The development is significant because the F414 is intended to power the Tejas Mk2, while progress on the separate F404-IN20 engine supply is directly affecting the pace at which HAL can deliver the Tejas Mk1A. Although both engines are supplied by GE Aerospace, they belong to two different fighter programmes and serve different operational requirements.
The agreement was signed on 16 September 2026 in Bengaluru by Rajnish Sharma, Director, Bengaluru Complex, BEL, and Shai Cohen, Senior Vice President, Elbit Systems. Senior officials from both companies were present, including representatives responsible for electronic warfare, international marketing and Elbit’s DIRCM business.
An Active Protection System is designed to defend an armoured vehicle before an incoming weapon actually strikes its armour. Instead of relying exclusively on composite armour, explosive reactive armour or other passive protection, a hard-kill APS attempts to detect an incoming projectile, calculate its trajectory and physically intercept it at a safe distance from the vehicle.
With the 20th edition of the Rozgar Mela, the total number of youth receiving appointment letters through the programme is expected to reach approximately 12.75 lakh across different government departments and public organisations.
Officials from the two countries held the India–Nepal Inter-Governmental Sub-Committee on Trade, Transit and Cooperation to Control Unauthorised Trade at Vanijya Bhawan in New Delhi on September 16 and 17, 2026.
India’s Ambassador to Thailand, Puneet Agrawal, met Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Suphajee Suthumpun in Bangkok on September 17, continuing a series of high-level economic engagements between New Delhi and Bangkok during September.
During their meeting, Harivansh and Jagdeo Singh exchanged views on strengthening parliamentary engagement between India and Trinidad and Tobago. The interaction adds to a series of recent exchanges intended to deepen institutional links between the legislatures of the two countries.
The Bhishma Parva contains one of the great geographical catalogues of the Mahabharata. As the regions and peoples of Bharatavarsha are enumerated, the text names the Dasharnas, Mekalas and Utkalas in succession. Elsewhere in the same catalogue appear Kalinga, Anga, Vanga, Andhra, Pundra, Tamralipta and numerous other eastern and southern peoples. Utkala therefore belonged firmly within the epic’s mental map of India.
Its story belongs to the dry landscapes of the Deccan, to orchards around the historic town from which it takes its name, to generations of grafting and selection, and eventually to mango-growing districts extending across what are today Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The partnership, announced on 18 September 2026, is intended to help convert L&T Semiconductor’s chip designs into commercially manufactured products using Tata Electronics’ semiconductor infrastructure. The collaboration will support products aimed at automotive, industrial, communications, security and intelligent-edge applications.
