State PCS Exams Current Affairs 2026

Part 1

16 one-liners

National: 16.

• Supreme Court judge Sandeep Mehta had sent four letters to the CJI alleging misuse of powers by the then acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court, Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, who denied the charges. Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal is now the Chief Justice.
• The Army held Exercise Akhand Prahar-II in the desert sector of Jaisalmer with the Black Mace Brigade and Battle Axe Division, to improve combat readiness through combined-arms drills.
• The Agriculture Ministry recognised 16 new breeds of livestock and dogs from 13 states and 1 UT. ICAR-NBAGR, Karnal, is the nodal agency for breed registration.
• Delhi plans 5 new pedestrian crossings at busy traffic points, made up of 2 skywalks and 3 foot overbridges, at a cost of about Rs 20 crore.
• The Chhattisgarh Cabinet under CM Vishnu Deo Sai approved 10% reservation for ex-Agniveers in direct recruitment to Class III posts of Police Constable, Forest Guard and Jail Warder, under the Chhattisgarh Agniveer Soldiers (Reservation of Vacancies) Rules, 2026.
• The Ministry of Cooperation held the 9th National Review Workshop on 'Sahkar se Samriddhi' at Bastar, Chhattisgarh. It reviewed cooperative banking, PACS, dairy and tribal cooperatives, and the World's Largest Grain Storage Plan.
• The Chhattisgarh Cabinet approved 36 Constable posts in the Home Department for ex-Agniveers and renamed the Adim Jati Vikas Department as the Tribal Affairs Department, requiring changes to the Rules of Business Allocation.
• Chhattisgarh amended its Land Development Rules, 1984. Land uses fall in seven categories, and activities are now allowed unless specifically prohibited in a category, replacing the older approach of allowing only listed activities.
• The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet recommended renaming the Jewar airport as Narendra Modi International Airport. It would be India's first airport named after a sitting Prime Minister; the airport was built as a PPP with Zurich Airport International AG.
• Bihar is building the Sankalp Portal, one online platform with 10 windows to track the 100-day report card, Bihar Gati projects, CM announcements, Cabinet decisions and all projects costing above Rs 30 crore.
• The Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) issued crowd-management guidelines for large gatherings, with CCTV, drones, control rooms and defined roles for police, NDRF and volunteers. The Chief Minister chairs BSDMA.
• Bihar plans to offer Maithili, Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Magahi and Angika as extra language options in Classes 1 to 5 under NEP 2020. A 5-acre Gurukulam Vidyapeeth is proposed at Simri, Buxar.
• Bihar's Greenfield Satellite Township scheme plans 12 townships using land pooling, with Rs 1 lakh crore of HUDCO finance. The Patna High Court asked the state to reply on a land-sale ban in Sitamarhi.
• JEEViKA (Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society) completed 20 years. It now links 1.81 crore households through 13.06 lakh self-help groups and has helped them access Rs 76,549 crore of bank credit.
• Jharkhand plans to update master plans of 15 cities using drone surveys for 20-25 years of growth. The estimated cost is Rs 19.86 crore, of which Rs 13.04 crore comes from AMRUT 2.0.
• Jharkhand approved four new medical colleges under the PPP model at Jamtara, Khunti, Dhanbad and Giridih. Jamtara will be first, with 100 MBBS seats. Ten new departments are proposed at RIMS, Ranchi.

Part 2

16 one-liners

National: 16.

• Jharkhand plans a monthly Maiyan Samman Diwas from October 2026, paying about 51 lakh beneficiaries together by DBT from state headquarters instead of district by district. The proposal is still being prepared.
• Odisha set up a commission under retired Orissa High Court judge Justice Pramath Patnaik to study the share and political representation of SEBCs in panchayats and municipalities. The state has 11.25% SEBC reservation in professional courses.
• Odisha extended the Antyodaya Gruha Yojana to 2029 and added 2,91,666 houses. Early-completion incentives rose to Rs 35,000 for finishing in 5 months. It replaces the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana.
• CM Nayab Singh Saini announced seven sankalps at the first meeting of the SANKALP Society to make Haryana drug-free, including drug-free police station areas and monitoring of chemist shops selling narcotic pills.
• Haryana widened the Chirayu-Ayushman Bharat scheme: families earning above Rs 1.80 lakh can join by paying a yearly premium of Rs 1,500, Rs 4,000 or Rs 5,000 for Rs 5 lakh cashless cover; registration closes on 30 November 2026.
• Haryana plans 100% coverage in Census 2027: about 70,000 enumeration blocks and 87,450 field staff are needed, and Deputy Commissioners were told to avoid omissions and double counting.
• Haryana set up 141 Safe Cradle Centres under the Women and Child Development Department, at child care institutions, PHCs and civil hospitals, so that unwanted newborns can be handed over safely and confidentially.
• A national workshop on digital data systems under DAY-NRLM was held in Gurugram, Haryana; it noted that about 10 crore women in 92 lakh SHGs have accessed Rs 14 lakh crore of credit, with a target of 6 crore Lakhpati Didis.
• HUNAR Punjab, a portal linking industry with skilled youth, was launched in Chandigarh; it has four modules (institute discovery, hiring, internships, industry-institute links) and over 1,700 institutions registered.
• The Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board is training 17 youths in paragliding at Bilkhet, Pauri Garhwal; they will fly a 35-km cross-country flight to earn a Commercial Tandem Pilot Licence, and the drive moves to Champawat in November.
• Uttarakhand's education department ordered block-level plans for children with special needs in government schools, under Samagra Shiksha, which provides two CwSN resource persons at each Block Resource Centre.
• Gujarat introduced a time-bound Standard Operating Procedure for departments to act on High Court judgments. A department must implement the order, appeal it, or ask the court for more time by filing a Miscellaneous Civil Application within the original deadline.
• Gujarat continues 20% reservation for former Agniveers in the Gujarat Police, with direct recruitment without a written test for those who are natives or permanent residents of the state. The rules were first announced on 17 July.
• Under Delhi's Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, the headquarters of the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO) opened at G. B. Pant Hospital, and cashless treatment began for over 50,000 Delhi Jal Board pensioners.
• Karnataka asked the Centre to approve the Mekedatu balancing reservoir on the Cauvery in Ramanagara district, which would submerge about 5,000 hectares of forest. Tamil Nadu, as the lower riparian state, opposes the project.
• The Kerala High Court directed the Union government to make the Data Protection Board functional within eight weeks under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, in a case on airport passenger data and Digi Yatra.

Part 3

1 Oct

National: 16.

• The Kerala High Court observed that a daughter-in-law is not covered by the word "makkal" (children) in the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act.
• A Special Bench of the Supreme Court stayed for a week a corruption probe ordered by the Kerala High Court, holding that Section 66(2) of the PMLA, 2002 is only an intimation, not a direction.
• Kerala started the Dakshayani self-employment scheme for Scheduled Caste women and the Excise Department's Mayangilla Keralam campaign against drug mafias; the Mittai scheme gives free treatment to children with Type 1 diabetes.
• The Education Department launched Koode to bring back students who are often absent and expanded the Sampoorna portal. Mentor Teacher improves learning in Classes 1 to 7.
• The Thaai Maaman Thanga Mothiram scheme gives a 1-gram gold ring to every baby born in a government hospital. Babies who are premature or ill are referred to 34 District Early Intervention Centres.
• The Madras High Court upheld the Speaker's acceptance of six MLAs' resignations and told the Speaker to decide disqualification petitions against four members within two months.
• The Tamil Nadu Special Summary Revision of the electoral roll has 1 January 2027 as the qualifying date, a draft roll on 12 November, objections till 11 December and the final roll on 4 January 2027.
• The Social Justice Department (formerly Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare) raised hostel food charges to Rs 1,800 for school and Rs 2,000 for college students, covering 1,16,424 students.
• The Greater Chennai Corporation has completed 57 of 63 works recommended by the Thiruppugazh Committee on flood mitigation, costing Rs 307.51 crore.
• Former Attorney General of India K. Parasaran, a Chennai lawyer, completed 100 years of age in October 2026 and was greeted at his Mylapore residence.
• The Andhra Pradesh government asked a ministers' panel to settle house-site issues in 45 days and to plan land acquisition for nearly two lakh people found in the Awas survey.
• 1 Oct — At Fatehpur (Sikar), Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma opened and laid foundations of 83 works costing over Rs 1,277 crore for Churu, Jhunjhunu and Sikar under the "Seva Sankalp Abhiyan".
• 1 Oct — The Chief Minister said that about 78% of the promises in the BJP's manifesto (Sankalp Patra) have been fulfilled, and that 1.89 lakh government appointments had been made against a target of 4 lakh posts.
• 1 Oct — In Rajasthan, 3.82 lakh houses have been built under PMAY-Gramin and another 4.53 lakh are under construction. More than 18.5 lakh women have become "Lakhpati Didis".
• 1 Oct — The annual Kisan Samman Nidhi for Rajasthan farmers is now Rs 9,000, up from Rs 6,000, because the State adds its own amount to the Centre's payment.
• 1 Oct — Chief Secretary V. Srinivas reviewed Rajeevika (Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad) at Udyog Bhawan, Jaipur. New motivational, marketing and innovation hubs will help self-help-group women and "Lakhpati Didis".

Part 4

1 Oct – 2 Oct

National: 16.

• 1 Oct — A special campaign to add names to the voter list began at the request of the Election Commission of India. The State's Chief Electoral Officer is Naveen Mahajan.
• 1 Oct — On International Day of Older Persons, the Chief Minister transferred Rs 684.21 crore to 50,94,831 old-age pension beneficiaries. Social security pension is to be raised to Rs 1,450 per month.
• 1 Oct — The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Jhajjar was named Haryana's best blood centre, and an ID-NAT machine facility was approved at the PGIMS Rohtak blood centre to improve screening for infections spread through transfusion.
• 1 Oct — For Census 2027, the reference date for snow-bound and remote regions, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, is 1 October 2026; the rest of India uses 1 March 2027.
• 1 Oct — A Shram Samvad awareness programme on the four Labour Codes was held in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The Codes merge 29 labour laws, came into force on 21 November 2025, and their Central Rules were notified on 8 May 2026.
• 1 Oct — Gujarat published its Uniform Civil Code Act, 2026 in an extraordinary Gazette on 1 October 2026, after the President's assent on 17 September. It covers marriage, divorce, succession, adoption and live-in relationships, and starts on a date the state will notify.
• 1 Oct — The Karnataka Revenue Department issued a draft notification on 1 October 2026 proposing to rename Dakshina Kannada district as Mangaluru district. Objections are invited for 30 days under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
• 1 Oct — Karnataka has declared 217 of its 240 taluks drought-hit after adding 40 taluks on 1 October 2026. Crop losses in the first 177 taluks are estimated at about Rs 46,000 crore.
• 2 Oct — Rajasthan's Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme has taken about 1.12 lakh elders on pilgrimage. State roadways buses give 50% fare concession to ages 60-80 and free travel above 80. 61 Ramashray wards run in district hospitals.
• 2 Oct — At the Panchayati Raj Jan Pratinidhi Samvad in Jaipur, the Chief Minister said honorarium of elected representatives will rise 10% every year for three years. The State is moving towards "One State, One Election".
• 2 Oct — Rajasthan has created 8 new Zila Parishads, 94 Panchayat Samitis and 3,467 Gram Panchayats. The Atal Gyan Kendra at panchayat level offers library, e-library and online coaching.
• 2 Oct — At the youth dialogue "Sapno Ki Udaan" at Bhawani Niketan, Jaipur, the Chief Minister handed 4,091 appointment letters to newly selected government employees.
• 2 Oct — Rajasthan began the drug-free programme "Nayi Kiran" to support the Prime Minister's goal of a drug-free India by 2029. NSS volunteers formed a human chain and students took an oath.
• 2 Oct — Rajasthan has set up 150 seed banks and aims to give farmers daytime electricity by 2027. About 76 lakh farmers have received Kisan Samman Nidhi money.
• 2 Oct — Over 41,000 villages of Rajasthan are declared ODF Plus models under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), more than 15 lakh SVAMITVA cards were given and 52,000+ pattas went to homeless nomadic families.
• 2 Oct — Chhattisgarh began preparing Developed Gram Panchayat Plans through Gram Sabhas from 2 October 2026. Missing village assets are to be entered on the Yuktdhara portal, Gram Sabha approval comes in December 2026, and block and district consolidation by January 2027.

Part 5

2 Oct – 5 Oct

National: 16.

• 2 Oct — Himachal Pradesh planned to launch the Mukhya Mantri Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana on 2 October 2026 for about 1.80 lakh extremely poor families, with support such as free electricity and Rs 1,500 a month for women.
• 2 Oct — Tamil Nadu launched Vetri Payanam on 2 October 2026 from Koyambedu, extending free bus travel for women and transgender persons to express and deluxe buses. About 84.32 lakh women travel daily on 12,695 buses.
• 2 Oct — Andhra Pradesh declared drought in 388 mandals of 21 districts through GO No. 4: 283 are severely and 105 moderately affected. June-August rainfall was 53.4% below normal.
• 3 Oct — The State Election Commission, led by Commissioner Rajeshwar Singh, announced Panchayati Raj elections in four phases: Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti polls on 23 and 29 October and 4 and 14 November, with counting on 20 November.
• 3 Oct — The Ministry of Education approved five Centres of Excellence for Classical Languages: Assamese (Tezpur University), Bengali (Visva-Bharati), Marathi (Deccan College), Pali (Central University of Odisha) and Prakrit (Central University of Gujarat).
• 3 Oct — CM Sukhu distributed Rs 5.78 crore to 1,471 registered construction workers and their dependents through the Himachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
• 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.
• 5 Oct — The West Bengal Cabinet under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari approved the Bhagini Nivedita Scheme, giving unmarried women in higher education Rs 50,000 in three instalments. It starts in January 2027.
• 5 Oct — At the second convocation of Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University in Ranchi, Governor and Chancellor Santosh Kumar Gangwar gave degrees to 207 students and urged youth to help prevent cybercrime.
• 5 Oct — The same Punjab Cabinet meeting cleared regularisation of non-teaching contractual staff of PICTES and promotion rules to fill Tutor posts at the government nursing colleges in Patiala and Amritsar.
• 5 Oct — The Bombay High Court refused to stay voter-name deletions in Maharashtra under the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision, saying related matters are already pending before the Supreme Court.
• 5 Oct — Tamil Nadu issued a Government Order on 5 October 2026 for the Annan Seer scheme, giving brides from families earning up to Rs 2.5 lakh a year an 8-gram gold coin and a silk saree. Rs 812 crore was allotted.
• 5 Oct — The UGC gave final approval on 5 October 2026 for the University of Western Australia to open a campus at Velachery, Chennai, costing Rs 772 crore. It is the first foreign higher education institution in Tamil Nadu.
• 5 Oct — The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority approved a land use change for 21.37 acres at Pattinapakkam for a new Tamil Nadu Secretariat at its 289th meeting on 5 October 2026.

Part 6

5 Oct – 7 Oct

National: 16.

• 5 Oct — Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched Amarajeevi Jaladhara (Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0) at Proddatur, Kadapa district, on 5 October 2026, with Rs 30,156 crore for tap water to about 90 lakh households.
• 5 Oct — At the same event the Andhra Pradesh government announced 36 irrigation projects worth Rs 35,000 crore, a target of 19 lakh houses by 2029, and Palle Panduga works worth Rs 11,085 crore.
• 5 Oct — The West Bengal Cabinet approved recruitment to 14,454 government posts, in departments such as Police, Forest, Fire Services and Prison, to be filled in six to eight months through the state PSC and the Police Recruitment Board.
• 5 Oct — The West Bengal Cabinet raised the monthly pay of Karmabandhu (part-time support staff) from Rs 5,000 to Rs 8,000, and the food allowance of SC/ST students in government hostels from Rs 1,800 to Rs 3,300.
• 5 Oct — A Telangana youth delegation visited Guwahati under Yuva Sangam Phase VII, a part of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, and met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on 5 October.
• 6 Oct — At the CM Youth Conclave 2026 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav announced two MPPSC exams every year from 2027, 2027 as Youth Year, and a rise in the research scholarship from ₹16,000 to ₹25,000 a month.
• 6 Oct — Maharashtra's Cabinet approved the Chief Minister's Shaurya Medal for brave police personnel, with a cash award of Rs 50,000. Medals will be announced every year on the eve of Maharashtra Day.
• 6 Oct — Maharashtra approved a policy to give timely financial help to the legal heirs of people who die unnaturally in police custody. The state Cabinet cleared it at its meeting chaired by Fadnavis on 6 October.
• 6 Oct — The Cabinet raised pay for staff of about 2,388 grant-aided hostels and increased allowances under the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Swadhar Scheme for SC and Navbauddha students and the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Swayam Scheme for ST students.
• 6 Oct — At the NITI Aayog national workshop in Kolkata, West Bengal was named the first state to map its budget to the goal level of the SDGs and link it to its Integrated Financial Management System.
• 6 Oct — Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Assam ranks second in India for access to essential medicines, after Bihar, based on the Health Ministry's DVDMS portal; the state uses a central procurement agency, AMSCL.
• 7 Oct — The Karnataka High Court ordered family courts to use "parenting time" instead of "visitation" in child custody cases, because the old word suggests that a non-custodial parent is only a visitor.
• 7 Oct — The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved the Policy for Promotion of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions and Private Universities, 2026, to bring foreign and Indian private university campuses without cost to the state.
• 7 Oct — The Cabinet extended Thalliki Vandanam 2026-27 to 58,601 more students, raising sanction to Rs 10,208.69 crore and total beneficiaries to 68,05,791.
• 7 Oct — The Cabinet approved a Centre of Excellence at the tribal school in Marikavalasa, Visakhapatnam, for IIT-JEE and NEET coaching of 600 students, and a 10% rise in hostel diet charges.
• 7 Oct — The Cabinet gave Rs 5,000 per completed year of service (up to Rs 1.5 lakh) to families of ASHA workers who die in service, and upgraded the Repalle community health centre to a 100-bed hospital.

Part 7

7 Oct – 10 Oct

National: 16.

• 7 Oct — The Cabinet cleared the APHIMS (Horticulture Information and Management System) and an ordinance amending the Andhra Pradesh Education Act, 1982 to align it with the RTE Act, 2009.
• 7 Oct — Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Guwahati will get a public library in each of its 60 municipal wards, to support students, researchers and readers.
• 7 Oct — A three-day national conclave on welfare, skilling and digital support for tea garden communities was held at the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, Guwahati, from 5 to 7 October 2026.
• 9 Oct — The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by CM Yogi Adityanath, cleared 39 proposals including the Startup Procurement Scheme-2026, which creates a UP Startup E-Marketplace run by the UP Startup Mission for departments to buy from registered startups.
• 9 Oct — UP approved the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Skill Training and Employment Zone Development Scheme with a ₹1,725 crore outlay over three years. It covers all 75 districts through nine zones, starting with Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Jhansi.
• 9 Oct — The Cauvery Water Management Authority, chaired by S. K. Haldar, ordered Karnataka to release 3,000 cusecs a day at Biligundlu to Tamil Nadu from 9 to 23 October 2026.
• 9 Oct — The Ministry of Tribal Affairs held the second Regional Review Conference on the Forest Rights Act in Kolkata on 9 October, with eight states taking part. The first was held in Bengaluru on 10 September.
• 10 Oct — The Haryana Cabinet (Chandigarh, 10 October) decided that local bodies keep getting 7% of the state's own tax revenue, split 55% for Panchayati Raj institutions and 45% for urban local bodies.
• 10 Oct — Haryana raised the income limit for the Deendayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana to Rs 1.80 lakh a year (Rs 3 lakh for three special categories), with eligibility rechecked every three months from 1 November 2026.
• 10 Oct — The Haryana Cabinet gave the Citizen Resource Information Department (CRID) independent department status and raised the maximum aid under the Media Workers Welfare Fund to Rs 5 lakh.
• 10 Oct — Haryana exempted former Agniveers from the written exam and the physical tests for direct Group-C recruitment under its Agniveer policy, a decision of the Cabinet meeting held on 10 October.
• 10 Oct — Haryana released Rs 77.06 crore for repairing chaupals of Scheduled Castes and backward classes; of 5,185 chaupals identified, work at 1,723 across 21 districts is funded.
• 10 Oct — Punjab released over Rs 3,243 crore to 36.39 lakh beneficiaries under social security schemes this financial year; the state has set aside Rs 6,131.91 crore for these schemes in 2026-27.
• 10 Oct — Under the Mera Ghar Mere Naam scheme, Punjab handed property cards to 227 households of Kotra Amru village; the scheme gives proof of ownership to residents of the Lal Lakir (abadi deh) areas of villages.
• 10 Oct — The Himachal Cabinet approved engaging 4,090 para-workers in the Jal Shakti Department, recruitment of 500 Assistant Staff Nurses, and a government nursing college at Chamba with 60 B.Sc Nursing seats.
• 10 Oct — The Cabinet also approved posts for 100 additional CBSE-affiliated government schools and the Mukhyamantri Machhuara Sahayata Yojana, a new support scheme for fishermen in Himachal Pradesh.

