The Current Affairs Digest

The Current Affairs Digest

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Date	Issue	Top story
Sat 24 Oct 2026	No. 13	Oil Jumps Above $114 as Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia Continue Sources Oil prices rise as Houthis launch another wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia — The National Iran war live updates — CBS News Putin agrees to resume trilateral Russia-Ukraine-U.S. talks next month — PBS NewsHour Delhi AQI improves to 223 — Business Standard Indian capital steps up air pollution controls — Manila Times / AP Midterm elections live news — Fox News Parties put Supreme Court on the ballot in contentious midterm battle — Washington Times Early voting surges — Spectrum News What the Supreme Court heard in October 2026 — No Labels Court grants cases on DOGE data dispute, prisoners' rights, and material support — SCOTUSblog Jio IPO subscribed 12.55x by 3 PM IST on Day 3 — HDFC Sky NASA's Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven — NASA Science Perseverance breaks interplanetary driving record — Space.com	PDF
Fri 23 Oct 2026	No. 12	Oil Tops $110 as Houthi Attacks Hit Saudi Arabia Sources Oil tops $110 as Houthi drone strike near Saudi Shaybah field rattles markets — The National Brent rises to US$110.11 a barrel on October 22 as US orders some diplomats out of Saudi Arabia — Nation Thailand Market Close: Nifty, Sensex Fall for 3rd Day as Oil Tops $110 — HDFC Sky Early Edition: October 21, 2026 — Just Security Jio Platforms IPO Subscription Status — IPO Watch Jio Platforms Ltd. IPO — Trendlyne Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows — AP via WFDD Tracking the 2026 Early Vote — NBC News Early voting begins in some states ahead of crucial US midterms — The National Hottest 2026 Midterm Races — Forbes Rate cuts are off the table in the near term: RBI in October MPC minutes — Business Today Higher inflation, price pressure spillover led to RBI hiking rate: MPC minutes — Nagaland Post Oil price surge keeps Nifty in red, Sensex sheds 460 points on Thursday — Business Standard Press Releases — RBI The proteome of Middle Pleistocene Xujiayao and common Denisovan morphology — Nature Chinese scientists confirm Xujiayao hominins as Denisovans — Global Times	PDF
Thu 22 Oct 2026	No. 11	Oil Holds Near $109 as Hormuz Tanker Claims Clash Sources Oil price today: WTI, Brent rise on Middle East worries — CNBC US-Iran mediation persists with both sides prep for war — The New Arab Russia willing to resume trilateral peace talks in November, Kremlin says after Witkoff meeting — CNN Russia says Ukraine must make necessary decisions to end war as Witkoff meets Putin — CBS News Witkoff lauds 'humanitarian' Putin as Russia releases detained American — ABC News Putin ready to resume three-way Ukraine peace talks — Al Jazeera Zelenskyy says he's open to freezing front lines to end Ukraine war — Fox News GRAP Stage 1 imposed in Delhi-NCR as air quality dips to 'poor' category — ANI Delhi imposes GRAP-1 curbs as AQI turns 'poor' — National Herald GRAP Stage I Invoked In Delhi-NCR As Air Quality Turns 'Poor' — Outlook India Delhi SIR: Supreme Court advances roll revision hearing to October 28 — Deccan Herald Midterm election updates: Cook Political Report shifts two races toward Democrats and one toward Republicans — CNN Candidate Quality Shifts the Senate Map — Cook Political Report Early voting begins in US midterm elections that could flip control of Congress — ABC7 Cook Political Report tilts 18 House races toward Democrats — Axios Cook moves 11 House races toward Democrats — The Washington Post Senate races shift toward Democrats in Kansas, South Carolina: Cook Political Report — The Hill Harris County crushes midterm first-day early voter turnout record — Houston Public Media Dallas County sees record turnout for first day of 2026 early voting — Fox 4 Day 1 of early voting more than doubles previous midterm's first day turnout in S.C. — Count on 2 Harris County sees another record on day 2 of early voting — ABC13 Houston UK inflation jumps to 3.5%, cementing rate hike expectations — CNBC UK inflation and borrowing climb before Healey's budget — RTE UK Inflation Hits 11-Month High as Bank of England Eyes Rate Hike — Bloomberg Euclid discovers new comet — EurekAlert / ESA The ESA's Euclid Space Telescope Has Discovered A New Comet — Universe Today C/2026 S1: ESA's Euclid telescope unexpectedly discovers its first