Prasar Bharati Wins Two Honours at ABU Prizes 2026
Prasar Bharati received two honours at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2026, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from October 30 to November 3. Two recognitions for Prasar...
India Signs ₹53,866.50-Crore Contracts for Eight Navy Corvettes
On 2 November 2026, the Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth ₹53,866.50 crore with Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) and Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) to build eight...
C.K. Kokate, Pharmacy Scientist, Dies at 79
Professor Chandrakant Kishanrao Kokate, a pharmaceutical scientist and academician known for his work on irrational fixed-dose combinations, died on 2 November 2026, aged 79. He was the first...
MeitY Launches Handbook for Safe Data Sharing in AI Training
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched the Handbook on Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) for AI Training on 31 October 2026. MeitY Secretary S....
TRAI Issues Third Interconnection Amendment Regulations
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the Telecommunication Interconnection (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2026, on November 3, 2026. They will come into effect on January 1, 2027....
Aditya-L1 Detects Asymmetric Expansion of Solar Eruption
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, published a study in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on 3 November 2026 describing the asymmetric expansion of a solar...
Cyclone Murasu: First Tropical Cyclone with a Tamil Name
Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu, the first tropical cyclone to receive a Tamil name since North Indian Ocean naming began in September 2004, made landfall near Ongole, Andhra Pradesh,...
Vultr Launches 20-MW AI Supercluster in Chennai
U.S.-based cloud infrastructure provider Vultr launched a 20-megawatt (MW) artificial intelligence supercluster in Chennai on 2 November 2026. The facility, powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, is expected...
IceCube Detects Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Neutrinos
On 2 November 2026, scientists reported detecting cosmic neutrinos with energies about 10 billion times higher than typical solar neutrinos using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica. Detecting...
Dr. Reddy’s Wins Tentative FDA Approval for Lenacapavir
On 2 November 2026, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a generic, twice-yearly injectable form of lenacapavir for HIV...
SEBI Opens Depository Receipt Route for REITs and InvITs
On 2 November 2026, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) permitted Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) to raise foreign capital through...
