US President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his invective against Norway, calling it a "shit house country" and saying Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee, based in the capital ‌Oslo, has not awarded ​him a Peace Prize.

Trump ​made the comments at a political rally in Port Huron, ​Michigan, ahead of next week's midterm elections.

Cyclone Arnab has moved west-northwestwards over Eastcentral and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal in the past six hours, and is expected to make landfall on Andhra Pradesh coast around October 28, intensifying into a 'severe cyclonic storm', the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

It is very likely to move northwestwards, intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm and reach Westcentral Bay of Bengal near Andhra Pradesh coast around morning of 28th October, 2026.

The Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC), probing the alleged violence during the July Jantar Mantar protests, will hold a two-day sitting here on October 29 and 30 to hear affected persons and record evidence on the alleged use of pellet guns and harassment of female protesters, officials said on Saturday.

The panel will hold its proceedings from 11 am onwards at its office at Shiksha Sadan, 17 Rouse Avenue Institutional Area, they said.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is reviewing short selling and securities lending and borrowing (SLB) to improve liquidity and price discovery, while developing safeguards to prevent misuse of trading terminals, Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday.

The regulator is also planning to bring its inspection portals into a single digital workflow to make supervision faster and more consistent.

The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) has urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to postpone the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan until after November 10, warning that it could disrupt business worth Rs 10,000 crore during the peak Diwali shopping season.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday that core investment companies (CICs) that access public funds, directly or indirectly, must register with the central bank, and that non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) classified in the upper layer are required to list on stock exchanges.

Key architects of India’s financial landscape — from top policymakers and regulators to fintech pioneers and market experts — will come together in Mumbai for the fifth edition of the annual Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, beginning Monday.

The three-day summit, October 26 to 28 at the Jio World Convention Centre, will begin with an inaugural address and fireside session by State Bank of India Chairman C S Setty.

A new round of protests is set to hit France Saturday, raising fears of a repeat of last weekend’s riots.

The French government has vowed to subdue any violence, deploying 70.000 security officials, including elite anti-terror forces, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told reporters Friday. He blamed social media calls for violence on the far left.

The Cabinet Secretariat declined to act on complaints submitted by two Election Commissioners against a senior Election Commission official. It stated that the communications were sent in their individual capacities and that intervening without an official decision from the Commission could amount to interference in the functioning of a constitutional body.

The reports came after an RTI application disclosed the official paper trail.

The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it will hear on October 22 All India Students' Association (AISA) President Neha Bora's plea against a Delhi Police notice asking her to execute a "peace" bond before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM).

Bora, who has been at the forefront of protests against the alleged irregularities in the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

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