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The Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026, came into force on 8 October 2026 after a notification by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The Act establishes a common framework for recruitment and service conditions of Group A general duty officers and other officers in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). Serving CAPF officers have challenged its constitutional validity in the Supreme Court.
On 5 October 2026, West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya announced that the state government intended to introduce a Bill in the upcoming Assembly session to rename West Bengal as Paschim Banga. Bhattacharya said on 7 October that the proposed name connects with the state’s formation after Independence. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has supported the proposal, subject to the prescribed legal process.
Francis Halzen, a Belgian particle physicist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on 6 October 2026. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the prize for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.
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.
Scientists announced the first direct detection of radio signals from an exoplanet on 23 September 2026. The signals came from Beta Pictoris b, a gas giant about 63 to 64 light-years from Earth, and were detected with South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array.
Gujarat’s Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, received Presidential assent on 2 October 2026 and was notified as Gujarat Act No. 15 of 2026 in the Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary on 1 October 2026. The Bill was passed by the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in March 2026 after a debate lasting seven to eight hours.
The CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR) launched five popular science magazines in Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, and Assamese on 26 September 2026. The launch was held on the 85th Foundation Day of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the magazines are designed to carry science communication content in Indian languages.
The Supreme Court Collegium approved the appointment of 12 additional judges as permanent judges in four High Courts on 23 September 2026. The recommendation covered the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, and Gauhati.
The Supreme Court on 23 September 2026 referred petitions challenging the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, to a five-judge Constitution Bench. The petitions question the law governing the appointment process of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners in India.
Former Justice R. C. Chavan resigned from Maharashtra’s seven-member Uniform Civil Code committee on 19 September 2026. The committee was formed in July 2026 to prepare a framework for implementing a common civil code in the state.
The WWF Global Conservation Conference was inaugurated in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on 21 September 2026. Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the conference, which was attended by representatives from more than 100 countries.
N. Chandrasekaran was reappointed as the Executive Chairman of Tata Sons on 17 September 2026 for another five-year term. The new term extends his leadership until 2032 and follows a board decision taken in Mumbai.