This session covers airline capacity, airport expansion, hospitality investment and the infrastructure race to serve India's growing outbound and inbound travel demand. The focus is on whether supply is arriving fast enough to meet the demand.


WION Iconic Tourism Summit | The business of travel: Aviation, hospitality & India's tourism infra 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a three-nation tour of Belgium, the United States and Canada. The visit will focus on strengthening India’s diplomatic, strategic and economic ties with the three countries. PM Modi is expected to hold key bilateral meetings and discuss areas of mutual interest. Watch this video for all the latest updates and key details from PM Modi’s three-nation tour.


PM Modi prepares for a three-nation tour to Belgium, US, and Canada

This discussion will take a broader look at how technology is transforming travel, from use of AI in trip planning and biometric airport experiences to digital visas, smart border control and fraud-resistant travel documentation.


WION Iconic Tourism Summit: Tech frontiers reshaping travel industry for smoother journeys

Speaking at the WION Iconic Tourism Summit, experts highlighted the imperative for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in tourism to upskill as Artificial Intelligence reshapes global travel. While AI automates itinerary creation, dynamic pricing, and multilingual customer support, local operators must build digital literacy while banking heavily on hyper-local authenticity, cultural storytelling, and unscripted human warmth—their irreplaceable edge over automated tech.   

WION Iconic Tourism Summit: How local tourism MSMEs must upskill for AI integration

Tourism is arguably the most durable form of diplomatic relations. This session discusses how nations use cultural exchange, film, cuisine and travel promotion to deepen bilateral relationships, and how Indian outbound tourism has become a soft-power constituency, not just a commercial opportunity.


WION Iconic Tourism Summit | Soft power on the move: Tourism, culture and bilateral ties

At the WION Iconic Tourism Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Hanuman Ansh director Dr. Vishal Chaturvedi reflected on the film's unexpected blockbuster journey and its massive role in driving spiritual tourism. Explaining his insistence on securing a 'U' (Universal) certificate, Chaturvedi revealed he envisioned the film about Neem Karoli Baba primarily for children to connect the younger generation with Indian culture and spiritual heritage.   


WION Iconic Tourism Summit: Hanuman Ansh director on blockbuster success

This session focuses on one of the most powerful enablers of global travel and tourism: seamless cross-border mobility. It will explore how countries are enhancing travel access for Indian travellers through initiatives such as e-visas, visa-free arrangements, accelerated processing, and digital travel credentials. The discussion will also examine how greater ease of movement can strengthen tourism, foster deeper business and trade engagement, expand educational opportunities, and reinforce people-to-people connections between India and the world.


WION Iconic Tourism Summit: Argentina's Ambassador to India pushes for ease of travel

WION Iconic Tourism Summit: Sharad Gowani highlights enhanced global mobility at tourism summit

WION Iconic Tourism Summit: South African envoy pushes for direct air connectivity with India

WION Iconic Tourism Summit: Seychelles envoy says India partnership is important for Seychelles

At the WION Iconic Tourism Summit and Awards 2026, speakers discuss how new highways and airports are making travel easier and more accessible for Indians. The focus is on India’s expanding transport infrastructure and its role in supporting domestic tourism and connectivity.

WION Iconic Tourism Summit and Awards 2026: 'New highways, airports easing travel for Indians' 

The Minister for Culture and Tourism speaks at the WION Iconic Tourism Summit, sharing insights on India’s tourism sector, cultural heritage and efforts to strengthen the country’s global tourism appeal.

WION Iconic Tourism Summit: Minister for culture & tourism at WION Iconic Tourism Summit

WION Iconic Tourism Summit: Minister for culture & tourism shares India’s tourism vision

WION Iconic Tourism Summit: 'Moving towards making India a developed nation by 2047' 

Indian and Japanese fighter jets trained together at Air Force Station Jodhpur during bilateral Exercise Veer Guardian 2026. The exercise featured India’s Tejas, Rafale and Su-30MKI alongside Japan’s F-2 fighter jets and ran from September 9 to September 22.

