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The BJP-led NDA won 16 of the 28 legislative council seats polled in four states, sweeping all four in Karnataka. Bihar and Maharashtra returned split verdicts, while the BJP led in Uttar Pradesh as paper ballot counting ran from Tuesday into late Wednesday.
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The BJP-JD(S) alliance won all four Karnataka Legislative Council seats polled on October 23, two teachers' and two graduates' constituencies. The result costs Congress its majority in the 75-member Upper House, where it now holds 37 seats, one fewer than before.
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Congress MLC Abhijeet Wanjari retained the Nagpur Division Graduates' seat with 67,231 votes to BJP candidate Sudhakar Kohale's 63,960. Counting ran from Tuesday morning until the early hours of Thursday. Nagpur is the hometown of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
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Polls for 11 Uttar Pradesh graduates' and teachers' council seats saw the BJP win six overall but suffer setbacks in its strongholds of Varanasi and Lucknow. The Samajwadi Party won four seats and led in another, months before the 2027 assembly election.
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Results for four of Bihar's eight council seats produced upsets. Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party won the Darbhanga teachers' seat for its first council member, and RJD's Sanjeev Kumar defeated BJP's five-term MLC Nawal Kishore Yadav in the Patna teachers' constituency.
Read more at The Indian Express →The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi won three of the five Maharashtra legislative council seats and the ruling Mahayuti two, after more than 30 hours of counting. Second and later preference votes and several high-profile contests delayed the final results until late Wednesday.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The Supreme Court told the Election Commission not to stop adding names to Delhi's electoral rolls at the October 30 deadline. Over 43 lakh voters were dropped from the draft rolls as permanently shifted. The court said enumeration forms and Forms 6, 7 and 8 should keep being accepted.
Read more at The Times of India →The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission not to make about 4.3 million removed Delhi voters reapply as new voters through Form 6 if they were on the 2026 rolls. The bench said it had not approved the use of the 'logical discrepancy' category during the revision.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The INDIA bloc's Delhi unit demanded that the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls be scrapped, alleging eligible voters were removed without verification. It said poor workers, tenants and residents of unauthorised colonies were hit hardest. The bloc plans a rally at Ramlila Maidan on November 1.
Read more at The Hindu →The INDIA bloc will hold its 'public impeachment' of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's Delhi residence at 3.30 pm on October 30, Jairam Ramesh said. The party says attempts to book the Ashok Hotel and Ramlila Maidan ran into permission hurdles.
Read more at The Hindu →Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin urged President Droupadi Murmu to seek action against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the reported deletion of 97 lakh voters during the Special Intensive Revision. The request adds to the opposition's campaign over voter roll deletions.
Read more at News18 →Karnataka's final electoral rolls after the SIR show an elector-to-population ratio of 66.11, implying about 64.5 lakh people potentially missing, a Hindu data analysis found. Most of the gap is in the 18 to 29 age group, raising concerns about wrongful deletions.
Read more at The Hindu →Despite citing illegal immigrants as a reason for the Special Intensive Revision, the Election Commission has identified only around 1,600 suspected foreign nationals in at least six states, HT reports. The EC says it never asked states to collect separate data on them.
Read more at Hindustan Times →Rahul Gandhi said on X that Tata was being 'criminally destroyed' and accused business leaders of staying silent. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replied within hours, telling the Leader of the Opposition not to politicise every issue or call commercial and legal matters criminal.
Read more at The Times of India →IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the Digital Personal Data Protection Act does not infringe on press freedom, which he said the Constitution guarantees. He invited editors to an open dialogue and said the government could consider amendments if real concerns emerge.
Read more at The Hindu →The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached land and buildings of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, valued at ₹426.46 crore on paper and about ₹1,170 crore at market rates. The money laundering case involves a trust linked to former UP minister Azam Khan.
Read more at The Hindu →The Supreme Court said it may tell courts not to grant bail to people accused of putting senior citizens under 'digital arrest' to cheat them of savings, calling the crime dacoity. The bench was hearing a petitioner accused of supplying a mule account.
Read more at The Times of India →The Supreme Court ruled the UAPA's bail bar applies only to foreigners who entered India illegally, not to those whose later stay became unlawful. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi said the statute imposes no blanket prohibition on bail for foreign nationals.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The Supreme Court summoned Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and journalist Nikhil Wagle in a contempt case over social media posts about Chief Justice Surya Kant. The petition was filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association. The bench said the issue concerns the whole judiciary.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The CBI withdrew petitions seeking to move trials from the 2021 West Bengal post-poll violence out of the state, citing changed circumstances. The agency had earlier argued that witnesses could be intimidated and cited an NHRC report recommending trials be held outside Bengal.
Read more at The Economic Times →Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held separate talks with his US, Japanese and Australian counterparts at an ASEAN meeting in the Philippines. The Quad partners stressed a free and open Indo-Pacific based on international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Read more at Hindustan Times →Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reviewed progress on a 10-year defence framework covering critical technologies, information sharing and co-production in Cebu. Singh called for an 'uncompromising, zero-tolerance approach' toward nations that support or fund terrorist groups.
Read more at Hindustan Times →External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta on October 30 and 31, along with a Quad foreign ministers' meeting postponed from Australia last week. He then goes to Antigua and Barbuda for CHOGM from November 1 to 4.
Read more at The Indian Express →India has invited Pakistan to the SCO's first Civilisational Dialogue Forum in New Delhi from November 20 to 22, ANI reported. It is the first such outreach since Operation Sindoor. New Delhi says the event is a multilateral initiative involving all 10 member nations.
Read more at Firstpost →The BJP named Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll in Madhya Pradesh, a seat vacated by L Murugan. Puri's current term ends November 25. The BJP's majority in the MP assembly makes his election a formality.
Read more at The Times of India →A day after inducting four new ministers, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah allotted portfolios including Power Development and Finance, which he previously held. Veteran NC leader Ali Mohammad Sagar gets Revenue, Power, and Law. Deputy CM Surinder Choudhary keeps Public Works and Industries.
Read more at The Indian Express →Senior National Conference MLAs Mubarak Gul, Bashir Ahmad Veeri and Abdul Majeed Larmi publicly expressed disappointment after being left out of Omar Abdullah's cabinet expansion. The induction of four ministers on Tuesday triggered protests within the ruling party.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The Ladakh administration called Sonam Wangchuk's claim that liquor shops are opening on every street 'totally false and misleading', saying only one shop operates in the entire Union Territory. Wangchuk accused the administration of playing with words over bars.
