October 2026 Current Affairs – Free PDFs (monthly, daily, every news item)
Free current affairs PDFs for October 2026 (Tamil and English): the monthly compilation first, then each day – open a day to see its notes, MCQs and every news item as a separate PDF.
Current affairs PDF – October 2026
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30 October 2026 – Current Affairs 25 PDF
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1. Chidambaram Nataraja temple: Madras High Court sets up retired judges-led committee to oversee administration
2. ₹38,000 crore Thoothukudi shipyard: talks with HD Hyundai – Detailed Project Report within six months
3. Direct recruitment to TN Government posts: upper age limit raised by 5 years – CM Vijay's order; 37 years for Group-I general category
4. CM Vijay to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos, Switzerland (18–22 Jan 2027)
5. TN Cabinet approves incentives for eight industrial projects worth ₹3,767 crore; 4,853 jobs
6. India's green hydrogen offtake contracts cross 5.5 lakh tonnes a year – world's largest, says MNRE
7. Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia named Vice Chief of the Air Staff; takes over on 1 Nov
8. CCS clears 8 Next Generation Corvettes for the Indian Navy at over ₹40,000 crore
9. Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign 4.0 launched – 60-day nationwide drive focused on colleges and universities
10. Sikkim holds its first 'Himalayan Yak Festival' at Gnathang Valley near the India–China border
11. GST on e-commerce delivery services cut from 18% to 5% (without ITC) – 57th GST Council recommendation; notifications effective 1 Nov
12. New pink-flowering shrub species 'Osbeckia assamensis' discovered in Assam's Manas National Park
13. Chhattisgarh's Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape added to UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List
14. UAE confers 'First Class Order of Zayed II' on Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar – awarded by President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed
15. PM inaugurates ₹325-crore Bharat Bovine Breeding and Research Centre at Bhildi, Banaskantha (Gujarat) – Kankrej, Gir and other native breeds
16. Bihar Museum ranked 9th in 'World's 100 Best Museums' list – the only Asian museum in the top 10
17. UNEP recognition: India's Ganges River Dolphin Recovery Programme cited among the UN World Restoration Flagships
18. Google to invest €13 billion (about $15 billion) in AI infrastructure in Finland – its largest single investment in Europe
19. SBI launches 'CyRIS', its cybersecurity Centre of Excellence, in Mumbai
20. WJP Rule of Law Index 2026: India 88th of 143 countries (score 0.48; 86th in 2025); Denmark first, Venezuela last
21. Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon completes his 4th spacewalk at the International Space Station
22. Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar's 119th Jayanti and 64th Guru Puja – 30 Oct, Pasumpon
23. World Thrift Day (World Savings Day) 2026 – 30 Oct in India; 31 Oct worldwide
24. National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) 2026 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 151st birth anniversary, 31 Oct
25. India's extreme poverty falls from 27.1% to 2.6% (2011–2023) – World Bank Poverty and Equity Brief
28 October 2026 – Current Affairs 20 PDF
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1. Railway Recruitment Boards notify 1,265 Station Master posts – CEN 08/2026; applications from 27 Oct
2. Loans to minorities: Tamil Nadu Minorities Economic Development Corporation (TAMCO) wins first prize in the southern zone – awarded by NMDFC
