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- A juvenile European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), belonging to the Meropidae family and Coraciiformes order, was recorded for the first time in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- France witnessed violent protests and looting on 17–19 October 2026 over the rising cost of living and fuel prices, leading to 2,513 people being taken into custody and curfews in parts of Paris and other cities.
- Italy also witnessed riots and looting in Milan, where at least 270 demonstrators were detained.
- Aditya-L1 generated Doppler velocity images of the solar corona using its Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), helping scientists study solar plasma movement and the direction of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs).
- The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) developed the software to process VELC data; CMEs are huge clouds of hot plasma ejected from the Sun that can disturb near-Earth space.
- The ISRO completed Crew Module–Service Module (CM–SM) separation tests at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to verify the safe separation of the two modules before Earth re-entry during the Gaganyaan mission.
- Gaganyaan is India’s first human spaceflight mission, which aims to send Indian astronauts into low Earth orbit and bring them safely back to Earth.
- World Trauma Day is observed annually on 17 October to raise awareness about traumatic injuries, their prevention and the importance of timely medical care.
- The theme for the year 2026 is “Building a Safer Future with Trauma Care”.
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