22-Oct-2026
The registration portal for the fifth edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS 5.0) was launched on 22 October 2026.
22-Oct-2026
The 33rd edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX-2026) began in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on 21 October 2026.
22-Oct-2026
On 21 October 2026, the Ladakh administration dissolved the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council–Kargil, following district reorganisation.
21-Oct-2026
On 20 October 2026, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced that India would host the first SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum by the end of 2026.
21-Oct-2026
On 20 October 2026, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced Delhi’s 10-point Winter Action Plan for 2026–27.
21-Oct-2026
UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has added three Indian sites to its Tentative List in September 2026: the Baratang Karst-Mud-Volcano Complex and Andaman Subduction Volcanoes in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape in Chhattisgarh.
20-Oct-2026
The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force on 20 October 2026, following its signing on 27 April 2026.
20-Oct-2026
India has begun a national Red List Assessment of 1,211 bird species under the framework of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). As of 19 October 2026, preliminary assessments of 107 bird species had been completed.
19-Oct-2026
On 17 October 2026, a crowd disaster at the Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata killed 19 people and injured approximately 25 others.
19-Oct-2026
India ranks 100th among 122 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2026, with a score of 24.1, placing it in the “serious” hunger category. Its country profile shows persistent challenges in child nutrition despite long-term improvement.
