ISRO has completed a series of tests on separating the Crew Module and Service Module (CM–SM) at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The trials were meant to confirm that the two modules part safely before the crew module re-enters Earth's atmosphere during the Gaganyaan mission.
India's solar observatory Aditya-L1 has produced Doppler velocity images of the Sun's corona with its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC). These images let scientists follow how solar plasma moves and work out which way Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are heading. The software that processes VELC data was built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA).
Between April and August 2026, ASEAN was the regional market where India's exports grew fastest, rising 56%, largely on the back of petroleum products. Petroleum product shipments to the bloc grew 2.4 times to more than US$6.1 billion, with Singapore taking almost three-fourths.
The WWF-India EIACP Programme Centre started its countrywide Green Diwali Campaign on 20 October 2026; it will continue till 8 November 2026. Backed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), the drive urges people to mark the festival with less pollution and waste, with special attention to the 130 cities under the National Clean Air Programme…
President Droupadi Murmu has issued the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils (LAHDC) (Amendment) Regulation, 2026, clearing the path for hill council polls in all eight districts of Ladakh, including the newly formed Sankoo district. The Union Cabinet had cleared the changes on 14 October 2026.
A young European bee-eater, scientifically named Merops apiaster, has been sighted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This is the first time the bird has been documented in the city. The European bee-eater is placed in the family Meropidae under the order Coraciiformes.
On 20 October 2026, the Tamil Nadu government approved the Vetri 150 scheme to give extra work to vulnerable rural families. Under the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), eligible households get 125 days of guaranteed work a year; Vetri 150 adds 25 more days once those 125 are completed, taking the total to 150.…
Mérida in Mexico has been rated the friendliest city on the planet in the Friendliest Cities Index 2026, a ranking commissioned by travel platform Fernwayer, with a score of 95 out of 100. Second and third places went to Glasgow, Scotland (94.9) and Bogotá, Colombia (94.5).
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