Tejas Rafale Su-30 and F-2 fighters train together at Jodhpur 

India and the U.S. are sharpening battlefield readiness through joint military training, with M777 Ultra Light Howitzers taking centre stage in live-fire drills. The exercise showcases how both armies are adapting artillery tactics, precision and firepower for the demands of future warfare.

Exercise Yudh Abhyas enhances joint operational combat capacity 

India's women's cricket team delivered a dominant performance to claim the country's first gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games, crushing Sri Lanka by 147 runs. After Harmanpreet Kaur chose to bat first, India posted a record 216/3, powered by Smriti Mandhana's blistering 79, which also made her the first woman cricketer to reach 11,000 international runs. Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 69. The win, India's biggest-ever margin in women's T20Is, defends the gold they won at Hangzhou 2023.


Asian Games 2026: India women's cricket team beats Sri Lanka by 147 runs for first gold 

History will be made in Tochigi as reigning T20 World Champions India step onto the field against 41st-ranked Japan for their first-ever men's senior T20 International. Played under the landmark Suzuki Cup and marking 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations, this match gives local fans a front-row seat to world-class cricket right on Japanese soil. Led by Shreyas Iyer, the Men in Blue combine high-octane warm-up action for the Asian Games with a mission to inspire a rising cricket culture in a nation famously dominated by baseball.


India faces 41st-ranked Japan at Sano International ground in the Suzuki Cup 

The southwest monsoon began withdrawing from parts of extreme west Rajasthan, marking the beginning of the end of monsoon, even as India faces its worst drought in 17 years. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the withdrawal began later than the normal date of September 17, and conditions are favourable for it to extend to more areas of Rajasthan and parts of Punjab and Gujarat over the next three to four days.


Indian monsoon: Weakest rainfall in 17 years could cut rice output by 10 million tonnes

Many businesses have expressed that they will not accept Unified Payments Interface transactions exceeding ₹2,000 following upcoming changes to transaction fee structures.
For millions of motorists accustomed to pulling up to a fuel station, scanning a QR code, and driving away without ever opening their wallets, this developing standoff introduces a surprising friction point.

Can businesses refuse UPI payments?

 India is facing its weakest monsoon in nearly two decades, raising concerns about agricultural output, food prices and rural demand ahead of the festive season. A record rice stockpile may shield consumers from a major supply shortage. But the wider impact on farm incomes and the rural economy remains a concern.


India faces weakest monsoon in 17 Years; rural demand faces festive season test

Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) is set to make history by staging its first-ever match outside Australia at Chennai's iconic MA Chidambaram Stadium on December 12 to launch BBL|16. Six-time champions Perth Scorchers will lock horns with the Melbourne Renegades in the historic opener. Perth Scorchers Head Coach Adam Voges hailed the move as a "historic moment," describing India as the world's largest cricket market. Western Australia Premier Roger Cook highlighted the game as an important vehicle to deepen trade, tourism, and diplomatic ties between Australia and India.


Big Bash League staging first match outside Australia in Chennai 

The nation mourns the loss of a true military legend as Vir Chakra recipient Alfred Cooke passes away at a base hospital.

A celebrated war veteran known for his unmatched bravery, valor, and dedicated service to the armed forces, Cooke's legacy remains etched in military history. Tributes are pouring in from military leaders, veterans, and citizens across the country honoring his exceptional courage on the battlefield and his lifelong commitment to the nation.

