Places in news

Places in news

Base: Natural Earth (public domain); India as the Survey of India depicts it. Not to scale; no boundary of any other country is shown.

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   Port of Duqm (Duqm) · Oman

   on Oman's Arabian Sea coast, outside the Strait of Hormuz

   • India and Oman: the trade pact comes into force · June 2026: With Salalah, it kept supplies moving as the India and Oman pact came into force on 1 June
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   Lipulekh pass · India (Uttarakhand)

   a Himalayan pass at the tri junction of India, Nepal and Tibet, above the Kali river

   Nepal claims it, with Kalapani and Limpiyadhura

   • India and Nepal: the Foreign Minister's visit, payments and the boundary claim · June 2026: Nepal said on 7 June it was pressing its claim but not seeking mediation
   • India and China: the 25th round and an early harvest on the boundary · August 2026: India and China: the 25th round and an early harvest on the boundary
   • India and China: the boundary talks and Xi Jinping's visit · September 2026: One of the three trading points the August talks agreed to reopen
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   Dholera · India (Gujarat)

   on the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat

   • India's semiconductor strategy: mature nodes and packaging · June 2026: India's first commercial chip fabrication plant is expected there
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   Évian-les-Bains · France

   a spa town on the southern shore of Lake Geneva

   • India and the United States: a meeting at Évian and a trade deal against the clock · June 2026: The 52nd G7 Summit, 15 to 17 June
   • India at the 52nd G7 Summit, Évian · June 2026: The 52nd G7 Summit, 15 to 17 June
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   Kaladan river (Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project) · Myanmar and India

   rises in Mizoram and reaches the Bay of Bengal at Sittwe in Rakhine

   • India and Myanmar: the President's first visit since the coup · June 2026: India and Myanmar: the President's first visit since the coup
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   Padur · India (Karnataka)

   on the Karnataka coast near Udupi, on the Arabian Sea

   • The oil shock of 2026: who pays for dearer crude · June 2026: One of India's three strategic petroleum reserves, with Visakhapatnam and Mangaluru, as the oil shock bit
   • The war in West Asia and the Strait of Hormuz: what India has at stake · June 2026: One of India's three strategic petroleum reserves, with Visakhapatnam and Mangaluru, as the oil shock bit
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   Sittwe · Myanmar

   a port at the mouth of the Kaladan river in Rakhine State, on the Bay of Bengal

   • India and Myanmar: the President's first visit since the coup · June 2026: The Kaladan project, discussed during the Myanmar President's visit
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   Strait of Hormuz · between Iran and Oman (Musandam peninsula)

   joins the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea

   • The oil shock of 2026: who pays for dearer crude · June 2026: Closed by Iran since late March; the 17 June memorandum named its reopening as the first step
   • The war in West Asia and the Strait of Hormuz: what India has at stake · June 2026: Closed by Iran since late March; the 17 June memorandum named its reopening as the first step
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   Caracas · Venezuela

   the capital of Venezuela, in a valley near the Caribbean coast

   • India and Venezuela: oil returns and Operation Amistad · June 2026: Earthquakes of 25 June; India's Operation Amistad
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    Farakka Barrage · India (West Bengal)

    on the Ganga just above where it enters Bangladesh as the Padma

    • The Ganga Waters Treaty and Farakka: Dhaka asks for talks · June 2026: Bangladesh asked on 8 June for talks on renewing the 1996 treaty
    • Renewing the Ganga Waters Treaty before it expires · August 2026: The barrage where the Ganga Waters Treaty's flows are measured; the treaty expires in December
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    Galathea Bay · India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)

    on the southeast coast of Great Nicobar Island

    • Great Nicobar project: corals, turtles and the tribal reserve · June 2026: Leatherback nests found where the port is planned
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    Nice · France

    on the Mediterranean coast of the Côte d'Azur

    • India and France: the Nice summit and the Innovation Roadmap 2030 · June 2026: The India and France summit and Bharat Innovates, 14 June
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    Aravalli range (Aravallis) · India

    runs about 700 km from Gujarat through Rajasthan and Haryana to Delhi, between the Thar desert and the northern plains

