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The BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Sports Demonstration Games 2026 will take place in Ahmedabad on 12 and 13 October 2026. Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Dr Mansukh Mandaviya is scheduled to inaugurate the event at Veer Savarkar Sports Complex. The Games are being organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the Gujarat Government under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026.
The reintroduced population of hard-ground Barasingha in Satpura Tiger Reserve reached approximately 303 individuals by 10 October 2026. The animals were brought from Kanha National Park under a reintroduction programme initiated by the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department in 2015.
The Spices Board India and the ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) held a national seminar in Kochi, Kerala, on 9 October 2026 to discuss the proposed Bharat Spice Map. The initiative combines geospatial technology, scientific research and market intelligence to map spice-growing regions, varieties and quality characteristics.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh presented the SIDM Champion Awards 2026 on 9 October 2026 at the 8th Annual Session of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) in New Delhi. The ceremony recognised 15 organisations for achievements in indigenous technology development, product innovation, design, import substitution, manufacturing excellence and exports.
The Living Planet Report 2026 was released on 8 October 2026 by WWF in partnership with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). It records a 73% decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations worldwide between 1970 and 2022, based on nearly 35,803 population trends across 5,790 vertebrate species.
Rajgir in Bihar will host an India–New Zealand Under-20 Rugby Series from 22 to 28 October 2026. New Zealand’s under-20 men’s and women’s teams, named Tama Toa and Hine Toa, will play Indian under-20 teams. The series is linked to 100 years of sports cooperation between India and New Zealand.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) convened the Second Regional Review Conference on implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, in Kolkata, West Bengal, on 9 and 10 October 2026. Officials from eight states attended to review claims, pending cases and implementation measures.
South African swimmer Pieter Coetze set a men’s 50m backstroke short-course world record of 22.09 seconds at a World Aquatics World Cup meet in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 9 October 2026. The 22-year-old lowered the previous record of 22.11 seconds, set by Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov in 2022, by 0.02 seconds. It was Coetze’s first career world record.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the minimum daily Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) maintenance requirement for scheduled banks from 90% to 99% of the prescribed CRR. The change takes effect from the reporting fortnight beginning 16 October 2026, while the overall CRR remains unchanged at 3%. The RBI announced the measure on 9 October 2026 amid banking-system surplus liquidity of about ₹3.88 lakh crore as of 8 October.
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.
A 15-year conservation breeding programme has led to the release of approximately 11,000 wētāpunga (Deinacrida heteracantha) into the wild in New Zealand. The wētāpunga is New Zealand’s heaviest insect and is among the heaviest insect species in the world.
On 8 October 2026, the NFDC–National Film Archive of India (NFDC-NFAI), based in Pune, added three 35 mm Tamil films starring Sivaji Ganesan to its national collection. Aparna Subramanian, a Film Research Officer at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), acquired and donated the prints. All three films were directed by A.P. Nagarajan.