3. POCSO probe: Chennai Police issue 'Look Out Circulars' against five persons – what is an LOC?
4. Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana (PM-VGSY) as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for 2026–27 to 2030–31; ₹7,395.55 crore
5. India–Republic of Korea naval exercise: INS Sahyadri arrives at Busan
6. PM Modi to inaugurate Bharat Renewable Energy Summit & Expo (BRESE) 2026 on 2 November
7. Union Cabinet approves ₹10,000 crore Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme (CMPS)
8. Green hydrogen: a key pillar of India's clean energy transition – progress of the National Green Hydrogen Mission
9. 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum at Samvidhan Sadan, New Delhi (26–27 Oct) – chaired by Speaker Om Birla; 'New Delhi Declaration' adopted
10. ASI begins fresh excavation at Kashipur, Uttarakhand – occupation from Painted Grey Ware times; Xuanzang's 'Govisana'; Mahabharata legend
11. Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil launches 'Punah Bharan' app for groundwater-recharge planning; 'Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari: Catch the Rain' drive
12. Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel 'Srishti' (Yard 1283) launched at Goa Shipyard Ltd on 27 Oct
13. Chennamma Freedom Park at Kittur – ₹40 crore in next Budget, announces Karnataka CM D.K. Shivakumar
14. Earthshot Prize 2026 comes to India for the first time – Awards Night in Mumbai on 17 Nov; Prince William's environment prize
15. Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approves 'PRAGATI' AI & Robotics Park in Greater Noida; targets over 1 lakh jobs
16. India should rethink its stand on GM crops – Nobel laureate Richard Roberts at ESTIC 2026, New Delhi
17. 96% of the world's warm-water coral reef ecosystems Critically Endangered – risk of collapse by 2075: IUCN Red List of Ecosystems
18. World Stroke Day – 29 October: 'Every Minute Counts' – know the signs of stroke, act fast
19. International Day of Care and Support – 29 October: 'Building sustainable care and support systems through decent work'
20. 29 October – International Internet Day (first ARPANET message, 1969) and World Psoriasis Day ('Look Beyond My Skin')
27 October 2026 – Current Affairs 15 PDF
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1. ₹57 crore sanctioned for the free milch cow scheme – 10,000 rural women; G.O. issued
2. WorldSkills 2026 (Shanghai) – CM Vijay gives ₹49 lakh incentives to Tamil Nadu medal winners and participants
3. 'Vetri Tamil Nadu e-Sevai 2.0' to be launched soon – mobile-first, AI-enabled platform
4. Greater flamingos sighted at Veeranam lake – a rare inland sighting of a coastal wetland bird
5. 11th India–Indonesia joint special forces exercise 'Garuda Shakti' begins at Banyuwangi, Indonesia
6. Janjatiya Gaurav Pakhwada 1–15 Nov 2026: nationwide celebration ending with Janjatiya Gaurav Divas on 15 Nov, Birsa Munda's birth anniversary
7. Indian Naval Academy develops a twin-drone maritime rescue system that spots people at sea and drops lifebuoys
8. Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan releases Anil K. Antony's book 'Advantage India: Reshaping the Future for an Equitable World'
9. Defence Acquisition Council clears procurement proposals worth ₹2.12 lakh crore for the three Services
10. Central Motor Vehicles Rules amended: E100 (pure ethanol) added alongside E85 as fuel for flex-fuel vehicles
11. Up to 3 years' jail for abandoning or ill-treating elders: Kerala Assembly unanimously passes Senior Citizens Bill
12. England footballer Bukayo Saka wins the 2026 Sócrates Award for charity work – presented at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London
13. US–Japan joint military exercise 'Keen Sword 27' (19–29 Oct 2026) – seven partner nations also take part
14. Fine magnetic threads above quiet regions of the Sun – NAOJ-led study using balloon telescope 'Sunrise III'
15. Tata Steel introduces hydroseeding at its West Bokaro Division, Jharkhand – over 50 acres of mined land greened
26 October 2026 – Current Affairs 18 PDF
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1. Bay of Bengal deep depression intensifies into Cyclone 'Arnab' (named by Bangladesh; means 'sea') – to cross Andhra coast on 28 Oct
2. Palani Dhandayuthapani temple tops Tamil Nadu's 10 highest-earning temples with ₹233.50 crore (HR&CE list)
3. India will have four functional launch pads by 2029 – ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan
4. Ladakh declared India's first '100% organic' Union Territory; complete ban on chemical fertilisers
5. Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches upgraded NMMS (2.0) app for attendance under the VB-G RAM G job scheme
