NEWS 22-10-2026. News For 23rd-Oct (Friday) National 1. US President Donald Trump indicated that a comprehensive trade deal with India is close to completion following high-level corporate and diplomatic meetings in Mumbai and Jamnagar. 2. The massive three-point-two billion dollar Jio Platforms IPO recorded historic bidding volume as it was fully subscribed within hours of opening on its first day. 3. IndiaAI announced financial fellowship support of up to one lakh rupees for undergraduate students and two lakh rupees for postgraduate students with applications open until late November. 4. Indian Railways launched the country's first LNG-powered train from Sabarmati station in Gujarat to reduce carbon emissions in heavy commercial transit. International 1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk held extensive bilateral talks in New Delhi to strengthen trade, defence ties, and discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 2. Pakistan, Türkiye, Qatar, and Indonesia signed the Badr Memorandum of Understanding in Doha to expand joint cooperation in defence manufacturing and military training. 3. Russia released seventy-four-year-old American citizen Steven Hubbard from custody after he was detained on charges of acting as a mercenary. 4. Student protests erupted across multiple cities in Indonesia over rising living costs, inflation pressures, and the management of domestic forest fires. Defence 1. The Indian Army held its top-level Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi to review operational preparedness and release its updated Land Warfare Doctrine. 2. The Indian Navy officially commissioned its first completely indigenous multipurpose vessel named INS Samarthak at the Karwar Naval Base to strengthen domestic naval capabilities. 3. India and Australia began the fifth edition of their joint military exercise named AUSTRAHIND in Thiruvananthapuram to focus on coastal and island combat operations. 4. The Ministry of Defence signed capital contracts worth over four thousand crore rupees to procure the GSAT-Seven-C military communication satellite and Varunastra heavyweight torpedoes. Sports 1. Indian para-athletes made a historic podium sweep by winning the gold, silver, and bronze medals all together in the men's F-forty-six shot put event at the Asian Para Games. 2. Sachin Khilari won the gold medal in the men's shot put at the Asian Para Games by setting a new tournament record throw of fifteen-point-eight-seven metres. 3. Kasthuri Rajamani won the silver medal for India in the competitive women's sixty-seven kilogram powerlifting event at the Asian Para Games. < < Back