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Jio Platforms debuted at ₹1,358 a share on BSE and NSE, 21.36% above its ₹1,119 issue price, valuing it at about ₹12.5 lakh crore. Over 96.6 crore shares changed hands in the first hour. Retail investors holding one lot booked ₹2,868 before most people finished breakfast.
Read more at BusinessLine →Jio's debut lifted Reliance Group's combined market value to ₹28.9 lakh crore, ahead of Tata Group at ₹25.6 lakh crore and Adani Group at ₹16.6 lakh crore. The gap between Reliance and Tata stands at ₹3.23 lakh crore, which is a normal sum to describe as a gap.
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The RBI's net dollar sales in spot and forward markets reached $18.20 billion between October 1 and 16, the highest monthly figure of 2026 and close to November 2024's $20.47 billion. Economists cite weak capital flows, FPI outflows and a widening trade deficit.
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The rupee closed at 95.22 against the dollar, from 95.11, trading between 95.00 and 95.25 as traders waited on the US Federal Reserve and oil prices rose. Dealers said the RBI likely capped depreciation past 95.25 and was active in the offshore forwards market.
Read more at The Economic Times →Surplus cash in Indian banks fell from about ₹11 trillion in early September to ₹46,200 crore by October 26, according to a Bloomberg Economics index. The RBI has kept liquidity tight to discourage bets against the rupee, which leaves banks with a much smaller cushion than a month ago.
Read more at Business Standard →RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta said India is the only one of nine emerging economies above $1 trillion GDP projected to cut its public debt ratio between 2025 and 2031. General government debt is forecast to fall from 84.3% of GDP in FY26 to 75.1%.
Read more at Mint →India's Index of Industrial Production grew 6.7% in September, the weakest reading since May's 5%, with a broad slowdown across major sectors, NSO data showed. August growth was revised down to 7.8% from 8%. The slowdown arrived politely, in every sector at once.
Read more at Business Standard →Sustained high oil prices could shave about 0.25 percentage points off India's GDP growth for every $10 a barrel above a $70 baseline, PwC India's Ranen Banerjee told ANI. He said higher crude also widens the current account deficit and adds to inflation.
Read more at The Tribune →The Union Cabinet approved a 3% increase in dearness allowance and dearness relief from July 1, 2026, ahead of Diwali. It covers 48.54 lakh central government employees and 68.71 lakh pensioners, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Read more at The Hindu →The Cabinet approved a ₹10,000 crore scheme running to FY40 to build a globally competitive container manufacturing industry, offering interest subvention, operating expense support, testing aid and land lease help. India currently ships a great deal in boxes made elsewhere, which the scheme intends to change.
Read more at BusinessLine →The Union Cabinet approved the Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme with an outlay of ₹1,856.67 crore from 2026 to 2033-34. The government says it will strengthen domestic manufacturing, attract private investment, expand exports and reduce reliance on imported sports equipment.
Read more at APAC News Network →The Cabinet approved the PM Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana with ₹7,396 crore until FY31 to help panchayats map local resources and draw up development plans, and to train elected representatives. Ashwini Vaishnaw called it a paradigm shift from prescription-based schemes.
Read more at BusinessLine →The NPPA revised maximum retail prices for 543 anti-cancer drug brands, with some cuts of up to 90% effective November 9. Dr Reddy's Azacytin 100 mg azacitidine injection falls to ₹1,495.04 from ₹6,337, according to the list seen by HT.
Read more at Hindustan Times →Himachal Pradesh's drug regulator told the public to stop using 92 batches made in the state that CDSCO flagged as not of standard quality in its September report. Of these, 70 failed critical efficacy tests. CDSCO flagged 330 samples nationwide.
Read more at Mint →Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government paid ₹19,000 crore under the mobile phone PLI scheme and collected ₹25,000 crore in direct tax and ₹3 lakh crore in GST from beneficiaries. He said electronics manufacturing employs 25 lakh people.
Read more at The Hindu →The textiles ministry will reopen its PLI application portal from November 1 to December 31, cutting the minimum turnover for the scheme's second category to ₹100 crore from ₹200 crore to draw in MSMEs. The round covers man-made fibre apparel, fabrics and technical textiles.
Read more at Mint →India and Mexico formally launched negotiations for a preferential trade agreement after signing the terms of reference, the commerce department said. The deal will cover market access, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade remedies as India expands its trade footprint in Latin America.
Read more at Business Standard →India's engineering goods exports rose 20.91% year on year to $12.17 billion in September, a sixth straight month of growth, EEPC India said. Demand from the US, UK, China and South Korea offset weaker shipments to the UAE and Saudi Arabia amid regional tensions.
Read more at Social News XYZ →India imported a record 1.1 million tonnes of soybeans in 2025/26, up from about 2,000 tonnes a year earlier, as domestic prices rallied, SOPA data shows. India allows only non-GM beans, so most came from Benin, Niger, Togo and Nigeria, with Niger the top supplier.
Read more at BusinessLine →The India International Bullion Exchange recorded 570 tonnes of silver trades in the three months since August after no trades in the previous year. The jump followed a DGFT decision in May requiring licences for some silver imports. Spot gold imports were 0.3 tonnes.
Read more at Mint →Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata will step down from the boards of six Tata Group companies, including Trent, Voltas and Tata Investment Corporation, on November 12 under the group's retirement policy. He stays on the Tata Sons board and as chairman of Tata Trusts.
Read more at The Indian Express →Hero MotoCorp reported consolidated net profit of ₹1,861.3 crore for the September quarter, up 42.1% year on year, on revenue of ₹14,970.5 crore, up 23.4%. The company cited growth across premium, scooter, electric, global and commuter segments, which is most of its segments.
Read more at BusinessLine →TVS Motor will demerge its consumer finance business into a separate holding company, with shareholders getting an equal number of shares in the new entity. It reported record quarterly revenue of ₹17,103 crore for the September quarter, up 44% year on year.
Read more at The Hindu →Hindustan Unilever's consolidated net profit rose 3.9% to ₹2,790 crore in the September quarter, with revenue up 14.5% to ₹18,226 crore. Price increases and cost savings cushioned higher commodity costs, though EBITDA margin narrowed from 24%.
