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7 September 2026 –: Indian space-tech company Pixxel raises $100 million in a Series C funding round. (Reuters)
2 September 2026 –: Five people are killed and 20 others injured after a passenger bus collides with a tanker truck on the National Highway 39 in Rewa District, Madhya Pradesh, India. (Times of India)
1 September 2026 – Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukrainian officials say that Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding areas killed at least 12 people, including an Indian national, and injure dozens, while damaging residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. (NDTV)
1 September 2026 –: Six pilgrims are killed and 14 others sustain serious injuries after a pickup truck carrying devotees collides with a truck along an expressway in Palwal district, Haryana, India. (The Times of India)
31 August 2026 – India–Pakistan wars and conflicts: The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, orders India to comply with the Indus Waters Treaty and restrict work on two hydroelectric projects that could violate it. India rejects the ruling and maintains that the treaty remains suspended. (AFP via France 24)
23 August 2026 –: The Indian Coast Guard and Navy's Eastern Naval Command reports that two crew members from the Panama-flagged MV Ocean Winner have been rescued after it sank off the coast of Bay of Bengal in eastern India. (Times of India) (New Indian Express)

... that in the 2024 tournament, India became the first team to win the T20 World Cup without losing a game?
... that a 17th-century painting depicts an Indian emperor shooting arrows at a personification of poverty?
... that Barren Island, located in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is the only active volcano in India?
... that a Doctor Who episode took place during the partition of India, and used a unique Indian adaptation of the usual closing theme?
... that the Indian government declared Vishwasrao Chowgule to be the wealthiest person in India in 1976 based on wealth-tax statistics?
... that the Dutch East India Company's participation in a Johor conflict triggered a siege of Dutch Malacca?