Tamil Nadu's government announced a DA hike to 63% and a Social Justice Commission, while the Supreme Court criticised the state over a 30-year-old compensation case. Nationally, IIP growth slowed to 6.7% in September, and ISRO's NVS-03 satellite reached orbit. Sindhu reached the French Open final and India won both Commonwealth Kabaddi titles.
37 key stories from 9 days of news, then a 30-question quiz.
By Thervu Editorial TeamCovers 23 to 31 October 2026தமிழில் படிக்க
The Supreme Court criticised the Tamil Nadu government for stalling a 1996 Thoothukudi riots compensation case pending for around thirty years. The bench said it was tired of the matter and questioned how often it must prepare for hearings that get postponed.
Full news:26 October 2026
The Madras High Court dismissed former MAWS minister K N Nehru's review petition, upholding its February 20, 2026 direction that DVAC register a criminal case. The court said the dismissal is not a finding on the allegations, which remain under investigation.
Full news:26 October 2026
Chennai's Central Crime Branch arrested former School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi in a ₹100-crore private school approvals case, after the High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea. He is the third former DMK minister arrested since TVK took office in May 2026.
Full news:26 October 2026
Tamil Nadu has reduced VAT on aviation turbine fuel through three notifications issued on October 23, 2026. The rate is now 16% at Chennai airport and 1% at airports outside Chennai, which the government says will help airlines and lower ticket costs.
Full news:23 October 2026
After TVK won the by-elections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, CM C. Joseph Vijay announced projects worth an estimated ₹1,546 crore covering water, farming, education, health, housing and civic works. In Dharapuram, a ₹1,439 crore Cauvery-based combined drinking water scheme will serve 1,232 rural habitations.
Full news:23 October 2026
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay congratulated Tamil Nadu's medal winners at the 5th Asian Para Games. He singled out Naveen Sivakumar, who won gold in the men's singles SL4 event.
Full news:23 October 2026
Tamil Nadu has ordered precautions to protect standing and harvested paddy from rain and waterlogging, with district control rooms monitoring emergency work. Agriculture Minister Vinoth directed officials to map flood-prone fields and assess crop losses, and paddy stocks at procurement centres must be covered.
Full news:24 October 2026
Chef Damu, also known as Dr K Damodharan, died aged 72. The 2025 Padma Shri awardee, a judge on Vijay TV's Cooku with Comali, wrote 21 cookbooks and worked to improve school meal food quality.
Full news:25 October 2026
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay handed over cheques totalling ₹49 lakh as cash incentives to Tamil Nadu participants and medallists at the WorldSkills Competition on 27 October 2026. The award recognises their performance at the international skills contest.
Full news:27 October 2026
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay inaugurated electrical labs at 30 government ITIs, set up with Schneider Electric India at ₹5.10 crore for 9,250 yearly trainees. National toppers in the All India Trade Test rose from 40 to 60, moving Tamil Nadu from fourth to second.
Full news:28 October 2026
Vikram Solar is working towards starting first cell production at its 9 GW solar cell plant at SIPCOT Industrial Park in Gangaikondan, Tamil Nadu. The facility will use N-type TOPCon technology for its solar cells, and site work now focuses on launching cell output.
Full news:28 October 2026
Sandeep Rai Rathore, Director General of Prisons, was posted as DGP and Chief Vigilance Officer at Tangedco Vigilance, Chennai, and K Shankar returned as Prisons chief. The shake-up followed the escape of 17 undertrial prisoners from Thekkampatti sub-jail near Andipatti, Theni district.
Full news:29 October 2026
The Tamil Nadu Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, approved setting up a Social Justice Commission on 29 October 2026 to conduct a state-wide social justice survey. The decision fulfils a promise made in the Governor's address.
Full news:29 October 2026
Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay gave ₹6.85 crore to nine Tamil Nadu para-athletes from the 5th Asian Para Games, Japan; Thulasimathi Murugesan received ₹1.75 crore. He also launched the Sportsmen Development Allowance Scheme, paying monthly allowances to 2,600 sportspersons.
