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Hungary’s central bank held its base rate at 5.50% at the Monetary Council meeting on 20 October. The overnight deposit rate remained 4.50% and the collateralised lending rate 6.50%, with the conditions effective from 21 October.
India aims for 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on 20 October, linking the target to electricity demand from AI and data centres.
A PIB fact sheet marking UDAN’s tenth year says India’s operational airport count rose to 166 from 74 in 2014.
NTT DOCOMO and NTT began a demonstration on 20 October combining AI-guided shifts of radio-base-station processing loads with controls for solar power and batteries. The Japan-based test covers normal demand, electricity shortages and outages.
NTT, NTT Innovative Devices, Japan Semiconductor, Furukawa Electric and Shinko Electric were selected for a research project to develop optical-chiplet manufacturing technologies for AI computing. The project sits within NEDO’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing programme.
An independent evaluation says seven investment projects reached more than 450,000 rural people in 2018–2025.
The agriculture ministry launched an upgraded portal on 19 October, bringing government schemes and agricultural information together for mobile access.
The finance ministry announced bank camps across 270,000 gram panchayats and urban local bodies, running from 21 October through 31 December.
India’s Special Swachhata Campaign 6.0 reported ₹491.28 crore from scrap disposal in its first 17 days, through 19 October 2026. The Ministry of Railways accounted for ₹425.06 crore.
Infineon announced the winners of its 2026 Startup Challenge focused on humanoid robotics and physical AI on 19 October. More than 100 startups from 29 countries applied; 15 teams presented solutions to a jury at EBSCON in Graz.
A 16 October PIB backgrounder says inland-waterway cargo rose from 29 million tonnes in 2014–15 to 218 million tonnes in 2025–26.
India’s consumer affairs department said a buffer-onion shipment of around 440 tonnes was expected to reach Agartala, Tripura, by 18 October.
