Artificial intelligence centre of excellence partnership advances industry-aligned training, supervised internships, startup mentorship, and applied research collaboration.
IIEST Shibpur and Tata Consultancy Services have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to establish an Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence at the Electrical Engineering Department's high-performance computing laboratory. The collaboration supports industry-aligned training, professional certifications, practical projects, supervised internships, startup mentorship, curriculum benchmarking, and applied research in natural language processing, computer vision, image processing, and advanced data analytics.

Money-laundering searches prompt protests over alleged political misuse while operations continue at public development offices and residences.
Enforcement Directorate search and survey operations connected with a money-laundering investigation continued at development authority offices and premises linked with housing administration, a realty company, and private residences. AAP workers protested against the searches, alleging political and administrative pressure through central investigative agencies. The party further alleged that the operations could disrupt the development authority's functioning and impede Punjab government welfare schemes.

Money-laundering investigation procedure raises allegations over FIR registration, conflict concerns, and the choice between police, vigilance, or federal inquiry.
A police inquiry, rather than a Vigilance inquiry, was directed following an Enforcement Directorate communication seeking registration of an FIR for cognizable offences. It was contended that FIR registration should be dealt with by the police and that governmental or ministerial intervention would raise concerns where a person facing allegations is involved in deciding the investigative course. A transfer to a federal investigative agency was sought on grounds of investigative independence and perceived conflict of interest.

Trade truce extension maintains tariff pauses and export-restriction rollbacks while negotiations continue on broader economic commitments.
United States-China trade relations may remain governed by the Busan Agreement through January 10 under a stated two-month extension, though Chinese official confirmation is pending. The arrangement maintains pauses on elevated tariffs and prior rollbacks of restrictions affecting critical minerals and high-technology exports. Negotiations may produce a broader economic package or further continuation of existing terms, while implementation of agreed commitments is under review. The parties have also proposed reciprocal alerts on AI-related hacking incidents involving national-security concerns.

Gold Smuggling Enforcement: Concealed foreign-origin gold recovered from vehicles and a traveller, with arrests under customs law.
Gold-smuggling enforcement involved the seizure of approximately 21 kg of foreign-origin gold in two operations and the arrest of five persons under the Customs Act, 1962. Gold bars were recovered from sophisticated vehicle-chassis cavities, while gold bars and cut pieces were recovered from a passenger's specially designed cotton waist belt. The operations concerned suspected cross-border gold movement and targeted organised smuggling networks using sophisticated concealment methods.

Cross-border gold smuggling enforcement resulted in Customs Act seizures after coordinated recovery of foreign-origin gold from border locations and a passenger.
Cross-border smuggling of foreign-origin gold through the Bangladesh route led to coordinated recoveries and seizures under the Customs Act, 1962. Gold recovered near the India-Bangladesh border was taken over for customs proceedings, including a seizure under Section 110. Foreign-origin gold concealed by a train passenger was also recovered and seized, with investigation indicating its smuggling from Bangladesh.

BRICS tax cooperation creates standing platforms for international taxation, revenue statistics, professional capacity building and peer learning.
India-led BRICS tax cooperation established standing Working Groups on International Taxation and Transfer Pricing and Revenue Statistics, providing institutional platforms extending beyond individual Chairships. It also institutionalised an annual Young Tax Professionals Capacity Building Programme, launched the BRICS Tax Cross-Learning Lab for peer learning on client-centric administration and human-resources practices, and approved the Terms of Reference for the BRICS Tax Support Network.

Wildlife trafficking enforcement applies protected-species safeguards to seized Tokay Geckos and enables further statutory action against suspected illegal trade.
Wildlife-trafficking enforcement led to interception of two persons and seizure of 86 live Tokay Geckos under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Tokay Geckos receive Schedule I protection under that legislation and are listed in Appendix II of CITES, regulating international trade. The persons and recovered geckos were transferred to the Mariani Range Forest Office for further action.

Restricted firecracker imports concealed through misdeclaration trigger seizure and criminal investigation under customs enforcement law.
Concealment of restricted firecrackers within an import container declared as bottles and wallpaper resulted in customs seizure under the Customs Act, 1962. Firecracker imports are restricted under the Foreign Trade Policy and require valid Directorate General of Foreign Trade authorisation and a Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation licence under the Explosives Rules, 2008. Investigation into attempted clandestine clearance led to the arrest under the Customs Act of a key syndicate member alleged to have orchestrated the import.

Merger-control approval permits FIHM's phased acquisition of IIFL Capital Services equity through subscription, open offer and promoter purchase.
Merger-control approval permits FIHM to acquire certain additional equity share capital of IIFL Capital Services through a preferential issue on a private-placement basis and through shares tendered in a mandatory open offer. FIHM may also buy shares from the target's promoters if its aggregate shareholding with HWIC remains below the Target Shareholding after these steps.