Part 8

11 Oct – 13 Oct

National: 16.

• 11 Oct — PM Narendra Modi visited Chennai and launched projects worth over Rs 13,000 crore, including the Poonamallee-Vadapalani stretch of Chennai Metro Phase II (14.64 km, 11 stations). Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay joined him.
• 11 Oct — CM Bhagwant Mann flagged off a motorcycle rally from Chappar Chiri for the final phase of Yudh Nashian Virudh, Punjab's anti-drug campaign, which will cover all 23 districts to build public participation.
• 11 Oct — The CM said Yudh Nashian Virudh has led to over 81,000 arrests of drug traffickers, about 3,900 kg of heroin seized and a 89% conviction rate; these are government claims, and about 15,000 village defence committees are active.
• 11 Oct — Fadnavis launched the second phase of the Mukhyamantri Samruddha Panchayat Raj Abhiyan 2.0 at Nashik on 11 October 2026, focusing on water conservation. Adachiwadi village in Pune district ranked first among gram panchayats for 2025-26.
• 11 Oct — About 12,000 newly recruited police constables of West Bengal were to receive their appointment letters on 11 October 2026, as the state's new government began filling police vacancies.
• 12 Oct — The Bihar Cabinet cleared two piped drinking-water schemes: Rs 279.51 crore for Munger using Kharagpur lake water, and Rs 506.71 crore for Mahua and Chehrakalan in Vaishali using Ganga water.
• 12 Oct — The Haridwar Cabinet also approved the Uttarakhand Flood Plain Zoning Rules, 2026, the Fire and Emergency Services Bill, 2026 and the Second Jan Vishwas (Amendment) Bill, 2026 for the Assembly.
• 12 Oct — The Uttarakhand Cabinet met at Haridwar on 12 October and approved the Horizontal Reservation Rules, 2026 for discharged Agniveers in uniformed Group C posts, with exemption from written and physical tests.
• 12 Oct — Uttarakhand approved the Chief Minister State Child Bravery Award Scheme and, in principle, a society for the Madan Mohan Malaviya Prachya Shodh Sansthan at Rishikul, Haridwar, for yoga and Ayurveda research.
• 12 Oct — The Karnataka High Court struck down Sections 3 and 4 of the 2022 SC/ST reservation Act, which raised SC quota from 15% to 17% and ST quota from 3% to 7%. Total reservation reached 56%, above the 50% ceiling of Indra Sawhney (1992).
• 12 Oct — The West Bengal Cabinet approved abolishing the Madrasah Service Commission (created by a 2008 Act) and merging it into the West Bengal School Service Commission, which will recruit teachers for madrasas; two bills are needed.
• 13 Oct — At its 48th meeting the Odisha Cabinet cleared the Dakshyata Vikas Yojana worth Rs 450 crore (2026-27 to 2028-29) to skill about 4.20 lakh young people, with digital and overseas-job training.
• 13 Oct — The Odisha Cabinet raised the state fisheries cadre from 445 to 774 posts and approved Stage-II of Astaranga Fishing Harbour, the Tustapalli in-stream storage project and a disaster recovery data centre at Kendujhar.
• 13 Oct — Chief Secretary Anu Garg reviewed nine proposals worth about Rs 10 crore for a women-safety initiative in Sambalpur, including 800 CCTV cameras at 210 sites and 40 pink e-rickshaws. They are not yet approved.
• 13 Oct — CM Dhami approved about Rs 81 crore of works, including Rs 61.42 crore for 18 infrastructure projects for the Kumbh Mela 2027 at Haridwar, funded through the Centre's infrastructure grant.
• 13 Oct — The Centre approved the DRISHTI project (Rs 65 crore) to speed up property rights under PM-UDAY in Delhi's unauthorised colonies, using GIS mapping and PM-UDAY cells in all 13 districts.

Part 9

13 Oct – 17 Oct

National: 16.

• 13 Oct — A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Vikram Nath reserved its order on Tamil Nadu's plea on the Cauvery shortfall, which the state put at 11.719 tmc ft up to 6 October 2026.
• 13 Oct — The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister met the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister on 13 October 2026 about Krishna water for Chennai (15 tmcft yearly under the 1983 agreement) and the Godavari-Krishna-Cauvery river link.
• 13 Oct — West Bengal announced 112 as the single emergency response number for its state police, bringing the state into line with the national emergency helpline system.
• 13 Oct — Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena chaired the first meeting of the Ladakh Advisory Council in Leh, which has an initial one-year tenure, and stressed urgent glacier protection and Project Him Sarovar.
• 14 Oct — CM Mohan Yadav released the 41st instalment of the Ladli Behna Yojana at Guruwahi village, Umaria, sending over ₹1,834 crore to about 1.25 crore women. The monthly aid has been ₹1,500 since November 2025.
• 15 Oct — PM Modi virtually inaugurated projects worth about Rs 3,350 crore in Ladakh, including the new terminal at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, Leh and the 298 km Nimmu-Padum-Darcha road.
• 15 Oct — The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approved the Bhavantar Yojana for soybean (kharif 2026): farmers register on the e-Uparjan portal by 17 October and receive the gap between MSP and sale price by DBT for sales from 22 October to 15 January 2027.
• 15 Oct — The MP Cabinet approved ₹241.88 crore for student transport to 94 Sandipani schools, raising the yearly transport rate per student from ₹10,000 to ₹21,000, with a 5% annual increase.
• 15 Oct — On 15 October 2026 the Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court ruling that set aside the 9 March 2024 Tamil Nadu order giving Backward Class Muslim status to converts.
• 15 Oct — Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma released the October instalment of the Nijut Moina and Nijut Babu student stipend schemes, Rs 58.59 crore for about 5.42 lakh students, to be extended to four more universities.
• 16 Oct — Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated 101 new Shramik Annapurna centres across 28 districts on 16 October 2026. Under the Shramik Annapurna Yojana, eligible workers and their families get a meal for Rs 5.
• 16 Oct — Maharashtra issued a government order on 16 October 2026 to close Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree after pending claims up to March 2027, and to replace it with the Lek Ladki Yojana for families with income up to Rs 1 lakh.
• 16 Oct — In its women and child welfare revamp, Maharashtra is moving the Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Bal Sangopan Yojana to MahaDBT. It gives Rs 2,250 to eligible children needing alternative family care and Rs 250 to NGOs.
• 16 Oct — With Sankoo made the 8th district, Ladakh also announced five new tehsils, Aryan Valley, Sodh, Phey, Thasgam and Himya, taking its total to 37 tehsils.
• 17 Oct — The Jharkhand Education Project Council told all government schools to prepare three-year development plans from 2027-28 by 31 October 2026. School Management Committees draft them and they feed into Gram Panchayat plans.
• 17 Oct — At a press conference in Chandigarh marking two years of his third term, CM Saini said 76 of 217 election pledges are complete; the government gave 46,500 government jobs in two years.

Part 10

18 Oct – 22 Oct

National: 16.

• 18 Oct — CJI Surya Kant inaugurated the Ladakh Bench of the J&K and Ladakh High Court at Melongthang, Leh, on 18 October; work started on 21 October. Chief Justice is Pushpendra Singh Bhati.
• 18 Oct — The Ladakh Bench is set up under the UT of Ladakh (Sitting of Bench) Regulation 2026, using Article 240 and Section 58(2) of the J&K Reorganisation Act 2019.
• 19 Oct — Delhi set up the Delhi Institute for Transformation and Innovation (DITI), modelled on NITI Aayog, to replace the Dialogue and Development Commission. The Chief Minister chairs its Governing Board and the Chief Secretary its Executive Committee.
• 19 Oct — Special officers for rural local bodies in Tamil Nadu will serve till 19 April 2027; elected bodies in nine more districts ended their terms on 19 October 2026.
• 19 Oct — Telangana formed a Cabinet Sub-Committee on drought and El Nino on 19 October 2026, chaired by Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka. Drought-like conditions exist in 315 mandals after a 17% monsoon deficit.
• 21 Oct — Police Commemoration Day was observed on 21 October to honour police killed on duty. It recalls the 10 personnel killed at Hot Springs, Ladakh, in 1959. 154 personnel were commemorated this year.
• 21 Oct — Gujarat's General Administration Department ordered that digital certificates will carry the issuing authority's official round seal, so citizens need not visit offices for stamping, as part of Digital Gujarat 2.0.
• 21 Oct — On Police Commemoration Day in Lucknow, CM Yogi Adityanath raised the uniform allowance of PPS officers from ₹6,400 to ₹15,000 and the field motorcycle allowance from ₹700 to ₹1,000 a month.
• 21 Oct — The CM said Uttar Pradesh has formed three new women PAC battalions named after Veerangana Uda Devi Pasi, Jhalkari Bai Kori and Avanti Bai Lodhi, and that women in the police rose from 10,000 to 45,000.
• 21 Oct — At Ravindra Bhawan, Bhopal, CM Mohan Yadav gave 954 compassionate appointment letters to School Education Department candidates and announced 400 new school buildings, including 200 Sandipani Vidyalaya buildings for tribal areas.
• 21 Oct — At the state Police Commemoration Day parade in Bhopal, CM Mohan Yadav said aid for martyred police families will be split 50% to the spouse and 50% to the parents. Nine Madhya Pradesh personnel died on duty this year.
• 21 Oct — The Gujarat Cabinet raised the monthly travel allowance of about 2,900 gram sevaks from Rs 1,850 to Rs 2,700, because each gram sevak covers four to five village panchayats.
• 21 Oct — Maharashtra launched its first Annapurti Grain ATM at Nashik, with the UN World Food Programme, to give PDS foodgrains round the clock. Two more are planned, at Nagpur and Thane.
• 21 Oct — West Bengal formed a six-member Special Investigation Team led by retired Calcutta High Court judge Justice Anindita Roy Saraswati to probe the 17 October Chorbagan Durga Puja stampede in Kolkata, with a three-month deadline.
• 22 Oct — Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the Khet Bachao Abhiyan (Rabi 2026) at Taraori, Karnal, Haryana on 22 October (a few reports say 23 October). It runs from 22 October to 30 November.
• 22 Oct — Khet Bachao Abhiyan promotes soil health through Soil Health Cards, balanced fertiliser use, crop rotation, no residue burning and a natural farming trial on at least half an acre. It aims to reach about 1 crore farmers through ATMA, ICAR and KVKs.

Part 11

22 Oct – 23 Oct

National: 16.

• 22 Oct — Centre announced Rs 1,343.06 crore for 28,422 PMAY-G houses in Haryana at the Khet Bachao Abhiyan launch in Karnal.
• 22 Oct — Home Minister Amit Shah launched Yamuna rejuvenation projects worth Rs 8,941 crore for Delhi on 22 October (10 inaugurated, 33 new). The target is a clean Yamuna by May 2029, under a joint plan of Delhi, Haryana and UP.
• 22 Oct — The Ladakh administration dissolved the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, after the Kargil Chief Executive Councillor and others resigned and Drass, Zanskar and Sankoo districts were carved out.
• 22 Oct — Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar inaugurated the three-day Swarnim Bharat Expo 2026 in Ranchi, themed "12 Years of Trust, Development and Public Welfare", which showcases central schemes and Viksit Bharat 2047.
• 22 Oct — A special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (13th session of 2026) began on 22 October and is scheduled to run till 27 October; Question Hour and Zero Hour matters are on the agenda.
• 22 Oct — Himachal Pradesh approved the Nutrition Policy, 2026 to tackle malnutrition, anaemia and micronutrient deficiency, with the Composite Testing Laboratory at Kandaghat to be upgraded and four more laboratories planned.
• 22 Oct — At the October State SWAGAT grievance programme on 22 October, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel told collectors to issue farmer certificates as per rules, protect government land from encroachment, and act against non-performing sarpanches.
• 22 Oct — Chief Minister Fadnavis virtually inaugurated three flyovers in Mumbai on 22 October 2026: near Sion station, near Vidyavihar station, and on the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road.
• 22 Oct — Polling for Ladakh's panchayat elections, the first since November 2018, is fixed for 21 November 2026, with notification on 26 October and the whole process to finish by 30 November.
• 23 Oct — The DARPG's 22nd national e-governance webinar showcased TRINETRA, an AI surveillance system with 450+ cameras at Mahakaleshwar, Ujjain, and the Panchayat Advancement Index, both Gold winners at the National Awards for e-Governance 2026.
• 23 Oct — The Fisheries Secretary Abhilaksh Likhi launched the development phase of the National Plan of Action (NPOA) for small-scale inland fisheries at a workshop in Bhopal, with FAO and BOBP-IGO.
• 23 Oct — The 19th Urban Mobility India Conference is held in Bhubaneswar on 23-24 October by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry through the Institute of Urban Transport (India). Its theme is "Urban Accessibility and Liveability in Digital Age"; MoS Tokhan Sahu inaugurated it.
• 23 Oct — The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR against an SSC aspirant booked after a protest at Ramlila Maidan in August 2025, holding that taking part in a demonstration alone does not show common intention.
• 23 Oct — Gujarat reconstituted its Tribal Advisory Council, chaired by CM Bhupendra Patel, with Tribal Development Minister Naresh Patel as vice-chairperson.
• 23 Oct — Karnataka plans to regulate bills of private hospitals and push for uniform treatment rates. It will also frame a policy against hospitals withholding dead bodies over unpaid dues.
• 23 Oct — Keralam plans a six-month paid apprenticeship in the final semester of the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP). Kerala University plans to offer it to its students.

Part 12

23 Oct

National: 16.

• 23 Oct — Keralam plans strict action against bars that serve alcohol to people below 23 years, which is the state's legal drinking age.
• 23 Oct — Tamil Nadu plans to set up four regional directorates of medical education.
• 23 Oct — Odisha moved the Supreme Court against Andhra Pradesh, which notified panchayat polls in the disputed Kotia villages. Odisha had called for a boycott, but 20 candidates still filed papers for 5 MPTC seats.
• 23 Oct — Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated the Southern Regional Police Coordination Committee meeting in Hyderabad and said Telangana is ready to share technology with the southern states to strengthen policing.
• 23 Oct — Telangana set 31 December as the deadline for verifying the PAN and Aadhaar details of state government employees and pensioners.
• 23 Oct — The West Bengal Public Service Commission issued its 2026 notification for 266 Stenographer posts in Grades A and B, and online applications have started.
• 23 Oct — Assam launched an online transfer portal for Forest Department personnel.
• 23 Oct — Jammu and Kashmir designated courts in Jammu and Srinagar as special fast-track courts to try offences linked to public examinations, such as paper leaks.
• 23 Oct — The Jammu and Kashmir government amended its Medical Attendance Rules, revising medical reimbursement and capping the treatment cost that can be claimed at private hospitals.
• 23 Oct — Ladakh's Chief Election Officer announced municipal elections for Leh and Kargil on 21 November 2026, the same day as the already scheduled panchayat polls.
• 23 Oct — Maharashtra's registration department linked its marriage-registration software to DigiLocker, so 1,08,870 digitally signed marriage certificates issued since 2023 can be downloaded; Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule had ordered the move.
• 23 Oct — Lucknow hosted the northern regional workshop of Sadhana Shrinkhla 2026 under Mission Karmayogi, organised by the Capacity Building Commission with UPAM. Eight states and four Union Territories took part, and the CM announced an AI Centre of Excellence at RUPAAM.
• 23 Oct — Polling was held on 23 October 2026 for 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats, five from graduate and six from teacher constituencies. Counting is set for 27 October, and the current members' terms end on 6 December 2026.
• 23 Oct — Uttar Pradesh will give about 3.80 lakh Anganwadi workers and helpers one extra saree a year at roughly ₹500 each, a cost of about ₹19.01 crore, to help them keep to the prescribed uniform.
• 23 Oct — Chhattisgarh's Mukhyamantri Gramin Bus Yojana, launched at Jagdalpur by Amit Shah on 4 October 2025, now runs 107 buses on 106 routes across 13 Bastar and Surguja districts, with a viability gap subsidy of ₹26 per km in year one.
• 23 Oct — At the fifth state NCORD meeting in Bhopal, Chief Secretary Ashok Barnwal ordered a three-year drive to dismantle drug networks and anti-drug committees in colleges with over 500 students. Madhya Pradesh destroyed about 2.74 lakh kg of narcotics in 2025-26.

Part 13

23 Oct – 24 Oct

National: 16.

• 23 Oct — Odisha prepared affordable housing plans for 10,000 urban households in nine urban local bodies, reviewed at the third meeting of the Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission chaired by ACS Usha Padhee.
• 23 Oct — CM Sukhu announced a 5% dearness allowance hike for Himachal Pradesh employees and pensioners (4% for this year plus 1% pending), benefiting about 2.75 lakh people, with Rs 10,000 arrears for Class IV staff on 1 November.
• 23 Oct — Delhi's 40th Flood Control Board meeting, chaired by minister Parvesh Verma, cleared works of Rs 622 crore, including a 4.7 km RCC wall along the Yamuna (Rs 99 crore) and three silt biomining projects (Rs 260 crore).
• 23 Oct — Delhi notified urban status for its last 48 villages under Section 507(a) of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957. Of Delhi's 357 villages, 309 were already urbanised.
• 23 Oct — Chief Minister Rekha Gupta released higher pay to about 4,000 MCD public health multi-tasking staff, based on Level 1 of the pay matrix (Rs 18,000) plus DA, under the principle of equal pay for equal work. The yearly cost is about Rs 52 crore.
• 23 Oct — Delhi's draft e-rickshaw rules propose a maximum of four passengers and a speed limit of 25 kmph, along with tighter norms for drivers, registration and safety.
• 23 Oct — Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a weekly nutrition support scheme for tribal families at Kalajharia, Jhargram, giving rice, pulses, cooking oil and soya bean to about 70,000 families, with biometric verification.
• 23 Oct — At Jhargram, West Bengal also announced a rise in the monthly pension of elderly Scheduled Tribe members to Rs 1,500, tribal universities in Bankura and Jhargram, and Rs 342 crore for Jhargram's development.
• 23 Oct — The Assam Cabinet approved election rules for the Mising Autonomous Council and the Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council and asked the State Election Commission to hold both elections in November.
• 23 Oct — Under the Nasha Mukt J&K 100 Days Abhiyan, more than 72 lakh outreach events were held and police registered 1,187 FIRs; a three-year rehabilitation and reintegration scheme for drug-abuse victims is proposed.
• 23 Oct — Under the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, J&K selected 419 villages with large SC populations as model villages, of which 28 have been declared Adarsh Grams.
• 24 Oct — The Rewa-Churhat (65 km, with a 3.33 km tunnel) and Satna-Devendra Nagar (53 km) rail sections, 118 km in all, were reported opened on 24 October, giving Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh its first rail link.
• 24 Oct — Telangana will host Raksha Expo 2026 on 7-9 December at Bharat Future City, Hyderabad.
• 24 Oct — Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi flagged off 25 electric buses under the central PM e-Bus Sewa scheme at the National Urban Conclave 2026 in Bhubaneswar on 24 October.
• 24 Oct — Haryana's new property tax policy takes effect on 1 November in all municipal corporation areas; tax is capital value x rate x usage factor, with base rates of 0.029% (residential) and 0.09% (non-residential).
• 24 Oct — The NHRC issued notices to Punjab's Chief Secretary and the Union Road Transport Ministry over unsafe AC sleeper buses used under Punjab's Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra scheme for senior citizens.

