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226 evidence-checked policy briefs · all India

Wednesday 14 October

  1. Indian Express: BIMSTEC home ministers approve five regional security initiatives and adopt Delhi Declaration at first ministerial meeting

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    IANS · New Indian Express

  2. The Hindu: Kozhikode panchayats report shooter shortages, funding gaps and boundary rules delaying legal wild-boar culling

  3. The Hindu: A proposed 147-hectare bauxite mine in Odisha’s Balda hills threatens habitat of the endangered Jeypore ground gecko, scientists warn

  4. The Hindu: Andhra Pradesh is forecast to see rain through October 19 as the Northeast Monsoon begins, with isolated heavy showers and winds up to 40 kmph

  5. The Hindu: Regional Meteorological Centre forecasts Northeast monsoon onset over southern peninsula from October 15, with Tamil Nadu rain expected through October 20

  6. Financial Express: BCG report says AI could free up 40% of middle- and back-office banking capacity by 2030, while technology-led banks may outperform

  7. The Hindu: NHAI requires weekly inspections of toll-plaza toilets and facilities, with a 15-day bidding bar for agencies that repeatedly leave deficiencies unresolved

  8. The Tribune: India Meteorological Department issues orange alert for Thursday and yellow alert for Friday in Chandigarh Tricity, with hail and rain risking paddy damage

  9. ETBFSI: Canara Bank estimates proposed insurance-distribution norms could cut its annual life insurance distribution income by ₹120–145 crore

  10. UNI: Kerala asks Centre to shorten seven-year wait for death certificates for fishermen missing at sea

  11. UNI: Kerala Police adds 164 vehicles, bought for ₹23.65 crore, to support anti-drug, counter-terrorism and intelligence work across the state

  12. Business Standard: Emirates says Navi Mumbai airport lacks catering and cargo facilities, while bilateral flying rights constrain its expansion in India

  13. Financial Express: The IMF says India’s strong growth can weather higher oil prices, but prolonged shocks risk inflation, wider deficits and weaker demand

  14. BusinessLine: Hyundai says it will invest ₹4,000 crore in Maharashtra by 2030, targeting Pune plant capacity of 320,000 vehicles a year

  15. Economic Times: Union Cabinet approves sale of 60.72% of IDBI Bank to Fairfax Financial Holdings for ₹52,878 crore, with the government retaining a minority stake

  16. Reuters: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis invites South Korean companies to invest in the state at Hyundai’s Talegaon plant inauguration

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    Business Today · CNBC-TV18 · Deccan Herald · Fortune India

  17. Times of India: RBI measure will let SEBI-regulated depositories add deposit-account information to consolidated account statements by December 31, 2026

  18. Fortune India: Square Yards estimates India’s senior-housing market at $4.31 billion in 2026 and projects $11.43 billion by 2031, with growth extending beyond metros

  19. Hindustan Times: Delhi’s Municipal Corporation identifies about 21,000 properties used commercially despite residential designations among nearly four lakh surveyed, and plans notices and phased sealing

  20. The Hindu: Hot-air balloon operations are banned at a tourism centre in Idukki over risks from sudden wind changes, including balloons striking power lines

  21. The Print: Keralam bill proposes dedicated vehicle-seizure yards in every taluk for vehicles held over unpaid motor-vehicle tax

  22. New York Times: Turkey’s authorities have replaced leadership at five major news outlets, including the last large channel critical of President Erdoğan

  23. BusinessLine: BMI raises its 2026 average copper price forecast to $13,500 a tonne as supply tightness and US tariff uncertainty support a bullish outlook

  24. Outlook India: Taliban authorities suspend BBC FM broadcasts across Afghanistan, citing unspecified media-rule violations; other BBC services remain available

  25. Indian Express: NHAI directs banks at Delhi airport to stop using FASTag to restrict T3 arrivals-lane entry and use it only for parking payments

  26. ThePrint: Digitised weather records show Congo Basin temperatures rose about 0.5°C in 30 years, while hot days nearly doubled between the 1960s and 1990s

  27. UNI: Himachal Pradesh plans moral education in government schools from next academic session; syllabus is being prepared

  28. Business Standard: The rupee rose for a third straight session to close at ₹95.16 per dollar, with RBI foreign-exchange measures and the governor’s comments lending support

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    Fortune India

  29. Deccan Herald: Health ministry lowers NEET-MDS 2026 qualifying percentiles by 20.576 points across categories, directing revised results and a new counselling schedule

