Current Affairs · October 2026
TNPSC current affairs for October 2026, grouped by day.
Science TechnologyThe Hindu - Science
2026 Chemistry Nobel: Kagan and Soai’s work on chirality and enantiomer purity
EnvironmentThe Hindu - National
Uttarkashi earthquake of 4.2 magnitude: NCS epicentre, depth 11 km, and second tremor in Uttarakhand in 4 days
NationalHindu Tamil Thisai
NIA probe into FlyDubai hijack attempt: Indian pilot Smit Machchar, 180 passengers, and UAPA/Anti-Hijacking Act provisions
Tamil NaduHindu Tamil Thisai
High Court orders Southern Railway chief engineer to appear over removal of Prosopis juliflora in Tamil Nadu
NationalThe Hindu - National
Telangana child marriage prevention: NFHS-5 to NFHS-6 shows decline, but cases continue
NationalThe Hindu - National
ECI defence by 42 former judges: electoral roll revision, EVM trust and constitutional institutions
Tamil NaduHindu Tamil Thisai
Palani school water-tank contamination case: police book unknown person under 3 sections
NationalHindu Tamil Thisai
Madras High Court rejects bail in Kunrathur child-poisoning case; trial posted to Nov 4, 2026
- Chennai rescues two 15-year-old child labourers at Koyambedu and Mannadi; collector warns of jail and fine
- PM Modi calls for global cooperation to curb cybercrime and deepfakes at 10th Telecom Conference
- Madurai Bench flags temple property misuse; HC seeks HR&CE report on recovery steps
- India may reach 100 GW wind power capacity by 2030: Pralhad Joshi at Windergy India 2026
- TIDCO floats tenders for Trichy logistics hub and Sivakasi common facility centre DPRs
- Tamil Nadu orders basic amenities in all 12,571 villages; rural development conference held in Chennai
- Tamil Nadu to give ₹603.34 crore special incentive to 90,000 sugarcane farmers for 2025-26 crushing season
- Chennai night marathon on Oct. 17, 2026 to be held at Island Grounds with 10 km and 4 km races
EnvironmentHindu Tamil Thisai
Mettur leopard capture in Salem: 6-year-old male trapped after 3 months of livestock attacks
NationalHindu Tamil Thisai
Election Commissioners appointment case: Supreme Court to decide on plea against 2023 law
SchemesHindu Tamil Thisai
Tamil Nadu’s Thaimaman Thanga Mothiram scheme relaxed for eligible mothers from June 22, 2026
Tamil NaduHindu Tamil Thisai
Tamil Nadu Class 12 higher education entry: Trichy tops with 98%, Tiruvarur last
- IMF staff deal with Pakistan may unlock $1.21 billion under EFF and climate facility
- Jaishankar’s Africa tour: India-Cote d’Ivoire ties and IBCA acceptance in Ghana
- Madras HC on FCRA: religious conversion groups can be denied registration
- Tamil Nadu Electricity Board tenders 4,500 MW power purchase for October 12-31, 2026
- CMDA tenders DPR for upgrading Taramani link road and GST Road as model urban transport corridors
- Press Council of India reconstituted in October 2026 with 13 new members under Press Council Act, 1978
- GST Council’s October 8 meeting to focus on compliance reforms, refunds and ITC changes
- CM Vijay inspects Aavin lab and receives public petitions at Perambur MLA office
- Madurai Bench bars foreign funding for groups linked to religious conversion under FCRA
- Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel to carry India’s flag at Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya
- Telangana’s MeeSeva moved to PostgreSQL in April 2026, cutting about ₹10 crore annual Oracle costs
NationalThe Hindu - National
Opposition protest against ECI over SIR and voter roll deletions in Parliament march
NationalThe Hindu - National
ECI protocol and Opposition MPs’ meeting request: 2025 procedure and 240-MP delegation
SportsHindu Tamil Thisai
India among 7 bidders for 2036 Olympics: IOC process and Ahmedabad’s bid
InternationalThe Hindu - National
India-Ghana ties: Jaishankar visit, AU-ECOWAS outreach and 2 MoUs
- IceCube and neutrino astronomy: 2026 Physics Nobel-linked Antarctic detector facts
- Rajnath Singh launches Rs 19,000 crore fleet support ship project for Indian Navy
