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17 October 2026 · exam-relevant news
Latest digest · 17 October 2026
AI summaries of PIB, RBI, All India Radio and national newspaper reports, organised for UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railway and State-PSC revision. Every story links to its source.
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India’s Amruta Pujari has won a silver medal in the women’s 72-kilogram category at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, United States. She lost to Ukraine’s Iryna Zablotska 0-6 in the gold-medal bou…
Read full storyIndia’s Komal has won a bronze medal in the women’s 59-kilogram category at the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships at Las Vegas in United States. Komal defeated Kazakhstan’s Viktoriia Khusainova 7-2 in the bronze-me…
Read full storyIn Badminton, India’s Jagsher Singh Khangurra has secured a bronze medal at the BWF World Junior Championships in Cairo, Egypt. He settled for third place after losing his Men’s singles semifinal to Indonesia’s Radithya…
Read full storyIndian wrestler Vishvajit Ramchandra More has created history by clinching a historic silver medal in the Greco-Roman finals at the U23 World Championships in Las Vegas today.
Read full storyIndian Army’s Assam Regiment troops have won the Gold Medal at the Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026, held in Wales, United Kingdom. In a social media post, the Indian Army said that the team competed against more than one…
Read full storyIndia’s Anandkumar Velkumar has won bronze in the 500-meter sprint at the World Skate Games 2026 in Asunción, Paraguay, adding another medal to his expanding collection on the international speed skating stage.
Read full storyDefence Minister Rajnath Singh today felicitated sportspersons from the three Services for winning 27 medals at the recently concluded Asian Games in Japan. The athletes won six gold, eleven silver and ten bronze medals…
Read full storyIndia’s Udhayveer Sidhu clinched the gold medal in the men’s 10-metre air pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), World Cup Rifle and Pistol in Cairo, Egypt, today.
Read full storyThe Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat, will organise the BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Sports Demonstration Games 2026 at the Veer Savarkar Spo…
Read full storyAthletes from the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune, won 12 medals at the Asian Games, accounting for 60 per cent of the 20 medals won by Indian Army athletes. A total of 25 ASI athletes were part of the Indian continge…
Read full storyIn Men’s Cricket, India will face West Indies in the first match of the five-match T20 International series at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow today. The match will start at 7…
Read full storyMembers of the Asian Games Gold Medal winning Indian Hockey team landed at Amritsar airport to a rousing welcome today morning. They were greeted by enthusiastic citizens, sports fans, Punjab Hockey Association official…
Read full storyThe Indian boxing contingent has returned to New Delhi following a triumphant campaign at the 2026 Asian Games. Speaking to the media upon her arrival, boxer Lovlina Borgohain who clinched gold in the Women’s 75 kg cate…
Read full storyPranavi Urs became the first Indian woman golfer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games, holding on to a slender one-stroke lead in the final round to achieve the historic feat. She also helped the country claim the tea…
Read full storyIndian wrestler Aman Sehrawat clinched the men’s 57kg gold after edging out North Korea’s world champion Chong Song Han 11-7 in a fierce final in Asian Games at Nagoya in Japan today.
Read full storyIn the Asian Games, India won the gold in Men’s cricket, defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 cricket final at Nisshin, Japan, today. India won the final by 19 runs. Chasing India’s target of 212 runs, Pakistan man…
Read full storyIn the Asian Games, Indian archer Neeraj Chauhan upset compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4 to bag the bronze medal in the men’s individual recurve event in Nagoya, Japan, today. Neeraj became only the second Indian male a…
Read full storyThe gold rush continued for India at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, as Indian athletes delivered a stellar performance on Day 14, clinching 17 gold medals in Boxing, Wrestling and Archery in a spectacular displ…
Read full storyIndian athletes continued their strong performance at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, winning several medals across multiple sporting events today. In Boxing, Lovlina Borgohain clinched a historic gold m…
Read full storyIndia began Day 12 of the Asian Games 2026 with hopes of adding more medals to their tally today, with several key events lined up across disciplines.
Read full storyThe Indian trio of Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru edged China to clinch gold in the men’s compound team event here in the ongoing Asian Games today. India completed a hat-trick of compound g…
Read full storyAt the Asian Games 2026, India’s compound mixed archery team of Sahil Jadhav and Chikitha Taniparthi has won a gold medal, beating Korea in a shoot-off in the finals. The Indian duo also secured a 2028 Olympic quota pla…
Read full storyAt the Asian Games 2026, the Indian Women’s Compound Archery team clinched gold after beating China 238-234 in the finals today at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park, Japan. The Indian team, comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikit…
Read full storyThe National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has won two silver medals and a medal of excellence at the recently concluded 48th World Skills Competition in Shanghai, China, in 2026. The NIFT participants excelled…
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