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Mahindra launched the XUV 7XO, an updated XUV700, on 5 January 2026 from Rs 13.66 lakh ex-showroom for the first 40,000 units, with a 203 hp 2.0 turbo-petrol or a 185 hp 2.2 diesel.

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles announced prices for the Harrier and Safari petrol on 7 January 2026: a 170 hp 1.5-litre Hyperion turbo-GDi from Rs 12.89 lakh and Rs 13.29 lakh ex-showroom.

Two more of the ten Common Central Secretariat blocks on Kartavya Path, along with the Seva Teerth complex, were inaugurated, taking to three the number of buildings in service in the Central Vista's replacement for Shastri, Nirman and Krishi Bhawan. The first three blocks, designed by HCP and built by Shapoorji Pallonji, cost 3,690 crore rupees and each spans about 150,000 sq m over seven floors and two basements.

The 82.15 km semi-high-speed corridor from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut, with 16 stations, two depots and Alstom trainsets running at 160 km/h, became fully operational, covering the distance in under an hour. Deutsche Bahn's Indian subsidiary runs it for the National Capital Region Transport Corporation.

Wilmar's Indian sugar arm makes Kamboj chief executive from 23 March and managing director from 1 April 2026, as executive chairman Atul Chaturvedi, a former Adani Wilmar CEO, becomes a non-executive director.

Equinix announced MB3 opened on April 8, 2026, with more than 1,370 cabinets initially and a design supporting liquid cooling.

Two Wilmar companies sign supply, brand-licence and staff-transfer agreements: from 1 July 2026 AWL sells Madhur sugar across India while Shree Renuka keeps making it and owns the brand, for a 1% royalty.

Meta announced an agreement with Reliance on June 9, 2026 for a 168 MW data center in Jamnagar that Meta will lease. Construction commencement of this specific leased facility and opening are unverified.

An IndiGo flight from Lucknow landed on the first day of scheduled service at the National Capital Region's second airport, whose first phase has one 3,900 m runway and a 101,590 sq m terminal for 12 million passengers a year, designed by Grimshaw with Nordic, Haptic and STUP. Zurich Airport International holds the 40-year concession, and the DGCA granted the aerodrome licence on 6 March 2026.

Maruti Suzuki launched the updated Brezza on 24 July 2026 with a new 110 hp 1.0-litre Boosterjet turbo-petrol from Rs 7.40 lakh ex-showroom, a 6-speed manual and ventilated front seats.

GDACS, the UN and European Commission disaster alert system, rated flooding in India at its orange level, tracking it from 2026-08-09 to 2026-10-07. The flood extent drawn on the map is GDACS's affected-area polygon, built from the Copernicus GloFAS river-flow forecast and satellite water detection; it shows where water was detected or forecast, not damage or casualties. GDACS listed the event as ended.

Chembur station opened on the Line 2B branch of the Yellow Line, taking the operational section to six stations after the first 5.8 km from Diamond Garden to Mandale started carrying passengers in April 2026. The station sits roughly 200 metres from Chembur suburban railway station and about 100 metres from the monorail, making it a three-mode interchange; Line 2B as a whole is estimated to cost 10,986 crore rupees.

Hocco's limited-edition Bullet Ice Cream, a Rs 100 five-stick pack on sale on quick-commerce apps since late August, reached the day Mirzapur: The Movie opened in cinemas on 4 September.

Maruti Suzuki launched the Baleno facelift on 5 September 2026 with a new 83 hp 1.2-litre three-cylinder petrol rated at up to 24.77 kpl and Level 2 ADAS, priced Rs 5.99 lakh to Rs 9.99 lakh.

Avvatar Popped Chips, a non-fried snack with 10 g of protein per 30 g pack, come in Magic Masala and Pudina and cost INR 60.

IICMA and AIM Events held the 14th Indian Ice Cream Congress & Expo at Chennai Trade Centre from 10 to 12 September 2026, with 300-plus stalls expected and a conference programme.

Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi signed an agreement on 15 September 2026 to build the 422 MW Kishau multipurpose project on the Tons River, ending a long deadlock.

Havmor Blockbuster ice cream sits inside a Britannia Treat croissant in three pairings, sold for a limited time at select Havmor parlours in Ahmedabad, Delhi and Mumbai and on Zepto.

Mahindra launched the three-door Thar OG on 22 September 2026 on the M_Glyde 4G platform with electric steering and a 162 hp 2.0 turbo-petrol, priced Rs 10.32 lakh to Rs 18.99 lakh ex-showroom.

Three days of exceptionally heavy rain from 25 to 27 September 2026 left at least 56 dead in Uttar Pradesh and 12 in Nepal, a month after a flood that killed over 1,400 in Nepal.