6. India's rice export value up 13% (Apr–Sep 2026): global demand keeps rising
7. Uttarakhand youth Ravi Tamta's electric 'flying car' HAPIDA SKYNeX – test flight succeeds
8. 'International Year of Millets 2023' drew a very positive global response – PM Modi in the 139th 'Mann Ki Baat'
9. Indian photographer Sitaram Raul wins 'Behaviour: Invertebrates' category at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
10. Kerala approves India's first cooperative-sector airline ('Co-Keralam', headquartered in Kochi)
11. PM Modi inaugurates Arvind Ltd's ₹150-crore garment manufacturing unit in Varanasi
12. Ahmedabad to host the 2029 World Weightlifting Championships – a first for India
13. Major Abhilasha Barak gets the '2025 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award' for her service with UNIFIL, Lebanon
14. Student movement's 'Student List' wins Serbia's snap parliamentary election; Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat
15. Lula wins Brazil's presidency for a fourth time, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro in the runoff
16. Vigilance Awareness Week 2026 (26 Oct – 1 Nov) – theme 'Probity for Prosperity'
17. Infantry Day 2026 (27 Oct) – 80th observance; honours 1 Sikh's 1947 air-landing at Srinagar
18. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2026 (27 Oct) – theme 'Your Window to the World'
25 October 2026 – Current Affairs 28 PDF
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1. Madurai Bench of Madras HC bars registration of documents on lands dedicated to Srirangam temple by an 1887 deed
2. Flood water gushes down Thalaiyar (Rat Tail) Falls, Tamil Nadu's highest waterfall
3. Tenkasi Forest Division adds the Madras hedgehog to its 'Golden Jackal Ambassadors' conservation programme
4. Voters too can file private criminal complaints over a candidate's false election affidavit – Supreme Court
5. PM Modi to open RBI's Tier IV Data Centre and Enterprise Computing & Cybersecurity Training Institute at Bhubaneswar
6. Jitendra Singh opens 'AATAL' air-pollution analysis laboratory for Delhi-NCR at IITM's Delhi branch
7. 19th Urban Mobility India Conference and 2nd National Urban Conclave in Bhubaneswar – Bhubaneswar wins 'Best Green Transport Initiative' city award
8. Agriculture Ministry notifies 16 new indigenous livestock and dog breeds, including Tamil Nadu's Kombai dog
9. Odisha announces India's first dedicated Agri-PV (agrivoltaics) policy – 'One Field, Two Harvests'
10. Sidhi district gets rail link for the first time since Independence – Rewa–Churhat (65 km) and Satna–Devendranagar (53 km) sections opened
11. With 305 talukas declared drought-hit, Maharashtra launches 'Mission Murghas' to tackle fodder shortage
12. MoRTH draft makes Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS) mandatory in all new car models from Oct 2030
13. Singer Usha Mangeshkar named first recipient of Assam's 'Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika National Award'
14. Uttar Pradesh ranked first in implementing Mission Karmayogi; Rajasthan 2nd, Jammu & Kashmir 3rd
15. France to host the 8th AgriVoltaics World Conference in 2027
16. World's largest battery-electric ship 'China Zorrilla' begins Argentina–Uruguay passenger service
17. Bharat Biotech, Gavi and UNICEF agree to cut price of 'Mosqivac' (RTS,S/AS01) malaria vaccine by about 40%
18. Lionel Messi receives 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports – presented by Princess Leonor in Oviedo
19. Trichy-origin English girl Bodhana Sivanandan becomes youngest female International Master in chess history
20. India wins record 114 medals (30 gold) at 2026 Asian Para Games – 4th in medal table
21. Pankaj Advani wins his 29th world title – the WBL World Billiards Championship in England
22. Kerala plans statewide child vulnerability mapping
23. US Department of Energy adds helium to its Critical Material List
24. International Criminal Court and its officials win the European Parliament's 2026 Sakharov Prize
25. Eminent painter and former Rajya Sabha member Jogen Chowdhury (87) passes away in Kolkata
26. Physicist Ashoke Sen becomes the first Indian physicist to receive the Oskar Klein Medal (2026)
27. International Artist's Day – 25 October (birth anniversary of Pablo Picasso)
28. International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (18–24 Oct 2026) – theme 'From Detection to Prevention'
23 October 2026 – Current Affairs 22 PDF
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1. CM Vijay launches 'Thuli' – a State-wide rainwater harvesting awareness campaign
2. CII Special Awards for FPOs 2026: Isha-guided FPOs win national awards for the 4th year in a row
