October 2026 Current Affairs
All current affairs of October 2026 date-wise – 294 articles over 17 days. Tap a date to read that day's news and take its quiz.
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- Madurai Bench of Madras HC bars registration of documents on lands dedicated to Srirangam temple by an 1887 deed
- Flood water gushes down Thalaiyar (Rat Tail) Falls, Tamil Nadu's highest waterfall
- Tenkasi Forest Division adds the Madras hedgehog to its 'Golden Jackal Ambassadors' conservation programme
- Voters too can file private criminal complaints over a candidate's false election affidavit – Supreme Court
- PM Modi to open RBI's Tier IV Data Centre and Enterprise Computing & Cybersecurity Training Institute at Bhubaneswar
- Jitendra Singh opens 'AATAL' air-pollution analysis laboratory for Delhi-NCR at IITM's Delhi branch
- 19th Urban Mobility India Conference and 2nd National Urban Conclave in Bhubaneswar – Bhubaneswar wins 'Best Green Transport Initiative' city award
- Agriculture Ministry notifies 16 new indigenous livestock and dog breeds, including Tamil Nadu's Kombai dog
- Odisha announces India's first dedicated Agri-PV (agrivoltaics) policy – 'One Field, Two Harvests'
- Sidhi district gets rail link for the first time since Independence – Rewa–Churhat (65 km) and Satna–Devendranagar (53 km) sections opened
- With 305 talukas declared drought-hit, Maharashtra launches 'Mission Murghas' to tackle fodder shortage
- MoRTH draft makes Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) mandatory in all new car models from Oct 2030
- Singer Usha Mangeshkar named first recipient of Assam's 'Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika National Award'
- Uttar Pradesh ranked first in implementing Mission Karmayogi; Rajasthan 2nd, Jammu & Kashmir 3rd
- France to host the 8th AgriVoltaics World Conference in 2027
- World's largest battery-electric ship 'China Zorrilla' begins Argentina–Uruguay passenger service
- Bharat Biotech, Gavi and UNICEF agree to cut price of 'Mosqivac' (RTS,S/AS01) malaria vaccine by about 40%
- Lionel Messi receives 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports – presented by Princess Leonor in Oviedo
- Trichy-origin English girl Bodhana Sivanandan becomes youngest female International Master in chess history
- India wins record 114 medals (30 gold) at 2026 Asian Para Games – 4th in medal table
- Pankaj Advani wins his 29th world title – the WBL World Billiards Championship in England
- Kerala plans statewide child vulnerability mapping
- US Department of Energy adds helium to its Critical Material List
- International Criminal Court and its officials win the European Parliament's 2026 Sakharov Prize
- Eminent painter and former Rajya Sabha member Jogen Chowdhury (87) passes away in Kolkata
- Physicist Ashoke Sen becomes the first Indian physicist to receive the Oskar Klein Medal (2026)
- International Artist's Day – 25 October (birth anniversary of Pablo Picasso)
- International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (18–24 Oct 2026) – theme 'From Detection to Prevention'
23 October 2026 · 22 articles
- CM Vijay launches 'Thuli' – a State-wide rainwater harvesting awareness campaign
- CII Special Awards for FPOs 2026: Isha-guided FPOs win national awards for the 4th year in a row
- NAAS showcases Indian agri-research at World Food Prize Foundation's Borlaug Dialogue 2026; Indian student wins GYI award
- C-DOT sets up its 6th Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU), Varanasi for next-gen telecom technologies
- Oil India discovers natural gas in a Krishna–Godavari Basin shallow-offshore block
- Indian Army receives 'Nagastra-2' anti-tank loitering munitions – made by Nagpur's Solar Defence & Aerospace
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh releases the new 'Land Warfare Doctrine' at the Army Commanders' Conference
- MHA and Army launch first-of-its-kind pilot training for Civil Defence master trainers – 12 States/UTs incl. Tamil Nadu
- Sovereign Gold Bond 2018–19 Series-II completes its 8-year term on 23 Oct – redemption price ₹14,425 per gram
