A paddy-laden truck reportedly broke through police barricades and hit pilgrims near Sheetla Mata Temple in Gwalior; nearly 40 people were injured, with several in serious condition.
Source ↗At least 17 people died in a stampede at Kolkata’s Chorebagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal, while injured people were treated at Calcutta Medical College; a later update reported arrests and an SIT probe.
Source ↗The October 18 live-news coverage reported that Maharashtra raised the Form 6 issue with the Election Commission in the context of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and deleted or omitted voters.
Source ↗Police registered an FIR after a local resident alleged that some protesters raised slogans against a community and that the protest was organised in a manner disturbing communal harmony and peace.
Source ↗Reuters reported estimates that the RBI had deployed about $75–80 billion through spot dollar sales and dollar-rupee swaps since June to support the rupee; reserves fell to $734.6 billion through October 2 amid oil, U.S. yield and capital-outflow pressure.
Source ↗The Monetary Policy Committee voted for a 25-basis-point repo-rate increase to 5.5% amid inflation and global energy concerns, while the RBI raised its real GDP growth forecast for FY2026–27 to 7.1%.
Source ↗The Staff Selection Commission has used a question-bank system called ‘Q Vault’ for five years; the report says the system helped ensure zero paper leaks while examination bodies consider further reforms.
Source ↗The explainer covered the Nagoya Protocol’s access-and-benefit-sharing framework after India’s National Biodiversity Authority disbursed Rs 1.19 crore, linking commercial use of biological resources with benefits for local communities.
Source ↗A CBI preliminary inquiry into alleged illegal mining in Hoshiarpur highlighted a discrepancy between the State’s claim that no approved sites were operating and the finding that 26 of 31 registered stone crushers were functioning.
Source ↗Police arrested two people in a Haryana ATM-card-swap case; the gang allegedly targeted elderly and less-educated users by posing as helpers, and investigators recovered 70 cards and a POS machine.
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