Current affairs October 6, 2026 for CUET

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav led India's delegation at the UNFCCC's Pre-COP31 meetings, co-hosted by Australia, Fiji and Tuvalu. Addressing the Leaders' Plenary in Fiji on 6 October 2026, he called for equal attention to adaptation, mitigation and the means of implementation, and said the principles of Equity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR-RC) must be upheld in letter and spirit. He offered to share India's coastal-resilience and space-based expertise, such as shoreline monitoring and cyclone early warning, with Pacific Island countries.

On 6 October 2026 the Government appointed Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff, in the rank of Air Chief Marshal, from the afternoon of 31 October 2026, when Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh retires. Commissioned into the IAF's fighter stream on 6 December 1986, he is an experimental test pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours on aircraft including the Mirage-2000, Jaguar and Tejas. He has earlier been Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, and head of the Central Air Command.

On 6 October 2026 the Union Cabinet approved a commitment of ₹10,000 crore towards an SME Growth Fund, announced in Para 28 of the Union Budget 2026-27. It is to put long-term growth equity into small and medium enterprises with proven, scalable businesses, a gap because most existing equity funds back early-stage and micro firms. Most of the money is to go to manufacturing SMEs, and firms in industrial clusters of Tier II and Tier III cities will also be considered.

On 6 October 2026 the Union Cabinet approved a Special Purpose Vehicle, the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), as the apex body for transport and logistics planning. It is to draw up a National Transport Master Plan looking ten years or more ahead across roads, railways, ports, civil aviation, inland waterways and urban mobility; carry out the technical appraisal of central projects costing ₹500 crore or more, and monitor them; and build a National Transport Data Repository from sources such as e-way bills, FASTag and Vahan.

The Ministry of Rural Development notified the Schedule of Permissible Works under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025: 375 works, 41% more than the 266 of the earlier framework. They fall under four pillars: Water Security (128 works, the most), Core Rural Infrastructure (111), Livelihood-related Infrastructure (98) and works for extreme weather and disaster preparedness (38). Every work is to come from the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan approved by the Gram Sabha; newer items include ice-stupas and artificial glaciers.

India's National Telemedicine Service, eSanjeevani, crossed 50 crore teleconsultations on 15 September 2026, across all 36 States and Union Territories, the Health Ministry said on 6 October. Described as the world's largest telemedicine service in primary healthcare, it links more than 1.42 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandir spokes with 19,473 hubs and 901 online OPDs, works in 15 languages and handles 2.5–3 lakh consultations a day. Women account for 57% of its use. It was built by C-DAC, Mohali.

On 6 October 2026 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the first Fleet Support Ship, FSS-1, named 'Surya', at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam. He also laid the keel of the fifth, and opened an upgraded slipway and a 300-tonne Goliath crane. Fleet support ships replenish warships at sea, so the Navy can operate longer in distant waters. He recalled that 'Jala Usha', the first ship built in independent India, was launched at Visakhapatnam in 1948.