3. NAAS showcases Indian agri-research at World Food Prize Foundation's Borlaug Dialogue 2026; Indian student wins GYI award
4. C-DOT sets up its 6th Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU), Varanasi for next-gen telecom technologies
5. Oil India discovers natural gas in a Krishna–Godavari Basin shallow-offshore block
6. Indian Army receives 'Nagastra-2' anti-tank loitering munitions – made by Nagpur's Solar Defence & Aerospace
7. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh releases the new 'Land Warfare Doctrine' at the Army Commanders' Conference
8. MHA and Army launch first-of-its-kind pilot training for Civil Defence master trainers – 12 States/UTs incl. Tamil Nadu
9. Sovereign Gold Bond 2018–19 Series-II completes its 8-year term on 23 Oct – redemption price ₹14,425 per gram
10. Asian Para Games: Kancheepuram's Thulasimathi Murugesan wins doubles gold, ends with 3 medals in a day (1 gold, 2 silver)
11. Om Prakash Mathur sworn in as the 29th Governor of Keralam – oath by Kerala High Court Chief Justice Soumen Sen
12. September 2026: 330 drug samples Not of Standard Quality, one spurious – CDSCO monthly drug alert
13. Kochi architecture student wins the 28th Charles Correa Gold Medal – presented in Mumbai on 22 Oct
14. Greek Parliament passes law banning social media for children under 15 – in force from 1 January 2027
15. Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2026 – 24 to 31 October; theme: 'We All Play a Part – MIL for the People'
16. Chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot is gone – UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2026 warns
17. Disarmament Week: 24 to 30 October
18. United Nations Day 2026 – 24 October; 81 years since the UN Charter came into force
19. World Development Information Day – 24 October 2026
20. World Polio Day – 24 October 2026
21. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Raising Day – 24 October 2026
22. Marudhu Brothers' Memorial Day – 24 October (day of their hanging at Tiruppathur, 1801)
22 October 2026 – Current Affairs 15 PDF
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1. Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 to focus on Thirukkural – 28 Nov to 12 Dec 2026
2. Tuticorin International Container Terminal (TICT) at VOC Port, 100% electrified, declared a 'Green Terminal'
3. NE monsoon: Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger and Crow butterflies migrate from Eastern to Western Ghats
4. Home Minister Amit Shah launches 43 Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth ₹8,941 crore in Delhi
5. IIT Madras launches 'UDYOG' finishing school for biotechnology students
6. Jaipur in National Geographic's 'Best of the World 2027' list; the city turns 300 in 2027
7. President Murmu releases ₹200 commemorative coin in Raipur on the 200th birth anniversary of Sindhi spiritual leader Mata Hasi Devi Ji
8. 33rd Singapore–India Maritime Bilateral Exercise 'SIMBEX-2026' begins at Visakhapatnam (21–26 Oct)
9. ISRO to launch NVS-03, the 12th NavIC satellite, on GSLV Mk II from Sriharikota on 30 Oct
10. France confirms the world's first human case of Shamonda virus – patient in Lyon died
11. Inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 begins in Ahmedabad on 23 October (till 31 October)
12. Nationwide 'Khet Bachao Abhiyan – Rabi 2026' (Save the Fields campaign) launched today from Karnal, Haryana
13. Powerful El Niño could trigger major economic shocks worldwide – UN (WMO, OCHA) warns
14. India and Poland agree to deepen defence, space and nuclear energy cooperation – Polish PM Donald Tusk visits India
15. International Snow Leopard Day 2026 – 23 October
21 October 2026 – Current Affairs 22 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
19 October 2026 – Current Affairs 18 PDF
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1. ASI launches conservation works on the upper rampart (wall) of the Brihadeeswarar (Big) Temple, Thanjavur
2. Maiden export of 1.755 tonnes of organic palmyra jaggery powder from Erode district to Varna, Bulgaria
3. WINDS project to install automatic rain gauges and weather stations in States runs over a year late due to land shortage
4. Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025 conferred on 106 young performing artists
5. CARA issues nationwide directions to strengthen adoption procedures, safeguard records and protect children's identity
6. 61st meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) in New Delhi, 26–28 Oct 2026 – India hosts it for the first time
7. Dr Dhal Singh Bisen sworn in as the 9th Governor of Uttarakhand at Lok Bhavan, Dehradun (19 Oct 2026)
8. Braj Mohan Ram sworn in as Governor of Odisha at Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar (18 Oct 2026)
