Current affairs October 3, 2026 for CUET

India's men's hockey team retained the Asian Games gold on 3 October 2026 with a commanding win in the final. It was their first back-to-back Asian Games title and their fifth gold overall. With the women's team having won the day before, India won both hockey golds at the same Asian Games for the first time.

India's men's cricket team retained its Asian Games gold medal on 3 October 2026. The Prime Minister called it a joyous occasion for the nation and wished the players well.

Kumkum Anil Mohod became the first Indian woman to win the recurve individual gold at the Asian Games, on 3 October 2026, settling the final in a shoot-off. A day earlier she had been part of the team that won India's first women's recurve team gold.

Pranavi Sharath Urs won India's first-ever gold in women's individual golf at the Asian Games, on 3 October 2026. The Prime Minister called it a sporting moment to remember and hoped the win would draw more young Indians to the game.

Aman Sehrawat won India's first-ever Asian Games gold in men's 57 kg freestyle wrestling, on 3 October 2026. He had won bronze at the previous Asian Games, and the Prime Minister praised his tenacity in going from bronze to the top of the podium.

On 3 October 2026 the Ministry of Education approved five Centres of Excellence for studies in Classical Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit, to support research, preservation, digitisation and wider reading of their literature. They will be at Tezpur University (Assamese), Visva-Bharati University (Bengali), Deccan College, Pune (Marathi), the Central University of Odisha (Pali) and the Central University of Gujarat (Prakrit).

QNu Labs, with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) and IIT Gandhinagar, has demonstrated India's first free-space Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link, over 5.56 km, the Electronics and IT Ministry said on 3 October 2026. In a field trial on the night of 27–28 September, the link between BISAG-N and IIT Gandhinagar kept the quantum bit error rate below 5 per cent and produced secure keys at 230–260 bits a second, which were used to encrypt and decrypt test messages. Free-space means the signal crossed open air rather than optical fibre — a step towards satellite-based quantum communication.

The fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave was held in New Delhi from 3 to 5 October 2026 on the theme 'Resilience in an Age of Flux', with more than 180 policymakers, economists and experts, over 80 of them from about 30 countries. The conclave is run by the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), founded by V.K.R.V. Rao in 1952, with the Finance Ministry. It began in 2022; earlier themes were 'Redefining the Future' (2022), 'Navigating a World on Fire' (2023), 'The Indian Era' (2024) and 'Seeking Prosperity in Turbulent Times' (2025).

An Indian parliamentary delegation led by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh left on 3 October 2026 for the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), held in Arusha, Tanzania, from 5 to 9 October. The Assembly's theme was 'Enhancing good governance and empowering communities through inclusivity, trust and opportunities for all'. Harivansh was to take part in the Governing Council, the General Debate and the hearing of candidates for the post of IPU President.