Part 14

24 Oct

National: 16.

• 24 Oct — The Bombay High Court upheld the legal validity of the Bhendi Bazaar cluster redevelopment scheme in Mumbai, an Urban Renewal Scheme of 66,264.72 sq m implemented by the Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust.
• 24 Oct — At the 11th stakeholder meeting on Master Plan for Delhi 2047, the DDA proposed expanding the Delhi Metro from 416 km to 695 km, adding about 200 km of cycle tracks and growing Namo Bharat from 82 km to 383 km.
• 24 Oct — Delhi Social Welfare Minister Ravinder Indraj Singh distributed bicycles to girl students at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Prahladpur, under the Delhi government's Vidya Vahini Yojana to ease the school commute.
• 24 Oct — The CIDs of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joined hands in the AgriGold scam, and bond verification for victims and agents in Karnataka starts on 27 October at nine centres.
• 24 Oct — Keralam will distribute pensions of the social security and welfare fund boards from 26 October, according to a report of 24 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Tamil Nadu plans a cake treat for school students on 14 November (Children's Day), and four firms have won the contract to supply about 62 lakh cakes.
• 24 Oct — West Bengal will end the extended Durga Puja holidays for government hospital staff from 2027 and bring in a duty roster, the state Health Minister announced.
• 24 Oct — Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Assam will fill 5,734 vacancies in six departments, and the recruitment tests will begin on 1 February 2027.
• 24 Oct — A four-day strike by contract staff of PRTC, PUNBUS and Punjab Roadways ended on 24 October after the state issued written orders on their demands; PRTC will also add 100 midi buses and pilot electronic ticketing machines.
• 24 Oct — Haryana's Standing Finance Committee, chaired by CM Nayab Singh Saini, approved the state's first PM-SETU plan: 12 ITI clusters covering about 60 ITIs at Rs 2,892 crore, starting with the Kurukshetra cluster of about Rs 320.44 crore.
• 24 Oct — In the first phase of Rajasthan's panchayat elections, 3,314 gram panchayats in 16 districts voted for sarpanch and ward panch; turnout was about 80 per cent, highest in the Mangta panchayat samiti of Barmer at 91.42 per cent.
• 24 Oct — Uttar Pradesh runs 25 Bachpan Day Care Centres for children aged 3 to 7 with disabilities (1,463 enrolled) and has approved 28 more for 2026-27 in the remaining districts.
• 24 Oct — Under Uttar Pradesh's Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana, 28,833 of the 2026-27 target of 72,540 couples have been married so far; each couple gets Rs 1 lakh, of which Rs 64,000 goes to the bride's bank account.
• 24 Oct — Delhi began a door-to-door survey of old-age pension beneficiaries by a third-party agency, due in three months; the pension is ₹2,000 a month at 60-69 years and ₹2,500 at 70+, for about 4.36 lakh people, and nearly 20% may be excluded.
• 24 Oct — The Jammu Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal held a circuit sitting in Leh at the ADR Centre, Melongthang, and heard over 30 Ladakh cases; such sittings are held at least twice a year.
• 24 Oct — Goa notified the Rehabilitation of Acid Attack Victims Scheme: survivors get free treatment, reconstructive surgery, an immediate grant of ₹25,000 within 48 hours and a further ₹75,000 within 15 days, up to ₹1 lakh in all.

Part 15

24 Oct – 25 Oct

National: 16.

• 24 Oct — BESCOM has set 31 October as the deadline for about 16 lakh consumers to submit documents for Karnataka's Gruha Jyothi free-electricity scheme, according to a report of 24 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — The Telangana government launched an incubator programme for women self-help groups (SHGs), according to a report of 24 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy announced a Rs 150 crore project in three mandals of Telangana to find a permanent solution to drought.
• 24 Oct — Tripura Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sushanta Chowdhury began free distribution of flour, sugar and semolina through ration shops for the Durga Puja and Diwali season.
• 24 Oct — Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh announced a committee representing all 36 communities of the state to promote peace, unity and inclusive development.
• 24 Oct — The Delhi High Court rejected a review petition against the government's decision to give students cash instead of school uniforms, saying courts do not interfere with a policy unless it is extremely arbitrary.
• 24 Oct — The Satheesan Cabinet reinstated the RTI Act exemption for sensitive vigilance units (T1 and T2) of Kerala, which an earlier order had withdrawn.
• 24 Oct — The Union Home Ministry plans a civil defence network with Army support, and Kerala is one of the first two States or UTs where it will start.
• 25 Oct — PM Modi was scheduled to inaugurate a new garment manufacturing unit of Arvind Limited in Varanasi on 25 October 2026, expected to create jobs mainly for women.
• 25 Oct — The PM praised the Kheti Virasat Mission's Nav-Trinjan initiative in Punjab's Malwa region, which promotes chemical-free natural cotton, including naturally coloured cotton that needs no chemical dyeing, and runs a weaving school for women.
• 25 Oct — Urging organ donation, the PM cited Shivani of Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh, whose family chose to donate her organs after her death in a road accident.
• 25 Oct — Gujarat's Education Department ordered that visitors to government and grant-in-aid schools need the principal's prior approval and a gate-register entry, and banned unauthorised filming of students; Minister Pradyuman Vaja called it a privacy measure.
• 25 Oct — Maharashtra's animal husbandry department launched Mission Murghas: under the Magel Tyala Murghas scheme, milk producers in 19 drought-hit districts of Marathwada and Vidarbha get ₹3 per kg of silage, for five kg per animal per day over 90 days.
• 25 Oct — Himachal DGP Ashok Tiwari told all government and private schools to fix security gaps within 30 days, with CCTV inside campuses, at gates and on approach roads, visitor records, and children taught the 112 helpline.
• 25 Oct — The Kerala government exempted sections of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) from the RTI Act, 2005, a decision that drew criticism on transparency grounds, according to reports of 24-25 October 2026.
• 25 Oct — Telangana asked all network hospitals to join the PM RAHAT scheme, and Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju told districts to enrol more hospitals. The scheme gives cashless treatment to road accident victims.

Part 16

25 Oct

National: 2.

• 25 Oct — Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was due to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on 25 October 2026 to discuss the height of the Tummidihatti barrage.
• 25 Oct — The West Bengal government aims to generate 10 lakh mandays of work from January 2027 under the VB-G RAM G rural job scheme, according to a report of 25 October 2026.

Part 1

14 one-liners

States & UTs: 14.

• The Odisha government launched India's first dedicated digital portal for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions) tourism at the Odisha Travel Bazaar 2026 in Bhubaneswar.
• Kerala launched the WOMN scheme, which supplies sanitary napkins through vending machines at KSRTC terminals. Each pack of three costs Rs 10.
• Delhi launched the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan: ASHA workers' incentive doubled from Rs 3,000 to Rs 6,000 a month, and newborn screening under Mission ANMOL widened from 56 to 63 conditions.
• New cattle breeds recognised: Koppal (Karnataka) and Mahakaushali (Madhya Pradesh).
• New cattle breeds recognised: Periyar dwarf (Kerala) and Umarda (Maharashtra).
• The Gomanchali buffalo of Goa was among the 16 newly recognised breeds.
• Goat breed Battisi (Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) and goat breed Totapuri (Rajasthan) were recognised as new breeds.
• New sheep breeds recognised: Asomi (Assam) and Kow Debar (Uttarakhand).
• New sheep breeds recognised: Madgyal (Maharashtra and Karnataka) and Seemanchali (Bihar).
• Among the newly recognised breeds are the Braj donkey (Uttar Pradesh) and the Kashmiri horse/pony (Jammu and Kashmir).
• The Nagal pig (Nagaland) and the Sikkimese yak (Sikkim) were recognised among the 16 breeds.
• The Kombai dog of Tamil Nadu was recognised as a new indigenous breed.
• UPERC approved 10 power purchase agreements totalling 19.7 MW of solar power under PM-KUSUM, at tariffs of Rs 2.91-2.99.
• Odisha: NSTFDC, NSDC and SAIL signed an MoU for skilling ST youth at Rourkela's LBI Centre (established 2018).

Part 2

3 Oct – 16 Oct

States & UTs: 14.

• According to state-platform reports, Samrat Choudhary is Bihar's Chief Minister, having succeeded Nitish Kumar on 15 April 2026; Nitish is now a Rajya Sabha member.
• Tamil Nadu CM C. Joseph Vijay launched the "Thuli" rainwater-harvesting awareness campaign in Chennai; the mascot "Thuli" means a drop. The state also allocated Rs 340 crore for water supply amid deficit rain.
• A foundation stone was laid for a Rs 9 crore riverfront project in Yamunanagar, Haryana; the Municipal Corporation will build a walking and recreation path of about 4.5 km along the Western Yamuna Canal.
• Delhi's RML Hospital received fire safety clearance for its Rs 482 crore, 11-storey super-speciality block, which will raise the hospital's beds from 1,538 to 2,204.
• Keezhmad in Ernakulam was declared Kerala's first tobacco-free village, and Kattakada became the first constituency in India to target carbon neutrality by 2050.
• Kozhikode was included in the UN Global Network of Age-friendly Cities, and Alappuzha became India's first fully digitised library district, with 351 libraries on the Info Library app.
• Thiruvananthapuram opened GIGON, Kerala's first rest centre for gig workers, and a drone station for locating missing fishermen is planned at Vizhinjam.
• 3 Oct — CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu dedicated 89 projects worth Rs 415.80 crore in Rohru (61 projects, Rs 182.87 crore) and Rampur (28 projects, Rs 232.93 crore) of Shimla district during a visit from 1 to 3 October.
• 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.
• 5 Oct — The Punjab Cabinet approved the Ranjitgarh Development Authority Bill, 2026 for eco-tourism around the Ranjit Sagar and Shahpur Kandi dam areas; the CM is chairperson and the Tourism Minister is vice-chairman.
• 5 Oct — Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan inaugurated seven new KSRTC services at North Paravur and began a new bus waiting centre. Interstate routes to Palani and Madurai start on 23 October and to Velankanni on 31 October.
• 7 Oct — CM Sukhu inaugurated and laid foundation stones for three Shimla projects worth Rs 108.16 crore, including Ridge stabilisation work (Rs 66.81 crore) and a parking-cum-shopping complex at the Old Bus Stand.
• 13 Oct — Delhi's Cabinet under CM Rekha Gupta approved the Delhi Industrial Policy 2026, a 10-year roadmap, with the Mukhyamantri Udyamshree Yojana of Rs 1,000 crore.
• 16 Oct — Ladakh got its 8th district, Sankoo, carved out of Kargil. Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced it, with four tehsils including Sankoo and Taisuru.

Part 3

16 Oct – 23 Oct

States & UTs: 14.

• 16 Oct — Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma announced 11 new chapters of the Rajasthan Foundation: six in India (Raipur, Lucknow, Patna, Siliguri, Panaji, Visakhapatnam) and five abroad (San Francisco, Zurich, Milan, Dublin, and a Nordic chapter in Stockholm).
• 19 Oct — Ladakh LG Vinai Kumar Saxena notified the LAHDC (Amendment) Regulation 2026, effective 19 October, to give hill councils to all eight districts. Cabinet approved it on 14 October and the President promulgated it on 16 October.
• 19 Oct — The amended LAHDC law creates 100 constituencies (up from 52): Leh 22, Kargil 21, Sankoo 13, Changthang 10, Nubra 9, Sham 9, Zanskar 9 and Drass 7.
• 19 Oct — Each Ladakh hill council will have 7-24 elected seats plus 4 nominated. Only Leh (1995) and Kargil (2003) had councils before; the Act of 1997 now says "Administrator" instead of "Governor".
• 19 Oct — Ladakh's new districts are Sham, Nubra, Changthang, Zanskar and Drass (created 27 April 2026) and Sankoo (announced 16 October).
• 20 Oct — UP CM Yogi Adityanath doubled the seats in the Chief Minister Farmer Scholarship Scheme and raised aid to Rs 60,000 a year.
• 22 Oct — Uttarakhand's Cabinet under CM Pushkar Singh Dhami cleared 25 proposals before a 2-day Assembly session at Gairsain from 27 October, including the Civil Code (Amendment) Rules 2026 for the UCC Act.
• 22 Oct — Uttarakhand raised the income limit for free coaching for SC/ST students from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 8 lakh, approved a stamp-duty one-time settlement, and a new Adventure Tourism Corporation Ltd.
• 22 Oct — Uttarakhand renamed its maintenance grant scheme as the Mukhyamantri Ekal Nari Samman Yojana and relaxed passing marks by 5% (to 28%) for disabled students.
• 22 Oct — Uttarakhand's One District One Sport scheme will get 14 head coaches at Rs 1.45 lakh honorarium, and award-winning athletes will get free bus travel.
• 23 Oct — Telangana CM Revanth Reddy announced a four-month special employment scheme from after Sankranti until May, amid drought and El Nino; the state will top up central funds. About 15 of 30 lakh pump sets have dried up.
• 23 Oct — Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis announced reservation for ex-Agniveers in government jobs; 282 Navy Agniveers from Maharashtra will be appointed police constables.
• 23 Oct — Assam's Cabinet under CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has reportedly reserved 12% of constable and equivalent posts for ex-Agniveers.
• 23 Oct — UP CM Yogi Adityanath proposed performance-linked promotions and an AI Centre of Excellence, and Nivesh Mitra 3.0 was launched.

Part 4

23 Oct – 25 Oct

States & UTs: 13.

• 23 Oct — Eight Bihar Legislative Council seats (4 graduates' and 4 teachers') were reportedly due for polling on 23 October.
• 23 Oct — The 2nd National Urban Conclave 2026 in Bhubaneswar has the theme "Urban Rising - Rethinking Urban Systems, Solutions and Delivery"; the Odisha government, HUDCO and NBCC support it and NIUA is the knowledge partner.
• 24 Oct — Uttarakhand's State Skill Development Plan prepares District Skill Development Plans for all districts. Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan reviewed it with the SETU Aayog and UKSDM.
• 24 Oct — Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, began adopting Pansalla village in Sultanganj block, Bhagalpur, as a Jardalu Mango Village and gave farmers 100 mango saplings to promote the local variety.
• 24 Oct — A Kashmiri farmer, Zafar Ahmad Bhat, was felicitated at the Bharat International Rice Conference in New Delhi for conserving Mushk Budji, a fragrant rice from Sagam in Anantnag that won a GI tag in 2023.
• 24 Oct — At the diamond jubilee of Goa Engineering College, CM Pramod Sawant said the state is considering a data centre and will spend ₹1,000 crore on infrastructure for futuristic studies; he also backed an IIT campus in Goa.
• 25 Oct — Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav was set to give a Rs 22.89 crore bonus for the 2024 season to 9.77 lakh tendu leaf collectors at Shahdol on 25 October, along with 134 projects worth Rs 461.73 crore.
• 25 Oct — Bihar's Labour Resources Department plans risk-based factory inspections: low-risk units get no routine inspection, medium-risk units get third-party safety audits, and high-risk units are inspected by senior officials.
• 25 Oct — The Bihar State Road Transport Corporation is preparing a 'Where Is My Bus' app for online ticket booking, seat selection, refunds and GPS live tracking of government buses; no launch date has been given.
• 25 Oct — Bihar's Higher Education Department has proposed degree courses in green energy (solar, wind, green hydrogen, EVs, batteries, carbon accounting) and a separate department in universities; the plan is still at the proposal stage.
• 25 Oct — Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation plans an elevated corridor from Shahpur Darwaza to Dariapur Darwaza, later to Kalupur station, for about 7 lakh daily commuters; the route is being redrawn because it lies within 100 m of protected monuments.
• 25 Oct — Average daily ridership on the Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat (RRTS) corridor rose 98.8% in one year, from 47,745 in July 2025 to 94,936 in July 2026, and crossed 1 lakh in September; total journeys passed 45 million.
• 25 Oct — The launch of 28 new panoramic coaches on the UNESCO World Heritage Kalka-Shimla railway is delayed after the railway safety commissioner's inspection found defects such as weak air-conditioning; the coaches are going back to RCF Kapurthala.

Part 1

16 one-liners

Economy & Banking: 16.

• The Commerce Department held an FTA outreach programme in Jaipur. The Rajasthan Export Promotion Policy 2024 aims for exports of Rs 1.5 lakh crore by 2029.
• Maersk chose L&T's Kattupalli Shipyard near Chennai for its first planned drydocking in India.
• AU Small Finance Bank (HQ Jaipur, MD and CEO Sanjay Agarwal) launched a Paytm RuPay credit card with family lounge access.
• The Mormugao Port Authority (Goa) got India's first captive non-public network (CNPN) authorisation for a private 5G network by a government autonomous body.
• At India Chem 2026, MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav pitched Bina (Sagar) as a petrochemical hub, with a downstream unit of about Rs 50,000 crore. The MP Global Investors Summit is planned for 2027.
• UP's Empowered Committee, chaired by Chief Secretary Shashi Prakash Goyal, approved incentives of ₹56.26 crore for four units, including JK Cement (Hamirpur), Britannia (Barabanki) and Ankur Udyog (Gorakhpur). Invest UP is the nodal agency.
• Himachal Pradesh's HPMC paid Rs 35.68 crore to 16,877 apple growers under the Market Intervention Scheme; Rs 17.53 crore of this was paid in cash.
• Chhattisgarh won investment proposals worth ₹43,250 crore at the first Singapore-India Network for Growth (SING) Forum 2026, led by a ₹41,750 crore 100 MW hyperscale data centre proposed by Energy Capital Global.
• The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission approved 10 PPAs for 19.7 MW of PM-KUSUM solar plants at tariffs of ₹2.91 to ₹2.99 per unit. The lowest was Bhaskar Renewable's 1.7 MW plant in Chitrakoot.
• Bihar plans Rs 1,88,383 crore of energy investment, with peak demand projected at 11,747 MW by 2030. Plans include 8,400 MW of pumped storage, a 2,800 MW nuclear project in Banka and five Green Hydrogen Villages.
• The proposed Varanasi-Patna-Siliguri high-speed rail corridor has five Bihar station districts: Patna, Buxar, Begusarai, Khagaria and Katihar. It is one of seven corridors announced in the Union Budget 2026-27.
• Bihar's Green Hydrogen Policy, 2026 targets 1 lakh tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2031, with about Rs 16,000 crore investment and 12,000 jobs. The draft was cleared by the Cabinet; BREDA is the nodal agency.
• Bihar set a target of 500 MW rooftop solar on government buildings by 2029-30 under Phase 3 of the Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali campaign. BREDA will use the RESCO (Renewable Energy Service Company) model.
• Bihar's Directorate of Economics and Statistics began fieldwork for the 81st round of the NSS, covering household income, debt and investment. It runs until June 2027.
• Jharkhand is exploring a nuclear power plant, looking at land, water and low seismic risk. Atomic Energy Commission chairman Ajit Kumar Mohanty discussed it in Ranchi; the state has uranium resources.
• Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told the Assembly that Odisha's debt is projected at Rs 1.48 lakh crore by March 2027, or Rs 31,344 per person. He said loans since 2005-06 funded only capital spending.

