Dr. Sandeep Marwah honoured in Milan for 13 World Records.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Dr. Sandeep Marwah received an international award in Milan, Italy on October 5, 2026 for achieving 13 World Records in media and entertainment.
Key Highlights:
1. The ceremony was held at Hilton Hotel, Milan.
2. Sir John Martin Thomas and Alberto Carlo Rivolta presented the award.
3. Marwah is Brand Ambassador of BRICS+ Fashion and Lifestyle and Chair of the Indo-Italian Film and Cultural Forum.
4. He also serves as Chancellor of AAFT University of Media and Arts.
5. The honour recognised his cultural diplomacy, creative education and 13 World Records.
Additional Information:
1. Dr. Marwah founded Noida Film City in Uttar Pradesh as a media-production hub.
2. AAFT University, part of Marwah Studios, is India’s first university devoted solely to Media and Arts.
National Postal Week 2026 observed from October 9 to 15.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The Department of Posts observed National Postal Week 2026 from October 9 to 15, beginning with World Post Day and highlighting a modern, inclusive postal network.
Key Highlights:
1. World Post Day 2026 used the theme One Postal Network, Infinite Possibilities.
2. October 12 was Fun with Philately Day and October 13 Financial Inclusion and CCS Day.
3. October 14 was Mails and Parcels Day and October 15 Technology and Innovation Day.
4. N-Gen Post Offices and Jan Sewa Connect Post Offices are part of modernisation.
5. Dak Sewa and Dak Mitra apps support digital postal services.
Additional Information:
1. The Department of Posts functions under the Ministry of Communications.
2. The postal network connects communities and businesses and delivers services in multiple regional languages.
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit appointed 29th Chief of Air Staff.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The Government appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff on October 6, 2026, effective October 31, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. He will assume the rank of Air Chief Marshal and succeed Amar Preet Singh on his retirement.
2. Dixit was serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff.
3. He joined the fighter stream on December 6, 1986 and has over 3,500 flying hours.
4. He has flown Mirage-2000, Tejas, Jaguar, MiG variants and IL-78 aircraft.
5. He participated in Operation Safed Sagar, Operation Rakshak and Operation Sindoor.
Additional Information:
1. The Indian Air Force was established on October 8, 1932 and is headquartered in New Delhi.
2. Its motto is Nabhah Sprusham Deeptam, meaning Touch the Sky with Glory.
Indo-Argentine Army expedition scales Mt Kamet and Abi Gamin.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth welcomed the joint Indo-Argentine Army expedition in New Delhi on October 6, 2026 after it scaled Mt Abi Gamin and Mt Kamet.
Key Highlights:
1. The team summited 7,355-metre Mt Abi Gamin on September 17.
2. It summited 7,756-metre Mt Kamet on September 21.
3. Lieutenant Colonel Chirag Chatterjee led 25 Indian and 10 Argentine Army members.
4. The expedition began from Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on August 21.
5. It was the third joint expedition after Mt Aconcagua and Mt Kun in 2025.
Additional Information:
1. Mt Kamet lies in Chamoli, Uttarakhand and is India’s third-highest peak.
2. Mt Kun is a 7,077-metre peak in Ladakh’s Suru Valley.
Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on October 7, 2026 for methods that create a single molecular mirror image.
Key Highlights:
1. Their methods make chemical reactions favour one mirror-image molecule and address homochirality.
2. This enables medicines to contain only the therapeutic variant and reduces harmful side effects.
3. Henri Kagan is from France and Kenso Soai is from Japan.
4. The prize carries 12 million Swedish crowns, approximately $1.2 million.
5. The award ceremony will take place in Stockholm on December 10, 2026.
Additional Information:
1. Nobel Prizes were established through Alfred Nobel’s will and first awarded in 1901.
2. The 2025 Chemistry Prize recognised Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi for metal-organic frameworks.
West Bengal launches Bhagini Nivedita Scheme for higher education.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The West Bengal Cabinet approved the Bhagini Nivedita Scheme for women’s higher education and recruitment of 14,454 government personnel on October 6, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. The scheme gives unmarried women Rs.50,000 over three years for higher education.