IAF remembers Alfred Cooke's legendary Kalaikunda dogfight

Behind the headline that Claude was used to breach OpenAI is a smaller, more human story: the three people who did it, and the track record that made it possible.&nbsp;They are Harsh Jaiswal, Rahul Maini and Mohan Pedhapati, three Indian-origin security researchers who co-founded a startup called Hacktron AI in 2025. Their own summary of themselves was modest — in effect, three people with ordinary AI subscriptions.&nbsp;Who They Are&nbsp;The modesty undersells a decade of work at the top of the field.&nbsp;Harsh Jaiswal, known in the security community by the handle rootxharsh, has been a recognised name in bug-bounty hunting since the middle of the last decade. Rahul Maini has worked as a senior security researcher specialising in web vulnerabilities. Mohan Pedhapati has worked as a senior application-security auditor at an established security firm.&nbsp;These are not hobbyists who got lucky with a chatbot. They are professionals who have spent years learning where large systems break.&nbsp;The Apple Precedent&nbsp;The clearest measure of their pedigree predates this incident. Around January 2021, Jaiswal and Maini spent months examining Apple's infrastructure and found a misconfiguration that let them reach protected files without logging in, and ultimately run code on Apple's systems.&nbsp;Apple paid them $50,000 for that disclosure — a figure that, set beside the $6,500 from OpenAI, says something about how bounty values vary by company and scope rather than by the seriousness of the access.&nbsp;Why The Detail Matters&nbsp;Naming the people matters because it corrects a tempting but wrong reading of this story.&nbsp;The easy version is that AI has made hacking so simple that anyone can breach OpenAI. That is not what happened. Skilled researchers, who already knew how to find and chain vulnerabilities, used AI to do faster the specific part that is hardest and most time-consuming — writing a reliable exploit.&nbsp;The expertise was still theirs. The judgement about where to look, what to chain, and when to stop was human. AI compressed the labour; it did not supply the knowledge. That is a more accurate and more useful lesson than 'anyone can do this,' and it is the one the researchers' own record demonstrates.&nbsp;An Indian Presence At The Frontier&nbsp;There is a straightforward point of national interest here too, and it is a positive one.&nbsp;Indian researchers have been prominent in global bug-bounty and security work for years, often operating from India for companies and platforms based elsewhere. This incident is a high-profile example: a founder team of Indian origin, running their own company, doing work that sits at the leading edge of what AI-assisted security now looks like.&nbsp;It is worth stating plainly what they did and did not do. They worked through OpenAI's official program, reported everything, and caused no harm — the definition of white-hat research. The story is a demonstration of skill applied responsibly, not of wrongdoing.&nbsp;What To Watch&nbsp;Whether Hacktron AI's approach — pairing experienced researchers with frontier models — becomes a template other security firms copy. Whether the visibility of Indian talent at this level translates into more of the industry being built in India rather than exported from it. And what the team publishes next, given that this disclosure was one result of broader research into the same class of image-processing flaws.

The team that used Claude to reach OpenAI's internal code — Harsh Jaiswal, Rahul Maini and Mohan Pedhapati of startup Hacktron AI — are veteran Indian researchers, one prior disclosure to Apple worth $50,000.

Behind the headline that Claude was used to breach OpenAI is a smaller, more human story: the three people who did it, and the track record that made it possible. They are Harsh Jaiswal, Rahul Maini and Mohan Pedhapati, three Indian-origin security researchers who co-founded a startup called Hacktron AI in 2025. Their own summary of themselves was modest — in effect, three people with ordinary AI subscriptions. Who They Are The modesty undersells a decade of work at the top of the field. Harsh Jaiswal, known in the security community by the handle rootxharsh, has been a recognised name in bug-bounty hunting since the middle of the last decade. Rahul Maini has worked as a senior security researcher specialising in web vulnerabilities. Mohan Pedhapati has worked as a senior application-security auditor at an established security firm. These are not hobbyists who got lucky with a chatbot. They are professionals who have spent years learning where large systems break. The Apple Precedent The clearest measure of their pedigree predates this incident. Around January 2021, Jaiswal and Maini spent months examining Apple's infrastructure and found a misconfiguration that let them reach protected files without logging in, and ultimately run code on Apple's systems. Apple paid them $50,000 for that disclosure — a figure that, set beside the $6,500 from OpenAI, says something about how bounty values vary by company and scope rather than by the seriousness of the access. Why The Detail Matters Naming the people matters because it corrects a tempting but wrong reading of this story. The easy version is that AI has made hacking so simple that anyone can breach OpenAI. That is not what happened. Skilled researchers, who already knew how to find and chain vulnerabilities, used AI to do faster the specific part that is hardest and most time-consuming — writing a reliable exploit. The expertise was still theirs. The judgement about where to look, what to chain, and when to stop was human. AI compressed the labour; it did not supply the knowledge. That is a more accurate and more useful lesson than 'anyone can do this,' and it is the one the researchers' own record demonstrates. An Indian Presence At The Frontier There is a straightforward point of national interest here too, and it is a positive one. Indian researchers have been prominent in global bug-bounty and security work for years, often operating from India for companies and platforms based elsewhere. This incident is a high-profile example: a founder team of Indian origin, running their own company, doing work that sits at the leading edge of what AI-assisted security now looks like. It is worth stating plainly what they did and did not do. They worked through OpenAI's official program, reported everything, and caused no harm — the definition of white-hat research. The story is a demonstration of skill applied responsibly, not of wrongdoing. What To Watch Whether Hacktron AI's approach — pairing experienced researchers with frontier models — becomes a template other security firms copy. Whether the visibility of Indian talent at this level translates into more of the industry being built in India rather than exported from it. And what the team publishes next, given that this disclosure was one result of broader research into the same class of image-processing flaws.