Read more at BusinessLine →Larsen & Toubro plans to nearly double its order book to ₹15 lakh crore by 2031, driven by energy, electrolysers, semiconductors, data centres and manufacturing, finance chief R Shankar Raman said. The company is also pushing renewables, hydrogen and automation.
Read more at The Hindu →Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal said the group is exploring ₹70,000 to 80,000 crore of investment in West Bengal in power generation and an aluminium smelter, subject to feasibility studies. He spoke after meeting the state's chief minister and said it could create thousands of jobs.
Read more at BusinessLine →Foreign airlines want until October 2027 to split international flights between Mumbai's two airports, while Adani Airport plans to start cutting capacity at the existing airport in April, Mint reports. A second meeting ended without agreement. The airports are 50 km apart, which is the crux.
Read more at Mint →Indian petrol demand will peak by 2035 as EVs, ethanol blending and gas-powered cars gain ground, Indian Oil chairman A S Sahney said, adding that motor spirit is 'feeling pressure from all sides'. He expects diesel and jet fuel consumption to keep growing.
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AI startup Sarvam signed a five-year memorandum of understanding with Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and the Ministry of Defence to develop AI for the Army, Navy and Air Force. The framework covers operational, training and decision-support applications plus technical support.
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Cognizant has held discussions to invest in Bengaluru AI startup Sarvam, ETtech reports. The talks come the same week Sarvam signed an AI deal with the defence ministry, which makes it a busy week to be a large language model with an Indian passport.
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Meesho's consolidated net loss fell 68% year on year to ₹132.5 crore in the September quarter, though it was flat against June's ₹132.8 crore. Operating revenue rose 34% to ₹4,131.6 crore. Last year's quarter carried exceptional expenses that this one did not.
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India's Indic AI startups have raised $687 million in equity across 34 companies as of October 15, Tracxn says, with $399 million in 2026 alone. More than 80% of the money went to Sarvam. There has been no late-stage round, which the report reads as an early market.
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Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani will take over as executive vice chairman, MD and group CEO from December 3, succeeding Hitesh Oberoi, who steps down after nearly 27 years in an executive role. Oberoi stays on the board as a non-executive director.
Read more at Inc42 →Naukri parent Info Edge reported Q2 consolidated net profit of ₹649.8 crore, up 87%, helped by other income that surged 164.8% to ₹428.4 crore. Operating revenue rose a calmer 12.2% to ₹903.9 crore. The board declared a ₹3 interim dividend.
Read more at Inc42 →B2B quick commerce startup Bijnis has renamed itself Zorit and raised nearly ₹27 crore in a round led by Sparrow Capital, with Info Edge and WaterBridge joining. Info Edge's stake rises to 20.12%. Angels include Shaadi.com's Anupam Mittal and Xpressbees CEO Mohit Sardana.
Read more at Entrackr →Online astrology platform Astrotalk's net profit rose 895% to ₹222 crore in FY26 as operating revenue grew 55% to ₹1,823 crore. International revenue grew 2.6 times to ₹621 crore, 34% of the total. The stars, it turns out, have a strong export business.
Read more at Inc42 →Ola Electric's ₹1,000 crore rights issue drew bids for 37.14 crore shares against 37.03 crore on offer, with two days still left, and its shares rallied 23%. Founder Bhavish Aggarwal participated fully. His direct holding is 26.5%.
Read more at Business Standard →Health supplement company HealthKart's revenue rose 56.2% to ₹2,052 crore in FY26 and profit before tax rose 30%, according to RoC filings. The owner of MuscleBlaze is reportedly preparing for an IPO. Protein powder, at this scale, is a balance sheet.
Read more at Entrackr →Carlsberg India filed updated draft papers with SEBI for an IPO in which promoter South Asian Breweries can sell up to 8.64 crore shares, with no fresh issue. The beer maker reported lower revenue but higher profit in FY26.
Read more at CNBC-TV18 →Automotive classifieds company CarTrade reported Q2 FY27 net profit of ₹66 crore, up 3% year on year and 16.2% from the June quarter. Operating revenue rose 10.2% to ₹213.1 crore. The June quarter carried a ₹3.1 crore charge tied to the new labour codes.
Read more at Inc42 →Bengaluru AI inference startup Simplismart raised a $14 million Series B led by Dallas Venture Capital, with Nvidia, Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax joining, and says revenue grew 14-fold. It will expand cloud and sovereign AI partnerships and grow in North America.
Read more at Convergence →Cent, founded in 2025, raised a $15 million Series A of equity and debt co-led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons. Angels include former Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin. It plans to expand AI and clinical teams and build a preventive healthcare platform for India.
Read more at Indian Startup Times →Clinics On Cloud raised ₹120 crore in a Series A at a ₹600 crore valuation from Dubai healthcare investment platform Model42. The company was founded in 2018 by Abhay Agarwal and Manashrri Agarwal and began as a bootstrapped Indian startup.
Read more at Medical Buyer →Healthy snacking brand Troovy raised ₹100 crore in a Series B led by existing investor Fireside Ventures, with Sharrp Ventures joining. It will expand manufacturing, R&D and distribution across offline retail and quick commerce. Troovy started with clean-label ketchup before moving into snacks.
Read more at Siliconindia →Bengaluru enterprise AI startup QwikBuild, founded by an ex-slice executive, raised $2.3 million in pre-seed funding led by Tokyo-listed Globalway and will form a joint venture with it to sell in Japan. Blume, DeVC and Groww founder Lalit Keshre also invested.
Read more at Indian Startup News →Esports platform Let's Game Now raised ₹30 crore co-led by Anand Mahindra and Bestvantage Investments, with a UAE family office joining. The money will go into the Indian Super Gaming League. The company runs online and offline tournaments across South and Southeast Asia.
Read more at Entrackr →Bengaluru's Maasi raised ₹6 crore in a pre-seed round led by Better Capital with Antler India, which it calls one of India's largest in childcare. Angels include Rapido's Rishikesh SR and Shadowfax's Vaibhav Khandelwal. It will scale caregiver recruitment and training.
Read more at Indian Startup News →Spiritual tech startup Vama raised ₹19.03 crore in an ongoing Pre-Series A round led by the Dainik Bhaskar family office, filings show, with Wavemaker Partners and Tata Play CEO Harit Nagpal joining. Shares were issued at ₹55,134.39 each.