2. It provides Rs.17,000 in each of the first two years and Rs.16,000 in the third.
3. Implementation begins in January 2027.
4. Monthly pay of Karmabandhus rises from Rs.5,000 to Rs.8,000.
5. SC and ST hostel food allowance rises from Rs.1,800 to Rs.3,300 monthly.
Additional Information:
1. Recruitment covers 14,454 posts in Forests, Fire Services, Prisons, Home and Hill Affairs.
2. West Bengal’s capital is Kolkata and Mahalaya marks the beginning of Durga Puja.
Rajeshwari Kumari elected to OCA Athletes Commission.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Former Indian trap shooter Rajeshwari Kumari was unanimously elected to the Olympic Council of Asia Athletes Commission on October 5, 2026 during the 20th Asian Games.
Key Highlights:
1. She will represent South Asia for the 2026-2030 term.
2. She is the second Indian on the commission after Vice-Chairman Shiva Keshavan.
3. Other elected members came from Kazakhstan, Qatar, Japan and Thailand.
4. Kumari won women’s trap silver at the 2023 Asian Games.
5. She represented India at the Paris Olympic Games.
Additional Information:
1. The Olympic Council of Asia was established in 1982 and is headquartered in Kuwait City.
2. The 20th Asian Games were scheduled in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan in 2026.
Max Verstappen wins 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Max Verstappen won the 22nd Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia on October 8, 2026, securing his first victory of the season.
Key Highlights:
1. The race was the 16th round of the 2026 Formula One World Championship.
2. Formula One returned to Sepang for the first time since 2017.
3. Kimi Antonelli finished second and Lewis Hamilton third.
4. Charles Leclerc placed fourth and Isack Hadjar fifth.
5. Sepang returned to the Formula One calendar after a nine-year gap.
Additional Information:
1. Verstappen races under the Dutch flag for Oracle Red Bull Racing.
2. Formula One is the highest international class of open-wheel single-seater racing and is regulated by FIA.
JOSH Teams launched in 55 districts for TB Mukt Bharat.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The Health Ministry launched JOSH, or Joint Squad for Health, Teams at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on October 8, 2026 for youth-led tuberculosis elimination outreach.
Key Highlights:
1. Phase one covers 55 districts in 11 states.
2. Teams combine Class-I officers, MY Bharat volunteers and NCC cadets.
3. The Health Ministry leads with support from Youth Affairs and Sports and Defence ministries.
4. The Khushi Avatar AI chatbot and new information materials were launched.
5. Teams spread knowledge on symptoms, prevention, diagnosis, treatment completion and stigma reduction.
Additional Information:
1. In 2025, 67,933 Panchayats across 697 districts were recognised as TB Mukt.
2. The National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme targets TB elimination in India.
Rare two-headed Wolf snake found in Gujarat.
Dated: 10 October 2026
A rare non-venomous two-headed Wolf snake hatchling was found in Dhanpur taluka of Dahod district, Gujarat on October 7, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. It is Gujarat’s first recorded two-headed snake and India’s fifth such reported case.
2. It is the third documented Indian case involving a Wolf snake.
3. The six-month-old hatchling is about five to six inches long.
4. It has two independent heads, four eyes and two functioning mouths on one body.
5. The condition is called bicephaly, dicephalism or axial bifurcation and occurs in about one in a million snakes.
Additional Information:
1. Wolf snakes belong to the genus Lycodon and are non-venomous.
2. The Gujarat Forest Department took responsibility for the rescued specimen.
Command Hospital Kolkata administers indigenous NexCAR19 therapy.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Command Hospital Eastern Command in Kolkata administered NexCAR19, India’s first indigenous CAR-T cell therapy, to a soldier with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia on October 6, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. IIT Bombay, Tata Memorial Centre and ImmunoACT jointly developed the therapy.
2. It reprograms a patient’s T-cells with Chimeric Antigen Receptors to attack CD19-bearing cancer cells.
3. The humanised design has lower risk of severe neurological side effects than murine products.
4. Its cost is about one-tenth of comparable Western treatments.
5. Command Hospital Western Command had administered it to a 16-year-old in September 2026.
Additional Information:
1. NexCAR19 treats relapsed or refractory B-cell leukaemia and lymphoma.
2. Tata Memorial Centre is in Mumbai under the Department of Atomic Energy.
Supreme Court strength rises to 37 with three new judges.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The President appointed three High Court Chief Justices to the Supreme Court on October 5, 2026, taking its working strength to the sanctioned 37 judges.
