
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed India among seven countries in discussions for hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics. The other countries in the process are Qatar, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Hungary, and Turkey.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India appointed Smriti Mandhana as the full-time white-ball captain of the India Women’s cricket team on 6 October 2026. Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down from the captaincy across all formats on the same day after a review meeting in Guwahati on 5 October 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
The third edition of the India-UAE joint military exercise, Mountain Guardian 2026, began on 5 October 2026 at the Foreign Training Node in Chaubatia, Uttarakhand. The two-week exercise will continue until 18 October 2026 and involves 92 personnel, with 46 troops from the Indian Army and 46 from the United Arab Emirates Land Forces.
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.
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.
The 14th International Tourism Mart will be held in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, from 29 to 31 October 2026. The event is co-organised by the Union Tourism Ministry and the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, and it will bring together domestic stakeholders, tour operators, and influencers from 27 countries.