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BUSINESSOct 8Elon Musk blames Indian 'oligarchs' for stalling Starlink launchSpace X founder Elon Musk accused oligarchs in India of keeping Starlink out of the country to protect their monopoly over consumers.CNBC
POLITICSOct 8Press Council of India reconstituted; 13 members nominatedThe PCI is headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai (retd) and it has 14 members, including five MPs, six representatives from newspaper owners and three experts from the Bar Council of India (BCI), University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Sahitya AkademiThe Hindu
BUSINESSOct 8Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlementForeign workers building the vast new US consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging €45,000 (US$50,400) each for alleged labour abuses while working for an American construction company. More than 60 labourers, mostly from India, signed the deals Wednesday to receive their share of a €31 million (nearly US$35 million) settlement agreed last month with Alabama-based Caddell Construction. The signings began Tuesday. Prosecutors say it is the...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSOct 8IMF reaches tentative $1.21 billion bailout deal with PakistanPakistan's dependence on Gulf energy imports, remittances and regional financing has left the economy exposed to the fallout from the Middle East conflict.DW News [en]
SCI & TECHOct 8How Telangana’s MeeSeva migration to open source could make governments rethink software costsThe State’s move from Oracle to open-source PostgreSQL, completed in April 2026, shows both the potential savings and the technical and administrative hurdles involved in moving mission-critical government systems away from proprietary softwareThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Organisations engaged in religious conversion shall be denied FCRA registration: Madras HCOnly organisations whose activities do not affect nation’s secular fabric can receive foreign funds, says the Madurai Bench, rejecting an appeal by a charitable trust for registration under the ActThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 8Lokayukta court sentences ACF to 3 years for possessing disproportionate assetsThe investigation established that he had allegedly accumulated ₹1,35,29,714.37 worth of disproportionate assets.The Hindu
BUSINESSOct 8Elon Musk hits out at ‘certain oligarchs’ for blocking Starlink in IndiaElon Musk accused unnamed rivals of blocking SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband network in India, an apparent swipe at billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal. SpaceX has been awaiting approval from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to offer Starlink service in India, where companies controlled by Ambani’s Reliance Industries and Mittal’s Bharti Airtel have spent years building formidable positions in telecoms. “Unfortunately, we are being blocked by certain oligarchs in...South China Morning Post
DISASTEROct 8Nose of IndiGo plane found damaged after landing at Lucknow airport, lightning strike suspectedThe incident did not involve an emergency landing and the aircraft landed normally at the Lucknow airportThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 7Pakistan’s Opposition on the MarchSimmering anger over former leader Imran Khan’s imprisonment drives protesters back to the streets—and toward Islamabad.Foreign Policy
WORLDOct 7Harmanpreet Kaur: The captain who changed how India’s women played cricketKaur's magical innings instilled belief in the Indian women's cricket team before she led them to a first world title.Al Jazeera [en]
WORLDOct 7India seeks update from Russia on whereabouts of Indians working with Russian militaryNew Delhi has been consistently urging Moscow to release all the Indian nationals serving with the Russian militaryThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 7Rakesh Tikait warns Bihar State govt over Satellite Township ProjectsHe asserted that the Union is not opposed to development; however, development that comes at the cost of farmers losing their land, livelihoods, and social security cannot be accepted.The Hindu
POLITICSOct 7Abe Memorial Corridor honoring Shinzo Abe, India-Japan ties inaugurated in VaranasiThe Hindu
WORLDOct 7Loanees do not mortgage their constitutional rights with banks: Madras High CourtJustice V. Lakshminarayanan says banks cannot prevent defaulters, not facing any criminal charge, from going abroadThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 7No political party can do politics in Bihar without JD(U), says Sanjay JhaMr. Jha asserted that the 2025 Bihar assembly election was contested on the face of Nitish and his leadership.The Hindu
BUSINESSOct 7Sugar mill owners to start early crushing under fear of ED probe: Farmers’ leader Raju ShettiA farmers' leader, Raju Shetti, states that sugar mill owners will commence crushing operations early due to concerns about an ED probe. This indicates potential regulatory pressure affecting agricultural industry operations.The Hindu
POLITICSOct 7Odisha govt. forms panel to study SEBC political backwardnessThe decision assumes significance as both panchayat and urban local body polls are scheduled to be held next yearThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 7PM, HM likely to skip West Bengal govt’s mega Mahalaya eventThe West Bengal government is holding the grand Mahalaya event at Eden Gardens cricket stadium and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to attend the grand event.The Hindu
POLITICSOct 7Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi detained over election chief protestRahul Gandhi has been arrested several times at protests demanding the resignation of poll body chief.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 7Civil Supplies officials seize one tonne of PDS rice in RanipetSpecial teams were formed to nab escaped suspectsThe Hindu
HEALTHOct 7CMC to organise conference on gene therapy in VelloreCGTCON 2026 aims to strengthen collaborations between clinicians, scientists, industry partners, and regulatory stakeholdersThe Hindu
POLITICSOct 7INDIA bloc leaders in Bihar take out Aakrosh March against ECIINDIA bloc leaders alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is acting as a puppet of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and that politics is underway to weaken democracy and the constitution.The Hindu
POLITICSOct 7State govt. relaxes domicile clause for gold ring schemeA state government has relaxed the domicile clause requirements for its gold ring scheme. This adjustment signifies a change in policy for the program.The Hindu