INDIA
– PM inaugurates 35 PSA (pressure swing adsorption) oxygen plants established under PM CARES fund
– Lakhimpur Kheri violence of Oct 3: Supreme Court tells U.P. to file status report in 24 hours
– Lok Adalat has no jurisdiction to decide matter on merits if no compromise between parties: SC
– Government asks Supreme Court to set norms for quota in promotions
– SC allows girls to take entrance exam for admission in Rashtriya Indian Military College in December
– Supreme Court questions ₹8 lakh income limit for EWS (Economically Weaker Sections) quota
– India, Nepal to conduct joint patrols for controlling trans-border crime
– India joins High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People that aims to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030
– Passenger gives birth to boy mid-air in Air India’s London-Kochi flight on Oct 5
– India to allow foreign tourists travelling by chartered flights from Oct 15
– Railways extends Covid guidelines, Rs 500 fine on passengers without masks
– Vallilath Madhathil Madhavan Nair, the oldest living former diplomat of India, dies at 102
– US-India Business Council (USIBC) India Ideas Summit held
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Fitch cuts India’s FY22 GDP forecast to 8.7%, but pegs FY23 growth at 10%
– World Bank leaves India’s 2021-22 growth projection unchanged at 8.3% from June forecast
– Centre releases Rs 40,000 crore to states/UTs to meet GST compensation shortfall
– Reliance Industries Ltd. Chairman Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes India rich list with $92 billion net worth
WORLD
– Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
– World Health Organization (WHO) approves first anti-malarial vaccine ‘RTS,S’
– Online meeting for conservation of migratory birds in Central Asian Flyway held
– First World Cotton day observed on October 7
– World food prices rise for 2nd consecutive month, hit 10-year peak: FAO
– Pakistan: 22 killed, over 300 injured in earthquake in Balochistan province
SPORTS
– World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway: Anshu Malik wins silver in women’s 57kg; Sarita Mor wins bronze in women’s 59kg