Full news:29 October 2026
The Chief Minister announced a 3-percentage-point rise in Dearness Allowance for state government employees, teachers and pensioners, taking it from 60% to 63%, effective retrospectively from July 1, 2026. About 16 lakh beneficiaries will benefit, at an extra annual cost of ₹1,858 crore.
Full news:31 October 2026
The upper age limit for direct recruitment to state government posts has been raised by five years, effective October 30, 2026 for five years. Group I open-category limit is now 37 and reserved-category 42, while Group II, II-A and open-category Group IV posts have 35.
Full news:31 October 2026
Tamil Nadu has sanctioned ₹109.75 crore for the 2026-27 financial year for a goat rearing scheme for women beneficiaries, with a 100 per cent subsidy. Each beneficiary will receive five goats or sheep under the scheme.
Full news:31 October 2026
Tamil Nadu has reconstituted its Information Commission, appointing S Natarajan as State Chief Information Commissioner to lead it. The appointment was announced on October 31, 2026.
Full news:31 October 2026
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been acquitted by a special court in a 2018 defamation case over remarks he made against BJP leader Amit Shah. The case centred on statements directed at Shah, a prominent BJP figure.
Full news:26 October 2026
On October 27, 2026, the Supreme Court held that the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act does not bar bail for foreign nationals. Bail cannot be denied merely for foreign nationality, and illegal entry into India must first be proved.
Full news:27 October 2026
The G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, held on October 30–31, 2026, ended without a joint communiqué. Disagreements on Ukraine, Iran, US tariffs and the South China Sea led Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the chair, to issue a chairman's statement instead.
Full news:30 October 202631 October 2026
With 98% of polls counted, Netanyahu's bloc is projected at 53 of 120 Knesset seats, Gadi Eisenkot's opposition at 48 and Arab-led parties at 19. Since 61 seats are needed for a majority, no bloc has reached it, so Arab-led parties could be pivotal.
Full news:29 October 2026
The US Federal Reserve kept its federal funds rate at 3.75%–4.00% on October 28, 2026, in a 10-2 vote. Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissented in favour of a 25 basis point hike, and markets see a hike as likely at the December 8–9 meeting.
Full news:29 October 2026
The Finance Ministry's October economic review projects India's FY27 growth at 7.3%, above the RBI's earlier 7.1% forecast. Its nowcasting model puts Q2 FY27 GDP growth at 7.35%, and forex reserves of $721 billion on October 16 covered 10.3 months of imports.
Full news:29 October 2026
According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation's quick estimate, the IIP rose 6.7% year on year in September 2026, below the 7.3% economists had forecast. Manufacturing grew 7.6%, slower than the revised 8.6% in August, while mining output contracted 6.2%.
Full news:28 October 2026
India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.27 billion to $719.75 billion in the week ended October 23, 2026. A $2.65 billion decline in gold reserves, which dropped to $103.15 billion, drove the fall, while foreign currency assets rose $1.36 billion to $593.21 billion.
Full news:30 October 2026
The IMF's October 2026 World Economic Outlook puts India sixth among world economies with a GDP of $4.06 trillion. The United States leads with $32.64 trillion, followed by China at $21.55 trillion, and global GDP is projected to exceed $128 trillion by end-2026.
Full news:25 October 2026
India and the EU are fast-tracking their Free Trade Agreement for signing in Brussels around December 17-18, 2026. Legal review will rely on the original English text rather than all 24 official EU languages, and the pact will cover 25% of global GDP.
Full news:25 October 2026
The Union Cabinet on October 28, 2026 approved a 3% rise in Dearness Allowance for central government employees and Dearness Relief for pensioners. The DA hike covers 48.54 lakh central government employees, while Dearness Relief has been approved for 68.71 lakh pensioners.
Full news:28 October 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the RBI's ₹169 crore Data Centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute at Jatni, near Bhubaneswar, on October 25, 2026. The centre has four Tier IV certified facilities for payment and settlement systems, and the institute provides cybersecurity training and promotes research.
Full news:24 October 202625 October 2026
ISRO Chairman Narayanan says the first uncrewed test flight of Gaganyaan, India's maiden human spaceflight mission, is due in about two months. The flight, a precursor to the crewed mission, is targeted for the end of 2026.
