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As the Vancouver International Film Festival ends its 11 day run on October 11, 2026, the city is reflecting on a program that amplified Canadian storytellers, expanded festival audiences and underscored Vancouver's role as a hub for independent cinema.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a series of high level meetings in Singapore on October 11, 2026, pressing sovereign funds and private investors to increase long term investments into Indian infrastructure, semiconductors, digital finance and healthcare projects.
A three part musical documentary by Métis Dene filmmaker Marie Clements is drawing audiences and discussion at the Vancouver International Film Festival on October 10, as the film reframes colonial histories through song, testimony and performance.
At the India Mobile Congress on October 10, regulators and industry leaders made clear that three licensed satellite operators will be treated equally, but commercial launches remain stalled until the government finalizes spectrum pricing and security clearances. The stance narrows the dispute around Starlink, while highlighting commercial and regulatory choices that will shape competition between terrestrial and space based broadband in India.
A post - Nuit Blanche online panel on October 9 brought artists, educators and community advocates together to discuss equity, disclosure and the future role of artificial intelligence in public art, responding to audience unease after the citywide overnight festival.
India's GST Council approved a sweeping administrative reform package that removes arrest powers for GST officers, raises the prosecution threshold to Rs 5 crore and eases several compliance burdens for businesses, a shift officials say is aimed at improving ease of doing business and reducing coercive enforcement.
Reliance Industries announced Jio Platforms will launch an initial public offering on October 21, 2026, seeking at least Rs 30,000 crore and positioning the telecom and digital arm for rapid expansion and debt reduction at the group level.
The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 25 basis points and signalled a calibrated tightening stance, prompting a spike in bond yields, fresh foreign investor selling and early bank rate adjustments on October 8, 2026.
The Reserve Bank of India on October 7 raised its policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50 percent, ending a nearly four year pause and shifting policy stance to calibrated tightening. The move responds to a stronger growth backdrop and renewed inflationary pressures, and will affect borrowing costs, the rupee and market expectations for further hikes.
From Vancouver’s film premieres to Atlantic Canada fashion showcases and the final weekend of Culture Days, Canada’s arts calendar is packed with events and launches that reflect local storytelling and sustainable design. Here are the highlights for Monday, October 5, 2026.
With the Reserve Bank of India convening its Monetary Policy Committee from October 5 to 7, Indian equities and bond markets opened the week under pressure. Investors are pricing in a likely 25 basis point repo rate increase, while foreign outflows and higher global oil prices are deepening the selloff.
New Delhi and Ottawa open a five day round of negotiations on October 5 with a target to conclude a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by year end, a push that could reshape goods, services and investment ties between the two countries.
NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani reaffirmed a 7 percent GDP forecast for the year on October 4, 2026, but emphasised a plus or minus 1 percent uncertainty range as global trade tensions, oil prices and monetary pressures cloud the outlook.
India cautioned on October 3 that tariffs, export controls and other trade restrictions are increasingly serving strategic purposes, injecting new uncertainty for exporters, global supply chains and foreign investors. The remarks, delivered at a major economic conclave, outline a policy tension between resilience and openness that businesses and trade partners will need to navigate.
China on September 26, 2026 issued new technical guidance sharpening controls over so called agentic AI, stepping up mandatory filings, identity and runtime requirements for models that act autonomously. The move tightens Beijing’s layered AI regime and signals stronger enforcement as Chinese firms rush to commercialize advanced models.