Current Affairs 4 October 2026

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Top events

1. 4 Oct — Chief Minister Hemant Soren felicitated Jharkhand's Asian Games gold-winning women's hockey players Salima Tete, Nikki Pradhan, Beauty Dungdung and Deepika Soreng at his Ranchi residential office.
2. 4 Oct — The Uttarakhand Cabinet met at Banbasa (Champawat) on 4 October and approved the Chief Minister Higher Education Skill Enhancement Scheme-2026 for about 1.19 lakh students, costing about Rs 200 crore over five years.
3. 4 Oct — Uttarakhand's Cabinet approved an amendment to its fiscal responsibility law capping the annual fiscal deficit at 3% of GSDP and total debt at 30% of GSDP for 2026-27 to 2030-31, with exemptions for disasters.
4. 4 Oct — The Banbasa Cabinet relaxed norms for private universities in the hills, removed the Rs 5 crore guarantee-fund condition, and regularised Class 3 and 4 land in Lalkuan (Nainital) and Jaunsar-Bawar (Dehradun) at 2004 circle rates for one year.
5. 4 Oct — The Cabinet released Rs 66.29 crore for assets linked to the expansion of the greenfield Pantnagar airport and introduced PAN verification of buyers and sellers in property registrations.
6. 4 Oct — Uttarakhand created a Director General post to coordinate animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries, and approved a Sub-Registrar office at Narendranagar (Tehri) covering 133 revenue villages.
7. 4 Oct — The Kural Tulu Touch keyboard, which lets Android users type in the Tulu script, was launched in Bengaluru on 4 October 2026 at the Tulunada Janapada Sambhrama of the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
8. 4 Oct — The 17th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2026) was held at IIT Hyderabad from 4 to 9 October 2026, the first time in India.

News by topic

Government & States

5 one-liners

Economy & Banking

2 one-liners

Science, Defence & Environment

1 one-liners

Sports, Days & Culture

2 one-liners

Government & States

5 one-liners

Policy · laws · schemes · states.

National

• 4 Oct — The PM-SETU scheme to modernise Industrial Training Institutes completed one year. It has an outlay of Rs 60,000 crore and aims to upgrade 1,000 government ITIs.
• 4 Oct — The Uttarakhand Cabinet met at Banbasa (Champawat) on 4 October and approved the Chief Minister Higher Education Skill Enhancement Scheme-2026 for about 1.19 lakh students, costing about Rs 200 crore over five years.
• 4 Oct — The Banbasa Cabinet relaxed norms for private universities in the hills, removed the Rs 5 crore guarantee-fund condition, and regularised Class 3 and 4 land in Lalkuan (Nainital) and Jaunsar-Bawar (Dehradun) at 2004 circle rates for one year.
• 4 Oct — Uttarakhand created a Director General post to coordinate animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries, and approved a Sub-Registrar office at Narendranagar (Tehri) covering 133 revenue villages.

States & UTs

• 4 Oct — Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district was renamed Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced it at an event where he opened projects worth over Rs 1,340 crore.

Economy & Banking

2 one-liners

RBI · markets · trade · reports.

Economy & Banking

• 4 Oct — Uttarakhand's Cabinet approved an amendment to its fiscal responsibility law capping the annual fiscal deficit at 3% of GSDP and total debt at 30% of GSDP for 2026-27 to 2030-31, with exemptions for disasters.
• 4 Oct — The Cabinet released Rs 66.29 crore for assets linked to the expansion of the greenfield Pantnagar airport and introduced PAN verification of buyers and sellers in property registrations.

Science, Defence & Environment

1 one-liners

Space · tech · forces · ecology.

Science & Technology

• 4 Oct — The 17th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2026) was held at IIT Hyderabad from 4 to 9 October 2026, the first time in India.

Sports, Days & Culture

2 one-liners

Results · important days · heritage.

Sports

• 4 Oct — Chief Minister Hemant Soren felicitated Jharkhand's Asian Games gold-winning women's hockey players Salima Tete, Nikki Pradhan, Beauty Dungdung and Deepika Soreng at his Ranchi residential office.

Art, Culture & Tourism

• 4 Oct — The Kural Tulu Touch keyboard, which lets Android users type in the Tulu script, was launched in Bengaluru on 4 October 2026 at the Tulunada Janapada Sambhrama of the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.

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Chief Minister _____ felicitated Jharkhand's Asian Games gold-winning women's hockey players Salima Tete, Nikki Pradhan, Beauty Dungdung and Deepika Soreng at his Ranchi residential office.

Hemant Soren

The Uttarakhand Cabinet met at _____ (Champawat) on 4 October and approved the Chief Minister Higher Education Skill Enhancement Scheme-2026 for about 1.19 lakh students, costing about Rs 200 crore over five years.

Banbasa

The _____ scheme to modernise Industrial Training Institutes completed one year. It has an outlay of Rs 60,000 crore and aims to upgrade 1,000 government ITIs.