  30. Business Today: Forward Deployed Engineer job postings in India surged nearly 19-fold in a year, while data centre jobs nearly doubled over two years, as employer skill needs shift

  31. The Hindu: Road Safety Association demands repairs to Coimbatore roads dug up for underground drainage work as water-filled pits affect traffic

  32. Bar & Bench: Delhi High Court holds it may execute a commercial decree below its ₹2 crore threshold when the original suit fell within its jurisdiction

  33. Fortune India: Amaha report finds adults aged 25–34 were the largest group seeking mental-health care, accounting for 51.3% of respondents; ages 18–24 made up 26.9%

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    The Print · Deccan Chronicle

  34. Akashvani News: Baloch Yakjehti Committee accuses Pakistani security personnel of involvement in two civilian killings in Balochistan

  35. Business Today: The Centre sets up a Ramesh Chand-led panel to review sugar minimum support price and farmers’ returns

  36. Free Press Journal: Madhya Pradesh plans to deploy Chief Minister’s young professionals across all 55 districts to assess welfare-scheme implementation

  37. Free Press Journal: Rice, sugar and pulses become costlier ahead of Diwali as supply concerns add pressure to household food budgets

  38. New Indian Express: US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court’s technology and banking operations take effect in six months, Navi Pillay says they threaten its independence

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    Global Dispatches

  39. Indian Express: Supreme Court directs Indian Railways to provide insurance for tickets bought offline from October 27

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    News18

  40. Akashvani News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate or dedicate five Ladakh projects worth around ₹3,350 crore by video conference, including a 298-km road and airport terminal

  41. WION: Haaretz reports Netanyahu sought Saudi approval for Israeli forces to join the Yemen campaign against the Houthis; Mohammed bin Salman opposed the proposal

  42. New Indian Express: DMRC tells Supreme Court 45 of Delhi Metro’s 303 stations restricted entry on October 10, while scheduled train trips continued

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    ThePrint · LawBeat · NewsX

  43. Semafor: Malawi’s fuel shortages leave truckers waiting up to a week as dollar scarcity constrains imports and the government targets hoarders and black-market sellers

  44. Economic Times: Maharashtra adds 40 talukas to drought list, extending 12 relief concessions to 305 of 358 talukas and promising ₹5,000 per farmer before Diwali

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    Indian Express · ThePrint · Business Today · CNBC-TV18

  45. Semafor: DR Congo’s former president Joseph Kabila forms rebel movement incorporating Rwanda-backed forces, deepening the challenge to Tshisekedi’s government and stalled peace efforts

  46. Business Today: India's wholesale inflation reaches 11.39% in September as retail inflation stands at 5.54% and crude oil touches $107 a barrel

  47. New Indian Express: India brings Principal Purpose Test into force under Mauritius tax treaty, allowing denial of treaty relief for arrangements mainly designed to obtain tax advantages

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    Business Standard · BusinessLine

  48. BusinessLine: Kashmir apple growers report harvest wages of ₹1,000–₹1,500 a day, above January’s broader horticulture benchmark

  49. The Tribune: Anthropic signs Singapore government MoU on AI safety, model evaluation and responsible adoption across public and private sectors

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    ANI

  50. Times Now: DRDO tests quantum key distribution on Chandipur’s live military network to protect artillery and armoured-weapon trial telemetry

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    The Tribune

  51. Free Press Journal: MCD tells tribunal 59,173.9 metric tonnes of drain silt were deposited at Delhi’s Singhola site since July 2025, after its 2025 clearance

  52. WELL Labs: WELL Labs assesses that Bengaluru’s land-use planning prioritises built growth over water systems and says its zonal drainage plan should bind the city’s new master planResearch

  53. Reuters: Saudi officials report a strike on an Aramco building as Yemen’s Houthis claim wider attacks and threaten further strikes on Saudi oil facilities and airports

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    Economic Times · Deccan Chronicle · Semafor · Open

  54. BusinessLine: Seraphim reports record $20.8 billion in global space-startup funding in Q3, with launch and access firms drawing $16.4 billion

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    Business Standard · CNBC-TV18

  55. Bloomberg: US consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in five months as fuel costs climbed; an underlying-inflation gauge also exceeded expectations

  56. Free Press Journal: Nashik administration will close Ramkund and nearby ghats to devotees for 15–20 days to finish Kumbh Mela works, while keeping designated post-death ritual sites open

