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13 November 2026 –: Twenty-four people are killed and eleven more injured in a bus–truck collision in Golaghat, India. (Al Jazeera)
11 November 2026 – Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir: Three Central Reserve Police Force personnel are injured after militants open fire on a checkpoint near Mir Bazar in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Security forces launch a search operation to locate the attackers. (Gulf News) (The Hindu)
9 November 2026 –: The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, United Kingdom, returns the remains of 39 Naga people, collected during the British Raj, to a delegation from Nagaland, India, following six years of discussions over repatriation. (AFP via France 24)
3 November 2026 – 2026 Iran war: A commercial vessel is hit by an unidentified object in the waters of Musandam Governorate, Oman, killing an Indian crew member, while 13 others are rescued. (Reuters)
3 November 2026 –: Two helicopters operated by Air Dynasty and Fishtail Air collide while landing in Solukhumbu District, Nepal, near Mount Everest, killing an Indian tourist and injuring a New Zealand national. (AFP via Times of Malta)
2 November 2026 –: Eight people are killed after they were electrocuted when a vehicle comes into contact with a high-voltage power line in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India. (Xinhua)

... that the 2026 Mumbai Indians, the joint-most successful team in the Indian Premier League, won their opening game for the first time since 2012?
... that a cyber attack on a FIFA insider, traced to the Indian cyber-espionage company Appin, was part of Qatar's campaign to protect its 2022 World Cup hosting rights?
... that in 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation became the first national space agency to land a spacecraft successfully near the lunar south pole?
... that people in parts of India, North America, and Africa marry tree trunks?
... that Simeon Barclay's "sculpture of a chicken on its own little mini-mountain" references a traditional Indian game?
... that one of the earliest iron bridges in India was assembled during the reign of Amjad Ali Shah?