MoD signs ₹53,866.50 crore contracts with GRSE and GSL for eight Next Generation Corvettes
The Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth ₹53,866.50 crore on 2 November 2026 for eight Next Generation Corvettes for the Indian Navy. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, will build five ships and Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) three. It is the first warship project designed in-house by the Navy and built by Defence PSUs chosen through competitive bidding.
Bharat RE Summit 2026: PM sets a new goal of another 500 GW of non-fossil capacity
PM Narendra Modi opened the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit & Expo 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi (2–5 November), held with the 9th International Solar Alliance Assembly. He set a goal of adding another 500 GW of non-fossil capacity over the next 10–11 years, beyond the COP26 target of 500 GW by 2030. MNRE puts India’s non-fossil installed capacity at 310 GW, including 171 GW solar and 60 GW wind.
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Venue: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, 2–5 November 2026
Coal mine Star Rating for FY 2024-25: 50 mines get five stars
50 coal mines received Five-Star ratings for FY 2024-25. NCL and NTPC won first prize in the opencast category and SCCL in the underground category. The awards were presented at Raipur, Chhattisgarh, on 2 November 2026 by Minister of State for Coal and Mines Satish Chandra Dubey.
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50 coal mines rated Five-Star for FY 2024-25
Awards given at Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Western Coalfields had the most five-star mines among CIL subsidiaries
24-year X-ray study finds NGC 4490 ULX-8 is a black hole feeding at the Eddington limit
Astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and the Raman Research Institute (RRI) studied 24 years (2000–2024) of Chandra, XMM-Newton and Swift data on the ultraluminous X-ray source ULX-8 in the galaxy pair NGC 4490/4485. The source stayed ultraluminous throughout. It is most likely a stellar-mass black hole accreting at or above the Eddington limit.
Sikkim: SOP for organic fisheries certification in the North-East; Siri cattle programme launched
Soreng district of Sikkim is India’s first Organic Fisheries Cluster under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). On 2 November 2026 the Fisheries Ministry launched an SOP for organic certification of fisheries in the North-East. The Siri Cattle Conservation Programme and a new district milk union under White Revolution 2.0 were also launched.
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Soreng (Sikkim): India’s first Organic Fisheries Cluster under PMMSY
SOP for organic fisheries certification in the NE region
Siri: indigenous cattle breed of Sikkim and Darjeeling hills
FRRO network grows to 20 offices; MHA wants FRROs in all state capitals by 2027
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed that Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) be set up in all state capitals by 2027. New FRROs opened at Jaipur, Chandigarh and Guwahati in 2025 and at Aizawl and Amravati in 2026; Kohima, Agartala and Bhubaneswar have been notified.
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FRRO network: 20 offices
Target: an FRRO in every state capital by 2027
FRROs handle registration, visa extension and exit of foreigners
TRAI cuts the telecom complaint appeal window from 30 to 15 days
TRAI notified the Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2026 on 2 November 2026. Complaint centres must work round the clock, and complaints and appeals can be filed through the operator’s mobile app. The appeal window falls from 30 to 15 days and the Appellate Authority must decide within 15 days.
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Appeal window cut from 30 to 15 days
Complaint centres to work 24×7; filing via operator app
VB-G RAM G Grievance Redressal Rules, 2026: three tiers, 15-day resolution
The Ministry of Rural Development notified grievance redressal rules under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025. States must appoint grievance officers at Gram Panchayat, Block and District levels; an enquiry must start within 7 working days and the grievance must be resolved within 15 days. No grievance can be refused because of its format or language.
Khet Bachaao Abhiyaan–Rabi 2026: soil health drive to reach 50 lakh farmers
The Agriculture Ministry’s soil health and balanced-fertiliser campaign, themed “Swasth Dhara, Samriddh Kisan”, runs from 22 October to 30 November 2026. It covers 34 States/UTs, 700+ districts and 50,000 villages and targets about 50 lakh farmers, with priority for 100 high fertiliser-consuming districts.
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