Part 2

16 one-liners

Economy & Banking: 16.

• Haryana ranked fifth among states in GST collection, with Rs 10,097 crore in September 2026; CM Saini raised three proposals at the 57th GST Council, including a one-time window for delayed appeals.
• Himachal Pradesh raised the Market Intervention Scheme price for apples by Re 1 to Rs 13 per kg, and CM Sukhu announced a higher milk support price from 1 December.
• Uttarakhand became the first Himalayan state to export trout to Nepal and to supply trout to the ITBP, a gain of the Pithoragarh coldwater fisheries cluster, one of 34 clusters notified by the Centre.
• Solex Energy signed an MoU with the Gujarat government to invest Rs 4,000 crore in a 5 GW solar cell plant, built in phases of 2 GW and 3 GW, along with a 10 GWh battery energy storage facility.
• The Global Innovation Index 2026 ranked Bengaluru 25th among the world's top innovation clusters, while Delhi stood 27th.
• The Tamil Nadu power utility called tenders to install about 1.7 crore smart meters under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme, of which about 56.85 lakh are for the Chennai region.
• The Tamil Nadu Rooftop Solar Subsidy Scheme gives combined Central and State subsidy of Rs 35,000 for 1 kW, Rs 70,000 for 2 kW and Rs 1,00,000 for 3 kW.
• Tamil Nadu recorded the highest retail inflation in India for September 2026 at 6.81%; rural inflation was 6.08% and urban inflation 4.88%.
• Tamil Nadu launched the Semiconductor Ecosystem Scheme 2026, which adds state incentives to central help under the India Semiconductor Mission and also supports projects outside it.
• Tamil Nadu cut VAT on aviation turbine fuel for scheduled airlines from 29% to 16% at Chennai and to 1% at other state airports from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027.
• The Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme, from 1 January 2026, needs 10 years' service and pays 50% of average basic pay of the last 12 months, with a floor of Rs 10,000 a month.
• The state's special incentive of Rs 709.50 per tonne lifts the sugarcane price to Rs 4,000 per tonne, above the Centre's FRP of Rs 3,290.50, benefiting about 90,000 farmers.
• Tamil Nadu sent a site clearance request for an airport at Manikaneri near Keelakarai in Ramanathapuram district to serve Rameswaram, on over 600 acres.
• The international container terminal of V. O. Chidambaranar Port, Thoothukudi, was declared a green terminal after all operating equipment was electrified.
• The Paranur toll plaza on NH 179B (Tambaram-Tindivanam) became Tamil Nadu's first barrier-free automatic tolling point, using number plate recognition with FASTag.
• The Rayalaseema Global Horticulture Hub at Madanapalle is a Rs 1 lakh crore project, with Rs 40,352 crore from the government, covering 10 districts and about 9.6 lakh farmers.

Part 3

1 Oct – 5 Oct

Economy & Banking: 16.

• Andhra Pradesh plans to raise cargo at its non-major ports from 100 to 200 MTPA, with four greenfield ports by end 2027. It ranks second after Gujarat, with 16% of such cargo.
• Telangana plans to raise renewable capacity from 10,642 MW (2025-26) to 29,645 MW by 2029-30 and seeks help under Green Energy Corridor Phase-III; the Cabinet approved about 7,800 MW of new generation and storage.
• 1 Oct — The foundation of a Rs 800 crore artificial reservoir at Hansiyawas (Sikar) was laid. It is linked to a plan worth over Rs 34,000 crore to bring Yamuna water from Hathnikund barrage (Haryana) to Shekhawati.
• 1 Oct — The Banas river high-level bridge at Gahlod (Tonk) is the longest high-level bridge in the State, 3.34 km long and built at Rs 134.74 crore with 50 spans. It replaces an old causeway that used to be flooded.
• 1 Oct — APEDA helped a farmer-producer company, Aterna Foods, export 24 tonnes of frozen food (peas, sweet corn, samosas) from Sonipat, Haryana, to Canada, showing farmer groups moving into value-added exports.
• 1 Oct — Punjab began paddy procurement for 2026-27 at the Batala grain market on 1 October, with a target of 180 lakh metric tonnes and a Centre-approved cash credit limit of Rs 42,786.68 crore.
• 1 Oct — Maharashtra signed 67 MoUs worth Rs 8.57 lakh crore at the Invest Maharashtra summit in Mumbai on 1 October 2026, expected to create about 2.91 lakh jobs. Data centres, IT and semiconductors took the largest share.
• 1 Oct — From 1 October 2026 the railway line to Mangaluru moved from the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway to the Mysuru Division of South Western Railway.
• 2 Oct — Works worth Rs 3,075 crore (668 works) were inaugurated or begun in seven districts: Bikaner, Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar, Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar.
• 2 Oct — Under Atal Pragati Path, 327 roads worth Rs 813 crore were sanctioned and 282 are complete. About 10,000 km of "missing link" rural roads are being built.
• 3 Oct — Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched Invest Maharashtra in Mumbai on 3 October 2026. It is the state's main investment promotion body, offering one-stop help on land, power and approvals, as Maharashtra aims for a USD 1 trillion economy by 2030.
• 3 Oct — Kolkata will host the fifth India Energy Week in January 2027, the first time the event is held in eastern India. Earlier editions were in Bengaluru (2023) and Goa (2026).
• 3 Oct — For the first time since Independence, a cargo vessel is to sail from Dibrugarh to Dhaka via the new Bogibeel Inland Water Transport Terminal, carrying methanol from APCL, Namrup, over about 783 km to the Bangladesh border.
• 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.
• 5 Oct — SEBI launched the investor-awareness campaign "Samajh Se Investing Simple" under Project Jagrook at Panjab University, Chandigarh, during World Investor Week (5-11 October).

Part 4

5 Oct – 10 Oct

Economy & Banking: 16.

• 5 Oct — J&K auctioned its first two mineral blocks through the Centre's auction process: the Koot-Kapran (22.43 hectares) and Wantrag limestone blocks in Anantnag district.
• 6 Oct — A State Level Committee approved a 406.72-acre integrated industrial park at Nava Raipur Atal Nagar under the Centre's BHAVYA scheme (₹33,660 crore, 100 parks by 2031-32). Final approval rests with DPIIT.
• 6 Oct — Uttar Pradesh launched HCL IT City Phase 2 in Lucknow, a ₹500 crore expansion for about 6,000 jobs. CM Yogi Adityanath also set a goal of supporting 50 AI startups in Lucknow over five years.
• 6 Oct — The Maharashtra Cabinet gave the Vadar community a royalty concession on minor minerals and raised the annual limit for their traditional stone excavation from 200 brass to 500 brass (brass is a unit of volume).
• 7 Oct — Madhya Pradesh is developing a plug-and-play telecom manufacturing zone on about 170 acres at Gwalior, with proposals above ₹5,500 crore. A state-DoT company (51% MP, 49% DoT) will run it, and the Centre gives ₹493 crore.
• 7 Oct — Tata Power and Norway's Ocean Sun signed an agreement on 7 October 2026 for a 300 kWp floating solar pilot at the Mulshi reservoir in Maharashtra, which is Ocean Sun's first installation in India.
• 8 Oct — CM Bhagwant Mann launched Passbook, the financial-incentive module of the Fast-Track Punjab portal, which promises investors all approvals within 45 days; Punjab says it has drawn Rs 1.89 lakh crore of investment since 2022.
• 9 Oct — The UP Cabinet approved the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Manufacturing Promotion Policy-2026. Units using farm residue, municipal waste or non-edible oilseeds get incentives, with UPNEDA as nodal agency; the policy runs for five years.
• 9 Oct — Uttar Pradesh approved the Interest Waiver Scheme-2026, a three-month window waiving interest and penalties on old tax dues up to 31 December 2025 under laws such as the UP VAT Act, 2008 and the Central Sales Tax Act.
• 9 Oct — The Uttar Pradesh Model Building Regulations, 2026 for industrial development authorities (Noida, Greater Noida, Yamuna Expressway) remove FAR limits on plots on roads wider than 45 metres and give deemed approval after 60 days for small plots.
• 9 Oct — Inox Air Products proposed a ₹1,260 crore semiconductor-grade silane gas plant at Guna, Madhya Pradesh, described as India's first. It would give 320+ jobs, with production planned from April 2029.
• 9 Oct — Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary launched the Bihar MSME Policy 2026, aiming to link one crore families with enterprise. The Chief Minister Entrepreneur Scheme costs Rs 3,500 crore and targets 45,000 entrepreneurs.
• 9 Oct — On World Egg Day, Odisha launched a Commercial Layer Chicken Farming Scheme with subsidy up to Rs 10 crore for automated farms. The state aims for 1,000 crore eggs a year by 2036.
• 9 Oct — Haryana began paddy procurement on 29 September at 278 mandis, running till 15 November; the MSP is Rs 2,441 a quintal (common) and Rs 2,461 (Grade A), and Rs 281 crore went to farmers under Bhavantar compensation.
• 9 Oct — Gujarat announced a Comprehensive MSME Assistance Scheme under the Viksit Gujarat Industrial Policy-2026, valid from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2031. It offers capital assistance up to 35% in Category-A talukas and a 7% interest subsidy for five years.
• 10 Oct — Under the Mukhyamantri Maiyan Samman Yojana, Rs 2,500 per woman for September was sent by DBT to about 7.40 lakh women in Ranchi and Dhanbad, a total of roughly Rs 185 crore.

Part 5

10 Oct – 14 Oct

Economy & Banking: 16.

• 10 Oct — The Himachal Cabinet (10 October, Shimla) doubled the Milk Incentive Scheme assistance from Rs 3 to Rs 6 per litre and told departments to buy milk products from Milkfed.
• 10 Oct — A joint drought survey by the Karnataka Horticulture Department found heavy losses in the state's spice belt, where chilli, turmeric, garlic and ginger crops were hit by worsening drought.
• 10 Oct — A new grainage building and cold storage was opened at the Central Silk Board's silkworm seed centre at Rowriah, Jorhat. Assam produces about 84% of India's Muga silk and 74% of its Eri silk.
• 11 Oct — Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary inspected work along Nehru Path, Patna, and told officials to finish the Patna Metro project by 2028. He also ordered two foot overbridges on Nehru Path.
• 12 Oct — Ipca Laboratories proposed about ₹1,080 crore to expand drug manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh: roughly ₹1,000 crore at Dewas (1,000 jobs) and ₹80 crore at Vikram Udyogpuri, Ujjain (500 jobs).
• 12 Oct — The Bihar Cabinet approved buying about 50 acres near Darbhanga International Airport for a logistics park and cargo hub, at a compensation of roughly Rs 225.91 crore. In all, 23 agenda items were cleared.
• 12 Oct — The Bihar Cabinet approved a new grid substation at Pipra, Supaul, costing Rs 575.36 crore, and a Rs 75 crore grant to the Khagaria District Central Cooperative Bank to reach 9% CRAR.
• 13 Oct — The Go-Delhi Foundation, with a corpus of Rs 50 crore, will be a Section 8 not-for-profit company run on a hub-and-spoke model. It follows the Delhi Start-up and Incubation Policy of July 2026, a Rs 400 crore, five-year plan.
• 13 Oct — The Odisha Cabinet approved a Rs 1,360 crore corpus fund for fertilisers and seeds, a Rs 500 crore urban storm-water drainage programme and Rs 133.72 crore for Mahanadi Waterfront Development at Cuttack.
• 13 Oct — Gujarat and Maharashtra, with Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, got permanent seats on the new 12-state GST Standing Committee. The other seven seats rotate every two years.
• 13 Oct — Two shipbuilding insurance policies were launched at the Mumbai meeting: SbPCP by ECGC for export projects and BCSPS by New India Assurance for domestic projects, under the National Shipbuilding Mission.
• 13 Oct — The Delhi government launched infrastructure works worth Rs 170 crore in nine industrial areas on 13 October 2026 to improve roads, drainage and long-pending civic problems.
• 14 Oct — Chief Minister Majhi inaugurated or laid foundation stones for 46 industrial projects worth Rs 39,383 crore in 14 districts at an event in Kalinganagar, Jajpur. They are expected to create 42,512 jobs.
• 14 Oct — The MP Urban Conclave 2026 is set for 28 October at Brilliant Convention Centre, Indore. Urban Challenge Fund projects worth ₹2,753.10 crore and preparations for Simhastha 2028 in Ujjain are on its agenda.
• 14 Oct — CM Sukhu inaugurated Himachal's first solar plant with battery storage, a 2 MW plant with 1 MWh storage at Rongtong near Kaza (Spiti, about 3,600 m), built for Rs 4.42 crore to yield about 36 lakh units a year.
• 14 Oct — Under the Delhi Industrial Policy 2026, IT firms can get incentives up to Rs 10 crore (Rs 12 crore for women-led units), capability centres up to Rs 50 crore, and large hospitals up to Rs 100 crore. Invest Delhi is the single point of contact.

Part 6

14 Oct – 19 Oct

Economy & Banking: 16.

• 14 Oct — Tamil Nadu recorded a peak power demand of 21,724 MW on 14 July 2026, about 3,000 MW more than last year. The state bought up to 1,000 MW for the evening peak from 15 to 31 October.
• 14 Oct — The Assam Inland Waterways Company signed a deal for a shipyard at Dharapur near Guwahati, run by a new company, Assam Shipyard Pvt Ltd, with Rs 75 crore initially and a plan to build 40 barges in five years.
• 15 Oct — The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet created the state-owned Jabalpur-Indore Economic Corridor Development Company Ltd with ₹100 crore initial capital to plan land and infrastructure for industrial, food-processing, logistics and IT parks.
• 15 Oct — Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary inaugurated the Rs 140.95 crore Mega Leather, Footwear and Accessories Cluster at Mahwal, Muzaffarpur. An MoU was signed with the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI).
• 15 Oct — Chief Minister Vijay laid the foundation of the Chennai ring main at Sholinganallur. The Rs 3,108.55 crore project, with Asian Development Bank help, links nine water sources through 91.2 km of pipelines.
• 15 Oct — Telangana's peak power demand touched a record 20,003 MW on 15 October 2026, against 18,548 MW in the last financial year; Greater Hyderabad peaked at 4,220 MW.
• 16 Oct — Uttar Pradesh is putting up five Doppler weather radars at Azamgarh, Lucknow, Jhansi, Aligarh and Varanasi for ₹22.45 crore. Those at Azamgarh and Varanasi are installed, and the rest are under way.
• 16 Oct — Yash Fans and Appliances began work on a ₹152.74 crore fan and kitchen-appliance factory at Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh, in the presence of CM Vishnu Deo Sai. It should create about 3,500 jobs.
• 17 Oct — Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma launched four Rajasthan Housing Board projects with 457 units in Jaipur, Kishangarh and Bhiwadi, including 144 flats for accredited journalists at Jagatpura, Jaipur.
• 17 Oct — CM Mohan Yadav announced a roughly 600 km industrial corridor linking Jabalpur, Bhopal and Indore. By March 2028 it aims for 10,000 acres of industrial land, ₹1 lakh crore investment and over 3 lakh jobs.
• 17 Oct — Haryana's government said it was the first state to give MSP on 24 crops, and that investment proposals of about Rs 4,000 crore from Sweden and Rs 5,500 crore from Singapore came after the CM's visits.
• 17 Oct — The Karnataka Cabinet gave administrative approval to an international-standard Film City at Immavu Industrial Area, Nanjangud taluk, Mysuru district, at an estimated cost of Rs 729.43 crore under the PPP model.
• 17 Oct — The Karnataka Cabinet also approved a Tunga river barrage near Sringeri Sharadamba Mutt in Chikkamagaluru (Rs 83.4 crore) and a horticulture college at Dambal in Gadag district (Rs 23.6 crore).
• 17 Oct — Northeast India's first Visa Application Centre, run by VFS Global, was inaugurated in Guwahati by the Assam Chief Minister; it handles visas for 14 countries including the UK, France, Italy and Japan.
• 18 Oct — Chief Minister Satheesan opened the 800-metre Makkekadavu-Nere Kadavu bridge across Vembanad Lake, linking Alappuzha and Kottayam, and announced that Aroor will become a blue economy hub under Mission Samudra.
• 19 Oct — CM Bhagwant Mann launched two new canned products of MARKFED's SOHNA brand, chickpeas and red kidney beans in brine, at SIAL Paris 2026 to push Punjab's agri-food exports.

Part 7

19 Oct – 23 Oct

Economy & Banking: 16.

• 19 Oct — MARKFED, Punjab's cooperative marketing federation, has a turnover above Rs 21,248 crore, serves about 20 lakh farmers and exports to over 20 countries; its Verka brand belongs to Milkfed.
• 20 Oct — Rail reached Rowghat in Kanker district for the first time since Independence when CM Sai opened the Tadoki-Rowghat section, completing the 95 km, ₹1,628 crore Dallirajhara-Rowghat line.
• 20 Oct — Chhattisgarh's railway allocation for 2026-27 is ₹7,470 crore, and rail projects worth ₹51,080 crore are under way, including the 278 km Kharsia-Naya Raipur-Parmalakasa line, according to state government figures.
• 20 Oct — Adperma, a subsidiary of Haldia Petrochemicals, opened a Rs 6,000 crore phenol and acetone plant at Haldia, with a yearly capacity of 3.45 lakh tonnes of phenol and 2.15 lakh tonnes of acetone.
• 20 Oct — PepsiCo India opened an Eri silk development hub at Chengnoi village, Nalbari, under its RevolutioNari women's programme; Eri silk, from the Philosamia ricini worm, is called the "world's only vegan silk".
• 21 Oct — CM Sukhu flagged off the Shimla-Rampur-Reckong Peo helicopter service from Sanjauli heliport; it flies on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays under Viability Gap Funding, with Hamirpur, Chamba and Palampur to follow in 3-4 months.
• 21 Oct — Gujarat's Cabinet approved an extra state subsidy on rooftop solar under PM Surya Ghar: general consumers pay about 10% of the benchmark cost and SC/ST consumers 5%. It covers over 3 lakh families at about Rs 1,000 crore.
• 21 Oct — Gujarat's post-settlement GST revenue for September 2026 was Rs 8,167 crore, about 35% higher than a year earlier. The state earned Rs 49,858 crore in the first six months of the financial year.
• 21 Oct — The PM-SETU steering committee approved ITI clusters in Pune (Rs 241 crore, partner BVG India) and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Rs 238.01 crore, partner Belrise Industries), each with one hub ITI and four spoke ITIs.
• 21 Oct — The cooperative BHARAT TAXI service was launched at Navi Mumbai International Airport on 21 October 2026 to widen passenger transport options.
• 22 Oct — At the Urban Challenge Fund Conclave in Raipur, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai said the state aims to grow its economy from Rs 6 lakh crore to Rs 75 lakh crore, linking planned, modern cities to the Viksit Bharat 2047 goal.
• 22 Oct — At the Urban Challenge Fund Conclave in Raipur, Chhattisgarh signed MoUs with HUDCO and CEPT University for urban planning support. CM Sai stressed drainage, sewerage, underground cabling and regular drinking water.
• 22 Oct — Maharashtra plans a mega chemical park near Vadhvan Port and has asked the Centre to approve allotment of 2,500 to 5,000 acres of land for it.
• 22 Oct — Fadnavis praised the Avaada solar manufacturing facility in Nagpur, where 3 GW of N-type TOPCon solar cell capacity is operating, and said Nagpur can become a national hub for solar equipment manufacturing.
• 23 Oct — The inland fisheries plan targets 30 million tonnes of fish in five years and Rs 1.25 lakh crore of seafood exports. A Fisheries Investors and Exporters Conclave 2026 was also held in Bhopal.
• 23 Oct — NHPC sought forest clearance for 3,278 hectares for its 1,720 MW Kamala hydroelectric project in Kamle district, Arunachal Pradesh.