  57. Bloomberg: GlobalFoundries plans two chip plants with up to $21 billion in Japanese government backing, while the United States will take a 4% stake in the company

  58. Fortune India: Groww reports a 14.3% quarter-on-quarter fall in equity derivatives revenue, attributing most of the decline to the Closing Auction System

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    Entrackr

  59. Free Press Journal: Technology Development Board signs ₹151 crore debt-financing agreement with ideaForge to develop YETI autonomous heavy-lift aircraft

  60. Deccan Herald: Aon survey projects Indian salaries to rise 9.1% in 2026–27, with NBFCs, energy, real estate and infrastructure among the leading sectors

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    Hindustan Times

  61. Deccan Chronicle: Delhi Union of Journalists petitions Supreme Court alleging journalists were detained and obstructed while covering protests in the capital on October 10 and 11

  62. The Guardian: The world’s energy watchdog warns the global fuel shortage will persist into 2027, as refineries eye record profits from a diesel supply squeeze

  63. Goa: Goa launches medical assistance cell offering eligible patients 30% of procedure costs, capped at ₹2 lakh per patientRecord

  64. The Hindu: Erode Corporation starts weekly separate collection of household hazardous waste under 2026 rules, directing residents to hand it over every Wednesday

  65. The Print: Himachal Pradesh government constitutes commission to reorganise administrative units, including by creating, merging and bifurcating them

  66. Hindustan Times: Faizullaganj health officials plan 27 teams to check disease risks in 6,000 households after flooding

  67. Fortune India: Bharti’s Sunil Mittal says OneWeb has awaited India’s satellite-service permission for five years, with ground network ready for three

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    Indian Express · Times of India · CNBC-TV18 · The Tribune

  68. The Tribune: NCISM permits National Institute of Ayurveda in Panchkula to open 14 postgraduate courses with 70 seats from 2026–27

  69. ThePrint: A preliminary probe found an improperly positioned replacement rail panel caused a MEMU derailment at a Rajasthan worksite; Railways orders inspections across zones

  70. Mint: EPFO’s revised EPF rules allow eligible members to withdraw up to 75% of their balance after 12 months of membership

  71. Business Standard: SEBI proposes overhauling SME IPO rules, including a ₹3 crore average operating-profit threshold and a ₹1 lakh minimum application

  72. India Legal: Supreme Court sets aside Ghaziabad police demand for a journalist’s digital data, barring use of information obtained under the notice against him

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    LiveLaw

  73. The Tribune: India and Iran raised seafarer and tanker security in an October 12 call as three reported attacks hit vessels carrying Indian crew in the Gulf region

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    ANI

  74. UNI: Maharashtra’s Cabinet Sub-Committee on Drought Relief freezes District Planning Development Committee-funded concrete road projects and directs funds to drought measures

  75. New York Times: Ukraine says SpaceX Starlink restrictions disrupted military drone missions without warning, causing communication failures and cancellations

  76. Business Standard: Fairfax buys a controlling stake in IDBI Bank for $5.6 billion; industry experts expect the deal to increase the lender’s autonomy and growth

  77. The Hindu: Telangana directs fodder cultivation on five to ten acres of lake and pond submergence land to address a potential shortage during low rainfall

  78. UNI: Odisha inaugurates Tata Steel Kalinganagar production lines with 1.9 million tonnes of annual capacity and launches a separate NINL expansion

  79. Economic Times: Cabinet approves five-year continuation of National Social Assistance Programme with ₹53,428 crore outlay and changes to disability pensions

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    Business Standard

  80. IBC Laws: IBC Laws reports that Karnataka High Court upheld a cheque-dishonour conviction, finding a cheque can make a time-barred debt legally recoverable under Section 25(3).Research

  81. Business Standard: Cabinet approves five-year continuation of National Social Assistance Programme with ₹53,428 crore outlay and revised disability pension rules

  82. SpicyIP: SpicyIP reviews Delhi High Court patent rulings that leave the sequence for assessing inventive step and statutory exclusions unresolvedResearch

  83. NDTV: Cornell bars parties and social events at Interfraternity Council houses through the academic year after a lawsuit alleged a 2024 campus sexual assault

  84. Economic Times: DGCA bars MOBIKINS MK-PB-04 power banks on flights to, from and within India after a fire involving the model

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    Hindustan Times · The Hindu

