Daily digests (5-8 items/day).
Between July and October 2026 MEA issued a series of statements on attacks on merchant ships carrying Indian crew in the Strait of Hormuz, off Oman, in the Red Sea and in the Black Sea. Several Indian seafarers were killed or injured. On 7 October India again asked for an immediate end to attacks on commercial shipping and seafarers.
7 Oct 2026
A study coordinated by ARIES, Nainital, with 106 scientists from 18 countries, tracked the blazar OJ 287 from 2015 to 2025. OJ 287, about 4 billion light years away, has two supermassive black holes in a 12-year orbit. The study estimated the central black hole at no less than 3.89 billion solar masses.
6 Oct 2026
The Union Cabinet approved an Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority on 6 October 2026, set up as a special purpose vehicle. It will prepare a National Transport Master Plan of ten years or more across all modes, technically appraise and monitor Central projects of ₹500 crore or more, and build a National Transport Data Repository.
6 Oct 2026
The Cabinet on 6 October 2026 approved a ₹10,000 crore government commitment to the SME Growth Fund, announced in Para 28 of the Union Budget 2026-27. The fund, set up as an Alternative Investment Fund, will give long-term equity to growth-stage small and medium enterprises, mostly in manufacturing, including those in Tier II and III city clusters.
6 Oct 2026
DRDO flight-tested an indigenous High-Altitude Platform on 6 October 2026. The lighter-than-air system climbed to 21 km above mean sea level and stayed at 20 km for over 30 minutes before a controlled descent and recovery. It is being developed by ADRDE, Agra, as a long-endurance stratospheric surveillance airship.
6 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
On 5 October 2026 a barge with 540 tonnes of methanol from Assam Petro-Chemicals, Namrup, left Bogibeel terminal in Dibrugarh for Dhaka. It travels about 768 km on National Waterway-2 and then the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route, about 1,300 km in all. It is the first cargo from upper Assam to a foreign port since 1947.
5 Oct 2026
India and Japan launched the Operational Manual for their Joint Crediting Mechanism in New Delhi on 30 September 2026. Under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement, the mechanism lets Japanese low-carbon technology be deployed in India and the resulting emission cuts be issued as credits. The manual sets the full project cycle, from idea note to credit issuance.
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