    • The Aravallis: a definition before the Supreme Court · June 2026: The Supreme Court's High Powered Committee on its definition, 27 June
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    Bab el Mandeb strait · between Yemen and Djibouti

    joins the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden

    • The war in West Asia and the Strait of Hormuz: what India has at stake · June 2026: A second chokepoint threatened as the war widened
    • Submarine cables and India's undersea connectivity · July 2026: Submarine cables and India's undersea connectivity
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    Tarapur Atomic Power Station (Tarapur) · India (Maharashtra)

    on the Konkan coast north of Mumbai

    • Tarapur units 1 and 2: the world's oldest operating power reactors get ten more years · June 2026: Units 1 and 2, among the world's oldest operating commercial reactors, cleared for about ten more years
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    Hamburg · Germany

    a port city on the Elbe, seat of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

    • An Indian judge elected to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea · June 2026: An Indian judge elected to the tribunal for 2026 to 2035
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    Mekedatu · India (Karnataka)

    a gorge on the Cauvery near the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu border

    • Cauvery and Mekedatu · June 2026: The Tamil Nadu Assembly opposed the reservoir on 19 June
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    Nathu La · India (Sikkim)

    a pass in the eastern Himalaya between Sikkim and Tibet

    • India and China: the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra crosses Nathu La · June 2026: The first batch of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra crossed on 20 June
    • India and China: the 25th round and an early harvest on the boundary · August 2026: India and China: the 25th round and an early harvest on the boundary
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    Tungabhadra dam · India (Karnataka)

    on the Tungabhadra, a tributary of the Krishna, at Hosapete

    • The Tungabhadra and the Krishna award · June 2026: New steel spillway gates after a crest gate was washed away in 2024
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    Kalpakkam · India (Tamil Nadu)

    on the Coromandel coast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Chennai

    • Hydrogen from nuclear heat: the copper chlorine cycle at Kalpakkam · June 2026: Hydrogen from nuclear heat: the copper chlorine cycle at Kalpakkam
    • Nuclear power: the liability cap before the Supreme Court · August 2026: Nuclear power: the liability cap before the Supreme Court
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    Assumption Island · Seychelles

    an outer island of the Aldabra group, in the south west of the Seychelles archipelago

    • India's island diplomacy: Seychelles at fifty and the MAHASAGAR vision · June 2026: The facility agreed with India in 2015, still stalled
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    Gurugram · India (Haryana)

    south west of Delhi, seat of the Information Fusion Centre for the Indian Ocean Region

    • India's island diplomacy: Seychelles at fifty and the MAHASAGAR vision · June 2026: The fusion centre at the heart of India's island diplomacy
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    Hathinikund barrage · India (Haryana)

    on the Yamuna where it leaves the Shivaliks, in Yamunanagar

    • Places in news, June 2026 · June 2026: Haryana and Rajasthan agreed to carry its water to Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu
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    Seychelles (Mahé island) · Seychelles

    an archipelago of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean, north of Madagascar

    • India's island diplomacy: Seychelles at fifty and the MAHASAGAR vision · June 2026: The Prime Minister's state visit for the fiftieth anniversary of independence, 27 to 29 June
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    Gaza Strip · Palestinian territory

    a coastal strip on the eastern Mediterranean, between Israel and Egypt's Sinai

    • Gaza: Hamas dissolves its government and a disarmament deal is announced · July 2026: Hamas dissolved its government on 6 July; a disarmament agreement announced on 30 July
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    Chenab · India and Pakistan

    an Indus tributary rising in Himachal Pradesh and flowing through Jammu into Pakistan's Punjab

    • Places in news, July 2026 · July 2026: The floods of 20 to 23 July; India shared flood warnings with Pakistan outside the treaty
    • The Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance: the Court of Arbitration's award and India's reply · August 2026: The Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance: the Court of Arbitration's award and India's reply
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    N'Djamena · Chad

    the capital of Chad, on the Chari river at the Cameroon border

    • Places in news, July 2026 · July 2026: Chad's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, effected 27 July
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    Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) · India

    west of the Line of Control in the Pir Panjal and the Jhelum valley

    under Pakistan's occupation

    • Places in news, July 2026 · July 2026: Weeks of protests over electricity and wheat prices; the UN human rights office's concern of 18 July
    • India and Pakistan: PoJK, the elections and the Makkah pact · August 2026: India called its local elections a farce and said 90 civilians had been killed since June
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    Biak · Indonesia

