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- Keralam will introduce a mandatory Hazard Perception Test (HPT) for driving licence applicants, for the first time in India, using 10 one-minute videos based on international standards to test their ability to identify road hazards and take timely action.
- ICAR-CIBA (Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture) has introduced a deboning technology to improve the marketability and consumer acceptance of milkfish.
- Tata Sons Board has reappointed N. Chandrasekaran as Executive Chairman for another five-year term, from February 2027 to February 2032.
- Chennai-born scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan has been named the 2026 recipient of the IEEE Robert Bosch Bueche Award, becoming the first Indian-American to receive the honour.
- The Bueche Award recognises outstanding contributions to technology and public policy.
- Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Kremer was appointed World Bank Group Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics on September 16, 2026.
- Kremer shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo for using experiments to study poverty.
- Four mountaineers from Munnar became the first group from Kerala to summit Ramjak, a 6,318-metre peak in Himachal Pradesh.
- Ramjak is located in the remote Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh.
- CSIR-NIScPR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research–National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research) is using SARAL AI, an Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) initiative, to convert research papers into short videos for wider dissemination of scientific knowledge using artificial intelligence (AI).
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