing its strong performance in career support and alumni engagement. The institute ranks #1 in India across Careers Service, Alumni Network, Value for Money, and ESG and Net Zero Teaching.

SPJIMR has now featured among the world's top 50 business schools for the seventh consecutive year. In the 2026 ranking, SPJIMR is the second-highest ranked Indian business school, behind IIM Bangalore and ahead of IIM Ahmedabad. Five Indian business schools feature in the global top 50 this year, compared with four in 2025.

The Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) in Gujarat has commissioned India’s first spherical tokamak and begun plasma experiments, marking the country’s entry into a specialised area of fusion research.

Behind the compact machine lies a big question: Can scientists learn to control on earth the same process that powers the sun, and eventually use it to generate electricity?

A tokamak uses powerful magnetic fields to hold an extremely hot gas called plasma. Under extreme conditions, atoms can fuse together and release enormous amounts of energy. This process, nuclear fusion, is what powers the sun.

Google has launched a project - first in India- using artificial intelligence (AI) models to support targeted agricultural solutions that can help increase farm productivity and reduce the impact of climate change.

It has developed two artificial intelligence (AI) models for this to ensure global food security and higher agricultural production through targeted interventions addressing current and future concerns.

“Our effort is focused on solving agriculture using AI. We want to demonstrate how AI can responsibly solve and transform the lives of millions of farmers in many ways,” said Alok Talekar, Lead, Agriculture and Sustainability Research, Google DeepMind.

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal on Saturday inaugurated the Indore Metro Priority Corridor-2 in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, marking a major expansion of the city’s public transport network.

The newly inaugurated Phase-I (Reach-II) corridor stretches approximately 11 km from Super Corridor-3 to Malviya Nagar Chauraha and comprises 11 stations. The project has been developed at an estimated cost of Rs 2,850 crore.

With the opening of the new corridor, Indore’s operational metro network has expanded to 16 stations covering around 17 km, with the cumulative project cost reaching approximately Rs 4,370 crore.

Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu was also present at the inauguration.

The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has crossed a significant milestone in the implementation of India’s Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) framework, with cumulative ABS disbursements exceeding 200 crore rupees. Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry said that NBA has sanctioned 8.23 crore rupees in access and benefit- sharing proceeds to be disbursed to states and UTs from utilisation of four key vegetable crops. These crops are Bitter Gourd, Okra, Chilli and onion.

The Ministry further added that the distribution is based on the area under cultivation, as published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. This approach will enable the ABS proceeds to be channelled towards States and Union Territories associated with the cultivation of the respective biological resources, where direct identification of the individual providers or source communities is not possible.

The Ministry highlighted that Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have emerged as the largest cumulative recipients among the States and UTs receiving the ABS proceeds. The Ministry said that this disbursement will also mark another important step in India’s efforts to ensure that benefits arising from the utilisation of biological resources are channelled towards biodiversity conservation and associated community-oriented activities.