- Supreme Court gives Centre 3 weeks to file report on NEET PG 2025-26 admission changes
- Tirumala Brahmotsavam 2026: Rs 300 special darshan tickets released online and VIP break cancelled
- Chennai Metro tunnel work triggers 3-month traffic diversion on TTK Road
- Chhattisgarh visit of CEC Gyanesh Kumar postponed amid ECI row over SIR
- Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 awarded to Belgian scientist Francis Halzen for IceCube neutrino research
Science TechnologyThe Hindu - Science
Heisenberg’s B8 reactor and Nazi nuclear programme: PNAS Nexus study revises how close Germany was to an atom bomb
InternationalThe Hindu - International
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkiye activate Mecca Joint Defence Agreement for rapid force deployment
NationalThe Hindu - National
INDIA bloc protest march to ECI headquarters over SIR and alleged vote theft
NationalThe Hindu - National
TNPSC-ready facts on Bihar SIR, Form 6 and EC fact-checks after Supreme Court observation
- DVAC probe into alleged ₹4,730-crore sand mining scam in Tamil Nadu
- CDSCO says deniligliptin packs must carry warning on bullous pemphigoid side effect
- India and Switzerland sign 5 agreements covering trade, investment, security and nuclear cooperation
- Supreme Court gets 3 new judges after Collegium recommendation in September 2026
- Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads row: $1.5 million spent, MAGA Inc to pay going forward
- Heisenberg and Nazi Germany’s B8 pile: key nuclear archaeology facts for science current affairs
InternationalHindu Tamil Thisai
Israeli PM Netanyahu praises Indian pilot Smith Macha after in-flight attack incident
DefenceHindu Tamil Thisai
Indian Navy sailor Pradeep Mukherjee arrested in Coimbatore in espionage case
EnvironmentThe Hindu - Environment
UN pre-COP31 climate talks in Fiji and Tuvalu ahead of COP31 in Turkey
Tamil NaduThe Hindu - Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu expands free bus travel as Vettri Payanam covers 84.32 lakh beneficiaries daily
Science TechnologyThe Hindu - Science
CSIR-CCMB creates India-specific sickle cell severity score using data from 171 children
Science TechnologyThe Hindu - Science
India’s first free-space quantum key distribution link demonstrated over 5.56 km between BISAG-N and IIT-Gandhinagar
Tamil NaduThe Hindu - Tamil Nadu
Vellore Cantonment station restoration under Railway station redevelopment project to be inaugurated on 11 October 2026
- PM Modi to inaugurate restored Vellore Cantonment railway station on October 11, 2026
- SIT to file charge sheet in Gem Granites Veeramani POCSO case after September 24, 2026 probe order
- Madras HC on NDPS bail: Section 37 can bar bail even after one year of custody
- Madras HC on Article 350: Tamil Nadu departments told to follow timelines for grievance representations
- Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu to frame SOP for elephants in temple festivals and religious events
- Agnipath scheme review: first Agniveer batch completes 4-year term in October 2026
- India-New Zealand FTA to take effect on October 20, targets ₹35,000 crore trade
- RBI says 0.4% MDR on UPI above ₹2,000 from Oct 15 may not raise cash use
- Kearney report flags Tamil Nadu’s fiscal capacity gap, cites ₹78,324 crore revenue deficit and ₹10 lakh crore debt
- India’s industrial growth accelerates to 8% in August 2026 on manufacturing and electricity gains
- GST collections rise 14.7% in September 2026; gross mop-up crosses ₹2.03 lakh crore
NationalThe Hindu - National
Canara Bank ordered to pay ₹5.04 lakh in unauthorised transaction case; RBI customer-protection rules cited
InternationalHindu Tamil Thisai
UAE labels FlyDubai hijack attempt a planned terror act; India’s Smit Machchhar hailed for saving 174 lives
SportsHindu Tamil Thisai
Parveen Hooda’s Asian Games comeback: gold after medal loss, 22-month ban and father’s illness
SportsHindu Tamil Thisai
