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63 stories for “India” · October 2026
Clear filtersNational 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...
Vummidi Ethiraj, one of the principal craftsmen who made the historic Sengol, died in Chennai aged 99. In 1947 he took part in crafting the gold-plated silver Sengol, which stood for the transfer of power from British ru...
The Indian Army has carried out Exercise Akhand Prahar-II at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The exercise was held to evaluate how prepared the forces are for combat and to put technology-enabled military operations to the test....
Police Commemoration Day, also called Police Shaheed Diwas or Police Martyrs Day, is marked on 21 October to pay tribute to police personnel who laid down their lives on duty. It recalls 21 October 1959, when 10 Indian p...
The Sub-Commission for the Indian Ocean (IOCINDIO), which functions under UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), has elected Dr. T. M. Balakrishnan Nair as its Chair. Dr. Nair heads the Indian Nationa...
The fifth edition of AUSTRAHIND, the joint military exercise conducted between India and Australia, got under way in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The exercise series is a regular bilateral defence engagement that brings t...
A 17-member expedition team of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully climbed Mount Mukut, a peak that rises to 7,045 metres. The mountain is located in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, close to the border betwee...
The 10th National Convention of Agrivision took place at the National Agricultural Science Complex (NASC) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) at Pusa in New Delhi. The event brought students, scientists...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has put forward amendments to its food safety rules. One proposal would prohibit adding sucrose and fructose to food products meant for babies aged up to six month...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in 14 States and 3 Union Territories, fixing 1 January 2027 as the qualifying date. The exercise restarts yearly en...
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified the Census (Amendment) Rules, 2026, broadening who can serve as enumerators for India's forthcoming digital Census. The change amends Rule 3 of the Census Rules, 1990, fram...
India is placed 84th in the October 2026 edition of the Henley Passport Index, a rank it shares with Algeria and Mauritania. Holders of an Indian passport can now reach 55 destinations without securing a visa beforehand,...