- Asian Para Games: Kancheepuram's Thulasimathi Murugesan wins doubles gold, ends with 3 medals in a day (1 gold, 2 silver)
- Om Prakash Mathur sworn in as the 29th Governor of Keralam – oath by Kerala High Court Chief Justice Soumen Sen
- September 2026: 330 drug samples Not of Standard Quality, one spurious – CDSCO monthly drug alert
- Kochi architecture student wins the 28th Charles Correa Gold Medal – presented in Mumbai on 22 Oct
- Greek Parliament passes law banning social media for children under 15 – in force from 1 January 2027
- Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2026 – 24 to 31 October; theme: 'We All Play a Part – MIL for the People'
- Chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot is gone – UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2026 warns
- Disarmament Week: 24 to 30 October
- United Nations Day 2026 – 24 October; 81 years since the UN Charter came into force
- World Development Information Day – 24 October 2026
- World Polio Day – 24 October 2026
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Raising Day – 24 October 2026
- Marudhu Brothers' Memorial Day – 24 October (day of their hanging at Tiruppathur, 1801)
22 October 2026 · 15 articles
- Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 to focus on Thirukkural – 28 Nov to 12 Dec 2026
- Tuticorin International Container Terminal (TICT) at VOC Port, 100% electrified, declared a 'Green Terminal'
- NE monsoon: Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger and Crow butterflies migrate from Eastern to Western Ghats
- Home Minister Amit Shah launches 43 Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth ₹8,941 crore in Delhi
- IIT Madras launches 'UDYOG' finishing school for biotechnology students
- Jaipur in National Geographic's 'Best of the World 2027' list; the city turns 300 in 2027
- President Murmu releases ₹200 commemorative coin in Raipur on the 200th birth anniversary of Sindhi spiritual leader Mata Hasi Devi Ji
- 33rd Singapore–India Maritime Bilateral Exercise 'SIMBEX-2026' begins at Visakhapatnam (21–26 Oct)
- ISRO to launch NVS-03, the 12th NavIC satellite, on GSLV Mk II from Sriharikota on 30 Oct
- France confirms the world's first human case of Shamonda virus – patient in Lyon died
- Inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 begins in Ahmedabad on 23 October (till 31 October)
- Nationwide 'Khet Bachao Abhiyan – Rabi 2026' (Save the Fields campaign) launched today from Karnal, Haryana
- Powerful El Niño could trigger major economic shocks worldwide – UN (WMO, OCHA) warns
- India and Poland agree to deepen defence, space and nuclear energy cooperation – Polish PM Donald Tusk visits India
- International Snow Leopard Day 2026 – 23 October
21 October 2026 · 22 articles
- How are rain warnings issued? – IMD rainfall categories and colour-coded warnings explained
- Nationwide 'Green Diwali' campaign, 20 Oct – 8 Nov – launched by WWF-India's EIACP centre; appeal to avoid firecrackers
- Ipsos Quality of Care Perception Index 2026 – India 3rd among 32 countries (joint with Singapore); Malaysia tops
- Delhi CM Rekha Gupta opens 200-tonne-per-day cow-dung biogas plant at Goyla Dairy (19 Oct)
- Vummidi Ethiraj (99), who crafted the Sengol given to Nehru in 1947 and installed in the new Parliament in 2023, passes away
- Nationwide financial inclusion saturation campaign from 21 Oct to 31 Dec – 2.70 lakh gram panchayats and urban local bodies
- European bee-eater recorded in Chennai for the first time – near the Adyar estuary
- Centre's draft for Ladakh: a directly elected body, with the Lieutenant Governor keeping the final say on laws
- Ladakh Bench of the J&K and Ladakh High Court opens at Melongthang, Leh – India's highest HC bench; 4 initiatives incl. 'Green Wall', e-Filing
- UDAN regional air connectivity scheme completes 10 years (launched 21 Oct 2016)
- Indian Navy to host 'Swavlamban 2026' (5th edition) seminar in New Delhi on 26–27 Oct
- India–New Zealand FTA in force from 20 Oct 2026; 100% duty-free access for Indian goods on all 8,284 tariff lines
- Coal Controller's Organisation (CCO) wins SKOCH Gold Award 2026 for 'SUVIKALP' mine-repurposing tool (26 Sept)
- DCGI approves cancer drug toripalimab (Zytorvi) – second use, for oesophageal cancer
