India & World, 23 Oct: 7 stories

This roundup is verified. The carousel was posted at 9:09 pm IST on 23 October 2026. The package was checked at 7:58 pm IST. Seven stories follow, each from the caption and that item's source list. The cover is an NP graphic.

Asian Para Games

At the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, India finished with 114 medals: 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze. The caption calls that India's best-ever haul. The previous best, in the caption, was Hangzhou 2023, at 108 medals, a tally it says had been 111 before doping cases. The last day brought nine golds. Sumit Antil won the javelin gold. India was fourth in the medal table. The Times of India, The Indian Express and News9 are the reports named for this item. Earlier days of these Games are on this site: Day 1: 11 medals, including 4 golds, Deepthi: 400m T20 gold, Games record and Soorma and Simran win gold in Nagoya. Those notes are not this final tally. The slide is a 2019 file of Sumit Antil, Wikedit00 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, not this competition.

The ITBP line on Arunachal

ITBP director general Shatrujeet Kapur said on 22 October, in Alwar, that face-offs at several locations in Arunachal "still continue". The Hindu and The Indian Express describe that statement as the first official confirmation. No clash is reported, and no casualty is reported. Congress sought the Prime Minister's response. WION and NDTV are also named for this item. The slide is a 2010 file of an ITBP sign at Sarahan, John Hill / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, not these face-offs.

The Jio Platforms IPO

The caption describes Reliance's Jio Platforms IPO as an issue of Rs 30,213 crore, and as the first IPO in the world to cross 1 crore applications. The previous mark, in the caption, was about 97 lakh, for Waaree. The issue closed on 23 October, subscribed more than 20 times. Fortune India is the source in this package for a BSE figure of 22.19 times. NSE-based trackers in the same package put the figure at about 20.6 to 21.3 times. Listing is on 28 October. The caption says bids are not money raised. This is not investment advice. An earlier roundup, India & World, 20 Oct, recorded an anchor book ahead of an issue of about Rs 30,200 crore that had not yet closed. The slide is a 2025 file of Jio World Centre in Mumbai, DesiBoy101 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, not the offer.

President Murmu at Bastar Dussehra

President Droupadi Murmu spoke at Bastar Dussehra in Jagdalpur. She said Chhattisgarh had been "freed from Naxalism" through the joint efforts of the Centre and the state, and that the state is now progressing. She also urged that forests be protected. Those sentences are the President's, as the caption and this item's reports record them. News on Air, Hindustan Times and The New Indian Express are the reports named for this item. The slide is a 2017 file of Bastar Dussehra, Mohit Kumar Montu / Wikimedia Commons, CC0, not this address.

The earthquake in Nagqu

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Baqen county, in Nagqu, Tibet (Xizang), at 22:33 local time on 22 October. Xinhua, as of 13:00 local time on 23 October, reported 16 people dead and 76 injured, and said the houses of 339 households had collapsed. The package says the toll is preliminary and can change. The source list also names the Associated Press, a page of China's Ministry of National Defense, and a Xinhua politics page. The slide is a 2011 file of the Nagqu landscape, guan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, not the earthquake.

The yacht off Yemen

The Indian Embassy in Yemen said all 14 Indian nationals on the yacht are safe. The caption describes them as sailors, and says they are located around Hodeidah. India has not confirmed who attacked the yacht. A claim that blames Saudi Arabia is only a Houthi claim, and it is labelled here as that claim. The Hindu, IANS, India Today and The Print are the reports named for this item. The slide is a June 2026 file of the Hodeidah coast, Rana Jalal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. That name is a transliteration of the Commons author رنا جلال. The photograph is not the yacht.

Jaishankar in Baku

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan in Baku on 23 October. The caption says the talks covered political, trade, high-tech and cultural cooperation. Firstpost describes the trip as the first standalone visit by an Indian external affairs minister since 2018. That "since 2018" line is Firstpost's. The source list also includes the Azerbaijani presidency and IANS. The slide is a February 2024 file from Perth, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / Michael Godfrey / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, not this meeting.