News on Indian Economy
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Angola’s Foreign Minister Téte António on September 2, 2026, with discussions focused on strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation for mutual economic development. The meeting formed part of a series of diplomatic engagements held by Rijiju during his visit to Serbia.
Nissan manufactures the SUV at its Chennai production facility under what it calls its “One Car. One World” strategy. The approach is intended to produce vehicles in India to a common global standard, allowing the same basic product to serve domestic customers while also being exported to international markets.
The Federation of Indian Export Organisations, with support from the Indian diplomatic mission, is assembling a delegation of selected Indian companies for business engagements in Accra and Lagos. The programme is designed specifically to connect Indian companies with prospective African buyers through focused business-to-business meetings rather than functioning merely as a trade exhibition.
For root-canal treatment, researchers from IISc and Theranautilus developed tiny helical robots made from silicon dioxide and coated with iron. An externally generated magnetic field can guide the robots through dentinal tubules, microscopic passages inside the tooth where bacteria can remain after conventional treatment.
The engine associated with the upper-stage programme is Pegasus. EtherealX has previously demonstrated test-ready thrust-chamber hardware and has also developed its own turbopump technology. The production engine is being designed around an approximately 80-kN dual-thrust-chamber configuration using the company’s FSCC architecture.
The project will upgrade 31.02 kilometres of the Bagdogra–Panitanki–Kharibari–Galgalia section of National Highway 327, improving one of the important road links connecting northern West Bengal with Bihar and routes leading toward Northeast India. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the approval on September 3, 2026.
The current platform combines the electric motor with an eight-forward and four-reverse multi-speed transmission, differential, final drive, driven rear axle, motor controller and CAN-based vehicle-control interfaces. Mecwin can modify several elements, including the final-drive ratio, packaging, software calibration and interfaces for the tractor’s power take-off and hydraulic systems.
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways currently lists 12 operational Major Ports under the administrative control of the Government of India: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Paradip, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Kamarajar, V.O. Chidambaranar, Cochin, New Mangalore, Mormugao, Mumbai, Jawaharlal Nehru and Deendayal Port.
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal reviewed the programme at The Energy and Resources Institute’s Gwal Pahari campus in Gurugram on September 3, where government agencies, research institutions and major ports presented progress on alternative-fuel infrastructure and maritime decarbonisation.
The milestone was achieved on August 29, 2026, when crude stored aboard the Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel serving Cluster-7 was transferred to the Shipping Corporation of India’s MT Swarna Brahmaputra. The cargo was destined for Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited’s Mumbai refinery.