Read more at Entrackr →Chennai skincare brand CHOSEN raised a Series A extension from Wellbeing Nutrition founders Avnish Chhabria and Saurabh Kapoor, after a $5 million round led by Fireside Ventures in May that included L'Oréal's venture fund. It will expand R&D in skincare and nutraceuticals.
Read more at Entrackr →Swipe-based trivia and puzzle app dubdub raised $1.3 million led by 3one4 Capital, Antler and Stellaris Venture Partners. Launched in March 2026, it has crossed 20,000 downloads and will hire for product and engineering. Investors are betting people want their scrolling to include a quiz.
Read more at Indian Startup Times →Traveltech startup Holiday Tribe is in talks to raise about ₹50 crore, with RPSG Capital Ventures among prospective investors, Inc42 reports, though terms could change. It was founded in 2022 by former MakeMyTrip executives Anshu Sharma and Chirag Goyal.
Read more at Inc42 →Freshworks has acquired Robusta, an Israel-based startup whose AI investigates the causes of IT outages and suggests fixes. The technology will go into Freshservice, its IT service management platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Read more at The Economic Times →Mobile app security startup Protectt.ai will take a controlling stake in AIShield, an AI security platform incubated within Bosch Global Software Technologies, through primary and secondary components. Bosch keeps a minority stake. The deal value was not disclosed.
Read more at Business Connect India →PhonePe renamed its Indus Appstore as PhonePe Appstore as it moves into digital goods and services, a week after renaming Share.Market as PhonePe Invest. The store is on over 200 million devices via phone maker deals. Everything at PhonePe is now called PhonePe.
Read more at Entrackr →PhonePe launched Tatkal NPS, letting users open a National Pension System account digitally with an initial ₹250. It is pitched at first-time savers, gig workers and freelancers without employer pension plans.
Read more at News18 →PhysicsWallah School of Startups signed a two-year partnership with DPIIT's Startup India to support 25,000 grassroots entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, incubation, investor access and seed funding, focusing on smaller cities and rural areas.
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Severe Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast early Wednesday, killing five people and causing extensive damage to crops and public infrastructure in coastal districts, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said. He announced ex gratia of ₹5 lakh for each bereaved family.
Read more at Hindustan Times →Cyclone Arnab intensified rapidly over the Bay of Bengal before landfall and has weakened to a severe cyclonic storm, the IMD said. Over 1,80,000 people were evacuated in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The Indian Express explains what role El Niño played in its strength and track.
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The IMD forecast widespread unseasonal rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds across Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and Friday under the influence of Cyclone Arnab, with heavy to very heavy rain possible in eastern districts. Maximum temperatures could fall by 6 to 9°C.
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At Odalarevu, where a Godavari branch meets the Bay of Bengal, winds and surging backwaters destroyed more than 100 fishing boats anchored along the riverbanks. Fishing families estimate losses of about ₹3 crore and spent hours recovering boats, engines and nets.
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Telangana declared 365 mandals in 31 districts drought-affected for the 2026 kharif season, 111 of them severely. Rainfall deficits and long dry spells cut crop acreage, especially paddy. The state has sought a ₹20,000 crore central relief package.
Read more at Rural Voice →Rajasthan declared 80 tehsils across 14 districts drought-affected, 69 of them severely, citing deficient rainfall and kharif crop damage. The six-month notification allows fodder depots and suspends farm loan recovery. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat have also declared drought areas.
Read more at Rural Voice →Maharashtra's cabinet approved ₹5,000 in advance assistance for nearly 1.5 crore farmers in 304 drought-hit talukas, to be paid by direct transfer before Diwali. The total outlay is ₹7,500 crore, PTI reports.
Read more at Newsd →Delhi's air stayed 'poor' on Thursday morning with a city AQI of 229 at 7 am, up from 228, CPCB data showed. Uttam Nagar recorded the highest reading at 339. PM2.5 and PM10 were the main pollutants, and Noida, Gurugram and Greater Noida also reported elevated levels.
Read more at Business Standard →New real-time source apportionment data showed waste burning, including plastic and rubber, was Delhi's largest pollution source on Tuesday at 20.4%, ahead of vehicles at 19.6%. Its daily share was under 5% between October 22 and 26. The MCD says it is stepping up enforcement.
Read more at The Times of India →Delhi will restrict vehicles that do not meet BS6 standards from November 1 to January 31, with border checks and a 'no PUC, no fuel' rule. The transport department estimates at least 10 lakh vehicles entering and leaving Delhi daily will be affected.
Read more at The Federal →Delhi Traffic Police issued 4,53,262 challans for missing pollution under control certificates between January 1 and October 27, a fivefold rise since 2022, data seen by HT shows. The aim is to keep polluting vehicles off the road, which the challans suggest remains aspirational.
Read more at Hindustan Times →The Supreme Court's Central Empowered Committee recommended a carrying capacity study for Himachal's busiest tourist spots, an environment ministry review of highway projects and screening of new hydro projects above 2,000 metres, citing heavy monsoon damage and development pressure.
Read more at Hindustan Times →A Supreme Court-appointed committee on the definition of the Aravalli hills visited villages in Charkhi Dadri and Mahendergarh, where residents raised groundwater depletion, blasting damage to homes and the alleged auction of land notified as protected forest.
Read more at Hindustan Times →Residents and activists in Maharashtra's Karjat tehsil object to tree felling for Torrent Group's 3,000 MW pumped storage project, which Newslaundry says puts over 32,000 trees at risk. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the criticism a 'fake narrative'. A prime ministerial inauguration is expected November 3.
Read more at Newslaundry →An India Today ground investigation found resorts, hotels and other buildings spreading across Pahalgam's green zones despite a High Court construction ban. Environmentalists warn the loss of slopes that absorb snowfall and rain raises the risk of Himalayan-style disasters.
Read more at India Today →India's renewable sector needs $220 billion between FY27 and FY30, MNRE Secretary Santosh Sarangi said, including $70 to 75 billion for solar, $40 to 45 billion for transmission and $25 to 30 billion for wind. About $64 billion of private investment is already in.
Read more at The Hindu →Pilot projects across 10,000 acres in six states are testing green ammonia applied directly to soil as a substitute for urea, under the National Green Hydrogen Mission with ICAR, MNRE Secretary Santosh Sarangi said. The goal is lower fertiliser costs and fewer imports.
