1250 results for “2026”
Shubman Gill won his fifth ICC Player of the Month award on 13 October 2026 for his performances in September 2026. He received the award after scoring heavily in India’s One Day International (ODI) series against the West Indies. Gill’s previous awards came in January 2023, September 2023, February 2025 and July 2025.
Research reported on 12–13 October 2026 examined how the Sun’s polar magnetic environment relates to microwave polar brightening. The collaborative study involved the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) of the Physical Research Laboratory, IIT Delhi and IIT Roorkee.
India is hosting the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi on 13 October 2026. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is chairing the meeting, attended by delegations from all seven BIMSTEC member states. Its agenda covers regional cooperation against terrorism, transnational organized crime, narcotics radicalization, trafficking, illicit financial flows and cyber threats.
On 12 October 2026, IIT Kharagpur launched the NDLI-FERMI AI Tutor and a free online preparation platform for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM). Union Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar inaugurated both initiatives at IIT Kharagpur’s Research Park in Rajarhat, Kolkata, during the institute’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The National Land Monetization Corporation (NLMC) raised ₹366.33 crore on 12 October 2026 by auctioning land parcels owned by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). The first phase sold 150 plots, against an aggregate reserve price of ₹312.48 crore, at an average premium of 17.23% over the baseline valuation.
The ninth edition of the India-Brazil-South Africa Maritime (IBSAMAR IX) Exercise began in Simon’s Town, Western Cape, South Africa, in October 2026. INS Tarkash, an Indian Navy guided-missile stealth frigate, arrived there on 11 October to take part. The exercise is hosted by South Africa, with India as the lead nation.
Antarctic sea ice reached an annual maximum extent of 17.59 million square kilometres on 14 September 2026, the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record. Scientists from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) confirmed the measurement. The 2026 maximum was about one million square kilometres below the long-term average maximum.
American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford received the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on 12 October 2026. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the prize for research on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. Hall is affiliated with Stanford University, while Woodford is affiliated with Columbia University.
On 12 October 2026, the Supreme Court of India questioned why trade margin caps on anti-cancer medicines could not be extended to other drugs. The Centre informed the Court that it had decided to cap trade margins on anti-cancer medicines at 30% of the Maximum Retail Price (MRP), with estimated annual savings of about ₹2,500 crore for patients.
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an instant payment system operated by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). As of 13 October 2026, NPCI had deferred the proposed 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on selected Person-to-Merchant (P2M) UPI transactions exceeding ₹2,000 until after Diwali 2026.
A 17-member Indian Coast Guard (ICG) mountaineering team summited Mount Mukut, at an elevation of 7,045 metres, on 7 October 2026. The expedition was named “Tat Se Parwat”, meaning “From Sea to Summit”, and formed part of the ICG’s preparation for a proposed Mount Everest expedition in 2027.
The 16th meeting of the India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) was held in New Delhi on 12 October 2026. Union Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Jonathan Reynolds co-chaired the meeting, where British firms announced more than £1 billion in new commercial deals.