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Diwali 2026 falls on Sunday, November 8. Here are the Lakshmi Puja muhurat timings for major cities and the dates for Dhanteras, Choti Diwali, Govardhan Puja, and Bhai Dooj.
Jio Platforms' IPO is open from October 21 to 23, 2026, at ₹1,065 to ₹1,119 a share with a 12-share lot. Here are the dates, minimum investment, allotment and listing timeline, and how to apply.
A thorium-229 nuclear clock built by TU Wien and Germany's PTB ran on its own for more than 24 hours. It isn't yet better than the best atomic clocks, but it's a key step toward a new kind of timekeeping.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 splashed down off California on October 8 after 237 days, 100 million miles, and more than 3,792 orbits. France's Sophie Adenot set the record for the longest mission by an ESA astronaut.
India Women beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in the 1st T20I in Raipur, recovering from 19 for 4 to chase 115 with 26 balls to spare in Smriti Mandhana's first series as captain.
Tesla unveiled the Roadster on October 15 in three trims with claimed 0-60 times under 1.6 seconds, rocket-style thrusters, and a $50,000 reservation. No price yet; Musk says 2028.
West Indies beat India by 24 runs in Hyderabad to level the T20I series 2-2, after India won the 3rd T20I in Indore. Rain then washed out the Bengaluru decider on October 17, so the series ended 2-2.
The SSA confirmed a 3.6% COLA for 2027 on October 14, raising benefits for 76 million Americans. The average retiree gets about $75 more a month from January.
Sharad Navratri 2026 runs from October 11 to 19, with Vijayadashami on October 20. Here are the nine colours, the Ghatasthapana muhurat, and the Ashtami date.
OpenAI published over 700 math manuscripts produced by an unreleased model, claiming progress on hundreds of open problems. About 42% are machine-verified.
Astronomers used the James Webb telescope to trace fast radio burst FRB 20240304B to a tiny galaxy 3 billion years after the Big Bang, more than doubling the distance record.
Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on international law, capping a career that began as an anti-apartheid lawyer in Durban.
The 8th Pay Commission is holding regional consultations through October 2026, with fitment factor proposals ranging from 1.83 to 3.83 still unresolved, affecting 50 lakh employees and 69 lakh pensioners.
The 2026 Emmy Awards saw Widow's Bay set a new comedy-series win record, The Pitt repeat as Best Drama, and Jean Smart tie the record for most Emmys ever won by a performer.
India Women beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs in the Women's Asia Cup 2026 final, with Shafali Verma's record-fast half-century and a 129-run opening stand sealing an eighth title.
Anthropic committed up to $517B across 14.8GW of compute capacity in 11 months, days after CEO Dario Amodei publicly urged AI labs to pace their development.
The iPhone Duo folds to a 5.4-inch outer display and opens to 7.6 inches, arrives in India October 23 at ₹2,99,900, and searches for it are spiking alongside iPhone 18 Pro interest.
Starting October 15, 2026, UPI merchant payments above ₹2,000 will carry a 0.4% MDR capped at ₹300. Consumers and 95% of transactions stay free.
Oracle's second major layoff wave of 2026 hit India hard on September 15, with product engineering teams bearing the brunt and severance capped below what Microsoft and Salesforce offer.
Indian markets rebounded on September 15, with the Nifty IT index surging 5.17% and the Sensex gaining 587 points, ending a five-week, 4.8% correction.
GitHub Copilot has grown to 4.7 million paid subscribers, up 75% year-over-year, with an estimated $0.9-1.1B in annual revenue.
Floods destroyed Janmoni Konwar's home and training ground in Jorhat. With three days' notice and nowhere to train, the 17-year-old won gold anyway.
Anthropic removed the long-context pricing surcharge for Claude Opus 4.6, making its 1-million-token context window available at standard per-token rates.
Mayo Clinic's AI found pancreatic cancer signs on CT scans doctors had already read as normal, a median of 16 months before diagnosis.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in net inflows for five consecutive trading days through August 21, with BlackRock's IBIT leading, as Bitcoin traded near $76,700.
The WHO says global road deaths dropped 21% between 2011 and 2025, despite over a billion more vehicles on the road. Progress is wildly uneven.
Erasto Crisanto Valdez followed a fish into a Mexican cave and got lost. Fifteen days and 100 metres underwater later, divers heard him call back.
A new study found multilingual brains look years younger than monolingual ones on scans, and the more languages, the bigger the gap.
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna's price 80% and later dropped Sol's rate too, part of a wider trend making advanced AI cheap enough for small teams to actually use.
A 20-day trial found peppermint oil lowered mildly high blood pressure by 8.5mmHg on average, more than the placebo group by a wide margin.
Older adults carrying Roseburia inulinivorans in their gut had 29% stronger handgrip. In mice, adding it directly increased grip strength by 30%.
Nvidia's Q2 FY2026 revenue hit $46.7B, up 56% year-over-year, beating estimates on both revenue and EPS. Data center revenue alone was $41.1B, up 56%.
England's new cancer plan wants 3 in 4 patients cancer-free or living well five years after diagnosis. Right now it's about 6 in 10.
NYC rat sightings are down 22% this year. The city's answer wasn't poison or traps, it was getting trash off the sidewalk and into sealed bins.
A hospital in Trinidad ran cataract surgeries nonstop for 12 days. By the end, 3,000 people who couldn't afford the wait could see again.
Tesla and Figure AI both report humanoid robots doing real factory work in 2026, though most cited numbers are third-party estimates, not confirmed.
The EU pushed back its high-risk AI deadline for medical devices to 2028, but Article 50 transparency rules still took effect August 2, 2026, as scheduled.
A group of tourists showed up in Hampi hungry and out of options at 10pm. A woman running a tiffin stall took them home and cooked a fresh meal instead.
An artist on a Vande Bharat train noticed a pantry worker doing his job quietly. He said thank you the only way he knew how: with a pencil.
River AI, founded by ex-xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, raised $1.1B led by General Catalyst to let companies train and own their own open-weight AI models.
Merlin taught English in Myanmar. At 81, she was begging on Chennai's streets, until a 2023 video changed where her story was headed.
In Bahraich, over 150 farmers patrol elephant corridors at night after a full day's work. They call themselves Gajmitras: elephant friends.
The RBI held rates steady but raised its FY27 GDP forecast to 6.7% and lowered its inflation outlook to 5.0%, citing stronger-than-expected growth.
Somnath Ghosh got tired of tree-planting drives that end at the photo op. His foundation asks people to adopt a tree instead, and track it.
Manipal Health Enterprises listed at ₹655 on the BSE, an 11% premium over its ₹590 issue price, valuing India's largest hospital network at ₹86,157 crore.
FPIs poured Rs 20,200 crore into Indian equities in July, ending a four-month selling streak, as the rupee stabilized and sentiment improved.
Chef Vikas Khanna had an asthma attack he traced to dusty airport carpets. He spoke up. On his next flight through, they were gone.
The Fed kept rates at 3.5%-3.75% on July 29, but three dissenting votes pushed markets to price a 76-82% chance of a September hike. The Dow fell 1,153 points.
Gold hit a record $5,595/oz on January 28, 2026, up over 20% for the year at that point, driven by record central bank buying and record ETF inflows.