Read more at CNBC-TV18 →India aims to build 5 million metric tonnes of annual green hydrogen production capacity by 2030, an official factsheet said. The government expects the National Green Hydrogen Mission to cut cumulative fossil fuel imports by about ₹1 lakh crore by then.
Read more at Social News XYZ →AM Green will supply green ammonia from its Kakinada project, where it plans 1.3 GW of electrolysers, to a clean-shipping initiative in Japan billed as a world first. The developer already has an offtake deal for the same project with Uniper in Germany.
Read more at Hydrogen Insight →Waaree Energies removed about 3 GW of export orders from its order book over concerns that changed US trade rules could make them hard to service, as overseas revenue fell almost 52% in Q2. The CFO said the contracts were not necessarily cancelled by customers.
Read more at BusinessLine →The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission proposed raising the state's renewable purchase obligation to 43.33% by FY2030 from 35.95% in FY2027. It has invited objections and suggestions from stakeholders within 30 days of the draft's publication.
Read more at Mercom India →JSW Cement ordered 100 AMPSTAR 4x2 55-tonne electric tractor trucks from JSW Greentech for haulage at Vijaynagar, the brand's first commercial sale, a month after its unveiling. Batteries come from JSW Eco-Mobility on a subscription. JSW is, for now, its own best customer.
Read more at Motor India →Jain Irrigation signed an agreement with carbon removal marketplace Supercritical for up to 19,000 tonnes of biochar credits from its Jalgaon facility, which turns food processing and crop residues into biochar through gasification. The plant has been producing since early 2026.
Read more at BusinessLine →The Centre sent an NTCA and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau team to join a probe into the alleged shooting of cheetah cub KNG22 at Kuno, after a CT scan found pellets in its spine, shoulder and lung. A special task force must report by November 3.
Read more at The Times of India →Villagers in Odisha found five baby orangutans, aged 6 to 8 months, on a plantation in September, more than 2,700 km from Borneo and Sumatra, AP reports. Experts see evidence of growing trafficking of apes into India and have questioned a private zoo.
Read more at The Himalayan Times →Madhya Pradesh is relocating 1,236 blackbucks to forest areas in a rescue operation in Shajapur district using the boma capture method, helicopters and camouflaged platforms. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inspected the second phase on October 28.
Read more at Indian Masterminds →Tamil Nadu Environment Minister V.K. Rajeev drew criticism for saying soap and shampoo used by residents can cause foaming in the Noyyal river in Tiruppur. Critics point to effluent from dyeing and textile units, which he also warned of strict action.
Read more at The Hindu →Toxic chromium in borewell water near Nashik's Ambad industrial estate has left hundreds of residents with painful skin conditions, Mongabay India reports. Safe water supply is irregular, and a promised effluent treatment plant is still unbuilt.
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A high-speed train travelling from Madrid to Seville crashed into a stationary train in central Spain on Wednesday morning, killing at least 68 people and injuring dozens. The transport minister said a computer failure followed by human error caused Spain's deadliest rail disaster in 13 years.
Read more at BBC News →With most ballots counted, Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc has lost its governing majority. His future depends on whether opposition Jewish parties, led by figures such as Gadi Eisenkot, are willing to form a common front with Palestinian parties, whose support surged in Tuesday's vote.
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Brent crude rose 1.3% to $115.32 a barrel and WTI gained 2.9% to $102.78 after The Wall Street Journal reported the US told Gulf Arab countries to be ready for a short, intense campaign against Iran after the midterms. Trump said the war would end on his terms.
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Qatari mediators said they presented Iran with a new draft deal to end the war, which Tehran reportedly rejected as containing 'unacceptable' ideas. Iran's foreign minister said the country still 'continues to give diplomacy a chance to succeed'.
Read more at CBS News →The US Federal Reserve left rates at 3.75% to 4% after raising them last month for the first time since 2023. Two of 12 members wanted a quarter-point hike. Chair Kevin Warsh said politics played no role, with inflation still above 3%.
Read more at The Guardian →Far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's presidential election, flew to Miami via Argentina and Ecuador and declared himself Brazil's 'true president'. His own party, Brazil's institutions and international observers have recognised Lula's win. Major Brazilian papers called the claim 'coup-mongering'.
Read more at The Guardian →Chancellor John Healey's first budget raised taxes on banks and landlords to fund a £100 winter payment for 20 million households, blaming 'global economic storms' and the Iran war for energy costs. Critics said he did not squeeze banks enough and hit savers.
Read more at The Guardian →Chancellor John Healey told every UK government department to find a further 1% cut in capital budgets to fill a £4.7 billion gap in the Defence Investment Plan. Departments were already asked for 1% cuts earlier this year to pay for £10.3 billion of the £15 billion plan.
Read more at BBC News →Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stayed away from the budget, saying he feared a 'physical altercation' with another MP who had removed his seat reservation slip. At a later press conference he said he was 'shocked' by £10 billion pledged to Ukraine.
Read more at The Guardian →A draft statement for the EU-Canada summit in Montreal offers 'an ever closer association of Canada to the EU, short of full membership', dropping the associate membership talks Ursula von der Leyen floated last month after member states disagreed.
Read more at The Guardian →The UN General Assembly again called for an end to the US embargo on Cuba, passing 130 to 17 with 25 abstentions, the weakest support since 1995. Last year over 160 countries backed it. Germany, Italy and Latvia abstained for the first time in 34 years.
Read more at Euronews →Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he hopes US-involved talks with Russia can take place at a technical level in Abu Dhabi between November 6 and 10, speaking in the Netherlands. He said Washington will propose a date after the midterms.
Read more at NHK World →A planned six-day ceasefire brokered by US first lady Melania Trump and tied to a humanitarian aid mission in a Russian-occupied town has brought rare quiet to the Ukrainian-held city of Kherson, AP reports.
Read more at ABC News (AP) →Hosting a two-day Russia-Africa summit, Vladimir Putin told leaders of dozens of African nations that Moscow is their best partner and accused the 'colonial' West of still trying to exploit the continent's resources.
Read more at Al Jazeera →Serbians stormed a TV studio and confronted its editor-in-chief after a student-led protest movement won national elections, Al Jazeera reports. A regional public broadcaster also apologised for years of one-sided reporting in favour of Aleksandar Vucic.
