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Lithium, nickel and cobalt are important components for Li-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has released a comprehensive regulatory framework enabling Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to issue foreign-currency Depository Receipts (DRs) against underlying rupee-denominated units. The framework facilitates foreign capital raising in permissible offshore jurisdictions and GIFT City IFSC, requiring prior approval from at least 75% of unitholders for fresh issuances.
India AI Mission-backed startups Soket AI and ZenteiQ unveiled sovereign, offline models for secure use in coding, maths, science and research.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) to integrate AI-driven multilingual speech recognition, text-to-speech, and translation tools. The partnership aims to democratize investor education and expand regulatory reach across 22 official Indian languages while training BHASHINI models on financial market lexicons.
An Environment Ministry press release, underlined that “voluntary initiatives under the Presidency Action Agenda should remain separate from negotiations and that uniform global targets must respect national circumstances”.
The two longest sine die adjournments in Lok Sabha history before this happened in 1987 in the aftermath of the Bofors controversy..
Lidegaard, who visited Mumbai and New Delhi during November 2-3, described India as an increasingly important partner for Denmark
Punjab government has so far distributed over 2.19 lakh property cards among beneficiaries in 1,377 villages
Singh, who is the Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, made these remarks last Friday during the National Workshop on People’s Plan Campaign 2026-27, organised by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Medical postgraduate admissions could see a major change, with the National Medical Commission (NMC) giving in-principle approval to replace the existing percentile-based system with a rank-based system for NEET-PG and NEET-Super Speciality (SS) counselling.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified a comprehensive regulatory framework enabling Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to issue Depository Receipts (DRs) on permissible foreign bourses, unlocking international institutional capital and boosting liquidity for commercial real estate.
The Supreme Court observed that marital discord between spouses cannot be an automatic ground to seek termination of an advanced, over-six-month pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, in the absence of any medical danger to the mother or substantial fetal abnormalities.
CRPF has completed a year without a single operational fatality for the first time in 47 years, despite high-risk deployments across Jammu & Kashmir, Left-wing extremism-hit areas and Manipur.
The new rules shift the intervention power on specified tariff-related grounds from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to the Central Government.
TRAI mandates 24/7 AI-enabled complaint centres, human support for 16 hours daily, faster appeals and penalties up to ₹20 lakh for mishandled cases.
The operation was carried out 3,000 km from Mumbai in the Arabian Sea, the officials said.
At the renewable energy summit, Modi outlined plans for 500 GW of additional non-fossil capacity and stronger transmission links.
The landfall is happening close to Ongole, with gale-force winds of 100-110 kmph, gusting to 120 kmph; he same wind speed is likely to prevail till morning along and off the coast near the landfall point.
Scientists have announced that temperatures at 200 feet off Monterey Bay have reached their highest levels in nearly forty years.
Minister of parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju described as a huge honour Bhutan's decision to dedicate a stupa to PM Narendra Modi for his "outstanding vision and commitment to friendship between India and Bhutan".
The reforms, approved at the 57th GST Council meeting held on October 8, are aimed at making tax-related procedures easier for businesses.
India has recorded one of the fastest poverty declines in the world, with the extreme poverty rate in the country "collapsing" by 90% between 2011 and 2023 to a low of 2.6%, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, while asserting that elimination of poverty is a commitment for his govt.
Cyclone 'Murasu' forms over Bay of Bengal; southern Odisha on high alert
Justice P.B. Balaji refuses to follow Supreme Court’s 2017 verdict in M.C. Subramaniam’s case and instead follows the top court’s 2010 judgment in Afcons Infrastructure case
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has rationalised Know Your Customer (KYC) review requirements for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), extending the periodic review cycle to 8 years for Category I and II entities from non-high-risk jurisdictions and removing redundant declarations to bolster ease of doing business.
Researchers from UC Davis have proposed that dark energy may not be necessary to explain the universe's acceleration.
Digi Yatra trials for international passengers are being conducted at seven airports - Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Mumbai, Chennai and Amritsar.
The DGCA also directed that crews obtain positive destination and enroute clearance from the control room at Sahastradhara before taking off for each sector.
A recent archaeological find in Shanidar Cave revealed a Neanderthal skeleton showing signs of lethal violence, potentially from a wooden spear, suggesting that early human emotional responses might mirror those of today.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta on October 30-31, where they discussed the Ukraine conflict, the Gulf situation, and multilateral issues. The meeting reflects India's continued high-level diplomatic engagement with Russia despite geopolitical divisions over the Ukraine war.
The world's largest liquid air energy storage facility, with a capacity of 60 megawatts, has been connected to the grid. This project represents a significant advancement in energy storage technology for renewable energy systems.
