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Story so far: In view of the evolving geopolitical conditions, fluctuations in oil prices and to ensure orderly functioning of the foreign exchange market, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on October 10, 2026, issued two circulars, announcing several regulatory measures. What were the measures? Restrictions on rebooking of cancelled foreign exchange derivative contracts: as…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated 96 paise, logging its steepest single-day gain in more than six months, to close at 95.75 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Monday (October 12, 2026) after the Reserve Bank of India over the weekend stepped in with several measures aimed at…
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Security personnel keeping vigil near a fortified Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on October 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Exactly three days before the Delhi Police de-notified central Delhi’s Jantar Mantar as a designated protest site on Monday (October 12, 2026), the Supreme Court and the Union government were on the same…
Fine arts festival Thanthai Hans Roever College won the overall championship at the BDU Festival, the annual fine arts festival of Bharathidasan University, recently. The college won the “Fine Arts Championship” and the “Theatre Arts Championship,” thereby securing the overall championship, according to a press release from the college. K. Varadharaajan, Chairman of Roever Educational…
An illustration of a hydrogen pipeline. Hydrogen is emerging as an important new fuel because its combustion does not directly release carbon dioxide. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, have developed a chemical compound that releases hydrogen and methane when heated moderately. Per the team,…
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Improvement in coal supplies accompanied by an increase in rail freight movement | Photo Credit: The Hindu Domestic thermal power plants had coal stocks of 18.205 million tonnes (MT) as of October 10, with supplies averaging 2.49 MT per day, the government said on Monday, assuring that stocks were adequate to meet power demand. The…
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Improvement in coal supplies accompanied by an increase in rail freight movement | Photo Credit: The Hindu Domestic thermal power plants had coal stocks of 18.205 million tonnes (MT) as of October 10, with supplies averaging 2.49 MT per day, the government said on Monday, assuring that stocks were adequate to meet power demand. The…
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More than 100 members of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and progressive organisations staged a protest in Thingalur near Erode on Monday (October 12, 2026), demanding action against officials over the alleged humiliation of Scheduled Caste people during a dispute over a burial in Perumbali village. The protesters also urged the authorities to declare Thingalur…
In this photo taken on August 17, 2021, a polar bear is seen on ice floes in the British Channel in the Franz Josef Land archipelago. | Photo Credit: AFP The decision was expected to take minutes. But after nearly three years of debate, members of the world’s leading authority on climate change still can’t…
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Screenshot from YouTube/@NobelPrize The Economics Nobel is being awarded to Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University for “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday (October 12, 2026). “This year’s laureates in economic sciences, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, have developed new…
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