Part 8

23 Oct

Economy & Banking: 16.

• 23 Oct — Uttar Pradesh approved incentives for four units: JK Cement Rs 10.11 crore, Britannia Rs 12.77 crore, Kanodia Cement Rs 7.41 crore and Ankur Udyog Rs 25.97 crore, as net State GST reimbursement, capital-interest subsidy or electricity-duty exemption.
• 23 Oct — Beyond Bina, Madhya Pradesh is building a chemicals cluster: a PM MITRA textile park in Dhar, gas processing and green hydrogen at Vijaypur, a GAIL petrochemical project at Ashta (Sehore), chemicals at Nagda and a new petrochemical project at Dewas.
• 23 Oct — At India Chem 2026 in Mumbai, Odisha said that in two years 56 companies have proposed about Rs 1.93 lakh crore of investment, and 27 projects worth Rs 60,825.34 crore, creating 35,351 jobs, are already grounded or inaugurated.
• 23 Oct — The Tata Power Global Capability Centre in Khordha, Odisha, will build AI-driven digital solutions for the energy sector, using AI, machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI, and is expected to be fully working in about three months.
• 23 Oct — Odisha's Global Capability Centre Policy names regional hubs at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Paradip, Bargarh, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur, and aims to attract more than Rs 1,000 crore of GCC investment.
• 23 Oct — Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the 15th India Industrial Fair (Udyam 2026) in Gandhinagar; the four-day event runs from 23 to 26 October with over 500 exhibitors.
• 23 Oct — A variable surcharge of 3.99% was reported to be added to Gujarat's power adjustment levy, which will raise electricity bills for households, businesses and industries.
• 23 Oct — A Gujarat delegation led by Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi held a textile roundtable in Daegu, South Korea, and invited investment into the PM MITRA Park.
• 23 Oct — Keralam is seeking central funds for three industrial parks in the Kannur and Ernakulam districts, according to a report of 23 October 2026.
• 23 Oct — The Visakhapatnam Port Authority has asked for a stake in Andhra Pradesh's Mulapeta port project, according to a report of 23 October 2026.
• 23 Oct — Assam aims to settle 3.49 lakh Kisan Credit Card (KCC) accounts under a farmer loan resolution plan, according to a report of 23 October 2026.
• 23 Oct — Jammu and Kashmir Bank signed an MoU with the J&K government for banking services to employees and raised the accident cover for government employees to Rs 1 crore.
• 23 Oct — A Rs 31,427 crore power project is planned to give Ladakh its second link to the national grid, according to a report of 23 October 2026.
• 23 Oct — The first Kazakhstan charter of the season, flown by SCAT Airlines from Almaty, landed at Dabolim with 189 passengers; about 63 charters from Kazakhstan are planned this season, with FlyArystan starting on 26 October.
• 23 Oct — CM Mohan Yadav opened the MP Semiconductor Summit at Indore on 23 October. Proposals of about ₹5,800 crore and over 10,000 jobs came from 12+ firms, such as Una Ecosystems and Spintronics AI Semiconductors.
• 23 Oct — Madhya Pradesh issued land letters of intent to five firms for projects worth ₹9,625 crore, including Cytech RE's ₹6,415 crore hyperscale data centre at Ganga Malanpur, Gwalior, and Kaynes Electronics' unit.

Part 9

23 Oct – 24 Oct

Economy & Banking: 16.

• 23 Oct — Madhya Pradesh will give industry status to fisheries under its Integrated Fisheries Policy 2026, announced at the National Fisheries Conference in Bhopal, where investment proposals of about ₹40,000 crore were reported.
• 23 Oct — Madhya Pradesh plans ₹7,430 crore of cage culture at four reservoirs: Indira Sagar, Bargi, Bansagar and Barna. Its fish output in 2025-26 passed 4.95 lakh tonnes, and 500 cage units were launched at Barna (Raisen).
• 23 Oct — Industries Minister Shreyasi Singh said Bihar has received 1,091 investment proposals worth Rs 1,21,863 crore since 2025, which could create over 68,800 jobs.
• 23 Oct — At the Samakhya 2026 business meet in Hyderabad, CM Revanth Reddy restated the Telangana Rising-2047 goal of a $3 trillion economy through three zones: CURE, PURE and RARE.
• 23 Oct — The PURE (peri-urban) zone of Telangana covers about 10,500 sq km between the Outer Ring Road and the proposed 360-km Regional Ring Road; the HILT policy moves polluting industries beyond the ORR.
• 23 Oct — The Assam Cabinet approved a Rs 303.69 crore investment by Weetek Plastic (Welspun Group) for a manufacturing unit at Rangia, Kamrup, expected to create about 300 jobs.
• 23 Oct — The Assam Cabinet amended the Assam Mineral Regulation and Dealers Rules (2020) so that limestone royalty depends on grade (high, medium or base cement grade) instead of one uniform rate.
• 24 Oct — PM Modi was scheduled to open the RBI's greenfield data centre (about Rs 169 crore, 18.55 acres, Tier IV certified) and a cybersecurity training institute near Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 25 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Bihar introduced a 100-point performance assessment index to rank the banks working in the state; IDFC First Bank reportedly topped the first ranking with 74 points.
• 24 Oct — Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary launched Bihar Integrated Manufacturing City Gaya Limited and its web portal; the city covers about 1,670 acres in Dobhi block, with projected investment potential of Rs 16,500 crore and about 1.1 lakh jobs.
• 24 Oct — The Bodh Gaya event was the curtain-raiser for Bihar Business Connect 2027, planned for 17-18 February 2027; Bihar also plans air links from Gaya to Dubai and Kathmandu, and the Gaya city lies on the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor.
• 24 Oct — At the Shekhawati Heritage and Development Summit in Jaipur, Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma said the Ram Jalsetu Link Project has about Rs 1 lakh crore of proposed works, of which around Rs 41,000 crore have already started.
• 24 Oct — Rajasthan's CM said agreements worth over Rs 9 lakh crore have begun out of about Rs 35 lakh crore expected from the Rising Rajasthan summit, and the Kotputli-Kishangarh and Bikaner-Kotputli expressways are under way.
• 24 Oct — CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched the Pangi apple brand for naturally grown apples from Himachal's tribal Pangi region, which was declared the state's first natural farming sub-division.
• 24 Oct — The Centre sanctioned Rs 27 crore for the Bairakkuppa bridge, which links Keralam and Karnataka, after a wait of about 30 years.
• 24 Oct — The Tamil Nadu government ordered 50,000 new farm power connections and told the power utility TNPDCL to check misuse of agricultural connections.

Part 10

24 Oct – 25 Oct

Economy & Banking: 12.

• 24 Oct — BPCL will set up a subsidiary company for its proposed refinery and petrochemical complex in Andhra Pradesh.
• 24 Oct — Telangana will set up a Common Facility Centre (CFC) at Gachibowli and tanneries at Karimnagar to strengthen its leather industry.
• 24 Oct — West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a Rs 1,200 crore plan for the Sundarbans at Kakdwip, and said the Muriganga bridge, giving smooth access to Gangasagar, will open in 2029.
• 24 Oct — Assam amended its Legal Metrology Rules, tightening the norms for registration and verification of weighing and measuring instruments.
• 24 Oct — The Tamil Nadu government under Chief Minister Vijay has cut the state VAT on aviation turbine fuel (ATF), reported to be 16 per cent. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu thanked the state.
• 24 Oct — The Centre backed Andhra Pradesh's semiconductor push and approved rail links for nine ports, according to a report of 24 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said Telangana will soon unveil its Aerospace and Defence Policy 2.0 and aims to build the largest zone for the defence industry while promoting Raksha Expo 2026.
• 24 Oct — CM Mohan Yadav inaugurated the ₹2,387.60 crore Narmada-Jhabua-Petlawad-Thandla-Sardarpur micro-lift irrigation project at Sardarpur, Dhar. It covers 260 villages and irrigates 57,422 hectares in Dhar and Jhabua.
• 24 Oct — Delhi's Excise Department now requires a P-10 temporary permit, costing Rs 15,000 per event, to serve liquor at weddings and parties in banquet halls and farmhouses. Registration camps run from 27 October to 16 November.
• 25 Oct — WAPCOS Ltd has been given time until March 2027 to prepare the feasibility report (FSR) and detailed project report (DPR) for Keralam's 800 MW Idukki Extension Scheme.
• 25 Oct — Telangana is aiming to finish repairs at the Kaleshwaram project before the 2027 monsoon, according to a report of 25 October 2026.
• 25 Oct — Assam is targeting a record 8.49 lakh MT of paddy procurement for the KMS 2026-27 season, and the procurement process begins on 1 November.

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13 one-liners

Science & Technology: 13.

• DRDO flew an indigenous High Altitude Platform (HAPS) from Agra to 21 km and held 20 km for over 30 minutes. It also made the first live jump test of an advanced high-altitude parachute in Ladakh.
• ISRO completed crew module and service module separation tests at VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram, ahead of the uncrewed Gaganyaan-1 mission carrying the humanoid Vyommitra.
• Scientists at ARIES, Nainital, estimated that the blazar OJ 287, about 4 billion light-years away, has a central black hole of at least 3.89 billion solar masses in a rare binary system.
• C-DOT opened its sixth Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, covering wireless, quantum, cybersecurity and 5G Advanced/6G.
• ARIES, Nainital (DST), studied how black hole spin links to quasi-periodic oscillations. The Raman Research Institute (Bengaluru) reported a rare accretion disk around the X-ray pulsar Centaurus X-3.
• BHASHINI and IISc released text-to-speech models for the Sourashtra language, from MeitY's DIBD and IISc SPIRE Lab, available on the AIKosh platform.
• Vultr announced a 20 MW AI supercluster in Chennai.
• IISER Thiruvananthapuram made a solid, magnesium hydridomethylzincate, which releases hydrogen and methane when heated.
• A Bridge Health Monitoring System with sensors and IoT will track the condition of Vikramshila Setu, the 4.7 km Ganga bridge at Bhagalpur opened in 2001. A similar system is planned for the new parallel bridge.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan opened new facilities at ICAR-IIAB, Garhkhatanga, Ranchi, and laid the foundation of a guest house costing Rs 119 crore.
• Haryana formally launched a statewide Tele-ECG service on 29 May 2026 across 600 government health centres; each test costs Rs 89, and the target is about 3.28 lakh ECGs a year.
• Rohtak is the pilot district in Haryana for an ICMR-funded Verbal Autopsy Project, led with AIIMS New Delhi, which will study about 5,000 deaths over roughly eight months to find probable causes of death.
• CM Pushkar Singh Dhami released the Uttarakhand Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy-2026 along with technical reports on the state's Gross Environment Product (GEP) for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Part 2

1 Oct – 15 Oct

Science & Technology: 13.

• Dr S. Bijoy Nandan became the first Malayali to reach the 90-degree North Pole, and Gen Robotics won an ISRO contract to build a robot for space missions.
• Tamil Nadu became the first state to take the dengue vaccine to the field, with a study at the Kadayanallur government hospital in Tenkasi with the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai.
• Tamil Nadu met the 95-95-95 HIV target in September 2026; HIV prevalence fell from 0.40% in 2010 to 0.19% in 2023 and 1,63,151 people are on treatment.
• Navachetana is an AI-enabled screening programme in Andhra Pradesh that helps find developmental delays in children aged 0 to 6 years at an early stage.
• T-Hub in Hyderabad launched Flashpoint, a venture studio with Kheyti (agri-tech) and Dhruva Space (space-tech), where founders keep 100% ownership.
• WiSig Networks, incubated at IIT Hyderabad, opened orders for its indigenous 32TR Massive MIMO 5G radio on the n78 band, with bulk shipments planned for 2027.
• 1 Oct — The Rajasthan Health Department announced the "Sahi Khan-Pan, Swasth Rajasthan" food safety campaign for 3 to 16 October 2026. Its message is "Eat safe, stay healthy, eat local, beat adulteration".
• 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.
• 6 Oct — The Cabinet approved the CM SRISTHI scheme to promote research, innovation and technology hubs in higher and technical education, covering public universities, government polytechnics, ICT Mumbai, COEP Pune and DBATU Lonere.
• 9 Oct — The UP Cabinet approved the Uttar Pradesh Artificial Intelligence Mission (UP-AIM). It targets support for 100 AI startups, training of five lakh youth, and AI centres in all 75 districts, working as a society under the IT and Electronics Department.
• 12 Oct — Scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute described a new fossil plant, Tetrameristophyllum makumensis, from the Makum Coalfield in Tinsukia; the leaf is about 24 million years old, from the Late Oligocene.
• 15 Oct — The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet cleared ₹1,697.62 crore for the National Ayush Mission and ₹3,535 crore for Ayush colleges and hospitals, as part of about ₹27,050 crore of proposals approved on 15 October.
• 15 Oct — The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune hosted the APARC Early Career Researcher Workshop 2026, a curtain-raiser for the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC 2026).

Part 3

16 Oct – 24 Oct

Science & Technology: 13.

• 16 Oct — Orissa High Court Chief Justice Harish Tandon flagged off two Mobile e-Sewa Vans with internet and video-conferencing so witnesses can record testimony remotely. They also support Mobile Lok Adalats.
• 16 Oct — NIT Rourkela researchers got a patent for a technology that removes fluoride from water using zirconium-modified activated carbon from jackfruit peel, which removed 90 to 97% in lab tests.
• 19 Oct — Three Bodoland University teachers, Hemen Sarma, Sanjay Basumatary and Sanjib Baruah, were named in the 2026 Stanford-Elsevier list of the world's top 2% scientists, which is built from Scopus citation data.
• 20 Oct — The Madhya Pradesh Semiconductor Summit 2026 was announced for 23-24 October at Indore. The state's Semiconductor Policy 2025 reportedly offers a 25% subsidy and electricity at ₹2 per unit for 10 years.
• 22 Oct — Phage therapy was used on a 72-year-old with a resistant knee-implant infection at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
• 22 Oct — The Union Health Ministry approved the start of Ladakh's first medical college at Leh from the academic year 2027-28, with phased recruitment against 103 sanctioned regular posts.
• 23 Oct — MoS Jitin Prasada opened an STPI incubation facility of about 30,000 sq ft at the IT Park, Sahastradhara Road, Dehradun.
• 23 Oct — ISRO conducted IMAT-05, the fifth Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test for Gaganyaan, at ADRDE, Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh.
• 23 Oct — Maharashtra recorded its 50th deceased organ donation of 2026 at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai (22 October), and the 51st followed at Jupiter Hospital, Thane on 23 October, under state allocation guidelines of the ZTCC Mumbai.
• 23 Oct — The Jammu and Kashmir government stepped up action to make the Union Territory TB-free under the PM TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
• 23 Oct — SKUAST-Kashmir set up two community units in Batlan village, Tangdhar, to conserve the indigenous Karnah sheep, each with four ewes and one ram, under the ICAR-NBAGR network project on animal genetic resources.
• 23 Oct — The Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science (UPSIFS), Lucknow, hosted the three-day TechSangam (23-25 October) on AI, quantum technology, cybercrime and deepfakes, with CM Yogi Adityanath as chief guest on day two.
• 24 Oct — ISRO is scheduled to launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite on 30 October 2026 aboard a GSLV Mk II from Sriharikota; it is the third satellite of the second-generation NavIC series.

Part 4

24 Oct – 25 Oct

Science & Technology: 12.

• 24 Oct — Gujarat launched healthcare projects worth about Rs 500 crore across the state, including a Rs 223 crore neuroscience centre in Ahmedabad.
• 24 Oct — Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda said the Centre approved 320 new PG medical seats in six Himachal Pradesh colleges with about Rs 415 crore under the Rs 15,000 crore scheme to add 10,000 seats in five years.
• 24 Oct — ARTPARK, the Karnataka-backed AI and robotics technology park in Bengaluru, plans to expand, with BRAINZ (Bangalore Robotics and AI Innovation Zone), ArtGarage and ArtLabs driving its next phase.
• 24 Oct — Keralam introduced a generic medicine for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic muscle disease. The health minister said there is no cause for concern and will clarify in the Assembly on 26 October.
• 24 Oct — Tamil Nadu is preparing AI-enabled e-Sevai 2.0, a platform meant to bring about 1,000 government services under one roof.
• 24 Oct — Andhra Pradesh plans two space cities, one near Tirupati and one at Lepakshi, according to a report of 24 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) performed the Northeast's first liver transplant at a government hospital, a first for Assam's public health system.
• 24 Oct — The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations (CIRI) of the University of Kashmir was given Centre of Excellence status by the ICMR for its biomedical research.
• 24 Oct — Telangana unveiled an AI avatar of IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu, presented as its 'AI minister', at DevFest 2026 in Hyderabad as the state aims to become a global AI hub.
• 25 Oct — The PM said the e-Sanjeevani telemedicine platform has enabled about 50 crore tele-consultations, citing a Jarawa child on Baratang Island (Andaman and Nicobar) who was diagnosed with pneumonia through a remote specialist.
• 25 Oct — He highlighted the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre at IIT Madras, which aims to build 3D maps of 100 human brains using the Param Shakti supercomputer and share the data openly with scientists worldwide.
• 25 Oct — AIIMS Nagpur received a ₹30 crore sanction from the National Centre for Disease Control for a Biosafety Level-III laboratory, expected to start in about a year and reduce dependence on NIV Pune.

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16 one-liners

Environment & Ecology: 16.

• India added Sukhna Wetland (Chandigarh) and Sauj Jheel (Uttar Pradesh) as Ramsar sites, taking the country's total to 103 wetlands of international importance.
• The WMO warned that the 2026-27 El Niño could be among the strongest on record, which may bring heavier Northeast Monsoon rain to Tamil Nadu.
• Bud rot disease was reported in coconut-growing areas of Karnataka.
• Local women, called Bagh Didis, are reporting tiger movement and spreading safety awareness around Kanha Tiger Reserve; about 20 women joined in the first phase.
• The Kukurjhap Dam at Barhat, Jamui, will become an eco-tourism hub on a PPP model through the Bihar State Eco-Tourism Development Society; the Unified Eco-Tourism Master Plan covers 7 areas.
• As part of Delhi's winter pollution-control plan, charges at authorised parking sites will be doubled from 1 November 2026 until 28 February 2027 to discourage private vehicle use.
• The Gangetic dolphin count in the Bhagalpur stretch of the Ganga rose from about 95 to nearly 200 in 27 years. Official counts were 188 (2018) and 207 (2021); a new survey report is awaited.
• Ghatora wetland in Bihpur block, Bhagalpur district, has entered the process for Ramsar Site status. The district administration asked officials to send the proposal quickly.
• Patna Women's College and the Bihar State Biodiversity Board signed an MoU on biodiversity research, training and outreach. The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 governs conservation and benefit-sharing.
• Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran is being developed as Bihar's vulture conservation hub, with work started in the Gonauli range. It would be India's 9th vulture conservation and breeding centre.
• The Environment Ministry gave final environmental and CRZ clearance to the greenfield Shree Jagannath International Airport at Sipasarubali, Puri, which will cover 471.348 hectares.
• Five infant orangutans found in Balasore district in September are being cared for at Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar. Indonesian experts are expected in November 2026 to assess them and trace their origin.
• An international research centre for Olive Ridley turtles is planned at Berhampur University, Ganjam. Operation Olivia, started in the early 1980s, protects nesting turtles on the Odisha coast.
• Uttarakhand began installing its first Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) early warning system at Vasundhara Tal, Chamoli; the state has 344 identified glacial lakes, of which 13 are high-risk.
• Karnataka has fitted GPS devices, trackers and dash-cams in all safari vehicles of the Bandipur and Nagarahole tiger reserves, to stop route deviation and to monitor vehicles, wildlife sightings and tourists.
• The Union draft notification on the Western Ghats eco-sensitive area covers 56,825.7 sq km in six States, of which Karnataka has 20,668 sq km, the largest share. Karnataka asked the Centre to wait for a state survey.

