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The announcement states that these two subjects will remain prominent themes in the discussions with both countries.

The Ministry of Defence has said that the Defence Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, will undertake an official visit to these two countries from 12 to 15 October 2026, with the Cyprus leg falling on 12 and 13 October and Greece forming the second half of the tour.

While recalling his tenure as Governor of Jharkhand and speaking of the State's proud tradition of military service and sacrifice, the Vice-President paid tribute to this Param Vir Chakra awardee, and in the same breath recalled the tribal freedom fighters of the region, among them Bhagwan Birsa Munda, Tilka Manjhi…

Its services were set up at the mela along with displays of weapons and military equipment, disaster relief facilities, medical screening and blood donation camps, women's health awareness work, NCC activities and pension-related counters.

Sadaiv Aapke Saath translates as Always with You, and the Vice-President asked that it become a continuing national commitment rather than the slogan of one event.

The mela, named Sainya Sampark Mela - Sadaiv Aapke Saath, was held at Deoghar and was organised by the Indian Army together with the Deoghar district administration.

The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre stands at IIT Madras and is being dedicated to the nation during the Chennai visit.

The five stations named for inauguration in Tamil Nadu, at Palani, Vellore Cantonment, Ambasamudram, Paramakkudi and Namakkal, have been rebuilt under that scheme and are being opened as Amrit Stations, as part of railway works worth more than ₹750 crore that also include the Karaikal-Peralam line and three rail flyovers…

The stretch from Poonamallee to Vadapalani is part of the second phase of the Chennai Metro Rail Project, it was built at a cost of about ₹4,900 crore, and its distinguishing feature is a double-decker structure running 3.7 km, along with advanced signalling meant to support driverless operations.

The announcement states that the projects taken up together at Chennai in Tamil Nadu carry a combined value of more than ₹13,000 crore, and that they cover metro rail, national highways, railways, ports, petroleum and education.

Phase VII of Yuva Sangam enables young participants to experience the cultural heritage, traditions, educational landscape and developmental achievements of different States and Union Territories through twenty pairings of States and higher education institutions.

Yuva Sangam is run by the Department of Higher Education in the Union Ministry of Education under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme, whose purpose is to strengthen cultural and emotional bonds among the youth of India.

The Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur, is the nodal institution leading the Odisha delegation on its Yuva Sangam Phase VII visit to Himachal Pradesh.

Under Yuva Sangam Phase VII the Odisha delegation travelled to Himachal Pradesh, reaching the State on 5 October 2026, where NIT Hamirpur is hosting it.

The mission set for this edition was public health emergency response, and it was tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal on good health and well-being.

The Challenge is organised by the ITU together with the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, with support from the I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics, the Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Delhi, and it is a flagship initiative under ITU’s AI for Good programme.

The winners of the Junior and Senior categories of the India Nationals will represent the country at the Grand Finale to be held at Geneva during the AI for Good Global Summit in June 2027, where teams from participating countries will compete.

The Junior Category of the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge India 2026 was won by Team Singularity of Gopalan International School, Karnataka.

The inaugural session was followed by a fireside chat titled ‘Social Stock Exchange: Purpose, Capital and Impact’, featuring Shri Shailesh K. Pathak, Senior Advisor for Policy at the National Stock Exchange, along with Prof. Garima Dadhich of IICA.

The theme set the direction of both days: speakers were asked to treat CSR as a sustained commitment rather than an annual compliance exercise, and the valedictory session carried the shorter title ‘From Compliance to Commitment’.