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BEL described the group that entered its Bengaluru Complex as a three-member Japanese parliamentary delegation led by Taro Kono, who has previously served both as Japan’s Foreign Minister and Defence Minister.
There are two fundamentally different ways to approach public policy. One begins with the country
Technical teams from India and Thailand are working on linking UPI with PromptPay, Thailand’s major real-time retail payment platform. The objective is to enable easier cross-border digital payments between users and merchants in the two countries.
The fourth round of India–Canada CEPA negotiations was held in New Delhi from 14 to 18 September 2026. The five-day discussions formed part of the renewed effort to build a broader bilateral trade framework capable of covering goods, services, investment and emerging areas of economic cooperation.
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.
Nepal’s Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle held bilateral talks with India’s Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on September 17, with post-flood reconstruction forming a major part of discussions that also covered trade, investment, energy, connectivity and broader development cooperation.
The second phase of the international UPI arrangement was launched in Thimphu on September 17 in the presence of External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and Foreign Minister D.N. Dhungyel.
DRDO said its participation highlights India’s indigenous defence capabilities and its intention to strengthen international defence cooperation. The organisation is displaying its technologies at Hangar 2, Stall 2W 15 during the exhibition.