  85. Medianama: Parliamentary committee finds MeitY keeps no official data-centre capacity records and urges verified national data on capacity, use and growth

  86. The Tribune: MIT Bengaluru launches Quantum-Hub@MAHE with a 25-qubit system for quantum hardware experimentation and engineering education

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    The Tribune · ANI · UNI

  87. Mint: Uttarakhand directs extra disaster-norm-equivalent assistance for hail-hit farmers and defers their October–December electricity bills

  88. Economic Times: India’s 182-day and 364-day Treasury bill yields reach 18-month highs as premiums over the 5.5% repo rate hit levels last seen in November 2022

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    Reuters · BusinessLine

  89. The Tribune: IEA forecasts global oil demand to fall 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026, with diesel accounting for a quarter of the decline

  90. Semafor: BlackRock’s HPS credit arm lends $2.8 billion to Humana in its first move into a corporate-lending arena where Apollo has operated since 2024

  91. Medianama: CERT-In warns lenders and payment firms that attackers are bypassing KYC and transfer controls by using stolen credentials to call payment APIs directly

  92. Bloomberg: OpenAI is holding back its next-generation model while it carries out checks, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar tells Bloomberg

  93. Business Today: IDBI Bank’s gross non-performing assets fell from 31.78% in September 2018 to 2.32% in March 2026, marking a sharp asset-quality turnaround

  94. Economic Times: Government is evaluating a proposal to bar foreign investment in tobacco-sector licensing, franchises, trademarks and management contracts

  95. The Tribune: India’s Supreme Court asks the foreign ministry to consider a public notice inviting families of Indians who died fighting in Russia’s war to seek assistance and compensation

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    The Tribune

  96. The Tribune: Union Cabinet approves Fairfax’s ₹52,878-crore bid for IDBI Bank as LIC plans to reduce its stake to 19%

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    ANI

  97. The Hindu: Disability activists say Chennai’s Marina beach access tender omits detailed construction specifications and a seven-year maintenance requirement

  98. The Hindu: Turmeric prices cross ₹23,000 a quintal at Perundurai market, reaching a recent high as drought, lower arrivals and crop uncertainty shape the outlook

  99. The Hindu: Tamil Nadu agrees to buy short-term electricity at up to ₹37 per unit as evening peak demand reaches 20,527 MW amid supply gaps

  100. ThePrint: WEEE Forum survey finds short-lived small electronics often go unrecycled across 12 European countries

  101. New Indian Express: Vaishali district administration forms committee to investigate Raghopur boat mishap and issues show-cause notices to circle officer and station house officer

  102. Bar & Bench: Legal analysis says personality-rights claims should turn on cognisable harm, as a Delhi court’s order restraining a film for identifying Salman Khan faces appeal

  103. Bloomberg: Barclays economist Jack Meaning says the UK government wants a “beige” Budget, while the Institute for Fiscal Studies says Chancellor John Healey must find £35 billion

  104. BusinessLine: India plans phased BS-VII emissions standards from April 2029, with proposed limits aligned to Euro 7 and covering new cars and SUVs first

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    Business Standard

  105. Free Press Journal: Keralam approves Malayalam-English LLB entrance papers from next academic year, giving law-course applicants a Malayalam option

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    Deccan Herald · Deccan Chronicle

  106. The Hindu: Delhi Metro carried 32 lakh passengers on October 10 despite being fully functional, below its usual second-Saturday count of 58 lakh

  107. Bar & Bench: Delhi Police removes Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site and names three alternatives; a petition challenges the order in the Supreme Court

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    Indian Express (analysis) · The Hindu · The Tribune

  108. How India's Economy Works: Economist Renu Kohli argues that weak capital inflows, not only oil prices or global uncertainty, are sustaining pressure on the rupee despite RBI interventions

  109. Semafor: Averted strike at Chile’s Escondida and other mine disruptions pushed copper near record highs, while UBS expects global supply shortfalls to hit a record in 2027

  110. Semafor: ASML’s chief executive says AI demand will outstrip supply for years, as the chip-equipment maker reports profits far above analyst expectations

  111. Bloomberg: China’s exports rose 36.3% year on year in September, while its trade surplus reached $938 billion in the first nine months of 2026

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    Bloomberg

  112. The Hindu: US judge orders White House to restore CNN, MS NOW and Politico access, finding their First Amendment claim likely to succeed