- 'Tree surgery' to save over 500 girdled trees in Chhattisgarh's Udanti–Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
- Ladakh's first Government Medical College (Leh) to become operational in the 2027–28 academic year
- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches the upgraded Agri Welfare Portal
- 5th edition of India–Australia joint military exercise 'AUSTRAHIND 2026' begins in Thiruvananthapuram
- Beijing may become a 'super-aged society' by 2035 – one in three residents aged 60 or above
- World Osteoporosis Day 2026 – 20 Oct; theme: 'Build, Protect and Strengthen Your Bones for Life'
- Police Commemoration Day 2026 – 21 Oct; Amit Shah leads homage at the National Police Memorial, Delhi
- Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day 2026 – 21 Oct; importance of iodised salt
19 October 2026 · 18 articles
- ASI launches conservation works on the upper rampart (wall) of the Brihadeeswarar (Big) Temple, Thanjavur
- Maiden export of 1.755 tonnes of organic palmyra jaggery powder from Erode district to Varna, Bulgaria
- WINDS project to install automatic rain gauges and weather stations in States runs over a year late due to land shortage
- Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025 conferred on 106 young performing artists
- CARA issues nationwide directions to strengthen adoption procedures, safeguard records and protect children's identity
- 61st meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) in New Delhi, 26–28 Oct 2026 – India hosts it for the first time
- Dr Dhal Singh Bisen sworn in as the 9th Governor of Uttarakhand at Lok Bhavan, Dehradun (19 Oct 2026)
- Braj Mohan Ram sworn in as Governor of Odisha at Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar (18 Oct 2026)
- SBI named 'World's Best Consumer Bank 2026' by Global Finance – second year in a row
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launches the National Strategic Trade Command Centre (NSTCC) in New Delhi
- Government reconstitutes the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) – S.C.L. Das named part-time Chairperson
- Madhya Pradesh tops the country in crop-residue burning, overtaking Punjab (15 Sept–15 Oct 2026)
- Chinese state media show, for the first time, a YJ-21 anti-ship ballistic missile launched from a PLA H-6K bomber
- Asian Para Games: women's 10m air rifle SH1 – Mona Agarwal wins gold with a Games record, Avani Lekhara takes silver
- Japan readies its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Mars' moon Phobos for launch on an H3 rocket
- Asian Para Games: Kancheepuram's Thulasimathi (with Manasi Joshi) assures India's first medal by reaching the doubles semi-finals
- Jantar Mantar protest violence probe: SC-appointed HPEC headed by former SC judge Justice R. Subhash Reddy
- 'Akhand Prahar-II': Indian Army's integrated combat exercise in the Jaisalmer desert, Rajasthan (Konark Corps)
18 October 2026 · 21 articles
- India's first field study of dengue vaccine (Qdenga) and mosquito repellents begins at Kadayanallur: Minister Arunraj
- 'Thenisai Thendral' composer Deva (75) passes away – laid to rest with State honours and 72-gun salute in Ranipet district
- PM-AJAY: 18,093 Scheduled Caste-majority villages declared 'Adarsh Grams' (model villages)
- Zero sugar diversion to ethanol in ESY 2026–27 – cane juice, sugar syrup, B-heavy molasses excluded: Centre
- US firm Reflect Orbital, which plans to 'sell sunlight at night', books two launches with India's Skyroot Aerospace
- North Korea successfully tests a new high-speed torpedo that uses AI to detect and precisely hit targets
- India's space economy is about $9 billion now and may reach $40–45 billion in 7–8 years – Minister Jitendra Singh (17 Oct)
- Trade margins on anti-cancer drugs capped at 30% – prices may fall by up to 70%
- Nutrient-rich purple potato 'Kufri Jamunia' – anthocyanin-rich variety developed by ICAR-CPRI
- 18 October – World Menopause Day; 2026 theme: 'Chronic Pain at Midlife'
- TB Mukt Panchayat – 46,118 gram panchayats certified TB-free nationwide; 2,390 in Tamil Nadu
- 5th Asian Para Games open in Aichi–Nagoya, Japan on 18 Oct (18–24 Oct)
