Current Affairs One-liners — 02 October 2026

Yesterday

• India beat defending champions China 1-0 in the Asian Games 2026 women's hockey final on 2 October 2026 to win gold after 44 years and qualify directly for the LA 2028 Olympics.
• At the concluding day of the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US Presidency) on 2 October 2026, Piyush Goyal called for WTO-consistent remedies to trade distortions and backed the UK for the 2027 G20 Presidency.
• On 2 October 2026 India won three boxing golds at the Asian Games 2026: Lovlina Borgohain (women's 75 kg), Parveen (women's 65 kg) and Ankush (men's 80 kg).
• The Department of Commerce extended the RoDTEP (Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products) scheme up to 31 December 2026 with unchanged rates (Notification No. 41/2026-27, 30 September 2026).
• Sujeet won gold in men's 65 kg freestyle wrestling at the Asian Games 2026 on 2 October 2026 — India's first wrestling gold of this edition, on his Asian Games debut.
• The Department of Commerce extended the timelines of Component II of RELIEF (Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation), which gives exporters ECGC cover with 95% risk coverage for shipments to the disrupted West Asia region.
• In a first for the UT, two limestone blocks in Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir — Koot–Kapran and Wantrag — were auctioned through the Ministry of Mines (announced 2 October 2026).
• Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti won India's first-ever gold in the women's recurve team event at the Asian Games, on 2 October 2026.
• The Government of India, in consultation with the UT of Ladakh, identified 28 places/features in Ladakh by standard names on the official Survey of India map (announced 2 October 2026).
• Special Gram Sabhas held across India on 2 October 2026 launched the People's Plan Campaign 2026-27 'Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas', under which Gram Panchayats prepare their development plans (GPDPs) for 2027-28.
• On 2 October 2026 a tigress translocated from Valmiki Tiger Reserve (Bihar) was released in Buxa Tiger Reserve (West Bengal), the first phase of a Tiger Reintroduction Programme, marking the start of Wildlife Week 2026.
• India's men's quadrant team won bronze in Sepaktakraw at the Asian Games 2026 on 2 October 2026 — India's first-ever medal in this event at the Games.
• On 2 October 2026 — the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri — the Prime Minister paid tributes and urged people to buy at least one Khadi product.