Key Highlights:
1. The appointees are Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh.
2. Women judges increased to three: Sunita Agarwal, BV Nagarathna and V Mohana.
3. The total of 37 includes the Chief Justice of India.
4. CJI Surya Kant headed the Collegium that recommended the appointments.
5. Justice Sunita Agarwal will serve until April 2031.
Additional Information:
1. Article 124 establishes the Supreme Court; its original 1950 strength was eight including the CJI.
2. Justice BV Nagarathna is scheduled to become the first woman CJI in September 2027.
DRDO conducts maiden live jump of AHAP parachute.
Dated: 10 October 2026
DRDO successfully conducted the maiden live jump of the Advanced High-Altitude Parachute at Nyoma Mudh drop zone on October 6, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. The drop zone is at 13,700 feet; the jump occurred at 16,000 feet above mean sea level.
2. The parachute opened at 15,500 feet.
3. ADRDE Agra designed the system and Ordnance Parachute Factory Kanpur manufactured it.
4. AHAP is a static-line parachute for mass drops of paratroopers.
5. Its operational ceiling is 18,000 feet and it handles high opening shock and rapid descent.
Additional Information:
1. DRDO was established in 1958 under the Defence Ministry and is headquartered in New Delhi.
2. Nyoma is a strategic high-altitude advanced landing ground in Ladakh.
Indian Coast Guard conducts 12th SAREX-2026 off Paradip.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 12th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise SAREX-2026 off Paradip on October 7-8, 2026 along with the 24th NMSAR Board Meeting in Bhubaneswar.
Key Highlights:
1. The exercise hosted 32 international observers from 30 countries.
2. Assets included 15 Coast Guard ships, two Navy ships, aircraft and helicopters.
3. The scenario simulated an aircraft ditching with 228 people and colliding with container vessel MV Zumba.
4. The 24th NMSAR Board Meeting focused on distress alerts and inter-agency coordination.
5. Coast Guard Director General Paramesh Sivamani chaired the event.
Additional Information:
1. The Indian Coast Guard was established on August 18, 1978 under the Defence Ministry.
2. SAGAR, launched in 2015, guides Indian Ocean security and regional cooperation.
National Conclave on tribal constitutional and legal rights held in Delhi.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The Tribal Affairs Ministry held a two-day National Conclave on Constitutional Rights and Legal Provisions for Tribal Communities in New Delhi on October 6-7, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram inaugurated it at SCOPE Complex.
2. More than 75 delegates from 30 States and Union Territories participated.
3. The conclave addressed fraudulent tribal-status claims and stronger safeguards.
4. It promoted record digitisation, online document tracking and inter-State verification.
5. It also sought transparent, time-bound grievance redressal.
Additional Information:
1. The Tribal Affairs Ministry was created in 1999 and is headquartered in New Delhi.
2. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is established under Article 338A.
RBI raises repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The Reserve Bank of India raised the benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% on October 7, 2026, its first rate increase in nearly four years.
Key Highlights:
1. The Monetary Policy Committee shifted its stance to calibrated tightening.
2. Four MPC members supported the calibrated tightening stance to manage inflation risks.
3. One basis point equals one-hundredth of a percentage point.
4. The RBI was established on April 1, 1935 under the RBI Act, 1934.
5. It was nationalised on January 1, 1949.
Additional Information:
1. Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced the 2026 policy.
2. The six-member MPC is a statutory body under Section 45ZB of the RBI Act.
India ranks among top 10 emerging markets in AI readiness.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The World Bank ranked India among the top 10 emerging-market performers in Artificial Intelligence readiness on October 6, 2026, citing digital public infrastructure and technical talent.
Key Highlights:
1. Private AI investment in India tripled to USD 4.1 billion in 2025 from USD 1.2 billion in 2024.
2. Global Capability Centre employment rose to 2.36 million from 1.9 million.
3. South Asia was projected to grow 6.9% in 2026.
4. AgriConnect promotes locally adapted small AI tools for productivity and public services.
5. India’s integrated information-technology sector and digital infrastructure support its position.
Additional Information:
1. The World Bank was founded in 1944 at Bretton Woods and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
2. Ajay Banga is World Bank President and John McCarthy coined Artificial Intelligence in 1956.
Novak Djokovic wins China Open 2026 and becomes oldest ATP 500 champion.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Serbian player Novak Djokovic won his seventh China Open title in Beijing on October 6, 2026 and became the oldest ATP 500 champion.