Full news:25 October 2026
ISRO's GSLV-F18 launched the NVS-03 navigation satellite from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on October 30, 2026, marking the 20th GSLV flight. NVS-03, the third second-generation navigation satellite, carries an indigenous atomic clock and extra L1 frequency for NavIC.
Full news:30 October 2026
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were jointly awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. They were recognised for showing how life-essential molecular asymmetry arises through autocatalysis, resolving a century-old homochirality puzzle with drug-development relevance.
Full news:29 October 2026
Theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen has won the 2026 Oskar Klein Medal, the first Indian to receive it, awarded by Stockholm University and the Nobel Committee for Physics. Sen, ICTS-Infosys Madhava Chair Professor in Bengaluru, delivered the memorial lecture in Stockholm on October 22.
Full news:25 October 2026
PV Sindhu reached the French Open 2026 final, beating Hina Akechi 21-10, 20-22, 21-16 in a 73-minute semi-final. She will face World No. 1 An Se-young of South Korea in the Super 750 final, her second of the season.
Full news:23 October 202625 October 2026
The men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament starts on October 27 in Jalandhar, Punjab, with six teams competing. Defending champions India, captained by Harmanpreet Singh, aim to retain the title at home; Vivek Sagar replaces the injured Manpreet Singh.
Full news:26 October 202627 October 2026
India's men's and women's teams both won the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship in Ahmedabad. The men beat Sri Lanka 54-20 in the final after a 56-27 semi-final win over Bangladesh, while the women beat Uganda 35-15, and neither side lost a match.
Full news:31 October 2026
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1. Which state government was criticised by the Supreme Court for delay in the 1996 Thoothukudi riots compensation case?
2. Which agency was directed by the Madras High Court to register a criminal case against former minister K N Nehru?
3. Which agency arrested former School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi in the private school approvals case?
4. Which airport in Tamil Nadu levies 16% VAT on aviation turbine fuel?
5. Which Chief Minister announced development projects worth ₹1,546 crore for Madurantakam and Dharapuram?
6. Which Chief Minister congratulated Tamil Nadu's medallists at the 5th Asian Para Games?
7. Which department's personnel have been directed to position tractors and pumps at vulnerable locations to protect paddy from waterlogging?
8. How many cookbooks did Chef Damu write in total?
9. Who presented cash incentives worth ₹49 lakh to Tamil Nadu WorldSkills medallists and participants?
10. Which company partnered with the Directorate of Employment and Training to set up electrical labs at 30 government ITIs in Tamil Nadu?
11. In which industrial park is Vikram Solar's 9 GW solar cell manufacturing facility located?
12. Thekkampatti sub-jail, from which 17 undertrial prisoners escaped, is located in which district?
13. Which commission has the Tamil Nadu Cabinet approved to form for conducting a state-wide survey?
14. Thulasimathi Murugesan, who received ₹1.75 crore, won medals in which para sport?
15. To what percentage has Tamil Nadu raised the Dearness Allowance for state government employees and pensioners?
16. What is the revised upper age limit for general category candidates applying for Group I direct recruitment in Tamil Nadu?
17. What amount has the Tamil Nadu government sanctioned for the 100% subsidised goat rearing scheme for women in the 2026-27 financial year?
18. Which commission was reconstituted by the Tamil Nadu government with S Natarajan as its State Chief Information Commissioner?
19. What is the name of India's maiden human spaceflight mission?
20. Which launch vehicle was used to launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite?
21. Who were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2026?
22. Ashoke Sen became the first Indian laureate of which award?
23. In which venue was PV Sindhu's French Open 2026 women's singles quarter-final against Chiu Pin-chian played?
24. Which World No. 1 badminton player is PV Sindhu set to face in the French Open final?
25. In which city does the men's Asian Champions Trophy 2026 hockey tournament begin on October 27?
26. Which Indian hockey player announced his retirement from international hockey after the Asian Champions Trophy tournament?
27. Which country's men's team won the final of the first Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship?
28. Which country holds the rotating G-20 presidency in 2026?
29. Who chaired the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta and released a chairman's statement?
30. What range did the US Federal Reserve hold its federal funds rate at in its October 2026 decision?