Part 2

2 Oct – 8 Oct

Environment & Ecology: 16.

• Nearly 30% of the water bodies in Karnataka are used mainly for groundwater recharge, the second-highest share among southern states after Tamil Nadu at 34.3%.
• Telangana ended the 2026 monsoon with 615.5 mm of rain against a normal 740.6 mm, a 17% deficit. August was the worst month at 38% below normal and Jogulamba Gadwal the driest district.
• Kerala's first river museum will be set up at Vallakkadavu in Thiruvananthapuram, and a tribal university is planned in Wayanad.
• Tamil Nadu has India's first dugong conservation reserve, covering 448.34 sq km of Palk Bay. A 2026 Wildlife Institute of India count found 270 dugongs, 158 in Palk Bay and 112 in the Gulf of Mannar.
• Project Nilgiri Tahr counted 1,364 Nilgiri tahr in Tamil Nadu in 2026, up from 1,303 in 2025. The state animal is protected under the project.
• The National Green Tribunal banned construction within 1 km of the Pallikaranai Ramsar wetland in Chennai. The state wetlands authority proposed an interim zone of influence of 128.19 hectares.
• The Jeypore ground gecko, endemic to the Eastern Ghats of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, was rediscovered in 2010 after 130 years, but a proposed bauxite mine threatens its habitat.
• 2 Oct — Rajasthan's water drive: Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan Jan Abhiyan saw over 7 lakh activities, and the "Karmabhoomi se Matribhoomi" campaign built about 9,000 recharge shafts. Ram Jal Setu Link will serve 17 eastern districts.
• 2 Oct — Tigress T138, moved from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, was released in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, to open Wildlife Week 2026 and begin a phased tiger recovery plan there.
• 2 Oct — The Mumbai Port Authority declared the Jawahar Dweep Marine Oil Terminal plastic-free on 2 October 2026, called India's first plastic-free oil terminal. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal led the Swachhata Abhiyan programme.
• 2 Oct — Assam's wildlife tourism season began with Manas National Park reopening on 2 October, Kaziranga on 3 October and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary scheduled for 13 October.
• 3 Oct — Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launched a waste processing project on 3 October 2026 that has reclaimed about 100 acres of land from the city's existing landfill sites.
• 5 Oct — Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released two captive-bred male Great Indian Bustards at Sam in Desert National Park, Jaisalmer. The breeding centres at Sam and Ramdevra now hold 97 birds.
• 7 Oct — Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve (also called Nauradehi, about 2,339 sq km in Sagar, Damoh and Narsinghpur) is Madhya Pradesh's largest tiger reserve. Cheetahs Vyom and Neera were released there from Kuno on 7 October.
• 8 Oct — The Central Zoo Authority and IIFM, Bhopal held a three-day regional training for zookeepers of Central India. The Central Zoo Authority is a statutory body set up in 1992 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
• 8 Oct — The markhor population in the Kazinag landscape of J&K is estimated at 227 in 2026, up about 71% from 133 in 2005, per a Wildlife Trust of India and J&K Wildlife Department study.

Part 3

10 Oct – 22 Oct

Environment & Ecology: 16.

• 10 Oct — A group of 53 animal welfare bodies asked for an independent probe into the transfer of five young elephants from Assam to temples in Tamil Nadu, citing the Captive Elephant (Transfer or Transport) Rules, 2024.
• 11 Oct — A radio-tagged Madras hedgehog gave birth at Peikulam in Thoothukudi on 11 October 2026, the first breeding record of the Madras Hedgehog Conservation Project, led by the Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation.
• 14 Oct — Chhattisgarh approved moving 50 blackbucks from Barnawapara (Baloda Bazar) to Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary (Sarangarh-Bilaigarh), where the species vanished over five decades ago. Barnawapara's herd began with 77 animals in 2017-18.
• 15 Oct — Asiatic lions have returned to Barda Wildlife Sanctuary after about 144 years, with an estimated 17 lions (six adults and 11 cubs). Barda lies in Porbandar and Devbhumi Dwarka districts, was notified in 1979, and covers 192.31 sq km.
• 15 Oct — The northeast monsoon set in over Tamil Nadu about five days before its normal date of 20 October. The southwest monsoon had ended with a 20% rainfall deficit in the state.
• 15 Oct — Researchers described a new damselfly species, Dysphaea assamensis, from Karbi Anglong; it was earlier mistaken for the Sapphire Torrent Dart (Dysphaea walli), based on five male specimens.
• 15 Oct — The Assam Forest Department launched the Nameri Wild Classroom at Nameri Tiger Reserve (Sonitpur) for students of Class 8 and above, with birdwatching, forest walks and rafting on the Jia-Bharali river.
• 15 Oct — Among the Ladakh projects opened by the PM on 15 October were India's first Petroglyph Conservation Park at Sindhu Ghat, Leh, the 9 MW Hanu small hydro project and Project Him Sarovar covering 40 water bodies in 40 villages.
• 17 Oct — Parrys in Chennai recorded 36 cm of rain on the night of 17 October 2026, the highest in the city. The IMD said it was not a cloudburst but heavy rain from an upper-air circulation.
• 20 Oct — The Green Diwali Campaign is linked to Mission LiFE, which was announced at COP26 Glasgow in 2021 and launched on 20 October 2022 at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
• 20 Oct — Gujarat approved a Centre of Excellence for Joint Forest Management at Balethi village in Surat district. It will train about 7,500 members of forest committees over five years using the village's community forest model.
• 20 Oct — Gauhati University botanists rediscovered the shrub Ardisia colorata at Abhaypuri, Bongaigaon, its first confirmed record in India in about 204 years; only 12 plants were found.
• 21 Oct — The Commission for Air Quality Management enforced GRAP Stage 1 in Delhi-NCR on 21 October 2026 after Delhi's AQI rose to 244 from 179 a day earlier. Stage 1 applies when the AQI is between 201 and 300.
• 22 Oct — The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) reviewed stubble burning with Punjab and Haryana in Chandigarh under Chair Rajesh Verma, referring to its Directions No. 99 and No. 92.
• 22 Oct — Punjab recorded 510 stubble-burning incidents by 22 October 2026, with Tarn Taran (247) and Amritsar (136) leading; environmental compensation was imposed in 184 cases, against 5,114 cases in the whole of last season.
• 22 Oct — The Bombay High Court called Mumbai's air quality an emergency on 22 October 2026 and ordered civic bodies to submit an action plan on dust control and industrial emissions.

Part 4

22 Oct – 25 Oct

Environment & Ecology: 15.

• 22 Oct — The Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, was closed on 22 and 23 October after H5N1 avian influenza was confirmed in its water birds. Seven birds died between 3 and 7 October.
• 22 Oct — Two new blind subterranean fish, Gitchak nakana and Rakthamichthys anchi, were found in wells in Goalpara district, Assam, showing the value of groundwater ecosystems.
• 23 Oct — The snow leopard is the state animal of Himachal Pradesh and the animal symbol of Ladakh. It is Vulnerable on the IUCN list and has been in CITES Appendix I since 1975.
• 23 Oct — Gujarat will install rooftop solar systems at 800 offices of its Agriculture and Animal Husbandry department, expected to generate about 31.94 lakh units a year and save around Rs 2.5 crore on power bills.
• 23 Oct — Assam plans to use satellite and AI surveillance to detect forest encroachment early, and has ordered such monitoring for the state's forests.
• 23 Oct — Maharashtra Environment Minister Pankaja Munde announced a clean air action programme for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region; the department also plans a state-wide M-CAP with ₹200-300 crore from MPCB funds, modelled on the 2019 National Clean Air Programme.
• 23 Oct — Gauhati University researchers identified a new flowering plant, Osbeckia assamensis, in the grasslands of Manas National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Baksa and Chirang districts.
• 24 Oct — A Rs 12 crore, 12-acre rain forest project near the Statue of Unity in Gujarat is scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Modi on 31 October.
• 24 Oct — Naz Ozair of Kurhani block, Muzaffarpur, makes cups, plates and straws from waste corn husks to replace single-use plastic; his patent certificate is dated 21 February 2024 and his startup is MNO Swadeshi India.
• 24 Oct — Himachal's State Board for Wildlife, at its 12th meeting chaired by CM Sukhu, approved forest land for ITBP border outposts in Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur and 0.2750 ha in the Rakchham-Chhitkul sanctuary for an Army post near Nagasti.
• 24 Oct — On World Gibbon Day, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Hoolock gibbon holds a special place in the state's natural heritage and highlighted the canopy bridge initiative for the animals.
• 24 Oct — Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced a 'No PUC, No Fuel' policy to curb winter pollution. Delhi's Winter Action Plan may also bar certain vehicles from 1 November 2026.
• 24 Oct — A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is expected to cross the south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coast by 28 October 2026, and forecasters expect it to become a cyclone to be named Arnab.
• 25 Oct — He cited the revival of the Havel river in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, through rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge and large-scale tree planting, which also brought back dozens of natural water sources.
• 25 Oct — Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena declared Ladakh India's first 100% organic Union Territory; the sale and use of chemical and synthetic fertilisers had been banned across the UT in July 2026.

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16 one-liners

Sports: 16.

• Haryana's Rinku Hooda (Rohtak) won the men's javelin F46 gold at the Asian Para Games with 65.11 m, a season best. Ajeet Singh Yadav took silver (65.02 m) and Indonesia's R. Saktyono bronze (55.30 m).
• Rinku Hooda won the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships gold and finished fifth at both the Rio 2016 and Paris 2024 Paralympics. He is from Rohtak, Haryana.
• Haryana won the 16th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2026, with the Division A final played at Jhansi. The exact date of the final is not confirmed.
• Reena Bhatti of Hisar, Haryana, climbed the 7,355 m Abi Gamin peak in Uttarakhand during a 23-day expedition; she was the only woman in the 12-member team.
• The 94th Fit India Sundays on Cycle drive was held in Varanasi from Namo Ghat to Diksha Mandap under the theme 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat', organised by the Sports Ministry with the Cycling Federation of India.
• Neeru Dhanda of Jind also won silver in the women's trap team event at the Asian Games with Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer, scoring 328 points, behind China and ahead of Kuwait.
• Six teams play the Asian Champions Trophy in Punjab: India, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, China and Bangladesh, which replaced Pakistan; India, captained by Harmanpreet Singh, has won the title five times.
• Ahmedabad hosted the BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Demonstration Games 2026 at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya proposed a voluntary BRICS Repository of Traditional and Indigenous Sports.
• The deciding fifth T20I between India and the West Indies at Bengaluru was abandoned due to rain, so the series ended 2-2.
• At the Asian Para Games 2026, Alphia James of Kerala and Pallavi Kaluvelli of Karnataka won bronze in badminton doubles, India's first Para Asian Games badminton medal.
• Kerala athletes Ancy Sojan and Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the women's and men's long jump at the 2026 Asian Games, and Vidarsha K. Vinod became the first Malayali with two Asian Games shooting medals.
• Mohammed Basil, a Malayali sprinter, won silver in the men's 100 m at the Asian Para Games 2026, where the Games record was broken by both medallists.
• Vithya Ramraj won bronze in the women's 400 m hurdles at the Asian Games 2026 in 54.75 seconds, beating P. T. Usha's national record of 1984. She was the first Tamil Nadu woman with three medals at one Games.
• At the Asian Para Games 2026, Dharmaraj Solairaj retained his long jump gold with an Asian record of 7.15 m and Tamil Nadu announced Rs 75 lakh for him. Thulasimathi Murugesan also won gold in badminton doubles.
• Tamil Nadu announced Rs 75 lakh for cricketer Washington Sundar, a member of the Indian team that won the Asian Games 2026 cricket gold.
• Seventeen-year-old tennis player Maya Rajeswaran Revathi of Coimbatore became the youngest Indian woman to win a professional singles title, beating Sania Mirza's 22-year-old record.

Part 2

2 Oct – 23 Oct

Sports: 16.

• 2 Oct — The Pratibha Yojana was launched to spot sporting talent among 70 lakh+ school children aged 8 to 14. Portals for Pratibha, Khel Mitra and Khelo Rajasthan Games were also started.
• 2 Oct — The State honoured Asian Games shooter Anantjeet Singh Naruka with a cheque of Rs 60 lakh. A cheque of Rs 1 crore was also given to Kushagra Singh Rajawat.
• 3 Oct — Odisha announced Rs 11 lakh for each player and Rs 5.5 lakh for each support staff member of India's Asian Games gold-winning women's hockey team. Odisha has sponsored the national hockey teams since 2018 and will do so until 2036.
• 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.
• 5 Oct — Cricketer Renuka Thakur of Himachal Pradesh, who was part of the women's cricket team that won Asian Games gold, was also named for a Rs 1 crore reward by the state government.
• 7 Oct — A 17-member Indian Coast Guard team, flagged off by CM Dhami at Dehradun, reached the summit of Mount Mukut (7,045 m) on 7 October, as training for a planned 2027 Mount Everest expedition.
• 7 Oct — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah opened Rs 30.35 crore sports facilities at the Sher-i-Kashmir Multi Sports Activity Centre, Srinagar, including Kashmir's first Olympic-sized swimming pool and an indoor gymnastics hall.
• 16 Oct — At Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha gave Rs 5.61 crore to India's gold-winning Asian Games men's and women's hockey teams, plus Rs 20 lakh each to Odisha's Amit Rohidas, Shilanand Lakra and Sunelita Toppo.
• 19 Oct — Mizoram's Chinmay Sutar made his unbeaten Ranji Trophy 400 off 517 balls against Nagaland at Sovima. The only higher Ranji score is Bhausaheb Nimbalkar's 443 not out (1948); next come Prithvi Shaw 379, Sanjay Manjrekar 377, and M.V. Sridhar and Tanmay Agarwal 366.
• 19 Oct — The Ranji Trophy is run by the BCCI and named after Ranjitsinhji. It was announced in 1934, its first season was 1934-35, and the trophy was donated by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.
• 21 Oct — The first Chhattisgarh Hockey League runs from 21 October to 1 November at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey Stadium, Raipur; Union MoS Raksha Khadse inaugurated it and its tagline is "Chalo Re Sangi, Hockey Khelbo".
• 22 Oct — Rajgir hosts an India versus New Zealand U20 rugby series from 22 to 28 October 2026, with Rugby Sevens matches on 27 October. It marks 100 years of India-New Zealand sporting ties.
• 22 Oct — Ahmedabad hosts the Western Asian Youth and Junior Chess Championships from 22 to 31 October 2026 at Rajpath Club, organised by the Gujarat State Chess Association, with Open and Girls sections from Under-8 to Under-20.
• 22 Oct — Para-archer Sheetal Devi of Kishtwar won silver in the women's doubles archery with Payal Nag at the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
• 23 Oct — Haryana's athletes won 32 medals, including 14 of India's 21 golds, at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan; gold winners from the state include Parveen Hooda (boxing) and Sujeet Kalkal (wrestling).
• 23 Oct — The inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 is held on 23-31 October at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, with 13 nations, 23 squads, over 400 athletes and 62 matches (39 men's, 23 women's).

Part 3

23 Oct – 25 Oct

Sports: 14.

• 23 Oct — The Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship is organised by the Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) with approval of the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF). Semi-finals are on 30 October and finals on 31 October.
• 23 Oct — Nations at the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Uganda, England, Scotland and Australia.
• 23 Oct — India's captains for the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship are Surjeet Singh (men, vice-captain Naveen Kumar) and Nidhi Sharma (women, vice-captain Ritu).
• 23 Oct — The Khelo India Games will be held in Telangana from 11 December, and the state has stepped up its preparations for the event.
• 23 Oct — Delhi Education and Sports Minister Ashish Sood inaugurated the 70th National School Games at Thyagraj Stadium. The games cover 14 sports, expect over 14,000 players and officials, and are organised by the School Games Federation of India.
• 24 Oct — A team of 11 youths from Mumbai's chawls and slums was reported to have won gold at the first Box Langdi World Cup in Nepal (23-25 October), beating Thailand 19-15 in the final.
• 24 Oct — Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra met children at Sports University Haryana, Sonepat, for the UBS Athletics Kids Cup (ages 7-15) and said he plans to return to competition in May 2027 after an ankle injury.
• 24 Oct — Karnataka's Tejas Nandkumar won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke S7 event at the Asian Para Games, according to a report of 25 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Kerala Blasters FC were allotted the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, for their 2026-27 ISL home matches at Rs 3.5 lakh per game after the government stepped in to reduce the rent.
• 24 Oct — Odisha's Jayanti Behera won silver in the women's 400 m T47 at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, in 1:00.65. Odisha's Payal Nag also took silver in women's para compound doubles.
• 25 Oct — Punjab hosts the Hero Asian Champions Trophy (men's hockey) from 27 October to 5 November: league matches at Jalandhar's Surjit Singh stadium, and semi-finals and final at the Balbir Singh stadium, Mohali.
• 25 Oct — Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann felicitated 17-year-old Jagsher Singh Khangurra of Nabha, who won bronze in the boys' singles at the BWF World Junior Championships in Cairo.
• 25 Oct — The third Kashmir International Marathon was flagged off in Srinagar by CM Omar Abdullah with about 2,000 runners; Kenyans Kanab Kalob Omolo and Lemensa Harpaa won the men's and women's full marathons.
• 25 Oct — The Kerala School Sports Meet opened in Kozhikode on 25 October 2026, with 9,309 athletes competing across 10 venues.

Part 1

1 Oct – 11 Oct

Awards & Honours: 16.

Part 2

12 Oct – 23 Oct

Awards & Honours: 16.

Part 1

1 Oct – 15 Oct

Summits, Agreements & Exercises: 16.