The team that used Claude to reach OpenAI's internal code is three Indian-origin security researchers — Harsh Jaiswal, Rahul Maini and Mohan Pedhapati — who co-founded the startup Hacktron AI in 2025. Between them they have years of finding serious flaws in the world's largest technology companies, including a paid disclosure to Apple worth $50,000.

The three researchers who reached OpenAI's code are Indian, and this is not their first giant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a two-day international conference on “The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics” at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Organised by the National Green Tribunal, the September 19–20 conference brings together environmental experts, judicial officials, government representatives and institutions from India and abroad.

Focus: The future of environment and climate dynamics

A horrific crime has sent shockwaves through the capital as Delhi Police arrested four individuals—including three minors—for the brutal gang rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in outer-north Delhi's Swaroop Nagar.

Gravitas crime tracker: Delhi teen gangraped, stabbed to death, body found eaten by dogs days later 

Palestinian Ambassador to India Abdullah Mohammad Abu Shawesh has congratulated India on its successful BRICS chairship and the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. He praised India’s role in convening the summit and its engagement with the Global South.

Palestinian amb congratulates India for successful BRICS chairship

UPI remains completely free for consumers, even with the upcoming introduction of the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) starting October 15, 2026

What consumers need to know about UPI MDR?

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has transformed digital payments, but sustaining a large-scale, low-cost payment ecosystem comes with its own challenges. The debate around UPI’s Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) focuses on who should bear the cost of processing transactions and how payment networks, banks, fintech firms and merchants can maintain a viable digital payments system.

J&K: Rift between NC, Congress over UPI fee

Indian opener Abhishek Sharma created history at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi by hitting the fastest T20I century by an Indian batter, reaching his milestone in just 30 balls against Afghanistan. Surpassing Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball record set in 2017, the 26-year-old blasted 108 off 34 deliveries (9 fours, 11 sixes) while setting a new world record for the highest individual score in the powerplay (76 runs off 22 balls).


Abhishek Sharma shatters record with 30-ball century against Afghanistan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the high-profile fifth edition of SEMICON India 2026 at the Yashobhoomi Convention Centre in Dwarka, New Delhi. Co-organized by the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and SEMI, the three-day flagship event runs from September 17 to September 19, 2026, under the central theme, "Silicon to Systems: Building the Ecosystem."


India seeks to build a full semiconductor supply chain

Finland's Environment and Climate Change Minister Sari Multala believes India can take proven circular-economy solutions and scale them into major business opportunities thanks to its vast market and manufacturing base. Speaking at the 10th World Circular Economy Forum in Gujarat, Multala stressed that circularity begins long before waste is generated—starting with product design, construction planning, reuse, and resource efficiency. As South Asia hosts the forum for the first time, the focus is on turning sustainability into economic growth.


Finland: India's big market can scale green solutions 

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