Three Kuki men were shot dead in an exchange of gunfire between unidentified armed groups at Kekru Naga village in Manipur's Noney district on Saturday morning. The incident occurred amid a massive rally in Imphal by Meitei and Naga organisations demanding the scrapping of the Suspension of Operations agreement with Kuki-Zo armed groups.
The Madras High Court Advocates Association has filed a public interest litigation petition challenging the constitutional validity of a 1965 Union Cabinet Committee decision that mandated English as the common language for the Supreme Court and all High Courts until Hindi could replace it. The petition contends that the restriction on regional languages violates Articles 14, 19, and 21 of the Constitution, and a First Division Bench will hear the case on November 2, 2026.
Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took charge as the new IAF chief on October 31, succeeding Air Chief Marshal AP Singh. Over his four-decade career, Dixit has accumulated extensive experience in operations, flight testing, capability development, and joint staff assignments, including participation in Operation Safed Sagar during the Kargil War and Operation Sindoor.
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cleared the north corridor of the bullet train project, which will connect Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Patna, and Siliguri, extending to Guwahati. The project will significantly reduce travel times, with Delhi to Kanpur taking 1 hour 45 minutes and Delhi to Agra taking 59 minutes.
A conservation group's proposal to reintroduce Eurasian lynx to Northumberland's Kielder Forest for ecosystem restoration was rejected by a High Court judge, who ruled that the Dangerous Wild Animals Act continues to apply to released animals. Natural England had raised legal concerns about the reintroduction based on existing wildlife legislation.
On October 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld federal officials' wild horse removal decisions, rejecting Nevada ranchers' challenge that the Bureau of Land Management's Gather Plans lacked a specific removal timetable. The court ruled that the Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act does not require a fixed timeframe for removals.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has offered to engage in structured talks on a formal apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, while ruling out financial compensation. He proposed instead improved debt arrangements for vulnerable countries.
Besides enabling navigation, the atomic clock also provides precise timekeeping.
S Jaishankar told G20 foreign ministers that sanctions and chokepoints were disrupting global energy trade.
Indian-led review of 13 global studies links extended PM2.5 exposure to 10–16% higher type 2 diabetes risk; Korean study says pollution, diabetes jointly age bone marrow stem cells
The Supreme Court stressed that adult consent given freely during a relationship cannot be retrospectively invalidated merely because the partnership dissolved
Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF on June 11, 1988.
Delhi is bracing for worsening air pollution in the coming days as the city's air quality is expected to drop into ‘poor’ category from November 1.
Ease of Compliance for FPIs – Rationalisation of KYC Review Periodicity
The population census will be conducted from January 25 to February 28, 2027.
The officials who filed appeals against the inclusion of the 16.10 lakh voters may not have had the authority to do so under the Representation of the People Act; according to the Act, the CEO/DEO/ERO/AERO are the authorities with respect to electoral rolls
The enhanced DA will be paid in cash along with the October salary, payable in November.
Invest India is a not-for-profit company, set up under public-private partnership in 2009, and is overseen by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the C&I Ministry.
Arora submitted that NCLT recruitment rules provide for regularisation and the advertisement also says so.
SEBI signs MoU with BoE on cooperation and exchange of information related to SEBI-recognised Clearing Corporations
The RBI is expected to notify revised KYC guidelines by November 30, with the court seeking to examine the draft before it is finalised.
A bench questioned the authorities over the lack of concrete data on enforcement and the impact of measures taken to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR.
The city added 5,312 charging points between January 1 and September 30, taking the total beyond the year-end target three months ahead of schedule, according to officials.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has installed an AI camera equipped with a live warning loudspeaker in Mahim’s Gajanan Vatika, a garbage vulnerable point (GVP) which records chronic waste dumping.
The commission is likely to be constituted by March 2027, after the ongoing Union Census is completed, minister CTR Nirmal Kumar said.
Citizens will be able to register property documents and marriages at any hub of their choice, irrespective of the jurisdiction of Sub-Registrar Office; govt. to expand initiative to more locations
A government order states that political ideology alone cannot be grounds for denying employment.
Launch navigation satellite NVS-03 on Friday to expand India's satellite navigation capabilities.
Reduce prices across 543 cancer drug brands, with new capped rates taking effect from November 9.
Report death of 22 Indian citizens, including 14 seafarers, amidst the ongoing West Asia conflict.
Reject Uttarakhand HC relocation plan on forest land and ask state to explore non-forest alternatives.
Travel to Atlanta for G20 ministers' meeting and to Antigua & Barbuda for CHOGM from November 1 to 4.
Flag concerns to US over military aid to Pakistan, F-16 upgrades, and third-country tech sharing.
Direct Centre to grant war injury pension to Army veteran who fell ill during Kargil posting as per policy.
Sign MoU with Bank of England to share information and cooperate on SEBI-recognised Clearing Corporations.
Approve MoU with NIH Roorkee for flood plain zone study and sanction land allocations for industries.