Thursday
15 October 2026
14 updates for SSC, banking, railway and Andaman exams, each checked against an official source or two news reports.
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13 key points from 14 and 15 October 2026. Most are taken from official Press Information Bureau releases, and the Ladakh items are checked against two news outlets.
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- 1Economy and FinanceIDBI Bank sale60.72 per cent
- 2Economy and FinanceRDI SchemeRs 1 lakh crore
- 3Governance and SecurityCourt pendency5.8 crore
- 4Governance and SecurityDefence and academia$1 billion
- 5International Relations and ScienceMEA-CSIR programme29 countries
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IDBI Bank sale
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved selling a 60.72 per cent stake in IDBI Bank for Rs 52,878 crore at Rs 81 per share.
RBI lifted Prompt Corrective Action curbs on IDBI Bank on 10 March 2021.
Source: PIB
IDBI buyer
The buyer is 10955230 Canada Inc., originally Fairfax Financial Holdings, and the release calls it the largest foreign direct investment in India’s financial sector.
Source: PIB
Sugarcane committee
The Centre formed a committee under Prof Ramesh Chand, a former NITI Aayog member, to study cane prices, sugar minimum sale price and mill weighing issues.
Source: PIB
RDI Scheme
Advanced chemicals, petrochemicals and materials technologies became eligible under the Rs 1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Scheme, effective 8 October 2026.
The RDI Scheme was launched in November 2025.
Source: PIB
India-Brunei trade
India and Brunei held the third Joint Trade Committee meeting, discussing trade, agricultural exports, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and energy; the next meeting will be in Brunei.
Source: PIB
Court pendency
The Law Ministry asked 19 National Law Universities to help cut pending criminal cases in 100 high-pendency districts; over 5.8 crore cases are pending in Indian courts.
Source: PIB
Demographic changes panel
Justice Prakash Nawlekar (retd.) launched the web portal of the High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes, which the Home Ministry set up on 26 May 2026.
Source: PIB
Sanchar Saathi awards
The Department of Telecommunications will give awards to states, district police and police stations that recover the most lost mobile phones through the Sanchar Saathi portal.
CEIR helps block and trace lost or stolen phones.
Source: PIB
Defence and academia
Rajnath Singh urged closer ties among armed forces, DRDO, academia and industry; IIT Kanpur aims to raise US$1 billion by March 2029 in its campaign.
Source: PIB
India-Canada
Canada’s Foreign Minister Anita Anand met PM Narendra Modi, who pressed for an early conclusion of the India-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations.
CEPA stands for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
Source: PIB
MEA-CSIR programme
The first MEA-CSIR Technology Introduction Programme was launched on 14 October 2026, with 33 ambassadors and officials from 29 countries visiting CSIR labs in New Delhi.
Source: PIB
Saras Aajeevika Mela
President Droupadi Murmu will open the Saras Aajeevika Mela in Vijayawada on 15 October, the first national Saras mela outside Delhi-NCR, with about 1,000 women entrepreneurs and artisans.
The mela backs the target of 6 crore Lakhpati Didis.
Source: PIB
Ladakh projects
PM Modi will inaugurate five projects worth about Rs 3,350 crore in Ladakh through video conferencing.
Source: ANI, Kashmir Observer
Petroglyph park
One of the Ladakh projects is India’s first Petroglyph Conservation Park at Sindhu Ghat, Leh, which protects prehistoric rock carvings.
A petroglyph is a carving made on rock.
Source: ANI, Kashmir Observer