The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, to allow E100 and E85 only in OEM-designed flex-fuel vehicles; it also raised the relevant light-vehicle weight threshold from 3,000 kg to 3,500 kg.
Source ↗Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and Sarvam AI will develop indigenous AI applications for the Army, Navy and Air Force, including on-premises and air-gapped deployment, decision support, target acquisition and data fusion.
Source ↗A new Concessional Local Pass for eligible non-commercial vehicle owners living within 20 km of an NH fee plaza will cost Rs 1,500 outside municipal limits and Rs 3,000 within them; availability begins in November 2026.
Source ↗India scored 0.48 and ranked 88th among 143 countries in the World Justice Project's 2026 index, down from 86th in 2025; Denmark ranked first.
Source ↗The IUCN's first global coral-reef assessment under the Red List of Ecosystems classified nearly 96% of assessed shallow-water coral-reef ecosystems as Critically Endangered, with collapse projected by 2075.
Source ↗The 11th edition began at Banyuwangi and runs from 27 October to 6 November, focusing on jungle special-operations training, interoperability and bilateral defence cooperation.
Source ↗Under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, India and France's Bibliothèque nationale de France agreed to identify, digitise and research Indic-origin manuscripts, including through OCR/HTR and the National Digital Repository.
Source ↗SBI launched CyRIS to strengthen financial-sector cyber resilience through policy, training, research, threat intelligence, digital forensics, fraud analytics, AI security and quantum-safe technologies.
Source ↗PB Money received SEBI authorisation as an Online Bond Platform Provider, enabling retail investors to discover, compare and transact in bonds with services covering KYC, orders, payments and post-investment support.
Source ↗MHA assigned SSB Director General Sanjay Singhal additional charge as ITBP DG from 31 October, while Air Marshal Vikram Gaur became the first IAF officer appointed Additional Secretary in the Department of Military Affairs.
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