PM-SETU

Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district was renamed _____. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced it at an event where he opened projects worth over Rs 1,340 crore.

Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi

Uttarakhand's Cabinet approved an amendment to its fiscal responsibility law capping the annual fiscal deficit at _____ and total debt at 30% of GSDP for 2026-27 to 2030-31, with exemptions for disasters.

3% of GSDP

The Banbasa Cabinet relaxed norms for _____ in the hills, removed the Rs 5 crore guarantee-fund condition, and regularised Class 3 and 4 land in Lalkuan (Nainital) and Jaunsar-Bawar (Dehradun) at 2004 circle rates for one year.

private universities

The Cabinet released _____ for assets linked to the expansion of the greenfield Pantnagar airport and introduced PAN verification of buyers and sellers in property registrations.

Rs 66.29 crore

Uttarakhand created a _____ post to coordinate animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries, and approved a Sub-Registrar office at Narendranagar (Tehri) covering 133 revenue villages.

Director General

The _____ keyboard, which lets Android users type in the Tulu script, was launched in Bengaluru on 4 October 2026 at the Tulunada Janapada Sambhrama of the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.

Kural Tulu Touch

The 17th International Conference on _____ (ICMGP 2026) was held at IIT Hyderabad from 4 to 9 October 2026, the first time in India.

Mercury as a Global Pollutant

MCQs

1. Which of these Asian Games gold-winning hockey players was felicitated by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren?

   1. Salima Tete
   2. Navneet Kaur
   3. Udita Duhan
   4. Lalremsiami
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   Answer: Salima Tete — Salima Tete, Nikki Pradhan, Beauty Dungdung and Deepika Soreng from Jharkhand were felicitated in Ranchi on 4 October.

2. The Chief Minister Higher Education Skill Enhancement Scheme-2026 of Uttarakhand covers about how many students?

   1. 59,000
   2. 1.19 lakh
   3. 2.5 lakh
   4. 5 lakh
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   Answer: 1.19 lakh — The scheme covers about 1.19 lakh students and will cost about Rs 200 crore over five years.

3. The Kural Tulu Touch launched in Bengaluru is a keyboard for which purpose?

   1. Typing in Kannada Braille
   2. Voice typing in Konkani
   3. Typing in Kodava script on iPhones
   4. Typing in the Tulu script on Android phones
   Show answer

   Answer: Typing in the Tulu script on Android phones — It was launched on 4 October 2026 by the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy event.

4. Uttarakhand's amended fiscal law caps total debt at what share of GSDP for 2026-27 to 2030-31?

   1. 3%
   2. 20%
   3. 40%
   4. 30%
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   Answer: 30% — The cap is 30% of GSDP for debt and 3% of GSDP for the annual fiscal deficit, with exemptions for disasters.

5. The 17th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant was hosted by which institution?

   1. IISc Bengaluru
   2. IIT Madras
   3. IIT Hyderabad
   4. University of Hyderabad
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   Answer: IIT Hyderabad — It was the first time the conference was held in India.

6. Under which scheme did the West Bengal Cabinet in October 2026 approve Rs 50,000 over three years for unmarried women in higher education?

   1. Lakshmir Bhandar
   2. Bhagini Nivedita Scheme
   3. Kanyashree
   4. Swasthya Sathi
   Show answer

   Answer: Bhagini Nivedita Scheme — The Bhagini Nivedita Scheme, approved on 5 October 2026, pays Rs 17,000, Rs 17,000 and Rs 16,000 over three years.

7. To which district did West Bengal's weekly nutrition support scheme for tribal families launch in October 2026 first apply?

   1. Darjeeling
   2. Jhargram
   3. Malda
   4. Nadia
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   Answer: Jhargram — The Chief Minister launched it at Kalajharia village in Jhargram, covering about 70,000 families.

8. Himachal Pradesh plans to invest how much in high-end tourism over the next five years, according to its Chief Minister?

   1. Rs 1,000-2,000 crore
   2. Rs 10,000-15,000 crore
   3. Rs 50,000 crore
   4. Rs 2,350 crore
   Show answer

   Answer: Rs 10,000-15,000 crore — Sukhu spoke of Rs 10,000-15,000 crore, with Rs 3,000 crore for Kangra airport land.

9. The Odisha Cabinet's Dakshyata Vikas Yojana, costing Rs 450 crore, is mainly for which purpose?

   1. Skilling youth
   2. Building rural roads
   3. Crop insurance
   4. Free textbooks
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   Answer: Skilling youth — The scheme aims to skill about 4.20 lakh young people between 2026-27 and 2028-29.

10. The Uttarakhand Cabinet met on 4 October 2026 at which place, outside Dehradun?

    1. Gairsain
    2. Haldwani
    3. Banbasa
    4. Kashipur
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    Answer: Banbasa — The Cabinet met at Banbasa in Champawat district and approved 24 proposals.