CJP's Dipke calls on supporters to gather at Delhi's CP with tricolour on October 16

Sigma Advanced Systems and Munitions India Ltd. have signed an MoU to work together on integrating, locally manufacturing, and supplying 155 mm artillery course‑correction fuzes and related components in India. The partnership will transfer the technology, qualify it and use Sigma’s guidance kit together with MIL’s ammunition production facilities to create indigenous precision‑guided artillery ammunition. This aims to boost domestic defence manufacturing and reduce reliance on imports.

IIT Kanpur and IIM Bangalore’s NSRCEL have signed an MoU to jointly accelerate deep‑tech startups, especially in defence, aerospace and related strategic fields. The agreement will enable joint incubation, acceleration programmes, knowledge exchange and collaboration with industry and investors, leveraging IIT Kanpur’s technology expertise and NSRCEL’s experience in scaling ventures.

A petition to the Supreme Court argues that removing the Jantar Mantar protest site would move demonstrations in Delhi’s outskirts away from the public and decision‑makers, reducing their effectiveness. The plea also points out that there are no established procedures for designating alternative locations for such protests.

Forest Rights Act beneficiaries are still waiting for confirmation on whether they will keep receiving the extra 50 days of work that the new rural employment law provides. So far, no official notice has been issued to clarify the continuation of this additional employment entitlement.

The Enforcement Directorate has confiscated assets exceeding ₹2,000 crore that were connected to Reliance Power Ltd. under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. According to the agency, the seized deposits had been pledged as security for loans given to companies registered in the British Virgin Islands, which were operated from India by the Reliance Anil Ambani Group through intermediaries.

Government college teachers plan to demonstrate on October 15 to oppose a new pension rule. They say the policy limits interim pension for staff with ten to eighteen years of service to a fixed amount of ₹10,000, which they consider unacceptable.