9. SBI named 'World's Best Consumer Bank 2026' by Global Finance – second year in a row
10. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launches the National Strategic Trade Command Centre (NSTCC) in New Delhi
11. Government reconstitutes the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) – S.C.L. Das named part-time Chairperson
12. Madhya Pradesh tops the country in crop-residue burning, overtaking Punjab (15 Sept–15 Oct 2026)
13. Chinese state media show, for the first time, a YJ-21 anti-ship ballistic missile launched from a PLA H-6K bomber
14. Asian Para Games: women's 10m air rifle SH1 – Mona Agarwal wins gold with a Games record, Avani Lekhara takes silver
15. Japan readies its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Mars' moon Phobos for launch on an H3 rocket
16. Asian Para Games: Kancheepuram's Thulasimathi (with Manasi Joshi) assures India's first medal by reaching the doubles semi-finals
17. Jantar Mantar protest violence probe: SC-appointed HPEC headed by former SC judge Justice R. Subhash Reddy
18. 'Akhand Prahar-II': Indian Army's integrated combat exercise in the Jaisalmer desert, Rajasthan (Konark Corps)
18 October 2026 – Current Affairs 21 PDF
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1. India's first field study of dengue vaccine (Qdenga) and mosquito repellents begins at Kadayanallur: Minister Arunraj
2. 'Thenisai Thendral' composer Deva (75) passes away – laid to rest with State honours and 72-gun salute in Ranipet district
3. PM-AJAY: 18,093 Scheduled Caste-majority villages declared 'Adarsh Grams' (model villages)
4. Zero sugar diversion to ethanol in ESY 2026–27 – cane juice, sugar syrup, B-heavy molasses excluded: Centre
5. US firm Reflect Orbital, which plans to 'sell sunlight at night', books two launches with India's Skyroot Aerospace
6. North Korea successfully tests a new high-speed torpedo that uses AI to detect and precisely hit targets
7. India's space economy is about $9 billion now and may reach $40–45 billion in 7–8 years – Minister Jitendra Singh (17 Oct)
8. Trade margins on anti-cancer drugs capped at 30% – prices may fall by up to 70%
9. Nutrient-rich purple potato 'Kufri Jamunia' – anthocyanin-rich variety developed by ICAR-CPRI
10. 18 October – World Menopause Day; 2026 theme: 'Chronic Pain at Midlife'
11. TB Mukt Panchayat – 46,118 gram panchayats certified TB-free nationwide; 2,390 in Tamil Nadu
12. 5th Asian Para Games open in Aichi–Nagoya, Japan on 18 Oct (18–24 Oct)
13. Misleading food claims: FSSAI issues notices to Nestle India and Hindustan Unilever
14. Converts to Islam cannot claim BC (Muslim) 3.5% quota on the basis of former caste – Supreme Court
15. Internet access a fundamental right for everyone, including children (Art. 21 with 19(1)(a)) – Supreme Court
16. FSSAI draft rule bans adding sucrose and fructose to products for infants up to 6 months
17. FSSAI proposes new maximum residue limits for acetamiprid and imidacloprid pesticides in tea
18. PMAY-Urban 2.0: Centre approves over 1.93 lakh more houses
19. Maharashtra's first 'Annapurti Grain ATM' opens at Nashik Road – beneficiaries get ration at their convenience
20. Bengaluru-born Ramya Anche to lead NASA's $20 million 'PUFFINS' ultraviolet space telescope mission
21. 13-year-old Raji Doshi wins 2026 3M Young Scientist Challenge for a solution to ocean acidification
16 October 2026 – Current Affairs 22 PDF
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1. CM Vijay opens 'Periyar Arivulagam' library and science centre in Coimbatore
2. Neyveli and Tiruchi badlands are Mars-analogue sites – University of Kerala scientists
3. Cotton Revival Mission in Tamil Nadu – ₹26.21 crore sanctioned for 2026–27; Minister R. Vinoth urges farmers to benefit
4. Chandigarh's Sukhna wetland and UP's Sauj Jheel (Mainpuri) take India's Ramsar sites from 101 to 103; Tamil Nadu (20) tops
5. MoD signs ₹4,106-crore contracts – 'Varunastra' anti-submarine torpedoes for Navy, GSAT-7C satellite for IAF
6. Dr Sudha Yadav sworn in as Governor of Karnataka – the State's second woman Governor
7. Clean hydrogen: India ranks 3rd in the world in cumulative contracted volumes – BNEF 'India Transition Factbook 2026'
8. HAL-built ALH MK-III helicopter (CG 875) inducted into 831 Squadron at Coast Guard Air Station Ratnagiri
9. Gujarat expands 'Shramik Annapurna' meal scheme – 101 new centres in 28 districts; full meal for ₹5
10. Ladakh notifies Sankoo as its eighth district – carved out of Kargil district
11. New terminal at Leh's Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport – India's first with geothermal heating; opened by PM
12. Global Hunger Index 2026 – India 100th of 122 countries; 'Serious' category