Key Highlights:
1. Alex de Minaur retired in the first game of the second set of the final.
2. Djokovic collected his 102nd tour-level trophy.
3. He extended his perfect Beijing record to 34-0.
4. At age 39, he surpassed Roger Federer’s 2019 record at age 38.
5. He beat Alexander Zverev in the quarter-final and advanced after Daniil Medvedev’s semi-final default.
Additional Information:
1. ATP 500 tournaments were introduced in 2009 and award 500 ranking points to the winner.
2. The China Open is played annually on outdoor hard courts in Beijing.
Chaitanya Prakash appointed Director Power at NLC India.
Dated: 10 October 2026
P. L. S. S. Chaitanya Prakash took charge as Director Power of NLC India Limited on October 5, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. He will oversee thermal generation and power-plant operations.
2. He will also expand NLC India’s clean and renewable-energy portfolio.
3. He earlier served as Executive Director Operations at Damodar Valley Corporation.
4. He held board positions at Green Valley Renewable Energy and DVC-CIL Power.
5. NLC India is a Navratna public enterprise established in 1956 under the Coal Ministry.
Additional Information:
1. It works in lignite mining and thermal power and is headquartered in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu.
2. DVC was established on July 7, 1948 as independent India’s first multipurpose river-valley project.
Uttarakhand becomes India’s sixth fully literate state.
Dated: 10 October 2026
Uttarakhand was declared India’s sixth fully literate state on October 7, 2026 at an event led by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
Key Highlights:
1. It joined Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
2. The achievement came through NEP 2020 and ULLAS-Nav Bharat Saaksharta.
3. NIOS conducted literacy examinations and about 25,000 volunteers supported the campaign.
4. The state established 189 Atal Utkrisht schools and virtual classrooms in 500 schools.
5. Modern laboratories were developed in 100 high schools and 100 intermediate schools.
Additional Information:
1. ULLAS is a centrally sponsored literacy programme for non-literate people aged 15 and above.
2. Uttarakhand became India’s 27th state on November 9, 2000.
Third Sagarmanthan Great Oceans Dialogue begins in New Delhi.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The third Sagarmanthan Great Oceans Dialogue began in New Delhi on October 7, 2026 to discuss the global maritime sector.
Key Highlights:
1. The Ports, Shipping and Waterways Ministry and Observer Research Foundation co-hosted it.
2. Its theme was Blue Geographies, New Aspirations: Trade, Technology, and Trust at Sea.
3. More than 1,200 speakers and delegates from nearly 75 countries participated.
4. Sessions covered secure sea lanes, green shipping, geopolitics, coastal communities and harbour-hinterland links.
5. DP World was logistics partner; OECD and German Maritime Museum were knowledge partners.
Additional Information:
1. The first dialogue was in New Delhi in 2024 and the second in Mumbai in 2025.
2. The forum supports Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 and blue-economy cooperation.
World Space Week 2026 observed from October 4 to 10.
Dated: 10 October 2026
World Space Week 2026 was observed globally from October 4 to 10 with the theme Rocket Revolution, highlighting reusable launch vehicles and wider space access.
Key Highlights:
1. October 4 marks the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
2. October 10 marks the anniversary of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty entering into force.
3. ESA and The Pokemon Company launched a Pokemon GO event and space exhibitions.
4. French astronaut Sophie Adenot carried a Pikachu toy to the International Space Station.
5. The United Nations General Assembly declared World Space Week in 1999.
Additional Information:
1. The World Space Week Association manages it with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs.
2. The Outer Space Treaty forms the basis of international space law and bans weapons of mass destruction in orbit.
Delhi doubles ASHA incentives and launches Nursing Home portal.
Dated: 10 October 2026
The Delhi Government doubled ASHA worker incentives and launched a Nursing Home Management System portal among healthcare initiatives announced on October 6, 2026.
Key Highlights:
1. Monthly incentives for 6,690 ASHA workers rose to Rs.6,000.
2. The announcement was made at ASHA Samman Samaroh in Thyagraj Stadium.
3. Mission ANMOL screening expanded to 63 congenital, genetic and metabolic disorders within 24-72 hours of birth.
4. Annual newborn screening capacity increased from 150,000 to 250,000.
5. A new State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation building opened at GB Pant Hospital.
Additional Information:
1. The portal enables online registration and renewal of private nursing homes.
2. ASHA began in 2005 under the National Rural Health Mission; SOTTO coordinates organ allocation at state level.