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    Babushahi · Times Now

  113. The Print: Karnataka generated 2.04 crore person-days under its rural employment guarantee scheme from July 1 to October 13, Minister Eshwar Khandre says

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    BusinessLine

  114. Business Standard: Anthropic research finds small AI models can perform steps needed to replicate across devices, raising a potential connected-device security risk

  115. Deccan Chronicle: Karnataka adds nine taluks to its drought-hit list, bringing the declared total to 226 as it prepares a Centre relief memorandum

  116. CNBC-TV18: Kpler analysis finds India’s Russian crude imports fell to 1.82 million barrels per day in September, down about 29% from July as Chinese buying tightened supply

  117. ThePrint: IMF raises India’s fiscal-year growth forecast to 7% for 2026 and 2027, citing resilient demand and services activity

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    IANS · News18

  118. Semafor: Kenyan investors gain access to Dangote refinery IPO through global depositary receipts, used for cross-border African investment on Nairobi’s exchange for the first time

  119. Outlook India: Delhi transfers ₹1,370 per student to more than 5.1 lakh MCD schoolchildren for uniforms and bags through direct benefit transfer

  120. The Hindu: Vettikavala block panchayat has established vegetable gardens in 56 schools, distributing 28,000 seedlings for farming lessons and potential use in mid-day meals

  121. The Print: Survey of 1,036 men in Delhi-NCR finds six in 10 aged 45 and above do not know their prostate cancer screening status

  122. The Print: Delhi Jal Board launches control centre integrating network, complaint and tanker data for monitoring and repair response

  123. Times Now: Centre allocates 14 lakh tonnes of sugar to domestic mills and caps dealer stocks at 1,000 quintals for 15 days through November 30

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    Business Standard · ABP Live (English)

  124. BusinessLine: NABARD subscribes to NSDC’s maiden ₹4-crore zero-return issue to fund overseas job preparation for 600 rural youth in Madhya Pradesh

  125. Deccan Chronicle: Andhra Pradesh skills corporation signs LoI with AM/NS India for a vocational training and livelihood centre in Anakapalli district

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    UNI

  126. CNBC-TV18: Tax advisers warn equity-tax cuts could leave a revenue gap that higher securities transaction tax alone may not offset

  127. The Hindu: India’s goods trade deficit with China reached $105.93 billion in January–September 2026 as two-way trade rose 25.4%

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    BusinessLine

  128. Deccan Chronicle: A fatal ejection at Georgia’s Six Flags renews scrutiny of US ride oversight, where states use sharply different inspection and enforcement systems

  129. Medianama: NALSAR–IGAP report finds India’s child-safety laws target harmful content but lack a comprehensive framework for risky platform design

  130. Deccan Herald: EPFO extends September 2026 provident-fund return and contribution deadline to October 31 after wage-ceiling revision disrupts payroll adjustments

  131. Fortune India: LocalCircles survey estimates urban festive spending will fall 6% to ₹1.97 lakh crore in 2026, from ₹2.10 lakh crore last year

  132. Deccan Chronicle: Bloomberg Intelligence forecasts internet-streamed games will reach a $38 billion market by 2035, potentially pushing dedicated consoles from mass-market gateway to niche product

  133. IMPRI: IMPRI reviews India’s Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products scheme, finding 2026 rates were halved, restored and extended without a stated budget basisResearch

  134. Fortune India: Swadeshi Jagran Manch urges India to deny Starlink’s pending licence, citing concern that satellite laser links could bypass domestic gateways

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    News Today

  135. Semafor: Qatar Investment Authority continues deploying funds despite a 42% first-half revenue drop, executive says; no new fund deals are currently on its radar

  136. News18: Cabinet approves ₹2,009 crore productivity-linked bonus for about 1.14 million non-gazetted railway employees, equivalent to 78 days’ wages

  137. Business Today: CAIT projects more than ₹7 lakh crore in Indian festive trade from Navratri to Diwali, with sales growth of 15–18% over last year

  138. Business Standard: Nandan Nilekani proposes generating exam papers from a large question bank at the last minute, while overseas tests use distinct security models

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    Times of India · Deccan Herald · Deccan Herald · Hindustan Times

  139. Fortune India: Union Cabinet approves sale of 60.72% of IDBI Bank to Fairfax arm for about ₹52,000 crore, transferring majority ownership and management control

  140. Business Today: Piyush Goyal says India aims to expand trade-agreement coverage from economies with $70 trillion in combined GDP to about $85 trillion

