1.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has published a draft amendment that would prohibit the addition of sucrose and fructose in food products intended for infants up to six months of age.

2.A tanker has reportedly been attacked 78 nautical miles northeast of Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said Saturday.

3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in the state on October 25, while President Droupadi Murmu will undertake a two-day tour from October 28 to October 29.

4.At least 19 people died, and 25 others were injured in a stampede at the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata

5.Drug pricing regulator NPPA Saturday capped trade margins on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer formulations at 30 per cent, according to an official statement.

6.Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Enquiry Committee has launched a portal to receive complaints and representations from people affected by violence at Jantar Mantar and other places outside Delhi in July 2026.

7.Supreme Court has declared the right to access and use the internet as a fundamental right of children and directed the Centre to create a national database for detection of sexually explicit visual content depicting minors on digital platforms and their removal.

8.Odisha Excise officials have seized 46,218 bulk litres of illicit liquor and 931 kg of ganja and arrested 470 persons in 958 cases in the first five days of a statewide crackdown as the festival season has got underway.

9.Odisha Vigilance intercepted Sri Prasanjit Das, Superintending Engineer of the Mahanadi Northern Division, Jagatpur, Katak, recovering unaccounted cash amounting to Rs21,88,620 in his possession.

10.Proposal would drop “New Voters” from the title of Form 6 and let the deleted cite their old EPIC number. It lands as 20 states bring “left out” voters back through that very form.

11.Booth-level officers (BLOs) in Delhi are expected to conduct door-to-door visits to identify eligible voters missing from the draft electoral rolls and facilitate their enrolment through Form 6.

12.The DMK parliamentary party meeting, held under the leadership of party president M K Stalin on Saturday, adopted four key resolutions, including one demanding the immediate dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the criticism of the SIR of the electoral roll.

13.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was conferred the degree of Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) at the 17th Convocation of the Adani Institute of Higher Education and Research, a deemed-to-be university in Wardha.

14.Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant inaugurated the permanent bench of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in Leh on Sunday.

15.Air India and Air India Express on Saturday announced the extension of flight cancellations to Saudi Arabia until October 24 due to escalating geopolitical tensions in the region.