21 October 2026 Current Affairs – Free PDF
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1. How are rain warnings issued? – IMD rainfall categories and colour-coded warnings explained
2. Nationwide 'Green Diwali' campaign, 20 Oct – 8 Nov – launched by WWF-India's EIACP centre; appeal to avoid firecrackers
3. Ipsos Quality of Care Perception Index 2026 – India 3rd among 32 countries (joint with Singapore); Malaysia tops
4. Delhi CM Rekha Gupta opens 200-tonne-per-day cow-dung biogas plant at Goyla Dairy (19 Oct)
5. Vummidi Ethiraj (99), who crafted the Sengol given to Nehru in 1947 and installed in the new Parliament in 2023, passes away
6. Nationwide financial inclusion saturation campaign from 21 Oct to 31 Dec – 2.70 lakh gram panchayats and urban local bodies
7. European bee-eater recorded in Chennai for the first time – near the Adyar estuary
8. Centre's draft for Ladakh: a directly elected body, with the Lieutenant Governor keeping the final say on laws
9. 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
10. UDAN regional air connectivity scheme completes 10 years (launched 21 Oct 2016)
11. Indian Navy to host 'Swavlamban 2026' (5th edition) seminar in New Delhi on 26–27 Oct
12. India–New Zealand FTA in force from 20 Oct 2026; 100% duty-free access for Indian goods on all 8,284 tariff lines
13. Coal Controller's Organisation (CCO) wins SKOCH Gold Award 2026 for 'SUVIKALP' mine-repurposing tool (26 Sept)
14. DCGI approves cancer drug toripalimab (Zytorvi) – second use, for oesophageal cancer
15. 'Tree surgery' to save over 500 girdled trees in Chhattisgarh's Udanti–Sitanadi Tiger Reserve
16. Ladakh's first Government Medical College (Leh) to become operational in the 2027–28 academic year
17. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches the upgraded Agri Welfare Portal
18. 5th edition of India–Australia joint military exercise 'AUSTRAHIND 2026' begins in Thiruvananthapuram
19. Beijing may become a 'super-aged society' by 2035 – one in three residents aged 60 or above
20. World Osteoporosis Day 2026 – 20 Oct; theme: 'Build, Protect and Strengthen Your Bones for Life'
21. Police Commemoration Day 2026 – 21 Oct; Amit Shah leads homage at the National Police Memorial, Delhi
22. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day 2026 – 21 Oct; importance of iodised salt
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