13. Global Innovation Index 2026 – India 38th of 139 economies; first among lower-middle-income economies
14. Global Peace Index 2026 – India 127th of 163 countries; Iceland most peaceful, Russia least
15. World Happiness Report 2026 – India 116th of 147; Finland tops for the 9th year in a row
16. UNDP Human Development Report 2025 – India 130th of 193; HDI value 0.685
17. Henley Passport Index (Oct 2026) – India 84th; visa-free access to 55 destinations
18. FAO's SOFO 2026 – India first in area under active forest restoration (9.8 Mha); China second (7.9 Mha)
19. SEWA Director Reema Nanavaty receives the 2026 Hillary Rodham Clinton Award
20. J&K and Ladakh High Court bans fuel-powered motorboats and jet skis on Dal Lake to curb pollution
21. Centre approves India's accession to the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) as a full Contracting Party
22. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17 October 2026
15 October 2026 – Current Affairs 13 PDF
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1. CM Vijay releases Tamil Nadu Semiconductor Ecosystem Scheme – State incentives on top of 'Semicon India 2.0'
2. Centre renames three pension schemes that carried Indira Gandhi's name
3. Himachal Pradesh's first battery-integrated solar project opened in Spiti valley
4. Proposed bauxite mine in Odisha's Balda hills threatens the rare Jeypore ground gecko
5. Gujarat's Barda Wildlife Sanctuary emerging as a second home for Asiatic lions
6. DRDO successfully tests Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) platform on a live network at Chandipur, Odisha
7. Jindal Steel Limited wins worldsteel's 2026 Steelie Award for 'Excellence in People'
8. India's largest integrated phenol–acetone plant opens at Haldia
9. IMF, World Bank and Bank of Thailand release the 'Bangkok Blueprint for Fraud-Resilient Financial Services'
10. Oman overtakes US as India's top LNG supplier in September 2026; Nigeria 2nd, US 3rd
11. U23 World Wrestling Championships, Las Vegas: Vishvajit More wins historic Greco-Roman silver
12. World Food Day 2026 (16 October) – 'Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow.'
13. World Anaesthesia Day and World Spine Day 2026 (16 October)
14 October 2026 – Current Affairs 16 PDF
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1. CM Vijay lays foundation for ₹3,108 crore water ring-main pipeline in Chennai
2. 'Palli Paarvai 3.0' app introduced for school monitoring
3. Pallikaranai marsh: interim 'Zone of Influence' cut from 8,397 acres to 316.76 acres
4. Four Tamil Nadu Agricultural University professors in the world's top 2% scientists list
5. Swapped Murugan idol of 1,000-year-old Thogaimalai temple recovered and reinstalled
6. NSAP extended to 2030–31, renamed 'PM Samajik Sahayata Yojana'
7. Coast Guard ship ICGS Ajit commissioned; to be based at Okha, Gujarat
8. Soybean varieties NRC 268 and NRC 270 yield about 20 quintals/ha despite bad weather
9. 21st Maritime States Development Council (MSDC) meets in Mumbai
10. IMF raises India's 2026–27 growth forecast to 7%
11. Dr Abdul Kalam's birthday (15 Oct) – Tamil Nadu's 'Youth Awakening Day' since 2015; 'World Students' Day' 2026
12. Indian Army's Assam Regiment team wins gold at Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026 in Wales
13. Indigenous multi-purpose vessel INS Samarthak, built at Kattupalli (Tamil Nadu), to be commissioned
14. Kerala launches India's first Red List of Ecosystems assessment
15. Oscar Whitfield named Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026
16. 15 Oct: International Day of Rural Women, Global Handwashing Day, White Cane Safety Day 2026
13 October 2026 – Current Affairs 18 PDF
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1. CM Vijay meets Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu, seeks more Krishna water for Chennai under Telugu Ganga
2. Tamil Nadu Government Environment Awards 2025 – applications invited
3. Madurai ornamental fisheries cluster – Union Fisheries Secretary inspects
4. World Bank Poverty and Equity Brief (Oct 2026): extreme poverty in India at 2.6%
5. Karnataka High Court strikes down SC/ST quota hike that took total reservation to 56%
6. Lakshadweep declared a fully literate Union Territory under ULLAS
7. International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) opens new headquarters at Lodhi Estate, Delhi
8. INDRA 2026: India–Russia naval exercise – INS Sahyadri reaches Vladivostok
9. IBSAMAR IX (2026): India–Brazil–South Africa maritime exercise, led by India
10. 'Bharat Rice' launched for Army troops
11. ICMR's first high-altitude medicine research centre – foundation stone laid at Keylong, Himachal Pradesh
12. India hosts the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers' Meeting; 'Delhi Declaration' adopted