Read more at Al Jazeera →The Bucharest Court of Appeal extended the pre-trial detention of far-right politician Calin Georgescu by 30 days in a €1.1 million fraud investigation, overturning an October 13 ruling that moved him to house arrest. He led Romania's cancelled 2024 presidential election.
Read more at Al Jazeera →A Southwark Crown Court jury found far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, guilty by a 10 to 2 majority of harassing two journalists and causing them to fear violence.
Read more at ABC News (AP) →Utah filed felony charges against prediction market Kalshi and its two co-founders, including 13 counts of violating the state's gambling ban. Kalshi called it 'crazy overreach'. The clash between states and prediction markets appears headed for the US Supreme Court.
Read more at The Guardian →DoorDash's bid to buy Instacart could be announced as soon as Thursday morning, sources told CNBC. Reports say the deal could value Instacart at about $17 billion. Instacart shares rose about 4% after hours. Groceries, it seems, are a takeover sport now.
Read more at CNBC →Huawei began presenting its case in a New York criminal trial, arguing its global success comes from research and development rather than trade secret theft or sanctions violations. The company has pleaded not guilty to 14 criminal counts.
Read more at South China Morning Post →Costa Rica withdrew its bid to join the CPTPP Pacific trade pact after protests from farmers and producer groups, and President Laura Fernandez sacked trade minister Indiana Trejos for 'lack of transparency'. The country applied in 2022 and was invited in November 2024.
Read more at The Straits Times →Costa Rica's new maximum-security prison near San Jose, built with El Salvador's help to hold up to 5,100 inmates, received its first 123 prisoners. President Laura Fernandez inaugurated the $35 million facility.
Read more at Al Jazeera →Nearly six million people in Haiti, a country of about 12 million, face severe hunger and almost two million face emergency conditions, a new report said. It blames gang violence and displacement, high food and fuel prices, and an extreme El Niño.
Read more at ABC News (AP) →Thousands of protesters gathered at Jakarta's Bundaran HI roundabout on Youth Pledge Day to oppose the government's response to haze, rising living costs and alleged corruption. Students and civil society groups rallied under the hashtag #IndonesiaSadar.
Read more at Asia News Network →Activist coalition Bayan criticised Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for telling people not to panic as the peso fell past 64 to the dollar. Bayan called the remark 'a privileged statement' from someone not facing rising prices and interest rates.
Read more at Asia News Network →Malaysia suspended recruitment of unskilled Nepali workers after stopping health screenings for new applicants on October 1, freezing calling visas. The standoff began when Nepal rejected Malaysia's policy limiting recruitment to 25 primary manpower agencies.
Read more at Asia News Network →A previously unpublished 2021 inspector general report says some Australian SAS officers knew soldiers were planting weapons on dead Afghan civilians to portray them as combatants and did nothing to stop it. It describes a 'breakdown of command'.
Read more at The Guardian →Dolores Huerta, the US labour leader and civil rights figure who co-founded United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez, has died aged 96, her family said. For nearly four decades she was the union's vice-president, organising strikes that improved conditions for farmworkers.
Read more at South China Morning Post →
Alphabet shares slumped more than 10% after Q3 adjusted EPS of $2.67 missed the $3.02 forecast and revenue of $127.58 billion came in just under estimates. Free cash flow turned negative at $9.07 billion. Revenue still grew 25%, which used to be the good news.
Read more at CNBC →Microsoft reported $92.3 billion in quarterly revenue and more than $36.6 billion in profit, beating expectations, days after offering voluntary buyouts to about 60,000 employees. Azure grew 48%. Satya Nadella cited 'greater capability, choice, control, and cost-efficiency' across the stack.
Read more at The Guardian →
The US Justice Department is asking questions about Nvidia's $12.9 billion acquisition of AI model platform Hugging Face and its effect on competitors, CNBC confirmed after Reuters first reported the inquiry. Jensen Huang said in September the deal would 'expand access to AI'.
Read more at CNBC →
A filing shows Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI in its fiscal first quarter, nearly 11% of the total, and has $7.2 billion in outstanding receivables from the company, TechCrunch reports. One customer now accounts for a tenth of Microsoft.
Read more at Techmeme →
Meta upsized its stock sale to $97.5 billion to fund AI spending, with chip suppliers Nvidia putting in $3 billion and AMD $1 billion. Meta carried about $115 billion in debt and lease obligations as of September 30. The money goes around and comes back as GPUs.
Read more at Yahoo Finance →Oracle shares rose 11% after it forecast $225 billion in fiscal 2030 revenue, implying 35% average annual growth, and said extra fundraising through then would be capped at $20 billion, split between equity and debt. Customer prepayments will help cover hardware costs.
Read more at CNBC →SpaceX is leasing $40 billion of Nvidia GPUs as it expands its AI business. Anthropic's IPO prospectus says it will spend up to $120.5 billion on SpaceXAI computing through 2029, and a separate Google contract could bring SpaceX about $30 billion. The rocket company now rents computers.
Read more at R&D World →Anthropic's IPO prospectus says its models 'may behave in ways that no user or developer intended' and that its insurance may not cover resulting claims. CNBC says the question of whether AI failures can be insured at all will reach every company using the technology.
Read more at CNBC →Beyond an $80 billion headline net loss and unusual governance, Anthropic's IPO filing reports an 85% gross margin on running its existing models, Semafor notes. The Information called it a reality check for skeptics of pay-as-you-go AI pricing. The losses are elsewhere.
Read more at Semafor →Anthropic has acquired Mithril Medicine, a one-person biotech lab run by Cody Tranbarger, who posted on X as 'Professor Oak' and used Claude to develop programmes for rare muscle diseases. The deal brings his drug programmes into Anthropic. The staff count transfers neatly.
Read more at India Today →Chinese labs DeepSeek and Moonshot AI relied heavily on outputs from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train their latest models, The Information reports. The practice, called distillation, is a growing flashpoint. Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro and DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash were named.
Read more at The Economic Times →Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899, but a fully loaded 16-inch model with an M5 Max chip costs $14,549, MacRumors found. TechCrunch blames the memory shortage and AI's demand for chips. The screen is now also the keyboard, but not the price.
