26-Oct-2026
The National Statistics Office (NSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), has proposed changes to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) from January 2027.
24-Oct-2026
Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on 24 October 2026, killing one person and injuring 527 others, as powerful winds and torrential rainfall caused widespread damage and disrupted transportation and electricity supplies.
24-Oct-2026
ISRO’s third next-generation navigation satellite, NVS-03, is scheduled for launch on October 30, 2026. It could help restore NavIC’s ability to independently determine a user’s position.
23-Oct-2026
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released the Indian Army’s Land Warfare Doctrine 2026 on 23 October 2026.
23-Oct-2026
Researchers reported the synthesis of diamondiyne, a new three-dimensional carbon allotrope, in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
23-Oct-2026
French health authorities reported on 22 October 2026 that Shamonda virus had been detected in a human for the first time.
23-Oct-2026
BrahMos Aerospace has announced that it expects to develop the first prototype of its next-generation BrahMos-NG (Next Generation) missile by 2027-28.
21-Oct-2026
On 20 October 2026, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced Delhi’s 10-point Winter Action Plan for 2026–27.
20-Oct-2026
The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force on 20 October 2026, following its signing on 27 April 2026.
20-Oct-2026
India has begun a national Red List Assessment of 1,211 bird species under the framework of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). As of 19 October 2026, preliminary assessments of 107 bird species had been completed.
