The Union Cabinet of India approved the ₹10,000-crore Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme (CMPS) on 28 October 2026. Announced in the Union Budget 2026–27, the scheme has a budgetary outlay extending up to the financial year 2039–40. It aims to develop container manufacturing capacity in India, reduce import dependence and strengthen supply-chain resilience.
India voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the United States trade embargo on Cuba on 29 October 2026. The resolution received 130 votes in favour, 17 against and 25 abstentions. India was one of 130 countries supporting the resolution; the tally was the lowest for such a resolution since 1995.
On 28 October 2026, South Korea’s Korea Media and Communications Commission (KMCC) fined Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won, equivalent to approximately US$47.6 million. The commission found that the companies violated the Telecommunications Business Act through their app-store payment practices.
The Union Cabinet approved the Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme (CMPS), with a total budgetary outlay of ₹10,000 crore through FY 2039–40.
The New India Foundation (NIF) announced the shortlist for the 2026 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize on October 28–29, 2026. The shortlist comprises five non-fiction books published in 2025 on modern and contemporary India. The winner will receive a cash prize of ₹15 lakh, with the award presentation scheduled for December 12, 2026, at the Bangalore Literature Festival.
On 28 October 2026, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh raised India’s objections to a US sustainment and modernisation package for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet during talks with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Cebu, Philippines. The bilateral meeting took place on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus).
Sikkim hosted its first Himalayan Yak Festival in Gnathang Valley from 28 October 2026. The valley lies near the India-China border. The state’s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Department organised the festival to promote yak conservation, support herders’ livelihoods and encourage tourism in high-altitude areas.
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Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) discovered a new species of deep-sea electric ray, named the Arabian Black Electric Ray (Tetronarce ramanamurthyi), in the southeastern Arabian Sea.
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