comet — Starlust Euclid discovers new comet — YubaNet https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/02a8-2174c9e9019d-f909a77bd77a-1000--2026-27-champions-league-all-the-league-phase-fixtures-a/ https://www.espn.com/soccer/scoreboard/_/league/uefa.champions https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-10-17-albanian-anti-government-protesters-clash-with-police-in-tirana/ https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/19/albanias-capital-rocked-by-chaotic-weekend-of-street-unrest/bi/ https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/20/albanian-pm-rama-steps-up-rhetoric-against-student-protesters/bi/ https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/king-charles-family-mark-60th-anniversary-aberfan-disaster-rcna604764 https://www.royal.uk/aberfan-60 https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/king-charles-leads-tributes-survivors-154626946.html https://eualive.net/eu-leaders-end-inconclusive-summit-with-no-budget-deal-and-deferred-decisions-on-ukraine-funding/	PDF
Wed 21 Oct 2026	No. 10	Oil Near $110 as Houthis Claim New Strikes on Saudi Arabia Sources Brent crude rises to $110 a barrel amid Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia — LIGA.net Brent Crude Oil Price Today: Back Near $110 as Houthis Claim Saudi Oil Strikes — FinanceFeeds Brent crude edges lower, even after Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure — Yahoo Finance 2026 midterm election: Early voting underway until Oct. 30 in Texas — ABC13 Houston Midterm elections 2026 live: early voting — Fox News Delhi SIR: Supreme Court Advances Hearing After Plea Flags Deleted Voters Being Asked To Fill Form 6 — LiveLaw NASA's Perseverance rover breaks the record for longest road trip on Mars — Guinness World Records https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/19/putin-trump-xi-ukraine-war-energy.html https://www.cronica.com.mx/deportes/2026/10/14/resultados-champions-league-hoy-tabla-de-posiciones-al-finalizar-partidos-de-la-jornada-2/	PDF
Tue 20 Oct 2026	No. 9	Houthi Attacks Push Brent Crude Above $109 Sources Brent tops $109 after Houthis claim attacks on Saudi Arabia — CNBC Saudi Arabia postpones big investor conference to 2027 — CNBC Attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh leaves several injured — Al Jazeera Kingdom Centre sends workers home amid Houthi attacks — Fox News Riyadh airport hit by fresh Houthi strike day after deadly attack — eNCA Ukraine launches over 1,000 drones at Russia, setting oil facilities ablaze — Al Jazeera St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones — CBC Russia strikes 9 Ukrainian regions as strain grows between Zelenskyy and Trump — PBS NewsHour Govt caps trade margins on 137 anti-cancer drugs at 30%; revised prices from November 9 — The Tribune India To Cut Prices Of 137 Cancer Drugs From November 9 — Outlook India 2026 midterms could be the most expensive on record — NPR 2026 midterm could be the most expensive ever in terms of ad spending: AdImpact — The Hill 2026 midterms money race — CNBC India Inflation Hits Two-Year High, Backs RBI Tightening — Bloomberg India's central bank hikes rates for the first time since 2023 — CNBC Trump was trying to force prices lower ahead of the midterms. But Iran gets a vote, too — CNN Economy Set as Trump Faces Dire Midterm — U.S. News NASA's Webb reveals the wild weather of a mysterious world 20 light-years away — ScienceDaily Scientists Decode the Unusual Weather of a Planet 20 Light-Years From Earth — SciTechDaily Scientists Found Three Recurring Weather States on a World So Far Away It Appears as a Single Pixel — Daily Galaxy	PDF
Sun 18 Oct 2026	No. 8	Houthi Missiles Hit Aden; Riyadh’s Airport Stays Suspended Sources Middle East conflict live blog — Gulf News Trump says Israel has been very helpful to Saudi Arabia — Times of Israel Saudi Arabia says 12 killed, 300 wounded in Houthi attack on Riyadh airport — Al Jazeera EU rallies in support of Ukraine amid Trump standoff — Al Jazeera Five takeaways from the EU leaders’ summit — Euronews EU summit ends with mounting bills and unresolved divisions — CGTN Supreme Court Issues Notice To ECI, CEC Gyanesh Kumar — LawBeat India Top Court to Hear Election Challenge, Delhi Protest Cases — Bloomberg Bipartisan group of senators call on Trump to rescind Russian diesel deal — NPR Trump Diesel Deal Faces New Congressional Legislation — Bloomberg Wholesale inflation jumps to 11.39% in September — Business Standard James Webb reveals a massive cosmic structure that challenges our understanding of the Universe — ScienceDaily (Caltech IPAC) https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/10/17/oil-topped-110-as-tech-stocks-lost-1-trillion-in-a-day/ https://news.stv.tv/politics/burnham-to-offer-to-work-with-swinney-on-shifting-power-to-councils-during-scotland-visit	PDF