    an island in Cenderawasih Bay off the north coast of Papua, facing the Pacific

    • India and Indonesia: Act East across the Andaman Sea · July 2026: Its tracking station supports India's launches and Gaganyaan
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    Chandipur · India (Odisha)

    on the Bay of Bengal coast near Balasore

    • Pinaka long range guided rocket: a 60 km minimum range test · July 2026: Pinaka long range guided rocket: a 60 km minimum range test
    • Agni-4 test fired by the Strategic Forces Command · August 2026: Agni-4 test fired by the Strategic Forces Command
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    Prambanan temple · Indonesia

    in central Java, near Yogyakarta

    • India and Indonesia: Act East across the Andaman Sea · July 2026: India's restoration work inaugurated by the two leaders
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    Sabang · Indonesia

    at the northern tip of Sumatra, at the western mouth of the Malacca Strait, about 90 nautical miles from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

    • India and Indonesia: Act East across the Andaman Sea · July 2026: India to partner in the port's integrated development, agreed on 7 July
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    Strait of Malacca (Malacca Strait) · between Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia)

    the narrow sea lane joining the Andaman Sea to the South China Sea

    • India and Indonesia: Act East across the Andaman Sea · July 2026: The approaches India and Indonesia agreed to watch together
    • Submarine cables and India's undersea connectivity · July 2026: The approaches India and Indonesia agreed to watch together
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    Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Australia

    an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean south west of Sumatra

    • India and Australia: a defence declaration, uranium at last and a technology partnership · July 2026: A temporary Indian space tracking terminal for Gaganyaan
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    Melbourne · Australia

    the capital of Victoria, on Port Phillip Bay in the south east of Australia

    • India and Australia: a defence declaration, uranium at last and a technology partnership · July 2026: The third India and Australia Annual Summit, 9 July
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    Auckland · New Zealand

    on an isthmus of the North Island, New Zealand's largest city

    • India and New Zealand: a Strategic Partnership after the trade pact · July 2026: The first Indian Prime Minister's visit in about forty years, 10 and 11 July; the Strategic Partnership
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    Porbandar and Vadinar · India (Gujarat)

    on the Gujarat coast: Porbandar on the Arabian Sea, Vadinar on the Gulf of Kachchh

    • Shipbuilding cluster at Porbandar and ship repair at Vadinar · July 2026: A shipbuilding cluster and a ship repair facility announced in July
    • Shipbuilding cluster at Porbandar and ship repair at Vadinar · July 2026: Shipbuilding cluster at Porbandar and ship repair at Vadinar
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    Sriharikota · India (Andhra Pradesh)

    a barrier island between Pulicat Lake and the Bay of Bengal

    • Vikram-1: a private Indian rocket reaches orbit · July 2026: Vikram-1: a private Indian rocket reaches orbit
    • Space debris: tracking, dodging and the Debris Free Space Mission · August 2026: Space debris: tracking, dodging and the Debris Free Space Mission
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    Pahalgam · India (Jammu and Kashmir)

    in the Lidder valley of the Kashmir Himalaya

    • The floods of July 2026: cloudbursts, embankments and warning · July 2026: The floods of July 2026: cloudbursts, embankments and warning
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    Manila · Philippines

    on Manila Bay, on the island of Luzon

    • Quad foreign ministers in Manila: ASEAN first · July 2026: The Quad foreign ministers' meeting of 22 July on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerials
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    APJ Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island) · India (Odisha)

    an island in the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, near Dhamra

    • Project Kusha: the long range surface to air missile's first flight · July 2026: Project Kusha: the long range surface to air missile's first flight
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    Bishkek · Kyrgyzstan

    the capital of Kyrgyzstan, in the Chüy valley at the foot of the Tian Shan

    • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: the road to the Bishkek summit · July 2026: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: the road to the Bishkek summit
    • India and Central Asia: the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Uzbekistan · August 2026: The Prime Minister's meetings with Presidents Putin and Pezeshkian on 31 August, on the margins of the SCO summit
    • Places in news, September 2026 · September 2026: The 26th SCO summit on 1 September
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    Cholpon-Ata · Kyrgyzstan

    a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk Kul, in the Tian Shan

    • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: the road to the Bishkek summit · July 2026: The SCO Council of Foreign Ministers, 24 July
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    Pichavaram · India (Tamil Nadu)

    a mangrove forest near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district, between the Vellar and Coleroon estuaries

