23-Oct-2026
French health authorities reported on 22 October 2026 that Shamonda virus had been detected in a human for the first time.
23-Oct-2026
Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, has been included in National Geographic’s Best of the World 2027 list of destinations worth visiting in the coming year.
23-Oct-2026
BrahMos Aerospace has announced that it expects to develop the first prototype of its next-generation BrahMos-NG (Next Generation) missile by 2027-28.
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.
