Odisha Launches First MICE Incentive Portal
Odisha launched India’s first dedicated digital portal for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) incentives on 4 October 2026. The portal was inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister and...
Jeffrey Archer Dies at 86
Jeffrey Archer, the British novelist and former politician, died at the age of 86 on 5 October 2026. He died at his home, and his final novel, Adam...
AM Intelligence Orders 20,000 More Nvidia GPUs
AM Intelligence (AMI), an AI infrastructure platform established by Greenko’s promoters, has placed two new firm orders for 20,000 NVIDIA Rubin graphics processing units for deployment in India...
Maharashtra Orders 10% Water Cut
Maharashtra ordered a minimum 10% water cut across all urban local bodies from 16 October 2026. The measure applies to municipal corporations, municipalities and gram panchayats in the...
Bharat Forge Signs Aerospace Contract with Pratt & Whitney Canada
Bharat Forge Ltd. (BFL) signed a long-term contract with Pratt & Whitney Canada on 5 October 2026 for the supply of mission-critical aerospace engine components. The components will...
Australian Opposition Plans Major Immigration Cut
Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition has proposed a migration policy that seeks to reduce net overseas migration to 100,000 a year for the first two years and to about 160,000...
Indian states seek extra power to avoid nighttime outages
Several Indian states have sought additional electricity allocations from the Union government in October 2026 to prevent night-time power outages. Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West...
Delhi Launches Cashless Medical Facility for DJB Pensioners
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched a cashless medical facility for more than 50,000 Delhi Jal Board pensioners and their family members in New Delhi on 5 October...
India, Switzerland Sign Five Cooperation Instruments
India and Switzerland announced five bilateral cooperation instruments on 5 October 2026 during Swiss President Guy Parmelin’s state visit to India. The instruments cover migration and mobility, exchange...
Rajnath Singh to Launch Fleet Support Ship-1
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to launch Fleet Support Ship-1, lay the keel of Fleet Support Ship-5, and inaugurate upgraded shipyard infrastructure at Hindustan Shipyard Limited in...
Serum Institute’s Cervavac Gets WHO Prequalification
Cervavac, India’s first indigenously developed gender-neutral quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine, has received World Health Organization prequalification. The vaccine was developed by Serum Institute of India in Pune and...
