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Top 10 stories, 29 October 2026
The ten strongest current-affairs stories of 29 October 2026, each explained from the beginning.
- Defence & Security
Sudan war worsens as UN warns of growing danger to civiliansThe supplied headlines describe a deteriorating conflict, not a single new battlefield event. They report that the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan warned that civilians face increasing dang…
Based on reporting by PM News Nigeria
- Markets & Finance
Christine Lagarde, Boris Vujčić: Monetary policy statementKeeping the three key interest rates unchanged means the ECB leaves its main policy rates at their existing levels. It neither adds more restraint through higher rates nor provides more support through lower rates. This…
Based on reporting by ECB Press
- Health & Medicine
Food safety in India: A challenge for the world's most populous countryFood safety covers the handling, preparation, storage, and sale of food so it does not harm consumers. Food adulteration is a specific problem within that wider issue. It happens when food is contaminated, diluted, subs…
Based on reporting by France 24
- International Relations
Bangladesh scrambling as Ganges water treaty with India nears expiry, putting millions of livelihoods at riskThe 1996 Ganges treaty is an agreement between Bangladesh and India governing dry-season water sharing at Farakka Barrage. It expires on December 12 and contains no automatic extension clause. Its importance goes beyond…
Based on reporting by Malay Mail Malaysia
- Social Issues
PIL challenges India’s gender identity regime post-NALSA, says regime discriminatory to biological femalesThe litigation concerns India’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act and the broader gender-identity regime created after the Supreme Court’s NALSA judgment. Its central claim, as described in the headlines, i…
Based on reporting by The Hindu
- Environment & Climate
What a hanging glacier collapse could do to Badrinath: New study spells out risksThe study identifies a serious avalanche risk for Badrinath if one of three hanging glaciers detaches. A collapse could send ice, water and debris down the mountain toward the town. This matters because Badrinath is a m…
Based on reporting by Indian Express
- Social Issues
A dream of medicine, a fight for dignity: Meet India’s first Dalit trans woman to earn an MDDr Ruth cleared her MD in Emergency Medicine, becoming one of the first Dalit trans women in India to reach that qualification. This matters because her achievement challenges barriers that have limited access to higher…
Based on reporting by Indian Express
- History & Heritage
Podcast: From race to caste and gender, Ramachandra Guha on arguments with Gandhi“Arguments with Gandhi” is an episode of Past Imperfect presented through Ramachandra Guha’s interpretation of Gandhi’s life and legacy. It asks whether Gandhi was racist, supported caste, resisted modern civilisation,…
Based on reporting by Scroll.in
- Politics & Governance
Who is Justice SK Kaul? What is former Supreme Court judge's new memoir 'Without Fear or Favour' about?Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul is a former Supreme Court judge and lawyer who served in India’s top court from 2017 until retiring in 2023. His career covered nearly five decades, beginning at the Delhi Bar. He is notable f…
Based on reporting by Livemint
- International Relations
At BRICS, India must bank on the NDBThe New Development Bank is BRICS’s main multilateral financing institution. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa created it in 2015 to mobilise resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects…
Based on reporting by The Hindu