- Misleading food claims: FSSAI issues notices to Nestle India and Hindustan Unilever
- Converts to Islam cannot claim BC (Muslim) 3.5% quota on the basis of former caste – Supreme Court
- Internet access a fundamental right for everyone, including children (Art. 21 with 19(1)(a)) – Supreme Court
- FSSAI draft rule bans adding sucrose and fructose to products for infants up to 6 months
- FSSAI proposes new maximum residue limits for acetamiprid and imidacloprid pesticides in tea
- PMAY-Urban 2.0: Centre approves over 1.93 lakh more houses
- Maharashtra's first 'Annapurti Grain ATM' opens at Nashik Road – beneficiaries get ration at their convenience
- Bengaluru-born Ramya Anche to lead NASA's $20 million 'PUFFINS' ultraviolet space telescope mission
- 13-year-old Raji Doshi wins 2026 3M Young Scientist Challenge for a solution to ocean acidification
16 October 2026 · 22 articles
- CM Vijay opens 'Periyar Arivulagam' library and science centre in Coimbatore
- Neyveli and Tiruchi badlands are Mars-analogue sites – University of Kerala scientists
- Cotton Revival Mission in Tamil Nadu – ₹26.21 crore sanctioned for 2026–27; Minister R. Vinoth urges farmers to benefit
- Chandigarh's Sukhna wetland and UP's Sauj Jheel (Mainpuri) take India's Ramsar sites from 101 to 103; Tamil Nadu (20) tops
- MoD signs ₹4,106-crore contracts – 'Varunastra' anti-submarine torpedoes for Navy, GSAT-7C satellite for IAF
- Dr Sudha Yadav sworn in as Governor of Karnataka – the State's second woman Governor
- Clean hydrogen: India ranks 3rd in the world in cumulative contracted volumes – BNEF 'India Transition Factbook 2026'
- HAL-built ALH MK-III helicopter (CG 875) inducted into 831 Squadron at Coast Guard Air Station Ratnagiri
- Gujarat expands 'Shramik Annapurna' meal scheme – 101 new centres in 28 districts; full meal for ₹5
- Ladakh notifies Sankoo as its eighth district – carved out of Kargil district
- New terminal at Leh's Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport – India's first with geothermal heating; opened by PM
- Global Hunger Index 2026 – India 100th of 122 countries; 'Serious' category
- Global Innovation Index 2026 – India 38th of 139 economies; first among lower-middle-income economies
- Global Peace Index 2026 – India 127th of 163 countries; Iceland most peaceful, Russia least
- World Happiness Report 2026 – India 116th of 147; Finland tops for the 9th year in a row
- UNDP Human Development Report 2025 – India 130th of 193; HDI value 0.685
- Henley Passport Index (Oct 2026) – India 84th; visa-free access to 55 destinations
- FAO's SOFO 2026 – India first in area under active forest restoration (9.8 Mha); China second (7.9 Mha)
- SEWA Director Reema Nanavaty receives the 2026 Hillary Rodham Clinton Award
- J&K and Ladakh High Court bans fuel-powered motorboats and jet skis on Dal Lake to curb pollution
- Centre approves India's accession to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) as a full Contracting Party
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17 October 2026
15 October 2026 · 13 articles
- CM Vijay releases Tamil Nadu Semiconductor Ecosystem Scheme – State incentives on top of 'Semicon India 2.0'
- Centre renames three pension schemes that carried Indira Gandhi's name
- Himachal Pradesh's first battery-integrated solar project opened in Spiti valley
- Proposed bauxite mine in Odisha's Balda hills threatens the rare Jeypore ground gecko
- Gujarat's Barda Wildlife Sanctuary emerging as a second home for Asiatic lions
- DRDO successfully tests Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) platform on a live network at Chandipur, Odisha
- Jindal Steel Limited wins worldsteel's 2026 Steelie Award for 'Excellence in People'
- India's largest integrated phenol–acetone plant opens at Haldia
- IMF, World Bank and Bank of Thailand release the 'Bangkok Blueprint for Fraud-Resilient Financial Services'
- Oman overtakes US as India's top LNG supplier in September 2026; Nigeria 2nd, US 3rd
- U23 World Wrestling Championships, Las Vegas: Vishvajit More wins historic Greco-Roman silver
- World Food Day 2026 (16 October) – 'Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow.'
- World Anaesthesia Day and World Spine Day 2026 (16 October)
14 October 2026 · 16 articles
- CM Vijay lays foundation for ₹3,108 crore water ring-main pipeline in Chennai
- 'Palli Paarvai 3.0' app introduced for school monitoring
- Pallikaranai marsh: interim 'Zone of Influence' cut from 8,397 acres to 316.76 acres
- Four Tamil Nadu Agricultural University professors in the world's top 2% scientists list
- Swapped Murugan idol of 1,000-year-old Thogaimalai temple recovered and reinstalled
- NSAP extended to 2030–31, renamed 'PM Samajik Sahayata Yojana'
- Coast Guard ship ICGS Ajit commissioned; to be based at Okha, Gujarat
- Soybean varieties NRC 268 and NRC 270 yield about 20 quintals/ha despite bad weather
- 21st Maritime States Development Council (MSDC) meets in Mumbai
- IMF raises India's 2026–27 growth forecast to 7%
- Dr Abdul Kalam's birthday (15 Oct) – Tamil Nadu's 'Youth Awakening Day' since 2015; 'World Students' Day' 2026
- Indian Army's Assam Regiment team wins gold at Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026 in Wales
- Indigenous multi-purpose vessel INS Samarthak, built at Kattupalli (Tamil Nadu), to be commissioned
- Kerala launches India's first Red List of Ecosystems assessment
- Oscar Whitfield named Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
- 15 Oct: International Day of Rural Women, Global Handwashing Day, White Cane Safety Day 2026
13 October 2026 · 18 articles
- CM Vijay meets Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu, seeks more Krishna water for Chennai under Telugu Ganga
- Tamil Nadu Government Environment Awards 2025 – applications invited
- Madurai ornamental fisheries cluster – Union Fisheries Secretary inspects
- World Bank Poverty and Equity Brief (Oct 2026): extreme poverty in India at 2.6%
- Karnataka High Court strikes down SC/ST quota hike that took total reservation to 56%
- Lakshadweep declared a fully literate Union Territory under ULLAS
- International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) opens new headquarters at Lodhi Estate, Delhi
- INDRA 2026: India–Russia naval exercise – INS Sahyadri reaches Vladivostok
- IBSAMAR IX (2026): India–Brazil–South Africa maritime exercise, led by India
- 'Bharat Rice' launched for Army troops
- ICMR's first high-altitude medicine research centre – foundation stone laid at Keylong, Himachal Pradesh
- India hosts the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers' Meeting; 'Delhi Declaration' adopted
- India and UK inaugurate a Genomics Centre of Excellence
- IMF nudges global growth forecast up to 3.1%, warns of rising debt and AI investment risks
- International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2026 (13 October)
- World Standards Day 2026 (14 October)
- PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completes 5 years (13 Oct)
- Right to Information Act completes 21 years (12 Oct)
12 October 2026 · 24 articles
- World's First Nuclear Clocks – Thorium-229 Breakthrough, 2026
- Rupee Slide: RBI Opens Special Dollar Window for Oil Firms, 2026
- Chennai Metro Phase II: Poonamallee–Vadapalani Stretch Opens, 2026
- R.V. Arlekar appointed full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu by the President
- President Droupadi Murmu appoints Governors for six States
- CERVAVAC – India's first indigenous HPV vaccine gets WHO prequalification
- IIT Madras's Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre dedicated to the nation
- INS Mangrol, third Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare craft, commissioned in Mumbai
- Transgender doctor Dr Ruth John Paul completes MD, joins ESI hospital
- Record warmth in the Pacific as El Niño strengthens: WMO
- AI misuse and nuclear war could threaten humanity by 2100, warns Lancet Commission
- INS Trishul reaches Plymouth, UK, for India–UK naval exercise KONKAN-26
- Sunil Bharti Mittal conferred France's Legion of Honour (Chevalier)
- Gujarat's Ambaji temple 'Mohanthal' prasad gets GI tag
- India's first synchronised nationwide Sarus Crane survey (BNHS)
- Forest Rights Act 2006 – second regional review conference, Kolkata
- Draft National Steel Policy – Vision 2047: 604 MT capacity target by 2047
- Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses completes one year (11 Oct 2026)
- PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY) completes a year; top districts named
- 'Project DRISHTI' – AI system to secure freight wagons, launched by Northeast Frontier Railway
- Economics Nobel 2026 – Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford
- Smriti Mandhana named UNICEF India Celebrity Advocate
- International Day of the Girl Child 2026 (11 October)
- Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Day 2026 – 9 October (80th year)
9 October 2026 · 11 articles
- NFDC-NFAI adds three Sivaji Ganesan films to the national collection
