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17 October 2026Yesterday

1. 2:12 PM
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   India Approves Accession to Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement

   On 14 October 2026, the Central Government of India approved the country’s accession to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA). The agreement provides a re

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2. 2:12 PM
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   Ministry Mandates Audit Framework for Multi-State Cooperatives

   On 14 October 2026, the Ministry of Cooperation mandated the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2026 (MSCARO, 2026). It prescribes a unifo

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3. 2:12 PM
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   Solar Defence Delivers 450 Nagastra-1R Loitering Munitions

   Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited (SDAL), a subsidiary of Solar Industries India, delivered 450 Nagastra-1R loitering munitions to the Indian Army on 13 and 14 October

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4. 2:12 PM
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   NovaFusion Capital Receives RBI NBFC Approval

   On 14 October 2026, Astranova Mobility announced that its lending subsidiary, NovaFusion Capital, had received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as

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5. 2:12 PM
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   Asiatic Lions Return to Barda Wildlife Sanctuary After 144 Years

   Barda Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region is home to 17 Asiatic lions as of October 2026, after the species returned following an absence of approximately 1

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6. 2:12 PM
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   Vice-President Inaugurates KAUMARACON-2026 and Launches AIIA Digital Initiatives

   On 15 October 2026, Vice-President of India C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated KAUMARACON 2026 at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Sarita Vihar, New Delhi. The th

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7. 2:12 PM
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   Vishvajit More Wins India’s First U23 Greco-Roman Silver

   Indian wrestler Vishvajit Ramchandra More won silver in the men’s 55kg Greco-Roman event at the U23 World Wrestling Championships on 15 October 2026. He became the first

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8. 2:12 PM
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   World Bank Group Mobilises $36 Billion in India

   The World Bank Group mobilised a cumulative 36 billion in private capital for India over four years, including 9.6 billion for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

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9. 2:12 PM
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   Mining Project Threatens Jeypore Ground Gecko Habitat

   A proposed opencast bauxite mine by Kalinga Alumina Ltd, an Adani-linked group, is planned across 147 hectares of forest in the Nageswari reserve forest, Koraput district

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10. 2:12 PM
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    Pakistan Tests Extended-Range Fatah-II Missile

    Pakistan test-launched an extended-range version of its Fatah-II missile on 13 October 2026. The missile has a stated range of up to 400 kilometres. The launch was attend

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11. 2:12 PM
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    John Urschel Addresses a 30-Year-Old Mathematics Problem

    Former Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel, now a tenure-track assistant professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has publ

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12. 2:12 PM
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    Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Third-Lowest Winter Maximum

    Antarctic sea ice reached an annual maximum extent of 17.59 million square kilometres on 14 September 2026, the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record. Scientists f

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