13. India and UK inaugurate a Genomics Centre of Excellence
14. IMF nudges global growth forecast up to 3.1%, warns of rising debt and AI investment risks
15. International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2026 (13 October)
16. World Standards Day 2026 (14 October)
17. PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completes 5 years (13 Oct)
18. Right to Information Act completes 21 years (12 Oct)
12 October 2026 – Current Affairs 21 PDF
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1. R.V. Arlekar appointed full-time Governor of Tamil Nadu by the President
2. President Droupadi Murmu appoints Governors for six States
3. CERVAVAC – India's first indigenous HPV vaccine gets WHO prequalification
4. IIT Madras's Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre dedicated to the nation
5. INS Mangrol, third Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare craft, commissioned in Mumbai
6. Transgender doctor Dr Ruth John Paul completes MD, joins ESI hospital
7. Record warmth in the Pacific as El Niño strengthens: WMO
8. AI misuse and nuclear war could threaten humanity by 2100, warns Lancet Commission
9. INS Trishul reaches Plymouth, UK, for India–UK naval exercise KONKAN-26
10. Sunil Bharti Mittal conferred France's Legion of Honour (Chevalier)
11. Gujarat's Ambaji temple 'Mohanthal' prasad gets GI tag
12. India's first synchronised nationwide Sarus Crane survey (BNHS)
13. Forest Rights Act 2006 – second regional review conference, Kolkata
14. Draft National Steel Policy – Vision 2047: 604 MT capacity target by 2047
15. Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses completes one year (11 Oct 2026)
16. PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY) completes a year; top districts named
18. 'Project DRISHTI' – AI system to secure freight wagons, launched by Northeast Frontier Railway
19. Economics Nobel 2026 – Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford
20. Smriti Mandhana named UNICEF India Celebrity Advocate
21. International Day of the Girl Child 2026 (11 October)
22. Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Day 2026 – 9 October (80th year)
9 October 2026 – Current Affairs 11 PDF
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1. NFDC-NFAI adds three Sivaji Ganesan films to the national collection
2. Minister Rajeev opens help desk for the Online Consent Management and Monitoring System
3. Minister Ranjith Kumar launches wildlife ambulance in Chennai
5. TTD introduces 'Garuda Map' app to guide Tirupati pilgrims
6. Jewar airport to be named 'Narendra Modi International Airport': Yogi Adityanath
7. Israel to honour Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with its top civilian award
8. 'Pandharpur Wari' documentary named India's national winner at Asian Academy Creative Awards 2026
9. Wildlife populations fell 73% on average in 52 years – WWF Living Planet Report 2026
10. South Korea test-flies its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon
11. National Postal Day 2026 (10 October)
12. World Mental Health Day, World Day Against the Death Penalty, World Homeless Day 2026 (10 October)
8 October 2026 – Current Affairs 18 PDF
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1. Tamil Nadu issues two Government Orders on building permits
2. Minister Arunraj releases field manual on tuberculosis
3. ₹212.58 crore for modernising Tamil Nadu Police
4. Asia's largest seawater desalination plant near Mamallapuram
5. Ladakh launches India's first high-altitude snow leopard safari
6. Centre moves to cut cancer drug prices
7. World Space Week: ISRO Propulsion Complex space exhibition in Coimbatore
8. PM Modi opens 10th India Mobile Congress at Yashobhoomi
9. Keralam Police sets up 'Speak Up' task force against domestic violence
10. MNRE event in New Delhi on World Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
11. 57th GST Council: no rate change; rates to be reviewed only once a year
12. GST officers' arrest power removed; prosecution threshold raised to ₹5 crore
13. 53.4% rain deficit: 21 of Andhra Pradesh's 26 districts declared drought-hit
14. Weak monsoon: Maharashtra to cut water supply by at least 10% from 16 October
15. 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian writer Anne Carson
16. Actor Nana Patekar dies at 75
17. World Post Day 2026 (9 October)
18. World Egg Day 2026 (9 October)
7 October 2026 – Current Affairs 15 PDF
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1. 3,000-year-old rock paintings found near Denkanikottai
2. DSP passing-out parade: CM Vijay presents medals
3. Wind energy conference in Chennai – 'Windergy India 2026'
4. World Bank praises Tamil Nadu's 'Thozhi' working women's hostels