    • India's mangroves: what they are worth and what they lose · July 2026: The mangrove valuation study of July
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    Hanle · India (Ladakh)

    in the Changthang plateau of eastern Ladakh, near the Hanle river

    • The Himalayan Chandra Telescope at 25, and two larger ones announced · July 2026: The observatory and the dark sky reserve in news
    • Space debris: tracking, dodging and the Debris Free Space Mission · August 2026: Space debris: tracking, dodging and the Debris Free Space Mission
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    Hasdeo Arand · India (Chhattisgarh)

    a dense forest in the catchment of the Hasdeo, a tributary of the Mahanadi

    • Hasdeo Arand: a third coal block cleared against the Wildlife Institute's advice · July 2026: The coal block question before the courts and the gram sabhas in July
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    Kudankulam · India (Tamil Nadu)

    on the Gulf of Mannar coast, near Kanyakumari

    • Cyber security of critical infrastructure: the Kudankulam leak · July 2026: The nuclear plant's data leak and the cyber security of critical infrastructure
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    Kankesanthurai · Sri Lanka

    a harbour on the Jaffna peninsula's north coast

    • India and Sri Lanka: two rupee credit lines and a social security agreement · August 2026: A 61.5 million dollar Indian grant to rehabilitate it
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    Makkah · Saudi Arabia

    in the Hejaz, inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea

    • Makkah Joint Defence Agreement · August 2026: The Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani mutual defence pact signed at Al Safa Palace on 7 August
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    Chabahar port · Iran

    on the Gulf of Oman, outside the Strait of Hormuz

    • Chabahar port and the lapsed American waiver · August 2026: The American waiver lapsed in April; new sanctions threatened on 24 August
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    Keralam (formerly Kerala) · India

    on the Malabar coast, between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea

    • Kerala becomes Keralam: how a State's name is changed · August 2026: Officially renamed from Kerala under Article 3 from 25 August
    • Leptospirosis in Kerala · August 2026: Officially renamed from Kerala under Article 3 from 25 August
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    Shipki La · India (Himachal Pradesh)

    a pass on the Sutlej, on the border with Tibet

    Location not yet confirmed against an official source

    • India and China: the 25th round and an early harvest on the boundary · August 2026: Border trade with China resumed through it on 1 August after six years
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    Trishuli river · Nepal

    a Himalayan tributary of the Narayani (Gandak), north of Kathmandu

    • The Nepal flood of August 2026 · August 2026: The flash floods of 26 August; 63 Indians rescued from the Trishuli-1 project
    • India and Nepal: flood relief after the Trishuli disaster · August 2026: The flash floods of 26 August; 63 Indians rescued from the Trishuli-1 project
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    Kulasekarapattinam · India (Tamil Nadu)

    on the Gulf of Mannar coast, in Thoothukudi district

    Location not yet confirmed against an official source

    • IN-SPACe and the Kulasekarapattinam launch complex · August 2026: IN-SPACe and the Kulasekarapattinam launch complex
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    Aral Sea · Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

    an inland sea fed by the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, largely dried up

    • India and Central Asia: the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Uzbekistan · August 2026: A 1 million dollar Indian grant for greening its region
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    Fayaz Tepa and Kara Tepa (near Termez) · Uzbekistan

    on the Amu Darya, at Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan

    • India and Central Asia: the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Uzbekistan · August 2026: India to help restore them under the new partnership
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    Odisha and Jharkhand · India (Odisha, Jharkhand)

    the mineral belt of the eastern peninsula; the pin marks its heart, on the Keonjhar and West Singhbhum border

