Current affairs relevant to GS2.
The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions has notified regulations for Autonomous Boards and a Central Assessment Committee, and for registering allied and healthcare professionals with unique IDs in State and Central Registers. It also notified a two-year competency-based Diploma in Medical Radiology and Imaging Technology with a six-month internship.
7 Oct 2026
The third Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue opened on 7 October 2026, organised by the Shipping Ministry with ORF. The PM's message called for a free, open, secure and rules-based maritime order. The minister presented Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, and an India-EU Green Shipping Corridor coalition was launched.
7 Oct 2026
The Rural Development Ministry has notified 375 permissible works under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025, the law that replaced MGNREGA. That is 41% more than the 266 works earlier. Works fall under four pillars: water security (128), core rural infrastructure (111), livelihood infrastructure (98) and disaster preparedness (38), all planned through Gram Sabha-approved village plans.
6 Oct 2026
On 5 October 2026 the President appointed three High Court Chief Justices as judges of the Supreme Court: Justice Sunita Agarwal (Gujarat), Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya (Delhi) and Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh (Telangana). The first two have Allahabad as their parent High Court and the third Jharkhand.
5 Oct 2026
During the Swiss President's State Visit to India from 5 to 7 October 2026, the two countries signed a Migration and Mobility Partnership offering multiple-entry visas of up to five years and renewable one-year student permits. A Young Professionals agreement allows 300 exchanges a year each way, which may rise to 500. A transport technology MoU was also signed.
5 Oct 2026
At the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, USA, concluding on 2 October 2026, India said it has no structural excess capacity in the sectors named by the G20 Presidency. It argued that trade distortions should be handled through WTO-consistent anti-dumping and countervailing duties, backed MFN and consensus, and wanted the two-tier dispute settlement system restored.
2 Oct 2026
The Centre released ₹1,423.30 crore to States and UTs over 2022-23 to 2024-25 to implement the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. States report 217 Exclusive Special Courts in 15 States and UTs. Yet 65,646 cases were registered in 2024 and 3,92,006 were pending trial at year end.
1 Oct 2026
The 10th India-Republic of Korea Joint Committee Meeting on Defence Industries and Logistics Cooperation was held in New Delhi on 29 September 2026. It was co-chaired by the Additional Secretary (Defence Production) and the Vice Minister of Korea's DAPA. Companies from both sides, including L&T, BEML and Hanwha Aerospace, took part.
29 Sep 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 29 September 2026 says the Education Ministry has, for the first time, defined literacy as reading, writing and computing with comprehension, plus life skills like digital and financial literacy. A State or UT at 95 per cent counts as fully literate. PLFS 2025 puts India's literacy rate at 81.1 per cent.
29 Sep 2026
On 28 September 2026 a French delegation led by Minister Philippe Baptiste met India's Minister of State for Science and Technology in New Delhi. They discussed the joint TRISHNA satellite, French support for Gaganyaan, and links with India's more than 400 space start-ups, under the India-France Year of Innovation 2026.
28 Sep 2026