Tata Motors launched the Aeris compact sedan on 25 September 2026, a heavily updated Tigor with an 86 hp 1.2 petrol or 76 hp CNG, from Rs 5.29 lakh introductory ex-showroom.

Vadilal licensed Parle's Hide & Seek biscuit brand for a chocolate-chip cookie ice cream, available from 25 September 2026 in tubs and cones under the 'Jodi Aisi Ki Nazar Na Lage' campaign.

The first stop of VMware Explore on Tour 2026 brings two days of sessions, Hands-on Labs and workshops from the Las Vegas show to Mumbai's Jio World Convention Centre on 29-30 September.

Google's Fitbit Air reaches India on 2 October at ₹13,999 in four colours with a three-month Google Health Premium trial, through Google Store India and Flipkart.

Lululemon's first Indian store, run by franchise partner Tata CLiQ, is due at DLF Promenade in New Delhi this autumn, with the brand going live on Tata CLiQ Luxury and Tata CLiQ Fashion at the same time.

India's longest expressway at 1,386 km cuts the Delhi to Mumbai drive to roughly 12 hours. Estimated date.

The last race of Nike's 2026 After Dark Tour: a sold-out women's night 10K through the heart of Mumbai, with a two-hour cut-off.

The first 8.4 km section of the Phase 4 Golden Line, from Tughlakabad to Sangam Vihar, is targeted to open in December 2026; the rest of the 29.785 km Delhi Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor, 19 stations with 12 of them underground, follows in phases. By April 2026 civil work was 78 per cent done with five tunnel boring machines still at work, and trainsets had begun arriving at the modified Sarita Vihar depot.

With offshore pipelines done and 59 km of transmission mains under way, Chennai's Rs 5,814 crore, 400 million litre a day Perur seawater plant is reported on course for completion around the end of 2026, though earlier reports said March 2027.

WHO South-East Asia's target to eliminate measles and rubella by 2026 reaches its deadline on 31 December, after being moved from 2020 to 2023 to 2026. The Regional Verification Commission warned in June that the target "may not be achieved" as outbreaks rise in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Thailand and Maldives.

India's finance minister presents the Union Budget for 2027-28 in the Lok Sabha, by convention on 1 February at 11am.

India's biggest auto show, the Bharat Mobility Global Expo, returns for its third edition from 4 to 9 February 2027 at Bharat Mandapam and Yashobhoomi in Delhi-NCR, switching back to a two-year cycle.

Aero India, India's biennial aerospace and defence exhibition run by the Ministry of Defence, returns to Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru for its 16th edition from 8 to 12 February 2027.

The 4.5 km four-lane elevated road ties the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link at Sewri to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and the Coastal Road at Worli, crossing the Central and Western Railway lines near Prabhadevi on a double-decker structure whose lower deck replaces the 112-year-old Elphinstone road over bridge, closed to traffic in September 2025.

The first Shahi Snan of the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha falls on 2 August 2027, drawing millions of pilgrims to Ramkund and Kushavarta.

India's first high-speed rail line, modelled on Japan's Shinkansen, is now targeted to open its first short segment in 2027, years later than originally planned.

AM Green is building a green hydrogen and ammonia complex at Kakinada, India, with about 640 MW of electrolysers in phase 1 and up to 1,950 MW at full build, powered by a 650 MW Gentari PPA and a 2 GW Greenko pumped-storage project; phase 1 mechanical completion is targeted for September-October 2027. Investment is reported at Rs 13,000 crore (Jan 2026 press coverage of the groundbreaking; the Andhra Pradesh government cites USD 10 billion for the whole project); the company itself calls it a multi-billion dollar investment.

India's Polavaram multi-purpose dam on the Godavari river, one of the country's largest irrigation and hydropower projects, is racing toward completion under a Rs 12,157 crore central funding boost.

The 17.17 km link, whose main span is a 9.8 km eight-lane bridge over the Arabian Sea with four connectors at Bandra, Carter Road, Juhu and Versova, carries the coastal road north from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Versova. About 30 per cent of the work was done by early 2026 and the cost has been revised twice, to 18,120.96 crore rupees in 2024.

The 18th Lok Sabha's five-year term runs to June 2029, so India's next general election falls in the spring of that year. Kalshi dates its market to April 30, 2029, and on 20 September 2026 it had Narendra Modi at 51%, Yogi Adityanath at 19% and Rahul Gandhi at 6.5%.

India's first high-speed line, 508 km of Japanese Shinkansen technology cutting the Mumbai to Ahmedabad trip to about two hours. Estimated date.

India's first offshore port built on reclaimed land off Vadhavan, with a 20 m draft deep enough for 233,000 DWT container ships, is being built by Vadhavan Port Project Limited, a company of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (74 per cent) and the Maharashtra Maritime Board. The 76,220 crore rupee port broke ground on 30 August 2024 and its first phase is to handle 6.85 million TEUs by 2030.