Current Affairs October 2026
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Polity & Governance 18
- Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas 2026-27: special Gram Sabhas on 2 October
- UPSC centenary: PM Modi addresses celebration at Bharat Mandapam
- AFSPA extended by six months in Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal
- Special Campaign 6.0 runs from 2 to 31 October 2026, nodal body DARPG
- Ladakh: 28 geographic features marked on Survey of India maps
- SC/ST atrocities: 217 special fast-track courts set up in 15 States/UTs
- PM-SETU completes one year: 850 ITIs identified for upgradation
- Classical languages: Education Ministry approves 5 Centres of Excellence
- 153rd IPU Assembly in Arusha: Harivansh to lead Indian delegation
- ICSI 58th Foundation Day: VP launches MSME Compliance Calendar 2027
- Bullet train: 480 m Sabarmati river bridge completed in Ahmedabad
- Bypolls: five Assembly seats and Nagaon Lok Sabha seat vote on 6 October
- Standing Committees reconstituted: Tharoor heads External Affairs panel
- 17th Pension Adalat for super-senior and family pensioners on 5 October
- Supreme Court: three High Court Chief Justices appointed as judges
- 17th Pension Adalat resolves 756 of 897 pension grievances
- CAQM mandates PTZ cameras at NCR industrial units
- National Postal Week 2026: 9-15 October; World Post Day theme
Economy 31
- GST collections September 2026: Rs 2,03,521 crore, up 14.7%
- HSBC India Manufacturing PMI hits 55.1 in September 2026
- Index of Services Production July 2026: 17 of 19 sub-sectors grow
- UPI September 2026: 24.07 billion transactions worth ₹29.37 lakh crore
- Paddy procurement begins in Punjab with 180 LMT target; Haryana too
- Forex reserves fall by $18.3 billion to $747.5 billion: RBI data
- SEBI Project Jagrook: brokers to show investor awareness messages
- Monthly Economic Review: India must be competition-friendly, says FinMin
- J&K’s first mineral block auction: two limestone blocks in Anantnag
- G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting Milwaukee: Goyal backs WTO rules, meets Greer
- G7 to release up to 100 million barrels of oil from reserves
- RELIEF export scheme: Commerce Department extends Component II timelines
- Kautilya Economic Conclave 2026: VP Radhakrishnan opens 5th edition
- PMEGP: 8.12 lakh micro entrepreneurs assisted since FY 2014-15
- Makhana export: APEDA ships Purnea makhana from Bihar to Greece
- Swiss President Guy Parmelin on 3-day state visit to India from 5 October
- SEBI reviewing derivatives settlement price and position limits
- FPI outflow: ₹35,861 crore pulled from Indian equities in September
- OPEC+ keeps November 2026 oil output at September levels
- India-Canada CEPA: fifth round of talks in Ottawa from 5 October
- Dibrugarh to Bangladesh: first international cargo voyage via NW-2
- RBI MPC begins three-day meet; repo rate decision due on 7 October
- Coal India H1 FY27 offtake rises 7.6% to 384.2 million tonnes
- National Household Travel Survey: walking leads student commute
- India-Switzerland Migration and Mobility Partnership signed
- SME Growth Fund: Cabinet clears ₹10,000 crore commitment
- ITLA: Cabinet clears Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority
- NBFC credit growth rises to 15.8% in August 2026: RBI data
- Services PMI: HSBC India index rises to 55.2 in September 2026
- World Bank lifts India FY27 GDP growth forecast to 7.1%
- Auto retail sales hit record 25.37 lakh units in September 2026: FADA
Banking & Finance 9
- RBI simplifies approval for MFs, insurers to raise stakes in banks
- Anup Bagchi to head HDFC Bank, Anup Kumar Saha to lead Kotak Bank
- NPS Tatkal: PFRDA launches UPI-based instant NPS account opening
- RBI appoints Sudhakar Malli as Executive Director
