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Railway Board Chairman and CEO Satish Kumar said in Indore on September 6 that the train, whose operational speed has so far been kept at around 75 kmph, has already completed trials at 120 kmph. Based on those trials, the Railways is now working towards permitting regular operations at a maximum speed of 110 kmph.
Bengaluru-based Achira Labs is developing an Indian alternative built around microfluidics: shrinking several laboratory processes into small disposable cartridges that can operate with compact analysers close to the patient.
ISRO confirmed that the manoeuvre was completed successfully at 7:00 PM on September 6, 2026. During the operation, the spacecraft’s Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) fired for 338.9 seconds, raising the satellite’s estimated apogee to 35,786 km. ISRO also reported that the spacecraft remained in normal health following the operation.
The mission seeks to create a common national framework covering breeding, hatchery management, fish health, quarantine, traceability, aquarium operations, transport and trade. By introducing standard operating procedures across the value chain, the government aims to improve quality, strengthen biosecurity and prepare Indian ornamental-fish producers for certification and wider market access.
The discussions in Coimbatore reflected a wider change in modern warfare. UAVs are no longer limited to surveillance and reconnaissance. They are increasingly being used for precision attack, communications relay, targeting, logistics, electronic warfare and autonomous operations.
The field-scale trial was carried out on NH-716, Chennai–Tirupati Package-I, by the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), Oriental Structural Engineers Private Limited (OSEPL) and Ooms Polymer Modified Bitumen Pvt. Ltd. The Ministry of Science and Technology announced the achievement on September 2, 2026.
The development gives India a particularly prominent position within the Stuttgart-based family-owned company. India is now LAPP’s second-largest market globally, while the Bhopal operation has surpassed the group’s other manufacturing sites in scale.
Located in the Bommasandra Industrial Area, the new facility has an initial footprint of about 20,000 square feet and is equipped with Surface Mount Technology, Through-Hole Technology and box-build assembly lines. It has been designed to manufacture electronics for sectors where product reliability, process control and stringent quality standards are particularly important.
The expanded facility is expected to become fully operational in 2030. Once completed, it will manufacture enzymes used across a wide range of industries, including biofuels, household-care products and food and beverages. Novonesis says the investment will substantially increase its production capacity as global demand for biological solutions continues to grow.
This distinction is particularly important as India prepares to host the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, 2026. The stronger and more realistic story is not the imminent creation of a single BRICS currency, but the gradual construction of a financial architecture that could allow BRICS economies to conduct significantly more business in their own currencies.