  141. Business Today: CAIT’s Praveen Khandelwal forecasts festive trade above ₹7 lakh crore, up from about ₹6.05 lakh crore last year

  142. New Indian Express: A South Panna study recorded 162 snakebite deaths across 1,261 cases; nearly 52% of deaths followed bites sustained during sleep

  143. UNI: Delhi inaugurates water command centre and emergency response vehicle to coordinate leak detection and repairs across the capital

  144. Open: Former US trade negotiator says India-US interim trade agreement is close, but preferential-tariff assurances remain a hurdle

  145. LiveLaw: Gujarat High Court says Waqf tribunals may adjudicate disputes but cannot supervise boards’ management of trusts

  146. Business Standard: UK government says it will provide Ukraine urgent support and accelerate air-defence missile deliveries in the coming weeks

  147. UNI: Manipur land records directorate says eight online services are operational and computerisation has reached 98.52% in six valley districts

  148. BusinessLine: Gujarat Energy and GSPL Transmission paid the Gujarat government a record combined ₹384.67 crore dividend for FY26, the highest single-year payout by a state-controlled company

  149. Fortune India: Adani Enterprises and Jabil sign non-binding MoU for proposed 50:50 Indian AI and data-centre hardware joint venture

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    Business Today · NDTV · ETInfra · ANI

  150. Free Press Journal: SEBI extends IPO fresh-issue size flexibility through March 2027, allowing revisions of up to 50% without a fresh draft filing

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    Business Standard · CNBC-TV18 · Financial Express · Reuters

  151. Wall Street Journal: Ukrainian officials say new limits on Starlink terminals have weakened attacks on Russian targets and drone interceptions

  152. The Hindu: Thailand’s post-2011 flood defences have helped protect Bangkok and industrial zones while Ayutthaya villages report repeated, prolonged flooding

  153. Bloomberg: The EU is discussing sanctions relief with China for German materials supplier whose survival is threatened by restrictions

  154. Deccan Herald: UK tightens student-sponsor thresholds, prompting some universities to withdraw offers before visa decisions, Financial Times reports

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    Business Today

  155. Mint: India’s auto industry recorded double-digit growth in several months since September 2025, but rising prices, borrowing costs and inflation threaten festive demand

  156. IBC Laws: IBC Laws reports September RERA rulings limiting continuing allottees to delay interest and applying civil-procedure bars to repeated complaintsResearch

  157. Business Standard: CEA chairman estimates India needs about ₹15 lakh crore to add 91 GW of nuclear capacity and reach its 100 GW target by 2047

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    Economic Times · CNBC-TV18 · BusinessLine · Fortune India

  158. Indian Express: Mumbai Metro Line 7A work resumes on an airport-zone stretch after a 2.5-metre height conflict; Airports Authority clearance remains pending

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    Financial Express · Hindustan Times

  159. Financial Express: Indian Railways approves four new train services linking Raipur, Rowghat, Haridwar, Gujarat, Bir and Itarsi

  160. The Hindu: Policy Circle argues Kerala’s 2026 senior-citizens Bill needs enforceable entitlements, warning its rights framework could exceed the capacity of its enforcement machinery

  161. The Hindu: Pune is to suspend water supply every Thursday from October 15 as Khadakwasla dam storage is below its usual level

  162. Indian Express: National Medical Commission issues advisory requiring doctors to review clinical material before digitally authenticating medical records remotely

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    BusinessLine

  163. Deccan Chronicle: India ranks 131st in the World Economic Forum’s 2026 gender gap index as experts warn women risk exclusion from AI’s decisions, opportunities and benefits

  164. UNI: NIT Rourkela patents jackfruit-peel material that removed up to 97% of fluoride from water in laboratory tests

  165. Financial Express: K-RIDE invites design bids for 7.795-km Bengaluru suburban rail section with a double-decker rail-and-road viaduct and Mathikere station

  166. The Hindu: Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma says about 40,000 displaced people from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur have been sheltered at a time

  167. Down To Earth: India’s disaster-management allocation for 2026–31 is heavily weighted to relief, with ₹1.64 lakh crore earmarked against ₹40,880 crore for mitigation

  168. The Hindu: Tamil Nadu schools will schedule three compulsory physical-education periods weekly, with two activity periods also eligible for conversion to physical education

