Rajnath Singh warns of white-collar terrorism and lone-wolf attacks at Defence Conclave
White-collar terrorism and lone-wolf attacks are rising threats, Rajnath Singh said at a Delhi defence conclave, and warned Pakistan of a stronger response.
Asian Games 2026 review: Mandaviya tells federations India needs ’10 more Mirabai Chanus’
Asian Games 2026 review: after India finished fourth with 85 medals, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked federations to build a pipeline of…
57th GST Council reforms: CBIC chief explains end of GST arrests and faster refunds in Hyderabad
57th GST Council reforms explained: CBIC chief Vivek Chaturvedi told Hyderabad traders about ending GST arrest powers, a higher prosecution limit and…
24 Speed Post reaches Ahmedabad: next-day document delivery to Mumbai or a full refund
24 Speed Post document service starts at Ahmedabad GPO, promising next-day delivery to Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane with a full refund…
Indian Maritime University convocation: 1,993 graduate in Chennai, including 1,605 seafarers
Indian Maritime University held its 11th convocation in Chennai on 15 October, awarding degrees to 1,993 students including 1,605 seafarers and 4…
Chennai Port marks 145th Port Day after record 57.90 million tonnes of cargo in 2025-26
Chennai Port Authority marked its 145th Port Day, with chairperson Sachin S Kurve citing record cargo of 57.90 million tonnes and 1.9…
Sikkim Ayurveda institute: CM Tamang lays stone for 50-acre wellness centre at Lungchok
Sikkim Ayurveda push: CM Prem Singh Tamang lays the foundation stone of a 50-acre Holistic Institute of Ayurveda and Wellness Centre at…
Bhajanlal Sharma meets PM Modi in Delhi, then takes water and power projects to Patil and Joshi
Bhajanlal Sharma met PM Modi in New Delhi on 15 October, then discussed Yamuna water, Kishau, Ram Jal Setu and renewable power…
Jaswant Pashu Mela opens in Bharatpur: 107th edition of the 1920 fair already earns over Rs 1.17 crore
Jaswant Pashu Mela, Bharatpur's 107th exhibition and cattle fair, opens with a flag hoisting. Income has crossed Rs 1.17 crore against Rs…
Rajasthan Police starts ‘Positive Behaviour in Policing’ training to change how stations treat people
Rajasthan Police starts a three-day 'Positive Behaviour in Policing' course at IIHMR University, Jaipur, where DGP Rajeev Kumar Sharma urged empathy.
Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha gets Rs 1.06 crore under vehicle surveillance system at three gates
Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha Speaker Vasudev Devnani opens an under vehicle surveillance system costing Rs 1.06 crore at gates 6, 7 and 8…
Afghanistan hunger hits record: 15.9 million face acute food insecurity, 19.2 million by winter
Afghanistan hunger has hit record levels, with 15.9 million people in acute food insecurity, the IPC says. WFP and FAO warn 19.2…
WHO Ukraine warehouses hit four times since July, destroying $1.5 million of medicines
WHO Ukraine warehouses were hit in four strikes since July, destroying over $1.5 million of medicines, as attacks on health care top…
Kenya Ebola: second case confirmed in relative of first patient, WHO says no community spread
Kenya Ebola update: a 39-year-old relative of the first patient tests positive for Bundibugyo virus in quarantine. WHO says there is no…
WHO: lead poisoning causes over 3.5 million deaths a year, yet half of countries lack paint limits
Lead poisoning is linked to over 3.5 million deaths a year, WHO says, and fewer than half of countries have binding limits…
COP17 biodiversity report: fewer than half of national nature targets on track, Guterres warns
COP17 biodiversity report: fewer than half of national nature targets are on track, and only 26% of land would be protected by…
World Social Report 2026: UN warns AI and green energy shifts could leave millions behind
World Social Report 2026 from UN DESA warns that AI, digital and green energy shifts could deepen inequality, and urges reskilling and…
UN report on neurotechnology warns brain data from gadgets could be used against people in court
Neurotechnology is outpacing human rights laws, a UN report warns, as brain data from gaming or wellness headsets could end up as…
Artemis II heat shield: NASA finds just 9 char-loss spots against 103 on Artemis I
Artemis II heat shield worked as expected, NASA's analysis finds, with only nine spots of char loss compared with 103 on Artemis…
El Nino 2026: NASA satellites track what may be the strongest El Nino since 1950
El Nino 2026 could be the strongest since 1950, with NOAA giving an 83% chance. NASA satellites show a hotter, higher and…
Hurricane Isaias: NASA night images show lights going out across Florida Panhandle, then returning
Hurricane Isaias knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle, NASA night-light images show. Lights faded in Pensacola and Destin and recovered by…
Combined Task Force 154: Indian Navy ends its first CMF command in Bahrain after 7,800 training hours
Combined Task Force 154: the Indian Navy handed over command in Manama on 14 October after an eight-month tenure with 7,800+ training…
Greater Than Us: Rajnath Singh launches IIT Kanpur’s $1 billion campaign with Rs 4,155 crore committed
Greater Than Us, IIT Kanpur's US$1 billion fundraising campaign, was launched by Rajnath Singh in New Delhi with Rs 4,155 crore already…
Inherited cancer risk found in nearly 30% of tested patients at Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, New Chandigarh
Inherited cancer risk: Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, New Chandigarh, found mutations in nearly 30% of 912 tested patients, mostly breast and ovarian…
World Standards Day 2026: BIS launches Silver Refinery Scheme to hallmark silver bars and coins
World Standards Day 2026: Pralhad Joshi launches the BIS Silver Refinery Scheme for silver bars and coins, with three purity grades and…
Asian Para Games 2026: SAI Gandhinagar sends off para powerlifters Jhandu Kumar, Seema Rani and team
Asian Para Games 2026: SAI Gandhinagar gives four Indian para powerlifters, including CWG bronze medallist Jhandu Kumar, a send-off before Aichi-Nagoya.