• India and Canada signed 34 agreements and MoUs worth about CAD 300 million at a business event in Karnataka. The fifth round of CEPA talks was held in Ottawa on 5-9 October.
• During CM Vishnu Deo Sai's Singapore visit (3-6 October), Chhattisgarh signed a skill-development MoU with ITE Education Services. It was also invited to host a ₹1,500 crore, 300 MW solar project with storage by Sunstream Green Energy.
• AIIMS Patna and Jhpiego India signed an MoU on maternal and newborn health and midwifery. A roundtable will feed into a proposed "Patna Declaration" on Networks of Care across Bihar.
• Nalanda University (Rajgir, Bihar) signed an MoU with CSIR-TKDL to work on traditional knowledge, IPR and the traditional cultural expressions of Bihar. TKDL was set up in 2001 to stop wrong patents.
• Nalanda University signed an MoU with the National University of Asuncion, Paraguay, marking 65 years of India-Paraguay ties. Vice-Chancellor Sachin Chaturvedi signed it virtually.
• CM Nayab Singh Saini attended the SING Forum in Singapore, where Haryana set up a Merlion Desk to fast-track Singapore investment; about Rs 5,500 crore of proposals followed, including Rs 3,000 crore for health and wellness.
• CM Saini was chief guest at India-Sweden Innovation Day 2026 in Sweden, where he invited investors to the Happening Haryana summit 2027 and cited IKEA's Rs 3,500 crore project in Gurugram.
• Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar told a Czech delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlicek at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, that Karnataka wants to become a long-term investment partner of the Czech Republic.
• Karnataka will upgrade about 500 Karnataka Public Schools (KPS) with a Rs 2,000 crore result-based loan from the Asian Development Bank, aiming for 500 new KPS facilities by 2030.
• 1 Oct — NPCIL and the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) signed an MoU on 1 October 2026 to identify sites in Gujarat for new nuclear power projects of about 4,000 MW, with investment of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore.
• 5 Oct — The Centre and West Bengal signed an MoU for four regional airports under the UDAN scheme, at Chhara (Purulia), Kalaikunda (West Midnapore), Balurghat (South Dinajpur) and Hasimara (Alipurduar), with Rs 29,000 crore planned over ten years.
• 7 Oct — The 19th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention will be held in Kolkata from 7 to 9 January 2027, organised by the Ministry of External Affairs with the West Bengal Government. The 18th was held in Bhubaneswar in January 2025.
• 8 Oct — Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said the state has secured nearly ₹90,000 crore of investment MoUs with Japanese companies, building on the Kashi-Kyoto cultural link and covering manufacturing, green hydrogen, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy.
• 9 Oct — Gujarat's Seva Setu 2.1 welfare-camp drive ended its second phase on 9 October 2026. The first phase identified eligible beneficiaries, and the second phase delivered services and benefits on the spot through cluster-level camps.
• 13 Oct — The 21st Maritime State Development Council met in Mumbai under Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. It set March 2027 as the deadline for One Nation One Port reforms and Maritime Single Window integration in all ports.
• 15 Oct — Under PM-SETU, the Skill Ministry signed an agreement with AM/NS India and the Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh governments to upgrade nine ITIs. The Surat cluster will upgrade five ITIs at Rs 240 crore.

Part 2

19 Oct – 24 Oct

Summits, Agreements & Exercises: 15.

• 19 Oct — The 5th India-Australia exercise AUSTRAHIND 2026 began at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (19 October to 1 November). Around 240 personnel take part.
• 20 Oct — The India-New Zealand free trade agreement came into force on 20 October 2026, and the first consignment under it was flagged off from Chennai.
• 22 Oct — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited India on 21-23 October, the first visit by a Polish PM since 2010. He held talks with PM Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on 22 October.
• 22 Oct — India and Poland aim to double bilateral trade by 2030 from about US$6 billion. They plan a defence industry dialogue and a counter-terrorism dialogue, and both condemned terrorism, including the Pahalgam attack (22 April 2025).
• 22 Oct — India-Poland history includes the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar sheltering about 1,000 Polish children at Balachadi (Jamnagar) in World War II, and the Valivade camp (Kolhapur) hosting over 5,000 refugees. Poland also helped evacuate Indian students in Operation Ganga (2022).
• 23 Oct — The 2nd India-Poland Business Forum was held in Bengaluru on 23 October during Tusk's visit.
• 23 Oct — The Gujarat government and the Scottish Government signed an agreement to cooperate in renewable energy, trade, investment, sports, education and research.
• 23 Oct — The English Court of Appeal allowed the UAE investor RAKIA to go ahead with arbitration against India over an Andhra Pradesh bauxite project, rejecting India's appeal.
• 23 Oct — The Telangana government, Microsoft, 1M1B and the MeitY Startup Hub launched a green skills and AI Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad.
• 23 Oct — At the two-day Ladakh Pashmina Conclave in Leh, the Textiles Ministry and the Ladakh industries department signed an MoU, a postal stamp on GI-tagged Ladakh Pashmina was released, and a goal of 4 lakh pashmina goats in three years was set.
• 24 Oct — Bihar's Industries Department signed MoUs with 12 industrial units for proposed investment of Rs 4,092 crore, led by Mint Life Sciences (Rs 1,500 crore) and ABIS Group (Rs 600 crore); these are proposals, not confirmed investment.
• 24 Oct — Rajasthan plans to meet the water needs of Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu through the Yamuna water agreement, while the Narmada water agreement is meant for Barmer, Sanchore, Jalore, Bhinmal and Raniwara.
• 24 Oct — Farmvision Pvt Ltd signed an MoU in Poland with nursery firm Jankowski to bring European nursery technology to India, with a joint venture making planting material for J&K horticulture from 2027.
• 24 Oct — NLC India Limited (NLCIL) signed an MoU with TNPL (Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited) for sustainable pulpwood harvesting, according to a report of 24 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Hariom Pipe Industries signed an MoU for a Rs 700 crore steel plant in Andhra Pradesh, according to a report of 24 October 2026.

Part 1

15 one-liners

Art, Culture & Tourism: 15.

• A Sikkim student delegation visited Jodhpur under Yuva Sangam Phase VII of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, hosted by IIT Jodhpur. They visited Mehrangarh Fort and met Gaj Singh II.
• The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court barred registration of documents on lands covered by an 1887 deed dedicating property to the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, a Vishnu shrine on a Cauvery-Coleroon islet with 21 gopurams.
• India added three more sites to its UNESCO Tentative List: the Baratang mud volcano complex and Andaman volcanoes, and the Sirpur landscape in Chhattisgarh. The list now has 81 sites.
• The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) plans to reattach the long-lost head of the headless Vishnu idol at the Javari Temple, Khajuraho (Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh).
• Khajuraho temples were built by the Chandela dynasty around 950-1050 CE in the Nagara style and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.
• Haryana will push for UNESCO World Heritage status for Rakhigarhi (Hansi district), one of the largest Harappan sites, said CM Nayab Singh Saini at the 7-day Rakhigarhi Mahotsav 2026 (theme "Mati Se Mahotsav Tak").
• Haryana plans Rs 188 crore for the next phase at Rakhigarhi, including a museum and interpretation centre, as one of five iconic archaeological sites, and has proposed a Saraswati-Sindhu Civilisation Corridor.
• Jaisalmer was founded in 1156 by Rawal Jaisal and is called the Golden City. Its Sonar Quila is part of the UNESCO site Hill Forts of Rajasthan. Exercise Akhand Prahar-II was held in its desert sector under the Army's Konark Corps (GOC Lt Gen AVS Rathee).
• The Kanha Tiger Reserve (Maikal range, Mandla and Balaghat districts) became a national park in 1955 and was among the first 9 Project Tiger reserves in 1973. Its hard-ground Barasingha is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh.
• Kurukshetra University is preparing a state-level Ratnavali cultural festival in Haryana, scheduled on its campus from 30 October to 2 November to showcase the state's cultural heritage.
• Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantonment won the overall trophy for the 48th consecutive time at the 49th Zonal Youth Festival in Haryana, and also took all five trophies in music, fine arts, dance, theatre and literary events.
• IISER Mohali in Punjab is hosting 47 students from Gujarat for a week-long Yuva Sangam exchange showing Punjab's scientific, industrial, historical and cultural heritage.
• Chhattisgarh's Department of Culture signed an MoU with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to conserve protected monuments and build tourist facilities, including Braille signage and tactile paths. No work can start without prior ASI approval.
• The 8th edition of the PM Mementos e-auction includes 30 mementos from Karnataka, such as Kinnal art, Bidriware, a Kambala print and Mysore Peta. The auction was extended to 31 October 2026 to raise funds for Namami Gange.
• The toy train at Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park (Patna Zoo), shut since 2015, will return in January 2027 with one engine and four Vande Bharat-style coaches built at the Samastipur railway workshop.

Part 2

1 Oct

Art, Culture & Tourism: 15.

• A pot excavated at Banawali (Fatehabad, Haryana) in the 1990s showed traces of plant-based cleansing material, likely from amla and shikakai, pointing to herbal soap use about 5,000 years ago; samples were tested at BSIP, Lucknow.
• Uttarakhand will host the third Pravasi Uttarakhandi Diwas (Pravasi Sammelan 2026) at Doon University, Dehradun, to connect with the diaspora; a preparatory meeting was chaired by Principal Secretary R. K. Sudhanshu.
• Union MoS Prataprao Jadhav asked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to hold Surya Kiran aerobatic air shows at Lonar, Ajanta and Ellora on 23 to 25 November 2026 to promote tourism in Maharashtra.
• The Veera Jyoti torch for the Kittur Utsav was welcomed at Kakati, the birthplace of Rani Channamma of Kittur, who defeated the East India Company in 1824 and died as a prisoner in 1829.
• Excavations at Pattanam near North Paravur, linked to the ancient port of Muziris, show evidence from about 300 BCE to 300 CE. Sixty-seven trenches dug between 2006 and 2023 yielded about 1.3 lakh artefacts.
• Kerala will host the 27th State Special School Kalolsavam at Thiruvananthapuram, the 58th State Science Fair at Mannarkkad and the 65th State School Kalolsavam (2027) in Ernakulam.
• The 1,041st Sathaya Vizha was held at Thanjavur on Aippasi Sathayam, the birth star of Rajaraja Chola I (reigned 985-1014 CE), the builder of the Brihadisvara temple.
• Chennai Port Authority launched Port Setu to track export container movement digitally, the first phase of an Intelligent Vehicle Monitoring System linked to Customs' ICEGATE portal.
• Eight Centre-funded tourism projects worth about Rs 428 crore are nearing completion in Andhra Pradesh, including Suryalanka Beach, Bapatla (Rs 97.52 crore). The state's tourism rank improved from 16th to 13th.
• A rare ninth-century Rashtrakuta Gajalakshmi sculpture, double-sided, with Samudra Manthan and Nataraja, was found at Yanagandla village, Kulcharam mandal, Medak district.
• The 13th-century Ramappa (Rudreshwara) Temple, a UNESCO site in Warangal, faces a proposed opencast coal mine at Venkatapur about 5 km downstream.
• 1 Oct — The Shekhawati Haveli Sanrakshan Yojana gives financial help to owners of over 660 painted havelis in Jhunjhunu, Churu and Sikar, to save the havelis and boost tourism and local jobs.
• 1 Oct — A Madhya Pradesh delegation took part in Yuva Sangam Phase VII with Karnataka under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. The School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal is the state's nodal institute, and Central University of Karnataka hosted the group.
• 1 Oct — Assam launched online homestay registration on the SewaSetu portal at the state World Tourism Day event in Umrangso, Dima Hasao; Tourism Minister Ajanta Neog launched it and a Dima Hasao Tourism website was also started.
• 1 Oct — The first air consignment of 15,000 A-grade lilium flowers grown in Ladakh was flagged off from Leh Airport by Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena, to boost commercial floriculture and rural livelihoods.

Part 3

3 Oct – 18 Oct

Art, Culture & Tourism: 15.

• 3 Oct — The 8th PM Mementos e-Auction lists 109 items from West Bengal out of 1,498 across India, including Sholapith craft, Bankura horses and a Bishnupur Rasmancha painting. Proceeds go to the Namami Gange Programme.
• 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.
• 5 Oct — Vadalur in Cuddalore district marked the 204th avatara day of Vallalar (Ramalinga Adigalar, born 1823), whose Suddha Sanmarga teaches compassion for all living beings (jeeva karunyam).
• 7 Oct — The seventh Madhya Pradesh Travel Mart (MPTM) was held in Bhopal from 7 to 10 October 2026 and inaugurated by CM Mohan Yadav. It drew over 100 foreign delegates from 34+ countries, and Letters of Award worth ₹252 crore were issued.
• 9 Oct — The birth centenary of Bhupen Hazarika, the "Bard of the Brahmaputra" born in Sadiya in 1926, was celebrated at the Nehru Centre, London, by the Assam Department of Cultural Affairs on 9 October.
• 10 Oct — Mahalaya was observed across West Bengal on 10 October. It ends Pitru Paksha, begins Devi Paksha and starts the countdown to Durga Puja; the radio programme Mahishasuramardini is broadcast at dawn.
• 10 Oct — Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari opened the state's Durga Puja festivities at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Mahalaya with a show named Uma Agamani that included a drone display of about 3,000 drones.
• 11 Oct — Ambaji Mohanthal, a traditional sweet of Gujarat, was handed its Geographical Indication (GI) certificate. The registration is valid till 17 April 2034.
• 11 Oct — The Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 of the Union Social Justice Ministry was held at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds, Mysuru, from 11 October, with artisans from 12 States and UTs and the BHARAT TULIP brand for artisan products.
• 11 Oct — Sharad Navratri began on 11 October 2026, and Gujarat celebrated it with Garba in cities such as Ahmedabad and Vadodara. Garba of Gujarat was added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2023.
• 12 Oct — Akie Abe, widow of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, inaugurated the Shinzo Abe Memorial Corridor at the Rudraksh Convention Centre in Varanasi with CM Yogi Adityanath. The year 2027 marks 75 years of India-Japan ties.
• 13 Oct — Uttarakhand plans a flagship geothermal tourism project at Madkot, Pithoragarh; the Wadia Institute has identified 40 active geothermal springs in the state, with about 10 along a 13-km belt on the Gori Ganga.
• 13 Oct — The fourth World Hindu Congress will be held in December 2026 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, with more than 4,000 delegates from over 60 countries expected.
• 14 Oct — Governor Kavinder Gupta opened the Shimla theatre festival Mukhautasur on 14 October and urged protection of forests, rivers and mountains along with local dialects, folk traditions and festivals.
• 18 Oct — The nine-day Bathukamma floral festival of Telangana ended with Saddula Bathukamma on 18 October 2026, with women immersing flower stacks at Tank Bund, Hyderabad.

Part 4

18 Oct – 22 Oct

Art, Culture & Tourism: 15.

• 18 Oct — Organisers said a 72-foot floral Bathukamma at Amberpet, Hyderabad, earned recognition from the Universal Book of Records; Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy led the celebrations.
• 20 Oct — Jaipur was founded in 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh II, with Vidyadhar Bhattacharya as architect, and its walled city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019. The Jaipur Literature Festival will be held on 14-18 January 2027.
• 20 Oct — The Andaman Subduction Volcanoes entry on India's UNESCO Tentative List covers Narcondam and Barren Island; Narcondam is part of this entry, not a separate site. Barren Island is India's only confirmed active volcano.
• 20 Oct — Sirpur (Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh) was the capital of South Kosala from the 5th to 12th century. It has Sharabhapuriya copper-plate inscriptions, was visited by Xuanzang, and has nine sites in its core zone, including the Lakshmana Temple.
• 20 Oct — Sirpur is proposed for UNESCO listing under criteria II and IV. Reports say India had 45 World Heritage Sites in July 2026 (37 cultural, 7 natural, 1 mixed); India signed the World Heritage Convention on 14 November 1977.
• 20 Oct — Chhattisgarh plans the Aastha Path, a roughly 1,000 km pilgrimage corridor linking five Shaktipeeths (Ratanpur, Dongargarh, Dantewada, Kudargarh and Chandrapur), with ₹5 crore in the 2026-27 budget and a ₹200 crore Ratanpur plan under PRASAD.
• 20 Oct — At Ujjain, CM Mohan Yadav opened projects worth ₹22.34 crore at Maa Chamunda Dham and announced a project to conserve peacocks. He said works worth about ₹25,000 crore for Simhastha 2028 are under way.
• 21 Oct — The week-long International Kullu Dussehra began on 21 October at Dhalpur Maidan with the Rath Yatra of Lord Raghunath; Governor Kavinder Gupta inaugurated it, and it runs till 27 October.
• 21 Oct — Elephant Prashantha carried the 750-kg golden howdah in the Mysuru Dasara Jamboo Savari on Vijayadashami, 21 October 2026. It was his first time as howdah elephant, after Abhimanyu was retired on turning 60.
• 21 Oct — The 11-day Mysuru Dasara, the state festival of Karnataka called Nada Habba, ended on 21 October 2026. It was begun in 1610 by Raja Wodeyar I at Srirangapatna.
• 22 Oct — President Droupadi Murmu released a Rs 200 commemorative coin at Lok Bhavan, Raipur, for the 200th birth anniversary of Mata Sahib Hasi Devi Ji, the fifth spiritual head of Shadani Darbar.
• 22 Oct — The Rs 200 coin for Mata Hasi Devi Ji shows her portrait on the obverse and the Lion Capital of Ashoka on the reverse.
• 22 Oct — Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar inaugurated the 15th All India Police Archery Competition at the Mega Sports Complex, Khelgaon, Ranchi, on 22 October 2026, with the state police chief present.
• 22 Oct — President Droupadi Murmu attended the Seva Samman Parv and Yuva Prabodhan during Nuakhai celebrations at Raipur. She said former Maoists are joining the mainstream and urged youth to work for a developed India by 2047.
• 22 Oct — Haryana will double the number of pilgrims given financial aid under the Guru Darshan, Kailash Mansarovar and Sindhu Darshan yatras from 50 to 100 each a year, with online registration, CM Saini decided on 22 October.

Part 5

22 Oct – 24 Oct

Art, Culture & Tourism: 15.

• 22 Oct — The NFDC-National Film Archive of India held a four-day retrospective of filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak in Pune, showing films restored and digitised under the National Film Heritage Mission.
• 22 Oct — Four deep grooves near Banda Juvvi Watch Tower in Mrugavani National Park, Rangareddy district, may be a Neolithic tool-sharpening site, though this needs scientific checking.
• 22 Oct — Minister Sakeena Itoo led the J&K delegation to ITB Asia 2026 in Singapore, promoting pilgrimage, adventure and winter-sports tourism, and co-inaugurated the India Pavilion.
• 23 Oct — During her Chhattisgarh visit (22-23 October), President Murmu went to Jagdalpur for Bastar Dussehra, which includes the Muriya Darbar and prayers at the Maa Danteshwari Temple.
• 23 Oct — For Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 (28 November to 12 December 2026, Uttar Pradesh), a students' engagement programme will cover 1,000 higher education institutions, and the National Book Trust will run reading and storytelling activities with Rashtriya e-Pustakalaya.
• 23 Oct — Earlier Kashi Tamil Sangamam editions linked to Uttar Pradesh: KTS 3.0 (2025) had the theme of Sage Agasthyar with about 1,200 Tamil Nadu participants, and KTS 4.0 had the theme "Let us Learn Tamil" and ended at Rameswaram.
• 23 Oct — Karnataka plans to develop Kittur, the seat of Rani Channamma, and Kakati, her birthplace, as tourist destinations, according to a report of 23 October 2026.
• 23 Oct — The third Surajkund Diwali Mela is held from 23 to 26 October 2026 at the Surajkund Mela Ground, Faridabad, organised by the Haryana Tourism Department, with crafts, food and folk music.
• 23 Oct — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated the autumn edition of the Know Your Artisan handicrafts event at the Chrysanthemum Garden, Srinagar, to attract tourists.
• 24 Oct — The Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 registration portal was opened by the Ministry of Education. The edition runs on 28 November-12 December 2026 with the theme "Thirukkural Payilvom".
• 24 Oct — Kashi Tamil Sangamam is organised by IIT Madras, BHU, CICT Chennai and the UP government under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. The 1st edition was in 2022 at BHU and the 2nd in 2023 at Namo Ghat.
• 24 Oct — The Shilp Samagam Mela supports beneficiaries of NSFDC, NSKFDC and NBCFDC and promotes the BHARAT-TULIP (Traditional Artisans' Upliftment Livelihood Programme) initiative.
• 24 Oct — Rajasthan is conserving 662 havelis in the Shekhawati region and plans a heritage tourism circuit for Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Churu; a Shekhawati Heritage Meet on 8 December will link migrants with heritage, tourism and investment.
• 24 Oct — Gujarat plans a Rs 16 crore Ekta Cruise service on the Narmada near the Statue of Unity to boost river tourism.
• 24 Oct — CM Sukhu virtually inaugurated water sports at the Kol Dam reservoir at Aehan in Mandi, with speedboats and a mini cruise boat; the activities will extend over about 35 km up to Tattapani.