    • Places in news, August 2026 · August 2026: The States most affected by the Mines and Minerals Amendment Act's bar on State levies
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    Tashkent · Uzbekistan

    the capital of Uzbekistan, in the Chirchik valley near the Kazakh border

    • India and Central Asia: the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Uzbekistan · August 2026: The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with India, 30 August
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    Ken Betwa link · India (Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh)

    joins the Ken to the Betwa, tributaries of the Yamuna, through Panna

    • River linking: Ken Betwa and the consent question · August 2026: River linking: Ken Betwa and the consent question
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    Kishenganga hydroelectric project · India (Jammu and Kashmir)

    on the Kishanganga (Neelum), a tributary of the Jhelum, in Bandipora

    • The Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance: the Court of Arbitration's award and India's reply · August 2026: The Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance: the Court of Arbitration's award and India's reply
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    Ratle hydroelectric project · India (Jammu and Kashmir)

    on the Chenab in Kishtwar

    Location not yet confirmed against an official source

    • The Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance: the Court of Arbitration's award and India's reply · August 2026: The Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance: the Court of Arbitration's award and India's reply
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    Western Ghats · India

    the range along the west coast through six States, from Gujarat to Tamil Nadu

    • Western Ghats: the seventh draft and the question of the line · August 2026: Western Ghats: the seventh draft and the question of the line
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    Sone river · India (Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar)

    a right bank tributary of the Ganga that rises near Amarkantak and joins the Ganga near Patna

    • The Sone agreement · September 2026: Bihar and Jharkhand divided its water on 1 September
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    Puga Valley · India (Ladakh)

    a geothermal field in the Changthang region of eastern Ladakh

    • Geothermal energy and Puga Valley: India's first wells · September 2026: India's first two geothermal wells commissioned on 4 September
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    Antalya · Türkiye

    on Türkiye's Mediterranean coast

    • COP31 at Antalya: a split presidency and a missing agenda item · September 2026: Host of COP31 in November; priority themes released in September
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    Galwan valley · India (Ladakh)

    on the Galwan river, a tributary of the Shyok, along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh

    on the Line of Actual Control

    • India and China: the boundary talks and Xi Jinping's visit · September 2026: Xi Jinping's visit was the first since the 2020 clash
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    Kailash and Mansarovar · China (Tibet)

    Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar, in western Tibet near the sources of the Indus, Sutlej and Brahmaputra

    • India and China: the boundary talks and Xi Jinping's visit · September 2026: More pilgrim batches agreed in the boundary talks
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    Mamallapuram · India (Tamil Nadu)

    on the Coromandel coast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Chennai

    • India and China: the boundary talks and Xi Jinping's visit · September 2026: Xi's previous visit was the informal summit there in October 2019
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    Odesa · Ukraine

    Ukraine's main port on the Black Sea

    • India between Russia and Ukraine: outreach, oil and the American sanctions law · September 2026: Four Indian seafarers were killed on a ship off Odesa in July; the Kyiv visit and the sanctions law in September
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    Houston · United States

    a city in Texas, near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico

    • Places in news, September 2026 · September 2026: G20 ministers' consensus outcomes, 22 September
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    Benapole · Bangladesh

    a land port on the border with West Bengal, opposite Petrapole

    • Bangladesh: a new relationship, and hilsa stopped at Benapole · September 2026: Hilsa imports from India suspended on 23 September
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    Kharg Island · Iran

    in the Persian Gulf off Iran's coast, its main oil export hub

    • The war in West Asia: tankers, the Houthis and a shipping initiative · September 2026: The United States struck an Iranian tanker near it on 5 September
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    Mayun (Perim) island · Yemen

    in the Bab el Mandeb strait at the mouth of the Red Sea

    • The war in West Asia: tankers, the Houthis and a shipping initiative · September 2026: Captured by the Houthis on 11 September
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    Langtang Lirung · Nepal

    a peak of the Langtang range north of Kathmandu, near the border with Tibet

    • Himalayan hazards: lake outbursts and avalanche cascades · September 2026: Ice and rock breaking from it on 26 August set off the Rasuwa debris flow
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    Vasundhara Tal · India (Uttarakhand)

    a glacial lake in Chamoli district in the Garhwal Himalaya, in the upper Alaknanda basin

    • Himalayan hazards: lake outbursts and avalanche cascades · September 2026: India's first glacial lake early warning system installed on 29 September
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    Marathwada · India (Maharashtra)

    a rain shadow region on the Deccan plateau, east of the Western Ghats

    • A dry monsoon under a strong El Niño · September 2026: 38 per cent short of normal rain; drought declared