- NABKISAN WASH Social Bond: India’s first, ₹180 crore listed on NSE
- RBI Citizen’s Charter: 99.9% of applications cleared on time in Sept
- RBI extends Section 35A curbs on five co-operative banks by 3 months
- SEBI ‘Samajh Se Investing Simple’ campaign launched in Chandigarh
- Financial inclusion saturation drive from 21 October: DFS review
Government Schemes 12
- BharatNet Maharashtra: ₹10,520 crore amended agreement signed
- International Day of Older Persons 2026: ‘The Age of Longevity’ theme
- FASTag exemption for Divyangjan: validity now 3 to 5 years, not annual
- VB-G RAM G: rural work demand up 34% to 15.64 million households
- Jal Arpan: 1,850+ gram panchayats take over water schemes under JJM 2.0
- PMAY-G 2.0: 3 lakh houses for Andhra Pradesh, first 3D-printed homes
- Cotton Corporation of India reforms at Reform Utsav 2026, Hyderabad
- National Supercomputing Mission: 40 supercomputers, 68 PF capacity
- PMGSY-IV review: 62,000 km target, 20,000 km already approved
- Sanchar Saathi Portal Crosses 30 Crore Visits Since May 2023 Launch
- Khet Bachao Abhiyan: nationwide soil health drive from 22 October
- VB-G RAM G: 375 permissible works notified, 41% more than before
Agriculture & Rural Development 2
Environment & Ecology 6
- IMD: Monsoon 2026 ends at 87% of LPA; below-normal October rain likely
- Buxa Tiger Reserve gets tigress T138 from Valmiki under tiger project
- Great Indian Bustard: first captive-bred release begins at Desert NP
- Jawahar Dweep declared India’s first plastic-free oil terminal
- World Animal Day 2026: theme ‘See the World Through Their Eyes’
- Kuno: Indian-born cheetah KJP21 delivers five cubs; count hits 60
Science & Technology 10
- Quantum key distribution: India’s first 5.56 km free-space QKD link
- World Space Week 2026: 4-10 October, theme ‘Rocket Revolution’
- IISER Bhopal ATRI campus: foundation stone laid for 52-acre research park
- TRAI Telecom Yearly Indicators 2025-26: Subscribers at 1,330.58 Million
- TDB backs BigEndian Semiconductors’ AI Vision chip with ₹130 crore
- Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 goes to optogenetics pioneers
- e-Sanjeevani crosses 50 crore teleconsultations
- DRDO High Altitude Platform completes maiden flight trial
- India-Switzerland S&T ties: CHF 45 million, Indo-Swiss Research Framework
- Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen for IceCube neutrinos
International Relations 8
- UNSC presidency: Greece takes the chair for October 2026
- Colombo Security Conclave: India hosts 9th Deputy NSA-level meeting
- Varuna 2026: INS Trishul joins 24th India-France naval exercise
- Nomadic Elephant 2026: India-Mongolia exercise concludes in Pithoragarh
- Latvia election: Kulbergs’ United List wins 42 of 100 Saeima seats
- Jaishankar: India Working for Limited Russia-Ukraine Grain Shipment Deal
- Mountain Guardian 2026: India-UAE Army Exercise Begins in Uttarakhand
- Moscow Format on Afghanistan: India attends 8th round in Moscow
Defence & Security 5
- HQ IDS Silver Jubilee: 25 years of jointness, marked as Tri-Service Day
- Naval Commanders’ Conference 2026 second edition ends in New Delhi
- Fleet Support Ship FSS-1 to be launched at Hindustan Shipyard
- Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit named next Chief of the Air Staff
- BrahMos fire control systems: MoD signs Rs 661.50 crore contract
History, Art & Culture 1
Sports 6
- Asian Games 2026: India beat Pakistan 4-3, enter men’s hockey final
- Asian Games 2026: India women win hockey gold after 44 years
- Asian Games 2026: India wins maiden women’s recurve team archery gold
- Asian Games 2026: Lovlina, Parveen, Ankush, Sujeet win gold; India 5th
- Asian Games 2026: India retain cricket and men’s hockey gold
- Asian Games 2026: India finish 4th with 85 medals in Aichi-Nagoya
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