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Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma launched four digital financial management initiatives on 15 October 2026 at the Chief Minister’s Office in Aizawl. The initiatives—MIWAS, e-Sanction, e-Budget and 100% Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)—are being implemented under the state’s Finance Department.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan signed financing agreements on 15 October 2026 with AM Green Ammonia (India) Private Limited for a renewable-powered green ammonia plant in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The project will convert a former natural gas-fuelled ammonia and urea plant into a facility producing ammonia using renewable energy.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay inaugurated Periyar Arivulagam, a library and science centre, in Gandhipuram, Coimbatore, on 16 October 2026. The eight-storey complex is also known as the Periyar Arivulagam and Research Centre and was built at an estimated cost of about ₹300 crore.
Sankoo officially became Ladakh’s eighth district on 16 October 2026. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced the district’s creation. Sankoo is located in the Suru Valley region of Kargil district. The new district is intended to decentralise administration and improve public-service delivery, particularly in remote areas.
CapitaLand India Trust (CLINT) unveiled CapitaLand Data Centre Chennai 01 in Ambattur, Tamil Nadu, on 15 October 2026. The project, jointly held by CLINT and CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund, has a planned investment of approximately ₹1,940 crore. It is expected to be tenant-ready by the end of 2026.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to REC Limited on 15 October 2026 for its proposed merger into Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC). The proposed scheme places REC as the transferor company and PFC as the transferee company, with a combined loan book exceeding ₹11 lakh crore.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated 101 food distribution centres under the Shramik Annapurna Yojana on 16 October 2026. The centres operate across 28 districts, taking the scheme’s total network to 372 centres.
Indian social worker Reema Nanavaty received the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award on 15 October 2026 at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security in Washington, D.C. Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the award, which recognises leaders advancing women’s rights and working for peace and security worldwide. Nanavaty is the Director of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA).
The Ministry of Defence signed two defence acquisition contracts worth approximately ₹4,106 crore in New Delhi on 15 October 2026. The agreements cover a GSAT-7C communication satellite for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Varunastra heavy-weight torpedoes for the Indian Navy.
On 16 October 2026, India’s Aditya-L1 mission and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission combined observations of solar eruptions. Data from Aditya-L1’s Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) and Proba-3’s ASPIICS instrument were used to measure the mass, density and energy of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) near the Sun.
Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) inaugurated a Quantum Research Lab on 15 October 2026. The facility is located on the IISc campus in Bengaluru and was established with Corporate Social Responsibility support from SSIR. Its work covers quantum technologies and advanced semiconductors.
On October 14, 2026, 29 nursing cadets from Batch IX of the College of Nursing, Army Hospital (Research & Referral), Delhi Cantonment, were commissioned as Lieutenants in the Military Nursing Service (MNS). The ceremony took place at the Army Hospital (R&R) and was reviewed by Lieutenant General Avinash Das, its Commandant.