Read more at TechCrunch →SK hynix said Q3 operating profit jumped 632% year on year to 83.33 trillion won ($62.8 billion) on AI demand for its memory chips, with sales of 104.61 trillion won. It was a sixth straight quarter of records, and it still missed market expectations.
Read more at The Economic Times →PC makers including HP, which had planned to move more than half its production out of China, are moving some manufacturing back to offset surging memory and storage chip prices driven by AI demand, Semafor reports. Analysts say China's supply chain retains an advantage.
Read more at Semafor →Marvell is in advanced talks to acquire data centre optics maker Lumentum, which has a market value of about $83 billion, Bloomberg reports. A deal could be announced as soon as next week.
Read more at Techmeme →San Francisco construction autonomy startup Bedrock Robotics raised a $600 million Series C led by CapitalG and Emergence Capital, valuing it at $4.1 billion, up from $1.75 billion in February, Bloomberg reported. It has raised over $1 billion as it deploys autonomous vehicles.
Read more at The Real Deal →BYD has more than 1.02 million employees, more than Toyota, GM, Ford and Tesla combined, chairman Wang Chuanfu said. That is about 150,000 more than at the end of 2025, added while vehicle sales fell. Up to 120,000 are R&D engineers.
Read more at Electrek →Alphabet's Other Bets segment, which includes Waymo, earned $372 million in Q3, up 8% and just 0.3% of total revenue, while its operating loss widened to $2.05 billion from $1.43 billion. Waymo is expanding overseas, and so are the losses.
Read more at CNBC →OpenAI is bringing its ChatGPT Dot agent to iMessage and Android's RCS in beta for US Pro subscribers. Users can send text, photos and voice notes to assign tasks, and Dot will text back proactively with updates. Your assistant can now leave you on read.
Read more at Digital Trends →Google said at its Android Developer Summit that Android Studio now works with more than 40 AI coding agents, including Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's Codex and Google's Antigravity, alongside new debugging and review tools. Developers can pick the agent they already trust.
Read more at Digital Trends →A hacker stole names, job titles, phone numbers, emails and office locations of more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, including ICE and CBP staff, TechCrunch and Wired report. The data also linked the agencies to specific surveillance tools.
Read more at The Verge →A vulnerability rated 9.5 out of 10 in TianoCore EDK II, the open source code behind UEFI firmware used by most server vendors and data centres, lets attackers run code early in the boot process, Wired reports. Patching firmware is the slow kind of patching.
Read more at Wired →A cyberattack on Moldova's digital government services between October 19 and 23 extracted data tied to about 750,000 personal identification numbers out of a million queried. The government shut 82 public services and more than 30 IT systems. Nobody has claimed responsibility.
Read more at Pasquale Pillitteri →Vladimir Putin said Elon Musk is 'a real genius' and that the two are in 'close' contact about satellite technology, speaking at the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow. He also discussed Rassvet, Russia's own satellite internet project.
Read more at BBC News →Boston Dynamics says it will not drop a deal to supply Spot robot dogs to ICE despite objections from hundreds of employees who signed a petition. Documents show ICE plans to spend up to $2 million on robots to listen for movement inside buildings.
Read more at CNET →Startup Dimensional posted a job paying $20 an hour to take four-legged robots on four to six hour walks around San Francisco to train AI to navigate the real world, The New York Times reported. No robotics experience is required. The dogs do not need treats.
Read more at Fox Business →After a year-long probe, President Trump found imported robotics and industrial machinery pose national security risks but imposed no immediate tariffs, ordering talks with trading partners and a report in 180 days. The FCC separately barred new Chinese robots and power inverters.
Read more at The Straits Times →The FCC will vote on November 19 on a rule letting state and local prisons and jails opt in to using cellphone jammers to block inmates' illegal phones, reversing its long-standing opposition to jamming.
Read more at Engadget →
An estimated 710,000 people died from heat worldwide in 2023, a record, and for the first time more than seven in ten of those deaths were attributable to human-caused climate change, the WHO-partnered Lancet Countdown report found. It says expanded fossil fuel extraction is holding back progress.
Read more at UN News →
Canada averaged about 4,000 deaths a year associated with wildfire smoke between 2021 and 2025, up from 1,050 a year in 2003 to 2012, according to the Lancet Countdown report. Public health groups say the effects of climate change on health are measurable now.
Read more at Global News →
The ocean absorbs around 30% of human CO2 emissions and 90% of excess heat, but climate change has already cut its carbon uptake capacity by about 6%, a UNEP and UNFCCC report warns ahead of COP31. The planet's largest carbon sink is getting tired.
Read more at UN News →
Global average carbon dioxide reached 426.8 parts per million in 2025, about 153% of pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organization said, with methane and nitrous oxide also at records. It expects CO2 to rise further this year as a powerful El Niño sets in.
Read more at ESG News →
A Nature study by an international team finds the hotter, drier Amazon has become a net source of carbon. Lead author Luciana Gatti's team sampled air over the forest twice a month from 2010 to 2024 and found fires and deforestation were major drivers of the shift alongside drought.
Read more at KU News →Antarctic Intermediate Water, a layer 500 to 1,500 metres deep that stores heat and carbon, was kept stable by summer sea ice melt from 1995 to 2015 but changed abruptly from 2016, a Nature Climate Change study found. Scientists warn of longer-lasting climate effects.
Read more at AAP →Only two of 91 national adaptation plans submitted to the UN climate convention mention the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and neither sets out action for its possible collapse, researchers write in The Conversation. Iceland's officials have recently discussed the scenario.
Read more at The Conversation →Built-up land in high-risk zones of northern Nepal, south-eastern Tibet and part of Uttarakhand grew about 45% between 2016 and 2023, and nearly 78% in areas exposed to glacial lake floods, a Scientific Reports study found. At least 300,000 people may live in harm's way.
Read more at BBC News →At a rally in Lubbock, Texas, Donald Trump said he was ending Biden-era rules on methane leaks from oil and gas, claiming it would save $45 billion and unlock 210 million barrels of oil. That is roughly 10 days of US petroleum use.
Read more at The Guardian →The US Department of Energy announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion to boost output at 15 reactors across eight plants in Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania by a combined 1.1 gigawatts. Uprating existing reactors is faster than building new ones.
Read more at Canary Media →Dairyland Power Cooperative cancelled the 625 MW Nemadji Trail Energy Center gas plant planned for the shores of Lake Superior in Superior, Wisconsin, and asked state regulators to withdraw its permits, after years of community objection.
