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The US government suspended eight technology and outsourcing companies from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme (PERM) on 8 October 2026. The companies named were Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe. US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling announced the measure with Vice President JD Vance, who heads the US Anti-Fraud Task Force.
U.S. prosecutors filed a superseding indictment against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Manhattan federal court on 8 October 2026. It adds charges of conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens to existing drug-trafficking charges. Their trial is scheduled to begin on 1 June 2027.
The H-1B Visa Fraud Crackdown Act (H.R. 10643) was introduced in the US House of Representatives on 1 October 2026. The proposal would raise fines and lengthen exclusion periods for employers found responsible for specified H-1B visa violations. It has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee and has not become law.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed India among seven countries in discussions for hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics. The other countries in the process are Qatar, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Hungary, and Turkey.
The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to establish a degree-granting campus in Hyderabad. The announcement was made on 6–7 October 2026. The proposed campus would be the first campus of a foreign university in Telangana and the first in India established by a public American university.
Oman, Egypt, Lebanon, Greece and Cyprus have formally expressed interest in joining the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), as confirmed by French President’s Special Envoy for IMEC Gérard Mestrallet on 6 October 2026. A ministerial-level meeting is anticipated later in 2026 to consider the corridor’s geographical expansion.
India and Japan launched the Operational Manual for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in New Delhi on 30 September 2026. The mechanism operates under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement and is designed for cooperative approaches on greenhouse gas emission reduction activities.
Dibrugarh in Assam sent its first international cargo shipment from the Bogibeel Terminal to Bangladesh on 5 October 2026. The cargo vessel DLB Patkai carried 540 metric tonnes of methanol produced by Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited at Namrup and was bound for Pangaon Port in Dhaka.
Exercise Tarang Shakti 2026 is the second edition of the Indian Air Force’s multinational air exercise. It is being held from 26 September to 12 October 2026 at Air Force Station Jodhpur and adjoining airbases in Rajasthan. Germany has deployed an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft for the exercise.
United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order in Nebraska on 5 October 2026 to broaden access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel. The order temporarily allows dyed diesel, which is normally reserved for off-road use, to be used in on-road vehicles under specified federal tax arrangements.
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stated on 4 October 2026 that the United States has become a “lonelier power” in the current international system. He made the remarks at the 62nd Munich Security Conference in New Delhi and at the Munich Leaders Meeting, where he referred to a “radical repositioning” of the United States and the rise of China as two central features of global geopolitics.
The United States announced a new “Super Intelligence Force” task force on 4 October 2026 to coordinate the federal government’s response to artificial intelligence. The task force is led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton, who serves as the “AI Czar” or “SI Czar”.