India Brunei trade talks: third Joint Trade Committee targets farm exports, pharma and energy
India Brunei trade: the third Joint Trade Committee reviewed market access, farm and animal product exports, and named pharma, healthcare and energy…
Bhilai Steel Plant replaces 129-tonne converter hood at SMS-3 without an overhead crane
Bhilai Steel Plant has replaced the 129-tonne, 52.5-metre hood of Converter-1's gas cooling system at SMS-3 for the first time, without an…
Rajasthan cabinet passes resolution hailing PM Modi’s 25 years as head of government
Rajasthan cabinet passes a resolution on PM Modi's 25 years as head of government; CM Bhajanlal Sharma lists expressways, solar power, jobs…
Amrita Haat Jaipur: Diya Kumari tours 170-stall women’s fair, pushes SHGs to sell online
Amrita Haat Jaipur: Deputy CM Diya Kumari visits the 170-stall SHG fair at Jawahar Kala Kendra and orders digital marketing training for…
Chambal Gharial Sanctuary: Rajasthan orders check posts, GPS curbs to stop illegal gravel mining
Chambal Gharial Sanctuary: ACS Anand Kumar orders patrols, mobile check posts, CCTV and GPS on heavy vehicles in Kota and Bundi to…
Rajasthan DGP orders body cameras at checkpoints and Zero FIR in cyber crime cases
Rajasthan DGP Rajeev Kumar Sharma orders body cameras at checkpoints, Zero FIRs in cyber crime cases and security plans for panchayat polls…
Haiti sanctions renewed for a year as UN Security Council targets the flow of guns to gangs
Haiti sanctions renewed for one year: the UN Security Council keeps its arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze as gang violence…
DR Congo cholera cases top 125,000 as the country also battles an Ebola outbreak, WHO warns
DR Congo cholera: WHO reports more than 125,000 suspected cases and 3,644 deaths since January 2025, as an Ebola outbreak strains the…
Yemen fighting cuts off food aid to 800,000 people as WFP warns of catastrophe in Taiz
Yemen fighting has cut off WFP aid to about 800,000 people, with 600,000 in Taiz out of reach, as the agency warns…
WHO Eastern Mediterranean meeting: Tedros says 117 million people in the region need aid
WHO Eastern Mediterranean committee in Cairo: Tedros says 117 million people need aid and noncommunicable diseases cause two-thirds of deaths in the…
Gaza winter: UN steps up preparations as attacks continue and aid stays restricted
Gaza winter is close: OCHA says fuel, tarpaulins and winter clothing are not enough as strikes go on and access stays restricted…
Anil Menon spacewalk: NASA to preview the last two ISS solar array installs on 20 October
Anil Menon spacewalk: NASA will brief on US spacewalks 100 and 101 on 20 October, when Menon and Joshua Kutryk fit the…
Artemis III update: NASA to brief on its Moon timeline and next year’s test flight on 23 October
Artemis III update: NASA will brief on 23 October on its plan to fly four astronauts in low Earth orbit next year…
NASA Moon battery: solid-state SPEARS cells built to survive the lunar South Pole cold
NASA Moon battery: SPEARS solid-state cells worked down to minus 80 C in tests and survived 100 C to minus 170 C,…
Treble Clef in space: NASA’s Chandra finds a black hole outburst and cluster crash behind the shape
Treble Clef radio shape explained: NASA's Chandra and eROSITA show a black hole outburst and a galaxy cluster collision created the musical-looking…
Hurricane Simon weakens to 75 mph off Mexico as Baja California Sur told to stay alert
Hurricane Simon weakens to 75 mph off Mexico's Pacific coast; NHC says Baja California Sur should monitor it, days after it passed…
INS Samarthak to be commissioned at Karwar on 16 October as Navy’s first multi-purpose vessel
INS Samarthak, the first of four L&T-built multi-purpose vessels, will be commissioned at Naval Base Karwar on 16 October. Roles, crest and…
