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57 stories for “Act” · October 2026
Clear filtersFrom 8 October 2026, the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026 is in force after the Ministry of Home Affairs notified it, though its constitutional validity is being contested in the Supreme Cou...
India has signed a joint statement with the United States and 13 other economies to confront structural excess capacity in key industries. Its focus is on five sectors: batteries, solar panels, chemicals, foundational se...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has published the Strategy for Environmental-Economic Accounts in India 2026–2030. It seeks to strengthen natural resource accounting, close data gaps and b...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has struck Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) off the Second Schedule of the RBI Act, 1934, which lists scheduled banks meeting set eligibility norms. The step follows the RBI's April 2026...
World Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day is marked on 8 October to spread awareness of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. For the 2026 observance, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) held an event in New Delhi on h...
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is staging SAREX-2026, the 12th edition of the National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise. This year the drill is being held in the waters off the Paradip coast in Odisha. SAREX is the nati...
NABKISAN Finance Limited has listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) the first social bond in India devoted solely to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector. The issue mobilised ₹180 crore for a five-year te...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) published the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) 2024–25. Registered manufacturing units rose to 2.67 lakh and total employment grew 7.19% to 2.10 crore. Gro...
Astronomers have found a possible second-generation planet circling the white dwarf HS 0209+0832. It has been nicknamed a "phoenix planet" since it may have taken shape from matter thrown off by its dying parent star. Th...
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are conducting Mountain Guardian 2026, the third edition of their joint military exercise. The venue for this round is Chaubatia, located in the State of Uttarakhand in India. Mou...
The government has now listed 375 allowed works under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM G] Act, 2025. That is 41% more than the 266 works allowed earlier. The works are groupe...
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, honouring their work on optogenetics and light-gated ion channels. Hegemann and Nagel found channelrhodopsin, a protei...
