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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.
e-Sanjeevani is India’s National Telemedicine Service and crossed 50 crore teleconsultations on 15 September 2026. As of 6 October 2026, the platform recorded a cumulative 50,00,92,730 teleconsultations across all 36 States and Union Territories.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India launched the “Samajh Se Investing Simple” investor awareness and education campaign under Project Jagrook on 5 October 2026 at Panjab University, Chandigarh. The launch coincided with World Investor Week 2026, which was observed from 5 October to 11 October.
Harmanpreet Kaur, aged 37, stepped down as captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team across all formats on 6 October 2026. She announced the decision through a statement on her Instagram account after a BCCI review meeting in Guwahati.
IIT Ropar launched the digital learning platform AVNI – Grow with Nature on 6 October 2026 through its Centre of Excellence in AI for Digital Agriculture, ANNAM.AI. The app is designed for children to learn about plants, crops, food, and agriculture through surroundings, activities, and artificial intelligence tools.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, developed a computational framework that maps 9,389 elementary chemical reactions involved in carbon dioxide (CO₂) conversion into fuels and chemicals. The study was published in Nature Communications on 6 October 2026 and focuses on CO₂ hydrogenation on a copper catalyst.
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.
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.
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.
The Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth Rs 661.50 crore with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited in New Delhi on 6 October 2026. The contract covers the procurement of BrahMos Fire Control System and launchers for Indian Navy ships under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
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 won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2026. The competition was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, from 25 September to 5 October 2026, and all five members of the Indian team won medals.