Morning digest · 08 October 2026

• India’s trade caught in the middle
• Karnataka signals intent to review Cauvery allocation citing Indus Waters Treaty
• RBI raises repo rate to 5.5% amid ‘tightening’
• SC to examine plea on CEC appointment law split verdict
• Two cheetahs released into M.P.’s third conservation site
• Serum Institute’s HPV shot gets WHO pre-qualification