Friday, 6 November 2026
The most important stories since the previous edition, each checked against its source and timestamp.
1Mahābhārata, Rājataraṅgiṇī and Arthaśāstra manuscripts inscribed on UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Memory of the World register
The Itihāsa, Kalhaṇa's chronicle of Kashmir and Kauṭilya's treatise on statecraft were recognised together at a session in Jakarta.
2Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order that set up a board to run the Chidambaram Naṭarāja temple
The hereditary Podhu Dīkṣitars keep charge of the Sabhānāyakar temple while the court hears their appeal.
3Home Ministry keeps passport exemption for persecuted Hindu and other minority refugees, but asks them to take a visa to stay
The amended order covers those who fled religious persecution and entered India up to 31 December 2024, ten years past the CAA cut-off.