Sat 17 Oct 2026	No. 7	Houthis Declare Saudi Airports “Legitimate Targets” Sources Why are the Houthis striking Saudi airports? — Al Jazeera Saudi-led coalition intercepts Houthi missile launched towards Riyadh — Al Jazeera Government forces launched counteroffensive — Gulf News Houthi offensive on Bab el-Mandeb strait — SCMP Russians attack all three combined heat and power plants in Kyiv — Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv says Russian strikes on energy facilities continue despite Trump’s energy ceasefire — AP via News4Jax Jantar Mantar de-notified as protest venue — Bar & Bench CJP leaders detained at Jantar Mantar — The Week What you need to know about the midterms — blue News US consumer prices accelerate on costlier gasoline — Kuwait Times (Reuters) Consumer prices accelerate in September — KSL (Reuters) US initial jobless claims — BabyPips Cornell-led team maps uneven atmosphere of distant exoplanet — Finger Lakes 1 (Cornell) Trailblazing technique uncovers real shape of scorching-hot exoplanet atmospheres — University of Bristol Webb detects quartz crystals in clouds of hot gas giant — Cornell Chronicle https://quantumzeitgeist.com/atomic-subatomic-nuclear-clock-tu-wien/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/kenya-confirms-first-ebola-case-after-patient-from-dr-congo-dies-in-nairobi	PDF
Fri 16 Oct 2026	No. 6	Houthis Hit Aramco Site Again as Saudi Arabia Postpones Sport and Summit Sources Fighting in Yemen intensifies: What's the latest on the battlefield? — Al Jazeera Ronaldo's among three Saudi Arabia games postponed due to Houthi attacks — Al Jazeera Iran war live updates — CBS News World condemns deadly Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport — Al Jazeera 'Massive' Russian attack on Ukraine kills at least 9, damages power sites — Al Jazeera Russia says Ukraine resumes attacks on oil refineries — Al Jazeera Russian attacks kill at least 17, injure 67 across Ukraine — Kyiv Independent Supreme Court issues notice on INDIA bloc leaders' petition against ECI over SIR — LiveLaw SC issues notice to EC, poll chief Kumar on Opposition's pleas seeking audit of SIR deletions — Scroll Indian opposition protesters in New Delhi call on election chief to quit — Al Jazeera Police detain leaders of India's 'cockroach' movement at New Delhi protest — Al Jazeera Indian opposition defies lockdown, marches to demand election chief sacking — Al Jazeera Ilhan Omar says she 'will not be silenced' after US agents raid her home — Al Jazeera Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home searched by Homeland Security investigators — CBS News US-Iran stalemate: What are Trump's next military options? — Al Jazeera US inflation rises before midterm elections, fuelling rate hike fears — Al Jazeera Iran sets crosshairs on 'US-UAE' oil shuttle out of Strait of Hormuz — Al Jazeera NASA's SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs — NASA JPL https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/15/boiling-point-why-students-are-protesting-against-albanias-edi-rama https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/12/uk-pm-andy-burnham-vows-to-renegotiate-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-eu https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/6/demonstrators-clash-with-riot-police-in-france-as-education-protests-mount https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/13/ai-could-self-replicate-on-home-devices-within-months-anthropic-says	PDF
