UPI processed a record 25.47 billion transactions worth about Rs 31.53 lakh crore in October 2026, with daily value above Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time.
UK house prices rose 0.5% in the year to October 2026, the slowest since January 2024, Nationwide said on October 30, citing mortgage rates and energy costs.
The CCI on October 31, 2026, cleared Xavier Niel's Vega SAS to buy a 16.2% stake in Vodafone Group from e& for about £4.4 billion.
Ukrainian defence start-up Fire Point told Reuters on October 30, 2026, that its drones and missiles can complete missions without a Starlink link.
China's STAR 50 index of AI and chip stocks has fallen about 40% in under four months, erasing about $480 billion, while the CSI 300 is down about 20%.
Machine-to-machine SIMs rose by about 4.35 million in September 2026, twice the human additions, TRAI data shows; Airtel holds 61.16% of M2M lines.
The World Bank says India's extreme poverty fell from 27.1% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2023, lifting about 496 million people, but flags flat real earnings.
A central team began touring Cyclone Arnab-hit Andhra districts on October 31, 2026; the state puts losses at Rs 4,764 crore and crop damage to 4.63 lakh farmers.
From October 31, 2026, India cut the windfall tax on petrol exports to nil and raised it to Rs 11.5 a litre on diesel and Rs 11 on ATF; pump prices unchanged.
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