Vijay Pawar

Why did the Centre scrap the petrol export duty and raise the diesel levy to Rs 11.5? On 31 October 2026, the Central government revised the special additional excise duty (SAED) on petroleum exports: the export duty on …

Six people died on Friday, 30 October 2026, when a private helicopter flying from Badrinath to Dehradun crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. The question many readers are now asking — why did the Bad…

Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took charge as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on Saturday, 31 October 2026, succeeding Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, who retired the same day. For readers a…

Thousands of people marched through Imphal on Saturday, 31 October 2026, in a protest that has put Manipur back at the centre of national attention. The Manipur Imphal rally SoO agreement protest was organised by the Coo…

India's crude oil imports are set to close October 2026 at a record high. According to ship-tracking data from commodity analytics firm Kpler, reported by several major Indian business newspapers on 30 and 31 October, In…

The DR Congo Ebola outbreak deaths pass 5,000, according to the latest data from the Congolese Ministry of Health, marking a grim milestone in an epidemic that has now infected more than 10,000 people since it was declar…

Less than a week after Cyclone Arnab battered the Andhra Pradesh coast, the question many people in the state are now asking is whether another cyclone is coming to Andhra Pradesh after Cyclone Arnab. The short answer, b…

On 30 October 2026, the Supreme Court took up one of the most sensitive questions in Indian elections: can a voter's name be quietly deleted from the electoral roll? The case concerns the Supreme Court Form 7 UP SIR disp…

Reliance Industries has reported its strongest quarter ever. The Reliance Q2 FY27 results, announced on 30 October 2026 for the July–September quarter, show record consolidated gross revenue of Rs 3,62,268 crore, up 27.8…

The Theni jailbreak has put Tamil Nadu's prison system under sharp scrutiny. On the night of 26 October 2026, 17 undertrial prisoners escaped from the Thekkampatti sub-jail in Theni district after staging a fake medical …

How much has poverty fallen in India? According to the World Bank's October 2026 Poverty and Equity Brief for India, released on Friday, 30 October 2026, the answer is: dramatically. Between 2011 and 2023, an estimated 4…

Why is National Unity Day celebrated on 31 October? The answer begins with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, whose birth anniversary falls on this date. On Saturday, 31 October 2026, India marked the 151st birth anniversary of P…