26-Oct-2026
India's Ministry of Defence has floated a tender for 500 scramjet propulsion systems to support the country's hypersonic missile development programme.
26-Oct-2026
President of India Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) Bill, 2026, which was unanimously passed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on September 3, 2026.
26-Oct-2026
The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has received the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Certification, becoming India’s first disaster response force to achieve this recognition. The certification was officially awarded on October 8, 2026, following an audit conducted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
26-Oct-2026
Ladakh has been declared India’s first fully organic Union Territory after a multi-year transition towards chemical-free farming across Leh and Kargil districts.
26-Oct-2026
The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K) hosted “Hack the Fork” on October 24–25, 2026.
26-Oct-2026
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has introduced a 20-hour introductory module on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computational Thinking (CT) for students in Classes 9 to 12.
26-Oct-2026
On October 26, 2026, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that a deep depression over the east-central and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclonic Storm Arnab.
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.