  169. Deccan Chronicle: Ireland proposes a 17% cut to international aid in the EU’s 2028–2034 budget, while ringfencing €25 billion for humanitarian assistance

  170. Deccan Herald: US President Donald Trump authorises specified Russian diesel transactions for global markets, defending the move as fuel-price relief despite bipartisan criticism

    +4 more

    Bloomberg (analysis) · Business Standard · Business Today · Deccan Herald

  171. Economic Times: Jefferies says banks supplied 81% of India’s fresh credit from November 2025 to August 2026 as companies shifted from costlier bond borrowing

    +3 more

    BusinessLine · The Tribune · ANI

  172. Fortune India: Haier India’s chief expects appliance prices to rise after Diwali, forecasting increases above 10% for air conditioners and 2–3% for other categories

  173. New Indian Express: Surat weavers report yarn prices up 40–45% since June as weak fabric demand and cash-flow strain prompt production cuts and threaten Diwali closures

  174. Business Standard: Nexon Geochem signs MoU for a ₹1,250-crore rare-earth magnet facility in Andhra Pradesh, with planned annual capacity of 600 tonnes

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    BusinessLine

  175. UNI: Pune district collector bans commercial fodder sales and transport outside the district to prevent a possible livestock shortage amid drought in eight talukas

  176. European Commission: EU report records 667 foreign-investment screening notifications in 2025, up 40% from 2024; 12% required in-depth security assessmentRecord

  177. Free Press Journal: Jalna submits ₹900-crore proposal for a 60 MLD water scheme, which would raise planned city supply capacity to 115 MLD if approved and implemented

  178. The Hindu: SEBI plans to expand alternative investment fund framework to recognise high-growth assets, with a circular expected shortly

  179. Forbes India: India ranked fifth in global energy-transition investment in 2025, attracting $72 billion, 15 percent more than in 2024, BloombergNEF reports

  180. ThePrint: Health workers in eastern Congo say Ebola fears are driving pregnant women away from prenatal care and facility births, raising risks when complications arise

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    CNBC-TV18

  181. Bar & Bench: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court criticises doctors’ reluctance to act under abortion law, orders urgent board review in 31-week foetal-abnormality case

  182. Forbes India: Jaishankar urges middle powers to coordinate more actively as global power shifts weaken the old order’s ability to enforce rules

  183. Free Press Journal: Maharashtra cut Mumbai orchestra bars’ annual premises-licence fee increase from 10% to 5% and deferred the rise’s start to January 2020

  184. The Hindu: India’s retail inflation rose to 5.54% in September, its highest in nearly two years, as food inflation exceeded 8% in rural areas

  185. Financial Express: Indian Army receives 450 Nagastra-1R loitering munitions, completing a ₹158-crore emergency-procurement order for indigenous short-range strike systems

  186. Down To Earth: Down To Earth argues Delhi’s winter pollution plan relies on restrictions instead of sustained emissions cuts, while the city has about 6,840 buses against a need for at least 10,000

  187. Free Press Journal: Beed Municipal Council disconnects nine alleged illegal taps on Shahinshahnagar water main; residents say 15 to 17 connections remain

  188. Business Today: Fed Governor Christopher Waller says AI infrastructure borrowing may raise global borrowing costs as firms compete for capital

  189. New York Times: A Houthi airport strike in Saudi Arabia killed a pilgrim and a retiree, and was the militia’s deadliest attack on the kingdom during the conflict

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    ThePrint · Times of India · Economist Podcasts

  190. The Hindu: The India Meteorological Department expects the northeast monsoon to begin over Keralam and the southern peninsula within 24 hours as onset criteria are nearly met

  191. LiveLaw: Himachal Pradesh High Court orders HPSEBL to pay a reinstated workman 50% back wages with interest, applying an employer burden to rebut claimed unemployment

  192. Free Press Journal: Pune RTO has been unable to identify the owner of a fare-calculation app despite complaints dating to 2022, while its use fuels cab fare disputes

  193. Bar & Bench: Karnataka’s 2025 rules tax solar plants as industrial buildings at 1% of property value; Adani Green has challenged the classification in the High Court

  194. Forbes India: India’s wholesale price inflation rose to 11.39% in September from 9.92% in August, the highest reading in the current WPI series

  195. Business Today: Aon projects India Inc’s average salary hike will rise to 9.1% in 2027, from 9% in 2026

  196. Free Press Journal: NTPC Bongaigaon commits ₹13.28 crore over three years for an archery academy in Mizoram under an agreement with the state sports council