Thu 15 Oct 2026	No. 5	Houthi Missile Strikes Aramco in Dhahran as Saudi Arabia Hits Sanaa Corrected 15 Oct: A story on Ukraine said President Trump announced an "energy ceasefire" on Sunday 12 October, in two places. He announced it on Sunday 11 October. All corrections Sources Saudi airport attack: Trump says U.S. could join fight against Houthis — NBC News Live updates, 13 Oct 2026: US-Iran war, Saudi Arabia, Houthis — Fox News Early Edition: October 14, 2026 — Just Security Headlines for October 14, 2026 — Democracy Now! Trump insists energy ceasefire holds as Ukraine reports new Russian strikes — Al Jazeera Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi files writ petition in Supreme Court against ECI over SIR process — LiveLaw Supreme Court to hear Rahul Gandhi, others' plea on SIR issue on October 15 — Deccan Herald India court seeks explanations from election body in voter list row — Courthouse News September CPI report shows inflation accelerated to 3.7% as energy costs soared — CBS News Nobel economics prize awarded to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford — Al Jazeera Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the Moon's two faces — ScienceDaily https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/florida-death-toll-rises-hurricane-isaias-dangerous-landfall https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/13/desantis-says-florida-isaias-death-toll-reaches-six-thousands-still-without-power/ https://www.latestly.com/india/news/delhi-latest-news-today-on-october-13th-2026-india-bloc-protests-bimstec-meeting-crime-updates-7642408.html	PDF
Wed 14 Oct 2026	No. 4	Riyadh Airport Stays Shut as Washington Weighs Joining the Houthi Fight Sources Saudi Arabia says 12 killed, 300 wounded in Houthi attack on Riyadh airport — Al Jazeera Headlines for October 13, 2026 — Democracy Now! Early Edition: October 13, 2026 — Just Security Trump claims Ukraine and Russia have agreed to energy ceasefire — CNN via KEYT Do not break it: Trump announces immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine — Business Today India Supreme Court seeks explanations from election body — Kuwait Times Don't breach peace for one year: CJP leaders released on condition — The Week Bipartisan group of senators calls on Trump to reverse course on Russian diesel plan — PBS NewsHour Astronomy News — ScienceDaily	PDF
Tue 13 Oct 2026	No. 3	Leaders Condemn Houthi Strikes on Riyadh Airport; Saudi Arabia Calls Them a War Crime Sources World condemns deadly Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport — Al Jazeera Houthi attack on Riyadh airport killed three Saudi nationals — Al Jazeera Saudi Arabia extends airport closure as Houthis threaten more attacks — ABC News (Australia) Zelenskyy says Russia violated energy truce announced by Trump — Al Jazeera Russia hits Ukraine gas facilities after Trump claims 'energy ceasefire' — NPR Brent Crude Price at $104 — FinanceFeeds India detains youth protest leader to defuse rally against election chief — CNBC India cracks down on youth protests as anger grows against Modi and election chief — NPR 'Cockroach Party' protesters vow to return after hundreds detained in Delhi — ABC News (Australia) Opposition INDIA bloc marches from Connaught Place against Election Commission — The News Mill Supreme Court Refers Pleas Challenging Election Commissioners' Law To Constitution Bench — LiveLaw India's top court overhauls election commissioner appointment in 'historic' judgment — Gulf News Nobel economics prize awarded to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford — Al Jazeera RBI hikes repo rate to 5.50% — SCC Online RBI should hike rate by 25 bps in Oct: SBI Research — DT Next Astronomers detect possible planet born from a dead star's ashes — CNN Suspected second-generation planet solves Hubble cold case — ESA/Hubble Hubble Space Telescope may have found a planet born after its star died — ScienceDaily https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Oil-Jumps-2-as-Saudi-Attacks-and-Tanker-Strikes-Revive-Hormuz-Fears.html https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/india-bloc-stages-mega-protest-march-from-connaught-place-against-election-commission-vows-to-move-supreme-court20261012134525 https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/premier-league-liverpool-vs-man-city-oct-11-2026-game-boxscore-891123 https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/hurricanes/florida-alabama-residents-powerless-isaias-moves-north-rcna602773	PDF
