7 October 2026

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1. ReportKarl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on light-controlled ion channels and optogenetics.
2. DayWorld Space Week, observed from 4 to 10 October, had the theme "Rocket Revolution" in 2026.
3. DayIndia's 72nd National Wildlife Week was observed from 2 to 8 October 2026.
4. AppointedProfessor Bimal Patel began his nine-year term as a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, succeeding Neeru Chadha.
5. DayWorld Teachers' Day on 5 October 2026 marked 60 years of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.
6. SchemeThe Union Cabinet approved Green Energy Corridor Phase-III at Rs 1,86,405 crore to evacuate 135 GW of renewable energy, with 50 GWh of battery storage.
7. SchemeThe Centre approved Rs 23,731 crore for the GOBARdhan scheme from FY 2026-27 to FY 2035-36 to raise compressed biogas production.
8. SchemeThe Union Cabinet approved a Rs 10,000 crore SME Growth Fund to make direct equity investments in small and medium enterprises.
9. SchemeThe Samudra Manthan Mission is a Rs 84,084 crore national deepwater exploration programme for hydrocarbons across India's EEZ.
10. WorldIndia and Japan released a Joint Crediting Mechanism handbook in New Delhi to speed up bilateral green-technology projects and carbon-credit sharing.
11. ReportIISc researchers built a computational framework mapping 9,389 elementary chemical reactions involved in converting carbon dioxide into fuels.
12. ReportSatleo Labs' TAPAS-1, India's first commercial private thermal-imaging payload, was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Transporter-18 mission.
13. SchemeThe CAG launched an AI translation tool with Bhashini supporting 36 textual, 23 voice and 35 international languages.
14. DefenceMountain Guardian 2026, the India-UAE joint military exercise, began at Chaubatia in Uttarakhand.
15. DefenceThe Kaveri Derivative Engine of GTRE, Bengaluru, completed high-altitude test-facility evaluations and flight tests in Russia.
16. RankIndia won four gold medals and one silver at the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics in Hanoi, Vietnam.
17. SchemeIIT Ropar launched AVNI - Grow with Nature, a digital agricultural learning platform, through its AI centre of excellence ANNAM.AI.
18. SchemeSEBI launched the "Samajh Se Investing Simple" investor-awareness campaign under Project Jagrook at Panjab University.
19. DayThe 14th International Tourism Mart will be held in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, from 29 to 31 October 2026.
20. AppointedSanjay Kumar of GAIL has been appointed Managing Director and CEO of Petronet LNG Ltd.
21. ReportThe Zoological Survey of India described a new eel species, Bathymyrus perplexus, from the Bay of Bengal.
22. DayThe Union Public Service Commission completed 100 years since India's first Public Service Commission was set up on 1 October 1926.
23. SportsDoha, Qatar will host the 21st Asian Games in 2030, and Ahmedabad will host the 2030 Commonwealth Games.
24. SchemeThe Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 gives legal recognition to digital, cryptographic and electronic banking records.
25. KarnatakaKarnataka is among the top five states in the Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25, with 15,629 registered manufacturing units.
26. KarnatakaMY Bharat Karnataka held a health walk and run in Bengaluru on 4 October with about 700 young participants on the theme of a drug-free life.
27. KarnatakaThe Karnataka Examinations Authority has invited online applications for admission to postgraduate medical courses.
28. KarnatakaA youth delegation from Madhya Pradesh concluded its Karnataka visit under Yuva Sangam Phase VII.