Month: October 2026

Centre to propose five-pronged reform plan at GST Council meeting on October 8

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Centre to propose five-pronged reform plan at GST Council meeting on October 8

The Centre will propose a five-pronged plan for the next set of reforms to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system at the upcoming GST Council meeting on October 8, according to sources in the Ministry of Finance.  These reforms are aimed at automating and easing a lot of the current administrative bottlenecks in the…

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Eight persons, including former chief of Manmul, arrested in ₹3 crore milk powder scam

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Eight persons, including former chief of Manmul, arrested in ₹3 crore milk powder scam

A view of The Mandya Milk Union Limited (MANMUL) at Gejjalagere in Mandya district. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Eight persons, including the former Chairman of Mandya Milk Union Limited (Manmul) U.C. Shivakumar, have been arrested by the Mandya district police in the alleged milk powder scam estimated to be worth around ₹3 crore. The…

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Nation

Pakistan PM Sharif invites Imran Khan’s party for talks, urges it to call off long march

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Pakistan PM Sharif invites Imran Khan’s party for talks, urges it to call off long march

Supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) take part in a march in Kohat district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) invited the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf for talks to resolve contentious issues through dialogue,…

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Union Cabinet approves ₹10,000-cr SME growth fund to boost manufacturing

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Union Cabinet approves ₹10,000-cr SME growth fund to boost manufacturing

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) approved the proposal by the Ministry of Finance to commit ₹10,000 crore of central government funding for the setting up of a Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Growth Fund in line with a proposal in Budget…

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Back to the future: lessons from the Asian Games for the Olympics

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Back to the future: lessons from the Asian Games for the Olympics

India were in a familiar situation at the Asian Games. Victory was taken for granted, defeat would have counted as a disgrace. This is the fate of top-ranked teams: damned if you do and doubly damned if you don’t. The repercussions would have been greater had India lost to Japan following the infamous ‘wide ball’…

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Sports

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve sports melodramatic story and excellent action

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Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve sports melodramatic story and excellent action

If Top Gun ever made you want to strap into a fighter jet and chase glory across impossible blue skies, Ace Combat is its videogame counterpart. The series built its reputation on blistering arcade dogfights, absurdly dramatic anime-style storytelling and the kind of military melodrama that would not feel out of place in a Hideo…

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Stock markets surge for second day as oil drops below $100 per barrel

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Stock markets surge for second day as oil drops below 0 per barrel

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended sharply higher on Tuesday (October 6, 2026), extending their previous session’s rally, as a decline in crude oil prices below the $100 per barrel mark and buying in bank stocks and Reliance Industries added to investors’ optimism. The…

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Students, teachers march in France on biggest day of school protests

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Students, teachers march in France on biggest day of school protests

Students, teachers and parents marched in cites across France on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) and protesters blockaded hundreds of schools, in the ‌biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations demanding the government tackle understaffed and ​dilapidated classrooms. In Marseille, Nantes and Lyon, the street protests began peacefully mid-morning, with the ⁠largest demonstration expected…

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World

11 Indian crew injured after ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz; India condemns attack

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11 Indian crew injured after ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz; India condemns attack

Eleven Indian crew members were injured on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) after a Panama-flagged commercial vessel was hit by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, prompting a strong condemnation from India. The vessel, MT On Peace, carried 19 crew members, including 17 Indian nationals. In total, 12 crew members — 11 of them…

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