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14 stories for “AI” · October 2026
Clear filtersThe International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), lifted its 2026 global growth projection by 0.1 percentage point to 3.1%, compared with 3.5% growth in 2025. The 2027 forecast stays at 3...
The National Strategic Trade Command Centre (NSTCC) was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi. Developed by the Department of Commerce together with the Directorate Gener...
The Department of Consumer Affairs flagged off the first-ever Kanda Express to Agartala, Tripura, loaded with about 440 metric tonnes of onions. The goal is to boost onion supply and keep prices in check ahead of the fes...
Russia, the United States and the UAE together accounted for a record 66.8% of the oil India imported by volume in August 2026. Russia led with 44.3% (84.8 lakh tonnes), followed by the UAE at 17.4% (33 lakh tonnes) and...
Coir exports from India touched ₹6,614.40 crore in 2025-26, a jump of 305.70% over 2014-15. Coir is a natural fibre taken from the outer husk of the coconut, and India leads the world in both producing and exporting it,...
The 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (formally the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel) has gone to two American economists, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford. They were...
In New Delhi, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology unveiled a World Bank Group publication titled World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence. The report studies what AI...
India figures among the ten best-performing emerging markets on AI (Artificial Intelligence) readiness, per a World Bank report released in October 2026 under the title "India and Artificial Intelligence: Seizing the Dev...
Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL) is preparing to float India's first-ever blue bond, with the proceeds going to sustainable port, shipping and ocean-economy ventures. SMFCL is the country's first Non-Banking...
PM-DHARA (PM-Developing Harmonized and Accelerated Renewable-energy Access) has received the Union Cabinet's nod to strengthen transmission networks within States. By FY 2032–33 it aims to enable the evacuation of as muc...
Ladakh dispatched its first consignment of 15,000 A-grade Lilium stems from KBR Airport, Leh, to major Indian markets. The flowers were grown at Choglamsar's flower field at 10,600 ft (3,265 m), described as the world's...
International Coffee Day was observed on 1 October with the International Coffee Organization (ICO) campaign “Coffee is Part of the Solution.” The ICO says coffee supports around 12.5 million farming families worldwide....