Kumkum Mohod wins women’s recurve individual gold at Asian Games; Pranavi wins golf gold
- Anna University irregularity case: Madras HC stays suspension of Coimbatore campus associate professor
- Vande Bharat crosses Chenab and Anji bridges at 100 kmph on 111-km Katra-Banihal section
- Election Commission became a three-member body in 1993; key constitutional and legal milestones
- Gold price in Chennai falls by ₹800 per sovereign; 22-carat rate at ₹1,09,400
- Tamil Nadu government hospitals can handle 6.31 lakh deliveries a year, says Health Minister Arunraj
- Madras High Court tells HR&CE and police to act against caste-based politics during temple consecration
- Tamil Nadu ends mandatory Saturday work in 100 sub-registrar offices from November 1, 2026
- Tamil Nadu suspends crop-loan recovery in cooperative societies; grievance WhatsApp number 98840 00845 announced
- CEC Gyanesh Kumar protest in Delhi: SIR of electoral rolls and voter deletion concerns
- Allahabad High Court suo motu PIL on noise pollution: Rules, enforcement and public awareness
- PM Modi speaks to pilot Smit Machchar after FlyDubai hijack attempt; praises his courage
SchemesHindu Tamil Thisai
Tamil Nadu expands free women bus travel to long-distance services under Vetri Payanam on Gandhi Jayanthi 2026
NationalHindu Tamil Thisai
ED probe into alleged ₹100-crore private school recognition scam in Tamil Nadu
InternationalThe Hindu - International
Sri Lanka’s 2024 political shift and Dissanayake’s mandate: key facts on system change
EconomyHindu Tamil Thisai
Adani Green’s Kavda battery storage reaches 6.63 GW; key India energy-storage milestone
- UPSC marks 100 years: Modi highlights 1926 origin, 1950 renaming and AI-led governance
- Indian stock markets fall for 8th straight week; Sensex closes at 71,910
- Karnataka’s Sustainable Data Centre Policy: water use, capacity and AI infrastructure facts
- Supreme Court limits Andhra local body reservation to 50%; 34% BC quota order struck down
- Tamil Nadu property registration without physical presence crosses 1 lakh in 44 days
- Tamil Nadu introduces unmanned automated toll collection at Paranur toll plaza near Chengalpattu
- Temple employees in Tamil Nadu get 12-month maternity leave and up to 240 days leave encashment
- DRI seizes 17 kg elephant tusks in Hyderabad under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
- France school protests: 1,949 arrests, 1,027 lycées affected amid education unrest
InternationalThe Hindu - International
UAE probes possible terror link in Flydubai incident involving Indian pilot Smit Machchhar
InternationalThe Hindu - National
India-Sri Lanka ties: Jaishankar meets JVP delegation led by Tilvin Silva in New Delhi
Tamil NaduThe Hindu - National
Tamil Nadu police form all-woman SIT in Gem Granites chairman R. Veeramani POCSO case
EnvironmentThe Hindu - Environment
Supreme Court’s limited relaxation for Gen-2 joined green crackers: NEERI norms, PM10/PM2.5 cuts and Diwali time window
- MeitY IndiaAI Centre of Excellence in AI: launch, partners and first cohort details
- IN-SPACe hosted-payload guidelines 2026: key rules for Indian and foreign payload authorisation
- Ethanol blending and agriculture diversification: key facts on India’s fuel policy and farmer earnings
- Tamil Nadu bypolls 2026: Madurantakam and Dharapuram reserved seats, candidates and key electoral facts
- Tamil Nadu bypolls 2026: Madurantakam and Dharapuram reserved seats go to October 6 polling
- Madras High Court suo motu PIL on removing caste names from streets, roads and localities in Tamil Nadu
- Paranur becomes Tamil Nadu’s first booth-less toll plaza with MLFF system on Chennai-Tiruchi NH
- IMD says Northeast monsoon may be normal in Tamil Nadu; onset likely in October third week
- India industrial production grows 8% in August 2026; manufacturing and electricity lead
- India manufacturing PMI rises to 55.1 in September 2026, a seven-month high
- GST collections cross ₹2 lakh crore again in September 2026; imports drive record share