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The Centre approved ₹1,175.59 crore for a 6.91-km-long six-lane major bridge across the Teesta River at Sevoke on NH-10 in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, on 30 September 2026. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the approval on 1 October 2026.
The Reserve Bank of India approved Anup Bagchi as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Bank on 1 October 2026. His three-year term will begin on 27 October 2026, after the completion of Sashidhar Jagdishan’s current term on 26 October 2026.
Scientists identified two new Australian stick insect species in 2026 after re-examining members of the genus Anchiale. The study also reinstated one previously unrecognised species and revised the group from two species to five distinct species.
SpaceX launched the Transporter-18 rideshare mission on 1 October 2026 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission deployed 130 payloads into low Earth orbit, and the launch occurred at 2:32 p.m. EDT, which was 11:32 a.m. local time in California.
India formally identified 28 places and geographical features on the official Survey of India maps of Ladakh on 2 October 2026. The updated map was prepared in consultation with the Union Territory administration and was made available on the official Survey of India website.
Lieutenant General Akhilesh Kumar assumed charge as the General Officer Commanding of the Indian Army’s 1 Corps on 1 October 2026. The corps is also known as Strike One Corps and is headquartered at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. He succeeded Lieutenant General V Hariharan in this appointment.
Two new islands have emerged off Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano after a 25-hour continuous eruption between 4 and 6 September 2026. The formations were first noted by mariners and volunteers around 22 September 2026 and were verified through Sentinel satellite imagery on 23 September 2026.
A three-year-old Royal Bengal tigress weighing 150 kg was released into the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on 2 October 2026. The release marked the launch of the state’s first tiger reintroduction project and involved translocation from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar.
Saffron cultivation began in Ladakh on 2 October 2026 as a pilot project in Leh district. Around 90,000 premium Iranian saffron corms, weighing about 800 kg, were planted over 4,000 square metres at Command Area Gate No. 27 in Spituk Pharka. The project uses restored barren land and forms part of agricultural diversification in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Nethra Kumanan won a bronze medal in the women’s dinghy event at the Aichi-Nagoya Games on 2 October 2026. The 29-year-old sailor from Chennai won her first Asian Games medal in her fourth appearance at the continental multi-sport event.
The Department of Commerce, Government of India, extended the timelines under Component II of the RELIEF (Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) scheme on 2 October 2026. The extension was notified through Notification No. 37/2026-27 dated 30 September 2026, and the validity for eligible shipments has been extended until 31 March 2027.
Lovlina Borgohain won the gold medal in the women’s 75 kg boxing category at the Asian Games 2026 on 2 October 2026. She defeated China’s Bao Ziyi by a unanimous 5-0 decision in the final at Nishio Gymnasium in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.