Current affairs October 4, 2026 for CUET

On 4 October 2026 Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released two captive-bred male Great Indian Bustards into the wild at Sam, in the Desert National Park near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The release marks the programme's move from building a conservation-breeding population of the critically endangered bird to returning it to the wild. The breeding centres at Sam and Ramdevra hold 97 birds, 57 of them bred in captivity, and 11 have been earmarked for release. The Bustard Recovery Programme is run by the Environment Ministry, the Rajasthan Forest Department and the Wildlife Institute of India.

On 4 October 2026 Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the first instalment for 3 lakh houses in Andhra Pradesh, worth ₹3,600 crore, under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Gramin 2.0, at Burripalem in Guntur district. He also laid the foundation stone of the country's first pilot housing project using 3D concrete printing: 177 houses, at a cost of ₹14 crore. The State's allocation had been raised from 76,000 houses to 3 lakh at the Chief Minister's request.

The 20th Asian Games closed at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 4 October 2026, after 16 days, 43 sports and 469 events. India's 501-athlete contingent, across 36 disciplines and with more than 300 athletes making their Asian Games debut, finished with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze.

Archery led India's golds with five, shooting and boxing gave three each, and cricket, hockey and kabaddi two each, the men's and women's teams both winning. Wrestling added two golds, and athletics and golf one each. Athletics won the most medals of any sport, 24, though only one was gold. Japan was hosting the Games for the third time, after Tokyo (1958) and Hiroshima (1994).