Full ownership acquisition in beauty and personal care receives competition approval for skin care and hair care operations.
Competition approval covers L'Ore al India Private Limited's acquisition of the entire shareholding in Onesto Labs Private Limited. The proposed combination concerns India's beauty and personal care sector and places the Target under the Acquirer's full ownership. Both entities operate in beauty and personal care products, including skin care and hair care.

Advance disbursement of central government pay addresses anticipated banking disruption, with subsequent adjustment against the following month's entitlements.
Advance disbursement of September 2026 salary, wages and pensions is authorised on 25 September for central government employees, industrial employees and pensioners because of the proposed bank strike. Payments constitute advance payments and must be adjusted after full monthly entitlements are determined, with any adjustment made from October salary or wages. End-of-month banking transactions should, where feasible, be processed in advance.

Commercial vehicle after-sales support expands authorised repairs, genuine spares, roadside assistance, and uptime for remote high-altitude fleet operations.
Commercial vehicle after-sales support is expanded through a BharatBenz 3S facility operated by PPS Trucking for remote high-altitude fleet operations. The facility provides sales, authorised service, genuine spare parts, diagnostic systems, repair tools and round-the-clock roadside assistance. Trained technicians, service bays and regional spare-parts inventory are intended to reduce repair turnaround times and vehicle downtime. The support network serves commercial vehicles engaged in stone-crushing, road construction, communication-infrastructure transport and other heavy-duty operations in difficult terrain.

Redeem-code eligibility limits govern BGMI's final Golden Miramar Pan reward drop through the official redemption portal.
BGMI's final redeem-code series offers limited-time Golden Miramar - Pan rewards through general redeem codes valid only until September 25 on the official redemption website. Redemption requires a Character ID, valid code, Captcha verification, and submission through the redeem centre. Each code is limited to 10 users on a first-come, first-served basis; users may redeem one code daily, and each code is usable once per account. Guest accounts are excluded, and in-game mail rewards must be claimed within 30 days.

Aadhaar-based biometric attendance requires employee registration, integrates leave records, and triggers automated pay deductions for unauthorised absences.
Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) is mandatory for regular and temporary government employees and integrates attendance and leave data with PRANALI. Monthly reports are verified to identify authorised leave and net absence. Remaining unauthorised absence may result in digitally issued extraordinary-leave or leave-without-pay orders, personnel-record updates, and automated salary deductions. Temporary employees' failure to record attendance is treated as leave without pay.

Initial public offering by Swastika Infra combines a fresh issue and offer for sale, subject to approvals.
Swastika Infra Limited proposes an initial public offering comprising a fresh issue of equity shares and an offer for sale, with proposed listings on BSE Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The allocation framework covers qualified institutional buyers, anchor investors, non-institutional investors and retail individual investors. Net fresh-issue proceeds are intended for incremental working-capital requirements and general corporate purposes. Completion remains subject to statutory and regulatory requirements, approvals, market conditions and other considerations.

Monetary policy tightening may follow resilient growth as inflation, conflict risks, and weather pressures reshape economic projections.
FY27 GDP growth projections were raised to a range of 6.9%-7.1% on stronger June-quarter activity, resilient demand, investment, consumption, exports, capital inflows and limited supply disruptions. Growth may moderate as energy costs reduce purchasing power, activity slows and weather risks persist. Policy-rate tightening is projected as an inflation response, with forecasts of a 25-basis-point increase and temporary rate rises to offset price pressures.

Fisheries subsidy disciplines require transparent reporting, domestic monitoring, and coordinated implementation to address harmful subsidies and IUU fishing.
Fisheries subsidy disciplines target support linked to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, fishing of overfished stocks subject to rebuilding conditions, and fishing on the unregulated high seas. Members accepting the Agreement must implement and administer these disciplines and comply with notification and transparency obligations. Effective implementation depends on reliable fisheries data, monitoring and reporting systems, vessel registration, inter-agency coordination and technical capacity.

Essential banking service continuity requires Sunday operations by public sector and regional rural banks during the proposed strike.
Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks will function normally on Sunday, 27 September 2026, to prevent an extended interruption to public banking needs during the proposed nationwide strike. Reserve Bank approval covers full operation of branches, offices, ATM-link branches and Currency Chests, alongside measures intended to maintain uninterrupted essential banking services.

Money laundering allegations in public recruitment describe CSR-linked payments, examination manipulation, and candidate payments treated as proceeds of crime.
Money-laundering allegations concerning state public-service examinations identify two alleged streams of proceeds of crime: corporate social responsibility funding allegedly routed to an institution controlled by the former commission chairman in return for favouring selected candidates, and money allegedly collected from candidates and families for advance access to examination papers and secured selection. The alleged CSR payment was projected as legitimate institutional funding, while candidate-related collections were allegedly possessed, used, transferred, or projected as legitimate transactions.