The Week in One Page

Week 42 12–18 Oct 2026 Latest

1. 1Women's labour force participation reaches 40%
2. 2SC: children have a right to internet access
3. 3India vs Tajikistan for a 2028–29 UNSC seat
4. 4Trade margins capped on 137 cancer drugs
5. 5Retail inflation climbs to 5.54%
6. 6Govt clears IDBI Bank stake sale to Fairfax
7. 7Living Planet Index: 73% average decline
8. 8Aditya-L1 and Proba-3 jointly study CMEs

Week 41 5–11 Oct 2026

1. 1RBI raises repo rate to 5.5%
2. 250% reservation ceiling holds in two States
3. 3SIR and universal adult suffrage
4. 4GST Council recommends no arrest powers
5. 5SC won't stay Great Nicobar tribal case
6. 6Untouchability: are laws enough?
7. 7El Niño and Tamil Nadu's extreme-rain risk
8. 8Karnataka may seek Cauvery share review
9. 9Mercy petition delay: the Rajoana case
10. 10India–Japan JCM manual for carbon credits
11. 11Coal mine plan near Ramappa Temple opposed
12. 12Supercomputing Mission: 40 systems, 68 PF

Week 40 28 Sept–4 Oct 2026

1. 1Should voting be a fundamental right?
2. 2Southwest monsoon ends at 87% of LPA
3. 3Gujarat UCC Act gets President's assent
4. 4SC closes privilege vs free-speech reference
5. 5Rabi MSP 2027-28: oilseeds, lentil gain most
6. 6Ladakh: Centre floats a new Article 371-K
7. 7J&K Assembly seeks restoration of Statehood
8. 8Green Energy Corridor III: ₹1.86 lakh crore
9. 9Captive-bred Great Indian Bustards released
10. 10CoEs for five newest classical languages
11. 11India's first 5.56-km free-space QKD link
12. 12Child leprosy cases 91.6% above target

Week 39 21–27 Sept 2026

1. 1CEC law: SC split sends it to larger bench
2. 2Karnataka rejects Western Ghats ESA draft
3. 3SC: no arrest without written grounds
4. 4India–EU FTA signing slated for 16 Dec
5. 5Punjab still draws 152% of its groundwater
6. 6Vedanta renews push to mine Niyamgiri
7. 7Super El Niño heat deaths projected: 15,800
8. 8SC won't set Speaker deadline on defection
9. 9National Song law: SC flags compulsion
10. 10AFSPA extended six more months in NE
11. 11Shekhawati havelis on UNESCO Tentative List
12. 12Kavach 4.0 debuts on South Central Railway

Week 38 14–20 Sept 2026

1. 1GDP grows 7.8% on new 2022-23 base
2. 2MMDR Amendment curbs States' mineral taxes
3. 3Scientists warn of a 'super El Niño'
4. 4Uniform Civil Code debate back in focus
5. 5Census Town definition called outdated
6. 6India rejects Pak-China boundary commission
7. 7US confirms 'space control' weapons in orbit
8. 8EPFO wage ceiling raised to ₹25,000
9. 9EC freezes Trinamool's name and symbol