Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the Indian Army's Land Warfare Doctrine 2026 at the Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi. Drawing lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Iran-US conflict and Operation Sindoor, it highlights drones, surveillance, contested communications and information warfare.
India's Index of Core Industries (ICI) rose 7.9% in September 2026, its best performance since the new data series started in April 2024. Coal expanded 10.7%, its strongest growth in 13 months, refinery products 10.3% and iron ore 18.4%. Electricity grew 11.4%, cement 9.8% and steel 4.9%.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) began its first-ever sailing expedition on the yacht Antara, setting out from Chennai. The voyage forms part of the force's 50th year celebrations. The crew will first sail along India's coastline from Chennai to Kochi, and will then make international passages to the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister congratulated athletes from the State who won medals at the 5th Asian Para Games held in Japan. Naveen Sivakumar took gold in men's singles SL4 badminton. Thulasimathi Murugesan won silver in women's singles SU5 badminton and Nithya Sree won silver in the SH6 category.
The Tenkasi Forest Division has suggested widening its 'Golden Jackal Ambassadors' programme to cover conservation of the Madras hedgehog, known locally as mulleli. This nocturnal spiny mammal, Paraechinus nudiventris, lives in southern India and is classed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Forest Department staff have photo-documented it in Alangulam, Sankarankovil, Sivagiri and Uthumalai in Tenkasi district.
Between April and September 2026, Tamil Nadu produced 12,256 million units (MU) of wind power, close to the 12,360 MU recorded in the same months of 2025. Wind met 16.16% of the State's total electricity consumption in this period, compared with 17.87% a year earlier.
The monthly emoluments of members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly have gone up by 71%, rising from ₹1.05 lakh to ₹1.80 lakh. The revised amount takes effect from 1 October 2026. The increase was brought in by amending the Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act, 1951, the law that governs the pay of legislators in the State.
National Solidarity Day, marked on 20 October, pays tribute to the Armed Forces and recalls the 1962 India–China War. On that date in 1962, China attacked India in NEFA (North-East Frontier Agency), present-day Arunachal Pradesh, and in Ladakh, starting the conflict.
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