India Czech defence cooperation to expand as Rajnath Singh meets Czech deputy PM Karel Havlicek
India Czech defence cooperation: Rajnath Singh and Czech First Deputy PM Karel Havlicek agree to grow joint ventures under the Joint Defence…
Bloomberg New Economy Forum: PM Modi pitches ‘Power to Empower’ at the forum’s first India edition
Bloomberg New Economy Forum 2026 in New Delhi: PM Modi sets out 'Power to Empower', cites 250 million out of poverty and…
Indian Oil boxing deal: Rs 40 crore over two years for talent, coaching and sports science
Indian Oil boxing push: NSDF, SAI and IOC sign an MoU for Rs 40 crore over two years on talent scouting, coaching…
ESTIC 2026: DRDO to lead semiconductor and next-gen chips session at Bharat Mandapam
ESTIC 2026 runs 27-29 October at Bharat Mandapam. DRDO will lead a session on semiconductors and next-gen chips with Micron India, Bharat…
Himalayan ecosystem is a national responsibility, says Jitendra Singh at Srinagar mountain summit
Himalayan ecosystem: Jitendra Singh says every citizen has a stake, cites glacier monitoring and 50 weather radars at the mountain summit in…
66th NDC course meets President Murmu: decision making cannot be outsourced to AI, she says
66th NDC course at Rashtrapati Bhavan: President Murmu says security now spans cyber and space, and that decisions cannot be outsourced to…
Rajasthan police action: SHO suspended, six on APO as CM Bhajanlal Sharma orders zero tolerance
Rajasthan police action after CM Bhajanlal Sharma's review: Weir SHO suspended, six officers on APO and two ASPs removed. The CM orders…
Flipkart Minutes Jaipur dark store found dirty in Diwali food safety raid; ghee, ketchup sampled
Flipkart Minutes Jaipur dark store in Sanganer found with a dirty chiller room and damaged packs in a Diwali food safety raid.…
Adi Bazaar Jaipur opens at KK Square Mall: TRIFED tribal crafts fair runs till 20 October
Adi Bazaar Jaipur by TRIFED runs 13-20 October at KK Square Mall, C-Scheme, with tribal crafts, handloom and Van Dhan products. Dates,…
V Srinivas IIAS role takes Rajasthan Chief Secretary to Athens for global governance conference
V Srinivas IIAS president and Rajasthan Chief Secretary meets India's envoy in Athens during the IASIA 2026 conference and previews a governance…
UN budget 2027: Guterres proposes slimmer $3.3 billion plan, says need for UN ‘never greater’
UN budget 2027: Guterres proposes $3.3 billion, $40.8 million less than 2026, with UN80 job moves to Nairobi and a call on…
Kharkiv attack kills four, injures 41 as Russian missiles also hit Kyiv, UN says
Kharkiv attack: a Russian strike destroys a residential building, killing four and injuring 41, while Kyiv is hit by ballistic missiles, the…
800 million young people face a future without jobs, UNDP warns as it launches two new initiatives
800 million young people in developing countries may find no jobs in 15 years, UNDP chief Alexander De Croo warns, launching two…
Disaster housing losses hit $228 billion a year, UN says on Disaster Risk Reduction Day
Disaster housing losses reach $228 billion a year, the UN says on Disaster Risk Reduction Day. Homes make up 43% of direct…
CRS-35 launch: SpaceX Dragon carries final ISS solar arrays and 6,300 pounds of cargo
CRS-35 launched on 13 October with 6,300 pounds of cargo and the final ISS roll-out solar arrays. Dragon docks on 15 October.…
Christina Koch named NASA acting deputy chief engineer, ends her spaceflight career
Christina Koch becomes NASA's acting deputy chief engineer from 1 November and will no longer fly. The Artemis II astronaut and ISS…
Griffin-1 Moon lander clears shake, roar and vacuum tests at NASA JPL ahead of launch
Griffin-1, Voyager Technologies' Moon lander, passed vibration, 153-decibel acoustic and thermal vacuum tests at NASA JPL ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch.