22 important current affairs of 21 October 2026 for UPSC, TNPSC, Bank and SSC exams – full explanation for every item and the day's free quiz below.
தமிழில் படிக்க →Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) Prevention Day is observed on 21 Oct 2026. It stresses adequate dietary iodine and the daily use of iodised salt. In India, the…
Police Commemoration Day, honouring police personnel who died on duty, is observed across India on 21 Oct 2026. Union Home Minister Amit Shah leads the ceremony at the…
World Osteoporosis Day was observed on 20 Oct 2026. The 2026 campaign theme of the organiser, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF, Nyon, Switzerland), is…
According to the official Beijing Daily (18 Oct 2026), by 2035 more than one-third (over 33%) of Beijing's population will be aged 60 or above, making the city a…
The 5th edition of the India–Australia joint military exercise 'AUSTRAHIND 2026' began on 19 Oct 2026 at the Foreign Training Node, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and runs…
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the upgraded 'Agri Welfare Portal' in New Delhi on 19 Oct 2026. It is a 'single-window…
Ladakh LG Vinai Kumar Saxena announced on 20 Oct 2026 that Ladakh's first Government Medical College, at Leh, will be operational from the 2027–28 academic year. The…
In the Karka village area of Chhattisgarh's Udanti–Sitanadi Tiger Reserve (USTR), the Forest Department is launching 'tree surgery' to save over 500 trees damaged by…
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' 'Zytorvi' (toripalimab) as first-line treatment, with the chemotherapy drugs…
The Coal Controller's Organisation (CCO) under the Ministry of Coal received the SKOCH Gold Award 2026 on 26 Sept 2026 for its 'SUVIKALP – Mine Repurposing Tool'…
The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force on 20 Oct 2026. Talks began in March 2025 and concluded in December 2025; Commerce Minister Piyush…
'Swavlamban' (self-reliance), the Indian Navy's flagship innovation and indigenisation seminar, holds its 5th edition on 26–27 Oct 2026 at the Manekshaw Centre, New…
The regional connectivity scheme 'Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik' (UDAN – let the common citizen of the country fly), launched on 21 Oct 2016, completed 10 years on 21 Oct 2026.…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant inaugurated the Ladakh Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at the High Court complex, Melongthang, Leh, on 18 Oct…
A draft framework for Ladakh's governance prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was given to the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) at a…
A juvenile European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), a migratory bird, was seen on 11 Oct 2026 at the 'Broken Bridge' near the Adyar estuary, Chennai – the species' first…
A nationwide campaign by the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Union Finance Ministry, to saturate financial inclusion schemes runs from 21 Oct 2026 to 31 Dec…
Vummidi Ethiraj, one of the craftsmen of the Sengol and patriarch of the family that owns Chennai's 125-year-old Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers, died in Chennai on Wednesday,…
On 19 Oct 2026 (Monday), Delhi CM Rekha Gupta inaugurated a biogas plant at Goyla Dairy in the Najafgarh area of south-west Delhi. Built by the Municipal Corporation of…
In the 'Quality of Care Perception Index' of the 'Ipsos Health Service Report 2026', released on 16 Oct 2026 by the Paris-based market-research firm Ipsos, India ranked…
WWF-India's EIACP (Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme) Programme Centre–Resource Partner, supported by the Union Ministry…
After the Northeast monsoon set in around mid-October, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Chennai issued an 'orange alert' (heavy to very heavy rain) for four…