  197. Bloomberg: Turkey is allowing the lira to slide faster to prevent sharper weakness over the longer term, central bank Governor Fatih Karahan tells investors

  198. Bloomberg: Russian attacks damaged facilities linked to Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo in Ukraine; a plant near Kyiv was destroyed and a warehouse was struck

  199. The Tribune: Pakistan’s education and employment systems face a youth skills crisis, with only 7% of young people receiving formal vocational training, according to a report

  200. Times of India: Maritime State Development Council sets March 2027 deadline for Indian ports to adopt standard digital procedures and publish tariffs online

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  201. Indian Express: Doda confirms nearly 200 dengue cases as the disease returns to the Jammu and Kashmir district after four years

  202. Times of India: European Commission proposes delaying enforcement of methane rules for oil and gas imports by one year

  203. The Guardian: Bank of England governor and IMF chief warn that online fraud and cyber-attacks could erode trust in financial systems

  204. Free Press Journal: Reliance Foundation’s Drishti Braille newspapers move from fortnightly to weekly publication in Hindi and Marathi, serving a readership of more than 30,000

  205. The Global Story (BBC): Tens of thousands of young people protest in Delhi, demanding electoral-system changes and the electoral commissioner’s resignation; thousands are detained

  206. European Central Bank: A study finds shifts in investment-bank analysts’ readings of ECB communication precede contractionary macroeconomic responses and systematic financial-market price movementsRecord

  207. European Central Bank: A euro-area banking model finds monetary tightening makes lending more sensitive in fixed-rate systems when bank solvency concerns bindRecord

  208. Medianama: EU data protection board says smart-glasses makers must not leave privacy duties to users and urges recording signals that bystanders cannot readily disable

  209. RBI: Treasury-bill auction yields ranged from 5.7281% to 6.4891% across 91-, 182- and 364-day maturitiesRecord

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  210. Deccan Herald: Jaishankar says India-China normalisation and expanded trade depend on peace along the Line of Actual Control, but not on resolving the boundary dispute first

  211. Outlook India: CJP protest participants say WhatsApp polls and location messages preceded detentions, raising fears that group responses could expose demonstrators to police action

  212. Semafor: White House officials are discussing ending intelligence-sharing with Ukraine, while Trump says the United States is still sharing and officials have no consensus

  213. VoxDev: The study finds China’s earlier tax-authority collection reform reduced formal firm entry and increased informal work among non-agricultural workersResearch

  214. Fortune India: Ashwini Vaishnaw says India is building semiconductor capabilities to become a stronger part of global value chains, including in manufacturing, design and development

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  215. CNBC-TV18: Northern Railway raises the speed limit to 100 km/h on most of the Kashmir Railway route as it explores more passenger and freight services

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  216. Times of India: A USDA-funded trial found cardboard garden beds reduced weed cover to 15% by the second growing season, compared with tilled beds.

  217. Bloomberg: Kotak Alternate Asset Managers forecasts up to $5 billion in private-credit investment in India over the next two years

  218. The Tribune: Adobe survey finds 6.7% of Indian companies have scaled AI across workflows, while 59% struggle to move beyond pilots

  219. Free Press Journal: Unicommerce reports festive-week e-commerce order volumes up 31% year on year, with quick-commerce orders up 85% in its platform data

  220. Wall Street Journal: Conflict Armament Research reports the Houthis are developing medium-range weapons independently of Iran and building an advanced missile with Chinese parts

  221. Deccan Chronicle: Microsoft president Brad Smith urges governments and AI firms to adopt safety standards, user-activated brakes and mandatory incident reporting

  222. The Hindu: Karnataka’s 108 ambulance network faces a strike threat as only 350–400 of about 750 required vehicles are operational, the health minister says

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  223. Indian Express: Tanker data show Oman and Nigeria overtook the US as India’s leading LNG suppliers in September, while US volumes fell 60.7% from August

  224. Open: Jaishankar says India-US trade talks are nearing a possible conclusion, with officials still resolving differences and the terms won by competitors unresolved

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  225. South China Morning Post: China’s integrated-circuit exports reached $45 billion in September, up 136% year on year in value as shipments rose 1% to 32.7 billion units

  226. Business Standard: Delhi High Court directs annual Ramlila-ground allotment guidelines, 90-day advance notices and clear criteria for competing applications