The National Annual Report and Index on Women Safety (NARI) 2025 reports the safety of urban women in India. The report surveys 12,770 women in 31 cities with a national safety rate of 65, but 40 percent believe they are not safe in their own cities. Among the issues mentioned are harassment, confidence in police officers, and differences in safety depending on age, place, and time of the day.

Swarnamukhi River and Nala Awareness, also known as Operation SWARNA (Tirupati Urban Development Authority), is a massive project to replenish and conserve the Swarnamukhi River. This is the first large project on river restoration and anti-encroachment in the state and it is supported by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.

On 2 ndd September, Semicon India 2025 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, an important move toward India becoming a global semiconductor hub. The semiconductor journey has attracted international attention with more than 20,750 attendees (2,500 representing 48 countries) taking part in the three-day semiconductor event (2-4 September).

Uncontrolled proliferation of the South American introduced tree Senna spectabilis has become a critical ecological problem in South India. Its overgrowth outmuscles indigenous vegetation, changes the composition of the soil, and interferes with the habitat of wildlife, especially in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

The Government of India has stepped up to recheck and revise the list of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). This is geared towards, ensuring that free ration benefits are availed to the truly deserving population, and the escalating food subsidy burden is met. Other states such as Rajasthan and Odisha have already deleted the millions of ineligible beneficiaries through a data check and voluntary surrender drive.