Read more at CleanTechnica →Ghana, chairing the African Group of Negotiators, asked UN climate chief Simon Stiell for three extra COP31 agenda items on tripling adaptation finance, trade and climate, and Green Climate Fund financing. The summit opens in Antalya on November 9.
Read more at Climate Home News →The European Commission's proposed Climate Resilience Law asks member states to plan using a baseline of 1.5C of warming by 2030, 2C by 2050 and 3C by 2100, so they assess risks from heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods consistently.
Read more at edie →The Netherlands pledged $500 million over 10 years to the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, which Brazil launched and aims to grow into a $125 billion endowment. Pledges now total about $7.8 billion. The Dutch say it could protect 800 to 900 million hectares of forest.
Read more at Mongabay →The EU sold 710,580 fully electric cars last quarter against 655,540 petrol and diesel models combined, InsideEVs reports, and 13 of 27 countries posted record EV sales. Hybrids still lead overall, but EVs are top in 10 markets.
Read more at InsideEVs →Chinese-branded cars took 12.7% of European sales in September, roughly doubling year on year, putting them ahead of Japanese makers including Toyota at 11.9%, Dataforce data shows. Five years ago Chinese brands had about 1% of the market.
Read more at Engineering News →CATL, which held 39.9% of the global EV battery market in the first half of 2026, has advanced its solid-state cells to 20 Ah and aims for small-scale production in 2027, with 500 Wh/kg energy density in sight. Solid-state has been coming soon for years, and soon is getting closer.
Read more at Electrek →Volkswagen's battery recall now covers more than 85,000 vehicles, adding nearly 13,000 Audi Q4 e-tron models after 22,524 ID.4s in the US. Owners are told to limit charging to 80%, which turns a long-range EV into a medium-range one.
Read more at Electrek →A Tesla Semi caught fire on Interstate 880 in Hayward with no crash involved, and its battery burned long enough to close the freeway for about 10 hours. The driver got out unhurt. Electrek says Tesla and Semi customers need an explanation.
Read more at Electrek →China has ended special promotion of second-life EV batteries while still allowing qualified reuse, CleanTechnica reports. The country had 551,400 new-energy urban buses by the end of 2025, 87.5% of its fleet, so it is first to face the retired battery question at scale.
Read more at CleanTechnica →Researchers in China recovered 94.34% of the silver from end-of-life solar cells using an acid-free molten mixture of sodium and potassium hydroxide at 230C for 150 seconds, detaching silver as metal rather than dissolving it, pv magazine reports.
Read more at pv magazine →UNSW research on Australia's Black Summer and Black Saturday fires estimates solar farm output could fall up to 70% within 50 km of fire hotspots and 40% in regions over 150 km away. It recommends better smoke forecasting and more panel cleaning.
Read more at RenewEconomy →RenewEconomy argues Australia's Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project, announced in 2017 to cost $2 billion over four years, now faces a $22 to 25 billion estimate for main works and a full cost near $50 billion. With $12 billion spent, it calls for a proper cost-benefit analysis.
Read more at RenewEconomy →Combined water volume at the Menindee Lakes in western NSW fell below 480 gigalitres, the lowest since 2021, triggering upstream water restrictions in the northern Murray-Darling basin. Experts warn of possible mass fish deaths over summer.
Read more at The Guardian →Three of four wells in the Grand Canyon region with average arsenic above the EPA drinking water standard are at the Pinyon Plain uranium mine, a Grand Canyon Trust analysis of 32 years of sampling found. The mine says the arsenic occurs naturally.
Read more at Inside Climate News →Eradicating spotted bass from South Africa's Breekkrans River has expanded habitat for the critically endangered doring fiery redfin, Mongabay reports. The bass were introduced in the late 1930s for angling. What made them good for anglers made them bad neighbours.
Read more at Mongabay →Deutsche Bank's sustainable and transition financing reached €32 billion in Q3, up 42% year on year and its strongest quarter since 2020. Nine-month volume was €84 billion, keeping it on track for a €900 billion goal by 2030.
Read more at ESG Today →Abu Dhabi's Masdar raised $600 million in its first blue bond, a five-year note rated AA- by S&P and Fitch, which it says is the highest-rated corporate blue bond to date. Proceeds go to offshore wind and maritime renewable projects.
Read more at SolarQuarter →Conferences and summits coming up, each checked against its own page this morning. Dates do move, so click before you book the train.
Science and lab notes that landed recently. Preprints say so on the card. Findings stay where the source put them.
As new tools like apomixis become more widely available and private companies start investing more in Indian seeds, it is as important to think about how our system will adapt to these changes as it is to invest in fundamental research in plant genetics, physiology, development and host-pathogen.
An experimental therapy called CRMA-1001 is a remarkable development because, instead of targeting the virus directly, it silences the viral DNA, this is promising because current treatments rarely eliminate the DNA, which allows the virus to rebound
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026, doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03067-2 Single-cell profiling of nearly 2,000 people brings scientists closer to understanding the link between genetic variation, gene expression and health. Genetic variants that alter gene regulation in specific cell types are closely tied to disease
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026, doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03402-7 Fresh ideas are welcome in a discipline in which progress is rare, provided they are applied rigorously. How personalization and psychedelics are revitalizing psychiatry
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026, doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03248-z The largest analysis of its kind reveals the public’s changing relationship with science and the people who do it. How the pandemic changed trust in science, in four charts
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026, doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03476-3 A marked rise in submissions for the European Research Council’s grants is pushing down success rates. Is research funding now a lottery? Elite funder ERC swamped by applications
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026, doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03261-2 A cellular fuel called lactate is channelled directly into energy-generating organelles in heart muscle, defying the prevailing view about lactate transport. Lactate takes a shortcut into mitochondria to power the heart
Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026, doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03262-1 A first-of-its kind consortium reveals a lack of correlation between behavioural and neural measures of a person’s emotional regulation. Meta-study sparks questions about what it means to be good at regulating emotions
Talks worth a listen today. Each one was still up on YouTube this morning.
Who Am I? | Khalifa Albarra Damanik | TEDxCRIBS Youth. From TEDx Talks, 5 min.
S'habiter pleinement | Mounia Nassangar | TEDxLeboncoin. From TEDx Talks, 7 min.
TEDx Talks, 19 min.