- Minister Rajeev opens help desk for the Online Consent Management and Monitoring System
- Minister Ranjith Kumar launches wildlife ambulance in Chennai
- TTD introduces 'Garuda Map' app to guide Tirupati pilgrims
- Jewar airport to be named 'Narendra Modi International Airport': Yogi Adityanath
- Israel to honour Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with its top civilian award
- 'Pandharpur Wari' documentary named India's national winner at Asian Academy Creative Awards 2026
- Wildlife populations fell 73% on average in 52 years – WWF Living Planet Report 2026
- South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon
- National Postal Day 2026 (10 October)
- World Mental Health Day, World Day Against the Death Penalty, World Homeless Day 2026 (10 October)
8 October 2026 · 18 articles
- Tamil Nadu issues two Government Orders on building permits
- Minister Arunraj releases field manual on tuberculosis
- ₹212.58 crore for modernising Tamil Nadu Police
- Asia's largest seawater desalination plant near Mamallapuram
- Ladakh launches India's first high-altitude snow leopard safari
- Centre moves to cut cancer drug prices
- World Space Week: ISRO Propulsion Complex space exhibition in Coimbatore
- PM Modi opens 10th India Mobile Congress at Yashobhoomi
- Keralam Police sets up 'Speak Up' task force against domestic violence
- MNRE event in New Delhi on World Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
- 57th GST Council: no rate change; rates to be reviewed only once a year
- GST officers' arrest power removed; prosecution threshold raised to ₹5 crore
- 53.4% rain deficit: 21 of Andhra Pradesh's 26 districts declared drought-hit
- Weak monsoon: Maharashtra to cut water supply by at least 10% from 16 October
- 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian writer Anne Carson
- Actor Nana Patekar dies at 75
- World Post Day 2026 (9 October)
- World Egg Day 2026 (9 October)
7 October 2026 · 15 articles
- 3,000-year-old rock paintings found near Denkanikottai
- DSP passing-out parade: CM Vijay presents medals
- Wind energy conference in Chennai – 'Windergy India 2026'
- World Bank praises Tamil Nadu's 'Thozhi' working women's hostels
- Union Cabinet resolution on Modi's 25 years as head of government
- Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit named next Chief of the Air Staff
- Indian Navy receives indigenous military-grade ROVs
- World Bank ranks India among top 10 in AI readiness
- RBI raises repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%
- Coast Guard's SAREX-2026 search-and-rescue exercise off Paradip
- Mahesh Kakde wins the 2026 Ramanujan Prize
- 2026 Chemistry Nobel to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for 'mirror-image' molecules
- IOC confirms India among seven countries bidding for the 2036 Olympics
- Indian Air Force Day 2026 (8 October)
- World Sight Day 2026 & World Octopus Day 2026 (8 October)
6 October 2026 · 16 articles
- 19th-century inscription discovered in Tenkasi
- India's first offshore wind prototype planned off Thoothukudi
- High-level advisory panel to cut Tamil Nadu government spending
- Guidelines for declaring brain death: Centre's directive
- Surya, the first indigenous Fleet Support Ship
- DRDO's High-Altitude Platform flies successfully
- IIT Ropar launches the AVNI app for learning about farming
- Indian parliamentary delegation at the 153rd IPU Assembly in Tanzania
- NSO's first National Household Travel Survey
- Cabinet approves the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA)
- Naval shipbuilding projects launched at Visakhapatnam
- New milestone: India's nuclear triad at full strength
- eSanjeevani crosses 50 crore teleconsultations
- Physics Nobel 2026 for Belgian-born Francis Halzen
- The New York Times praises Tukaram Mundhe
- World Cotton Day and World Day for Decent Work (7 October)
5 October 2026 · 14 articles
- Pushpavanam Kuppusamy appointed Chairperson of the Iyal Isai Nataka Manram
- Goa international Silambam meet: Gudiyatham students win 24 gold medals
- Loans up to ₹5 crore for women entrepreneurs: Tamil Nadu issues guidelines
- UCIL begins its Diamond Jubilee (60th) year at Jaduguda
- Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026: India and UAE armies train together
- Kuno National Park: female cheetah gives birth to 5 cubs
- PM Awas Yojana – Urban awards for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
- Indian Telecom Services Yearly Performance Indicators 2025-26
- Three High Court Chief Justices appointed Supreme Court judges
- India wins 4 gold and 1 silver at the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Premier League opens its first Premier League Park in Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh renames Bhadohi as Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 for optogenetics
- World Cerebral Palsy Day – 6 October
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