Part 6

24 Oct – 25 Oct

Art, Culture & Tourism: 13.

• 24 Oct — Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar flagged off the 2026-27 season of the Golden Chariot, Karnataka's luxury tourist train called the 'Pride of Karnataka'. Its first journey left with 75 guests.
• 24 Oct — Officials of Tamil Nadu and Keralam met to finalise the route plan and safety measures for the Sabarimala pilgrimage season.
• 24 Oct — Works have begun along the river course in Telangana for the Godavari Pushkaralu, the river festival held once in 12 years; the previous one was in 2015.
• 24 Oct — West Bengal has begun preparations for the Gangasagar Mela, the first to be held under the BJP government led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
• 24 Oct — Scotland's First Minister John Swinney presented copies of four 1930s letters from Mahatma Gandhi to Lord Lothian to the Sabarmati Ashram archives in Ahmedabad; three of the four are missing from Gandhi's Collected Works.
• 24 Oct — A drone show at the Mysuru Dasara celebrations set a Guinness World Record using 3,473 drones that together formed a giant peacock, according to reports of 24 October 2026.
• 24 Oct — Chief Minister Manik Saha inaugurated Maayer Gaman 2026, Tripura's Durga carnival, which he said showcases the state's cultural heritage, unity and communal harmony.
• 24 Oct — The Mera Hou Chongba festival fair began in Manipur, where the chairman of the Manipur Handloom and Handicrafts Development Corporation (MHHDC) urged people to buy local goods during the festive season.
• 25 Oct — Two friends in Khanduli village, West Jaintia Hills (Meghalaya) make cookies, cakes and muffins from millet, which has raised demand for millet among local farmers, the PM noted.
• 25 Oct — Ayodhya's Ram Ki Paidi is being remodelled for Rs 2,367.60 lakh by the UP Projects Corporation for the Tourism Department, with red sandstone flooring, a Surya Stambh and a mural wall, ahead of Deepotsav.
• 25 Oct — Ayodhya Deepotsav 2026 is planned for 7 November, with about 3.3 million earthen lamps at the designated ghats; 792 sanitation workers will collect the lamps and clean the ghats afterwards.
• 25 Oct — Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attended the foundation-stone ceremony of the ISKCON Varachha temple at Kosamda in Surat, which is estimated to cost about ₹125 crore.
• 25 Oct — The Tripura government is partnering with the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) to build a world-class Tripura Film and Television Institute (TFTI) in Agartala.

Part 1

1 Oct – 23 Oct

National: 16.

• The Ministry of Rural Development raised the permissible works under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 from 266 to 375, grouped in water security, rural infrastructure, livelihood and disaster preparedness.
• In Just Rights for Children Alliance v. S. Harish, the Supreme Court held that children's access to the internet is protected under Articles 19(1)(a) and 21 and rejected blanket bans on minors' internet use.
• The Ramesh Chand committee was formed to review the sugar minimum selling price of Rs 31 per kg, unchanged since 2019, along with sugarcane farmers' demands.
• 1 Oct — The Union Public Service Commission completed 100 years on 1 October 2026. It began as the Public Service Commission in 1926 and became the constitutional UPSC on 26 January 1950.
• 2 Oct — India observed the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri. The UN marks 2 October as the International Day of Non-Violence; this was its 20th observance.
• 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.
• 7 Oct — The 10th India Mobile Congress was held at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi (7-10 October) with the theme "Scale Without Boundaries". PM Modi said 1 GB of mobile data now costs about Rs 8, against Rs 268 in 2014.
• 8 Oct — The Central Armed Police Forces Act, 2026 came into force. It covers the CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP and SSB and sets rules on promotions and IPS deputation. Its validity has been challenged in the Supreme Court.
• 12 Oct — Lakshadweep was declared India's first fully literate Union Territory under the ULLAS adult-literacy programme. All 1,113 non-literate persons identified there passed the literacy test.
• 13 Oct — The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years on 13 October 2026. This GIS-based platform, launched in 2021, links infrastructure data of Ministries and States, and DPIIT is its nodal agency.
• 14 Oct — The Bureau of Indian Standards launched a Silver Refinery Scheme on World Standards Day, extending hallmarking to silver bullion and coins with purity grades of 999.9, 999.5 and 999.0.
• 14 Oct — The Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana (PM-SSY) continues and renames the National Social Assistance Programme, which began on 15 August 1995 under Article 41. The outlay is Rs 53,428 crore for 2026-31, covering about 3.20 crore beneficiaries.
• 14 Oct — Under PM-SSY the disability pension threshold falls from 80% to 40% disability, the minimum age of 18 is removed, and central aid rises from Rs 300 to Rs 375 (under 80) and Rs 500 to Rs 625 (80+). Beneficiaries rise from 8.33 lakh to 27.48 lakh.
• 21 Oct — The UDAN regional connectivity scheme completed 10 years on 21 October 2026. It has operationalised 687 routes and 95 aerodromes, with the next phase of Rs 28,840 crore running till 2036.
• 22 Oct — The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (Ministry of Social Justice, launched 2020) has reached over 35 crore people, including 13.94 crore youth, 10.86 crore women and 32 lakh+ educational institutions.
• 23 Oct — The Ministry of Home Affairs invited public comments, due by 5 November 2026, on the design of a nationwide BB-PPDR (broadband public protection and disaster relief) network for the police, CAPFs, NDRF, fire and medical services.

Part 2

23 Oct – 25 Oct

National: 16.

• 23 Oct — The 8th All India GRP Chiefs Conference, organised by the RPF in New Delhi, onboarded Government Railway Police personnel to the RailMadad platform and showcased practices such as Pink Patrol and Project DISHA.
• 23 Oct — A national training of trainers for Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 introduced an eight-module package, The Story of Panipur, with a facilitation manual; about 54 lakh stakeholders are proposed to be trained.
• 23 Oct — Elections to 28 seats in the Legislative Councils of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka were held on 23 October 2026; only six states have a Council, the other two being Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
• 23 Oct — An upgraded NMMS app, built with IIT Madras, was launched for attendance under VB-G RAM G, which has run in all rural areas since 1 July 2026. It has device security, AI verification and offline recording.
• 23 Oct — Under VB-G RAM G there have been about 46 crore person-days, 31.23 lakh worksites and 3.65 crore workers across 2.41 lakh+ gram panchayats. The Centre's 2026-27 allocation is Rs 95,692 crore.
• 23 Oct — The Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana of the Ministry of Social Justice supports 764 Senior Citizen Homes, 13 Continuous Care Homes, 17 Mobile Medicare Units and 3 Physiotherapy Clinics.
• 23 Oct — Under PM-DAKSH (Ministry of Social Justice), 1,87,305 people were trained and 96,162 placed from 2020-21 to 2023-24. It runs through NSFDC, NBCFDC and NSKFDC and was merged into PMKVY from 2024-25.
• 23 Oct — New NHAI guidelines require at least one accessible toilet at every toll plaza, sanitary napkin vending machines, and QR-code feedback through the Rajmargyatra app.
• 23 Oct — The Department of Pharmaceuticals set up a committee chaired by NITI Aayog member Dr M. Srinivas to review the drug marketing code and report in two months. UCPMP 2015 was replaced by UCPMP 2024.
• 23 Oct — From January 2027 the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) will add a second-stage stratum for digital platform workers; comments are invited within 15 days. PLFS began in 2017 and was revamped in January 2025.
• 23 Oct — In the new criminal laws (in force from 1 July 2024), Section 144 CrPC became Section 163 BNSS, Section 188 IPC became Section 223 BNS, and Section 482 CrPC became Section 528 BNSS.
• 23 Oct — The Defence Secretary inaugurated the GYANDEEP Hindi library in Delhi.
• 24 Oct — A State Legislative Council can have at most one-third of the Assembly's strength and never fewer than 40 members (Article 171); it is created or abolished under Article 169, and its members serve six-year terms.
• 24 Oct — The Road Transport Ministry proposed making Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) mandatory for new passenger car models from 1 October 2030 and for existing production models from 1 October 2032.
• 25 Oct — In the 139th Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi recalled that the programme began 12 years ago on Vijayadashami and called it a pilgrimage-like journey that lets him understand citizens' hard work and service.
• 25 Oct — About 1.90 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs are now working across the country as panchayat-level wellness centres, the PM said in Mann Ki Baat.

Part 1

14 one-liners

Economy & Banking: 14.

• The Power Ministry notified CAFE-III fuel-economy norms for passenger vehicles, applicable from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032. Electric vehicles get extra "super credits".
• The World Bank raised its forecast for India's 2026-27 GDP growth to 7.1% from 6.6% in its October South Asia Economic Update.
• The IMF's October 2026 World Economic Outlook raised India's 2026-27 growth forecast to 7.0% from 6.4% in July. It projects global growth at 3.1% for 2026.
• India's first-ever National Household Travel Survey by the NSO found that walking is the top commute mode (37.0%), followed by buses (29.5%). About 42.6% of workers use two-wheelers.
• The 57th GST Council approved procedural reforms on registration, refunds and litigation, mostly effective from 1 April 2027, with no change in tax rates. Arrest powers are to be curbed and the prosecution threshold raised to Rs 5 crore.
• The RBI approved the merger of Emirates NBD's Indian branches with RBL Bank, effective 1 December 2026. Emirates NBD bought a 60% stake in RBL Bank in June 2026 for about Rs 26,000 crore.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launched the National Strategic Trade Command Centre (NSTCC) in New Delhi. It gives integrated trade data analytics (IEC, Advance Authorisation, EPCG, certificates of origin, SCOMET) and is linked to DGFT.
• India Post's revenue for the first half of 2026-27 was about Rs 8,212.7 crore.
• The Bharat Pavilion at WETEX 2026 (28th edition, DEWA, Dubai) was organised by SEPC under the Ministry of Commerce.
• The RBI issued final directions on the Leverage Ratio (Basel III, 2017 standard), effective 1 April 2027.
• The RBI's revised Basel III operational-risk framework also takes effect from 1 April 2027 for commercial banks, except SFBs, Payments Banks and RRBs.
• SEBI no longer requires research analysts to record calls with institutional clients, effective 8 November 2026; records are kept for five years.
• BSE signed an agreement with MMTC-PAMP for Electronic Gold Receipts (EGRs). MMTC-PAMP is India's only LBMA-accredited gold and silver refiner.
• EGRs are regulated by SEBI and traded in units of 100 mg, 1 g and 10 g. BSE was set up in 1875 and is Asia's oldest exchange.

Part 2

1 Oct – 21 Oct

Economy & Banking: 14.

• India's goods and services exports rose 14% to US$476.20 billion in April-September 2026-27; engineering exports passed $70 billion (target $250 billion by 2030) and crude steel output was 85.1 Mt.
• At India Chem 2026, Union Minister J.P. Nadda cited a USD 1 trillion petrochemical target by 2040 and Rs 1,000 crore central help per chemical park.
• 1 Oct — The Pension Fund Regulator launched NPS Central, a single platform built by three record-keeping agencies, on NPS Diwas (1 October). Subscribers can log in with a mobile number, date of birth and OTP instead of the 12-digit PRAN.
• 6 Oct — The Union Cabinet approved Rs 10,000 crore for the SME Growth Fund and set up the Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA) to prepare a National Transport Master Plan and appraise projects of Rs 500 crore or more.
• 6 Oct — Adani Power and Bhutan's DGPC signed a shareholders' agreement for the 770 MW Chamkharchhu-I hydropower project in Zhemgang, Bhutan. Adani holds 49% and DGPC 51%.
• 7 Oct — The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%, the first hike since February 2023. The MPC under Governor Sanjay Malhotra also changed its stance from neutral to "calibrated tightening".
• 12 Oct — RBI approved a special forex window for the oil marketing companies IOC, HPCL and BPCL from 12 October. From the fortnight beginning 16 October, banks must keep 99% (up from 90%) of required CRR every day.
• 14 Oct — The Union Cabinet approved the sale of a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank to a subsidiary of Canada's Fairfax Financial for about Rs 52,878 crore. The stake includes 30.48% of the Government and 30.24% of LIC.
• 16 Oct — India's forex reserves fell by US$5.011 billion to US$721.016 billion in the week ended 16 October 2026; foreign currency assets stood near US$591.8 billion and gold near US$105.8 billion.
• 19 Oct — The CBDT notified Form 173A through the Income-tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules 2026, effective 19 October.
• 20 Oct — The India-New Zealand FTA, in force from 20 October 2026, is reported as India's 17th free trade agreement. India and NZ also signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on electronic exchange of origin data, by CBIC Chairman Vivek Chaturvedi and NZ Customs chief Christine Stevenson.
• 21 Oct — Sunil Kumar, the next ONGC chairman, joined ONGC in 1991 and has been Executive Director and Asset Manager of the Mehsana Asset since 8 January 2025. His tenure runs to his retirement on 31 December 2028, then on contract.
• 21 Oct — ONGC is a Maharatna public sector company, set up in 1956, with its headquarters in New Delhi.
• 21 Oct — The Department of Financial Services runs the Financial Inclusion Saturation Campaign from 21 October to 31 December 2026 in about 2.70 lakh Gram Panchayats and urban local bodies, under the slogan "Aapki Poonji, Aapka Adhikar".

Part 3

21 Oct – 25 Oct

Economy & Banking: 14.

• 21 Oct — The Financial Inclusion Saturation Campaign covers PMJDY, re-KYC, PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY, PMFBY and Kisan Credit Cards for PM-KISAN beneficiaries.
• 21 Oct — The RBI's MPC minutes (21 October) show the 25 bps repo rate hike to 5.50% was unanimous, while the stance change to "calibrated tightening" passed 4-2. The SDF rate is 5.25% and the MSF rate and Bank Rate are 5.75%.
• 22 Oct — NCDEX launched two equity indices, NDEX and FINNDEX, in New Delhi.
• 23 Oct — The 30th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi, reportedly discussed tokenisation, fintech, cyber resilience and digital KYC for NRIs and FPIs.
• 23 Oct — Indian Railways set an all-time high in coal loading: October loading was up 22.5% until 18 October, and the first-half average was 430 rakes a day to thermal plants.
• 23 Oct — Oil India reportedly announced a natural gas discovery in the shallow offshore block KG-DSF/GSKW/2018 in the Krishna-Godavari Basin.
• 23 Oct — The final redemption price of Sovereign Gold Bond 2018-19 Series II, maturing on 23 October 2026, is Rs 14,425 per unit.
• 23 Oct — The Jio Platforms IPO of Rs 30,213 crore is India's biggest ever, ahead of Hyundai Motor India's Rs 27,870 crore (2024). It was open on 21-23 October with a price band of Rs 1,065-Rs 1,119 and a lot of 12 shares.
• 23 Oct — The flash PMI (Reuters) showed private-sector activity at a four-month high in October.
• 23 Oct — Core sector growth for September 2026 was 7.9%. The Eight Core Industries are coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity.
• 23 Oct — Brent crude was reported near $114 a barrel on 23 October; SBI research said a 50 bps repo rate hike was possible in December.
• 24 Oct — Jio Platforms IPO shares will be allotted on 26 October, with listing tentatively on 28 October. Subscription figures reported on 23 October varied.
• 25 Oct — Under Vocal for Local, Purnia (Bihar) makhana now reaches Greece and Kalaburagi (Karnataka) arhar dal goes to the Maldives; the PM also noted that tribal brand Shabari Naturals of Maharashtra won Japan's Good Design Award for its packaging.
• 25 Oct — The PM said sales of Khadi and village industry products crossed Rs 28 crore in a single day on Gandhi Jayanti, about Rs 1.5 crore more than the previous year.

Part 1

1 Oct – 16 Oct

Important Days: 13.

• 1 Oct — International Day of Older Persons on 1 October 2026 had the theme "The Age of Longevity: Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives". The UN General Assembly set the day in 1990.
• 2 Oct — National Wildlife Week was held from 2 to 8 October 2026, its 72nd edition, with the theme "Connecting Habitats, Thriving Wildlife".
• 5 Oct — World Teachers' Day on 5 October 2026 marked 60 years of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers. The global event was held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
• 5 Oct — World Habitat Day was observed on 5 October with the theme "Adequate Housing for All". The global event was held in Muscat, Oman.
• 9 Oct — World Post Day on 9 October 2026 had the theme "One Postal Network, Infinite Possibilities". It marks the 1874 founding of the Universal Postal Union in Bern.
• 10 Oct — World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2026 had the theme "Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change".
• 11 Oct — International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October 2026 had the theme "End Child Marriage and Invest in Girls' Rights!". Cricketer Smriti Mandhana was named UNICEF India's Celebrity Advocate.
• 12 Oct — World Arthritis Day on 12 October 2026 had the theme "Achieve Your Dreams". It was set up in 1996 by Arthritis and Rheumatism International.
• 13 Oct — International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on 13 October 2026 had the theme "Resilience Starts at Home". The UN General Assembly designated the day in 2009.
• 14 Oct — World Standards Day is observed on 14 October by the IEC, ISO and ITU. The 2026 theme focused on affordable and clean energy (SDG 7).
• 15 Oct — World Students' Day is observed on 15 October on the birth anniversary of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. In 2026 it was his 95th birth anniversary.
• 15 Oct — International Day of Rural Women on 15 October 2026 had the theme "Rural Women Farmers Caring for Mother Nature". The UN designated the day in 2007.
• 16 Oct — World Food Day on 16 October 2026 marked the 81st anniversary of the FAO with the theme "Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow." The global event was held in Rome.

Part 2

18 Oct – 25 Oct

Important Days: 12.

• 18 Oct — International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is observed on 18-24 October. The 14th edition has the theme "From Detection to Prevention".
• 22 Oct — International Stuttering Awareness Day is observed on 22 October. The 2026 theme is "SHADES OF STUTTERING - What's yours?"; it was first observed in 1998.
• 23 Oct — International Snow Leopard Day is observed on 23 October. It follows UNGA resolution A/RES/79/143 of 12 December 2024 and the 2013 Bishkek Declaration signed by the 12 range countries.
• 23 Oct — The death anniversary of freedom fighter Nellie Sengupta falls on 23 October.
• 24 Oct — Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week is observed from 24 to 31 October; its 2026 theme is "We All Play a Part - Media and Information Literacy for the People", and it is led by UNESCO.
• 24 Oct — United Nations Day (24 October) marks the 81st anniversary of the UN Charter coming into force on 24 October 1945. The UN has 193 members, South Sudan the newest (2011), and its HQ is in New York.
• 24 Oct — World Polio Day (24 October) marks Jonas Salk's birth anniversary and is led by Rotary International. India was declared polio-free on 27 March 2014; its last case was on 13 January 2011 in Howrah.
• 24 Oct — ITBP Raising Day (24 October) marks the 65th anniversary of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, raised in 1962, which guards about 3,488 km of the LAC.
• 24 Oct — Coming up: Public Service Broadcasting Day on 12 November. World Tsunami Awareness Day is observed on 5 November.
• 25 Oct — The 139th episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi's monthly radio programme, was scheduled to air on 25 October 2026 at 11 AM.
• 25 Oct — Vigilance Awareness Week runs from 26 October to 1 November 2026 under the theme "Probity for Prosperity", in the week of Sardar Patel's birth anniversary (31 October).
• 25 Oct — The PM recalled that Bhai Parmanand, an Arya Samaj leader and a founding member of the Ghadar Party, has his birth anniversary on 4 November.