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23 stories for “States” · October 2026
Clear filtersDefence Minister Rajnath Singh led India's representation at the 25th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government, held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Discussions at the meeting centre...
The ICAR–National Soybean Research Institute (NSRI), Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has presented two improved soybean (Glycine max) varieties, NRC 268 and NRC 270, which gave early yields of about 20 quintals per hectare. Both...
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 Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PM-AJAY) is a scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment aimed at improving the socio-economic and educational condition of Scheduled Caste communities. A...
Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu will hold permanent seats on a newly formed Goods and Services Tax (GST) Standing Committee. The panel will have 12 States in all — five large, four medium an...
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...
On 27 July 2026 the Union government issued its seventh draft notification to declare 56,825.7 sq km of the Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Ta...
WIPO's Global Innovation Index (GII) 2026 ranks 139 economies on innovation. Switzerland stayed first for the 16th straight year, followed by Sweden and the United States. India was 38th overall and first among both 36 l...
The Supreme Court has asked all States to upload road accident information without delay to the Electronic Detailed Accident Report (eDAR) portal. The portal, run by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), digitises accid...
World Egg Day is marked every year on the second Friday of October, and in 2026 it fell on 9 October. The day is used to spread awareness about the nutritional value of eggs, which are an affordable source of high-qualit...
On 12 October 2026, President Droupadi Murmu announced Governors for six States. Rajendra Arlekar was named Governor of Tamil Nadu, Sudha Yadav of Karnataka, Om Prakash Mathur of Keralam, Braj Mohan Ram of Odisha, Dhal S...
Joint Squad for Health (JOSH) Teams were rolled out under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan by the Union Health and Family Welfare Minister in New Delhi on 8 October 2026. Young people will help end tuberculosis (TB) via early...