Mon 12 Oct 2026	No. 2	Second Strike on Riyadh Airport in 24 Hours as Yemen's War Escalates Sources https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/11/yemen-fighting-expands-as-houthis-attack-saudi-airport-what-to-know https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-trump-us-elections-saudi-arabia-yemen-houthis/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-calls-latest-u-s-proposal-to-end-war-insufficient-as-netanyahus-corruption-trial-resumes https://www.fox13news.com/news/trump-russia-ukraine-agree-immediate-energy-ceasefire https://www.axios.com/2026/10/11/russia-ukraine-oil-energy-ceasefire-trump-putin-zelensky https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/10/10/indias-cockroach-leaders-detained-new-delhi-in-lockdown https://www.nbcnews.com/world/india/india-cracks-cockroach-youth-protests-anger-grows-modi-election-chief-rcna602636 https://forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/10/06/trumps-approval-rating-stagnates-at-record-low-32-in-latest-poll https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-21/exclusive-trump-approval-falls-to-career-low-of-32-as-high-costs-bite-reuters-ipsos-poll-finds https://www.netnewsledger.com/2026/10/07/eu-news-for-october-7-2026-emergency-fuel-talks-french-debt-concerns-china-trade-tensions-black-sea-shipping-attacks-and-enlargement-plans/ https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/frances-sovereign-debt-crisis-explained-how-dangerous-could-it-be https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/scientists-demonstrate-sustained-operation-of-the-worlds-first-self-regulating-nuclear-clock/ https://scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3370006/chinas-thorium-229-nuclear-clock-beats-viennas-stability-studies-show	PDF
Sat 10 Oct 2026	No. 1	Attack on Riyadh Airport Kills 12 as Yemen's War Spills Into Saudi Arabia Sources https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/attack-on-airport-in-saudi-capital-riyadh-leaves-several-injured https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/has-yemen-returned-to-full-scale-war https://time.com/article/2026/10/08/saudi-arabia-yemen-houthi-rebels-airport-attacks-war/ https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil https://time.com/article/2026/10/09/navanethem-navi-pillay-wins-the-2026-nobel-peace-prize/ https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/world/navi-pillay-nobel-peace-prize-2026-message-impact-intl https://www.arabnews.com/world/israels-scorn-of-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-highlights-its-combative-relationship-with-un-bodies-3005561 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/10/nx-s1-5996606/u-s-imposes-sweeping-sanctions-on-international-criminal-court https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168562 https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/youve-got-to-hire-american-workers-us-suspends-infosys-tcs-wipro-hcl-and-other-it-firms-from-green-card-programme-4175485 https://www.businessworld.in/article/us-suspends-infosys-tcs-wipro-from-green-card-programme-627671 https://zeenews.india.com/world/us-green-card-freeze-infosys-tcs-wipro-microsoft-perm-2026-3075207.html https://organiser.org/2026/10/09/385467/world/trump-administration-targets-indian-it-giants-infosys-tcs-wipro-hcl-hit-by-us-green-card-crackdown/ https://www.arabnews.pk/world/delhi-sealed-off-ahead-of-youth-protest-against-indian-election-chief-3003734 https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/world/pressure-mounts-on-india-poll-chief-gyanesh-kumar-over-voter-list-changes https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/mass-protests-demanding-poll-chief-resignation-shake-india-for-third-day https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2026/10/09/rbi-hikes-repo-rate-to-5-50-percent-october-2026/ https://shoonya.com/blog/rbi-repo-rate-oct-2026/ https://www.corplawupdates.in/rbi/repo-rate https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/indian-rupee-slips-to-96-78-as-rbi-turns-more-hawkish/story https://www.lanacion.com.ar/usa/how-major-us-stock-indexes-fared-friday-1092026-nid09102026/ https://www.tradingview.com/news/reuters.com,2026:newsml_L4N45R02E:0-japan-s-30-year-bond-yields-hit-record-high-ahead-of-pm-s-remarks/ https://nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/press-release https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/nobel-medicine-prize-honours-us-and-german-scientists-for-optogenetics-work https://physicsworld.com/?p=130829 https://www.wunc.org/2026-10-06/francis-halzen-wins-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-work-on-high-energy-neutrinos-from-space https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2026/press-release/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/8/canadian-anne-carson-wins-2026-nobel-prize-in-literature https://www.npr.org/2026/10/08/nx-s1-5984350/nobel-prize-in-literature-anne-carson	PDF