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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.
Astronomers have identified a candidate for a second-generation planet orbiting the white dwarf HS 0209+0832. The finding was published in Nature Astronomy on 5 October 2026 and involved researchers from the University of Warwick and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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.
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 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.
The Union Cabinet approved a ₹10,000-crore commitment for the SME Growth Fund on 6 October 2026. The fund is meant to provide patient, growth-oriented equity capital to viable and scalable small and medium enterprises in India.
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 Municipal Corporation of Delhi has cleared the conversion of Lahori Gate Haveli into the Shahjahanabad Museum and Interpretation Centre in Old Delhi. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has granted in-principle approval for the museum project, and the restored haveli is planned as a public heritage space in Khari Baoli at Vasudev Captain Chowk.
The Premier League launched its first Premier League Park in Chattarpur, New Delhi, on 1 October 2026. The venue is a football-focused destination developed for watching, playing, and socialising around the Premier League.
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, completed its third Earth gravity assist on 28 September 2026. The spacecraft passed about 8,640 km above Earth over the Indian Ocean and changed its trajectory by about 20 degrees.