5. Union Cabinet resolution on Modi's 25 years as head of government
6. Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit named next Chief of the Air Staff
7. Indian Navy receives indigenous military-grade ROVs
8. World Bank ranks India among top 10 in AI readiness
9. RBI raises repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%
10. Coast Guard's SAREX-2026 search-and-rescue exercise off Paradip
11. Mahesh Kakde wins the 2026 Ramanujan Prize
12. 2026 Chemistry Nobel to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for 'mirror-image' molecules
13. IOC confirms India among seven countries bidding for the 2036 Olympics
14. Indian Air Force Day 2026 (8 October)
15. World Sight Day 2026 & World Octopus Day 2026 (8 October)
6 October 2026 – Current Affairs 16 PDF
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1. 19th-century inscription discovered in Tenkasi
2. India's first offshore wind prototype planned off Thoothukudi
3. High-level advisory panel to cut Tamil Nadu government spending
4. Guidelines for declaring brain death: Centre's directive
5. Surya, the first indigenous Fleet Support Ship
6. DRDO's High-Altitude Platform flies successfully
7. IIT Ropar launches the AVNI app for learning about farming
8. Indian parliamentary delegation at the 153rd IPU Assembly in Tanzania
9. NSO's first National Household Travel Survey
10. Cabinet approves the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA)
11. Naval shipbuilding projects launched at Visakhapatnam
12. New milestone: India's nuclear triad at full strength
13. eSanjeevani crosses 50 crore teleconsultations
14. Physics Nobel 2026 for Belgian-born Francis Halzen
15. The New York Times praises Tukaram Mundhe
16. World Cotton Day and World Day for Decent Work (7 October)
5 October 2026 – Current Affairs 14 PDF
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1. Pushpavanam Kuppusamy appointed Chairperson of the Iyal Isai Nataka Manram
2. Goa international Silambam meet: Gudiyatham students win 24 gold medals
3. Loans up to ₹5 crore for women entrepreneurs: Tamil Nadu issues guidelines
4. UCIL begins its Diamond Jubilee (60th) year at Jaduguda
5. Exercise Mountain Guardian 2026: India and UAE armies train together
6. Kuno National Park: female cheetah gives birth to 5 cubs
7. PM Awas Yojana – Urban awards for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
8. Indian Telecom Services Yearly Performance Indicators 2025-26
9. Three High Court Chief Justices appointed Supreme Court judges
10. India wins 4 gold and 1 silver at the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics
11. Premier League opens its first Premier League Park in Delhi
12. Uttar Pradesh renames Bhadohi as Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi
13. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 for optogenetics
14. World Cerebral Palsy Day – 6 October
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Mains Analysis: Digital arrest scams – can making banks pay stop a crime that runs on fear?31 October 2026 · Internal Security
Mains Analysis: Social Security Board for gig and unorganised workers – will a new board deliver real protection?31 October 2026 · Social Justice
Mains Analysis: DPDP Act vs RTI – can privacy law shut the window on public accountability?30 October 2026 · Governance
Mains Analysis: The Supreme Court and the SIR – can India clean its electoral rolls without shutting out genuine voters?30 October 2026 · Polity
Mains Analysis: Cyclone Arnab – From Relief to Zero-Casualty Cyclone Management29 October 2026 · Disaster Management
Mains Analysis: Kerala's senior citizens law – can India turn elder care from a family duty into a right?29 October 2026 · Social Justice
Mains Analysis: Rajasthan's Poisoned Rivers – Industrial Pollution and the Limits of State Capacity28 October 2026 · Environment
Mains Analysis: Operation Trident – India catches the couriers; can it reach the kingpins and their money?28 October 2026 · Internal Security
Mains Analysis: The Loss and Damage Fund – Climate Justice Needs Speed, Not Just Money27 October 2026 · Environment
Mains Analysis: NMC withdraws MSMER-2023 – simplification or a softer watch on medical colleges?27 October 2026 · Health
Mains Analysis: India–Poland ties after the Tusk visit – building a partnership when other nations pull apart26 October 2026 · International Relations
Mains Analysis: The northeast monsoon in an El Niño year – why the south must plan for extremes, not averages26 October 2026 · Environment
Mains Analysis: No added sugar before six months – what FSSAI's 2026 draft on infant foods means25 October 2026 · Health, Food Safety
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