Current Affairs One-liners — 18 October 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 18 Oct 2026
- On 18 October 2026, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) announced an MHA-approved reorganisation, effective 1 November 2026, converting its territorial sectors into functional sectors such as Power, Coal, Steel, Petroleum & Natural Gas and Port sectors.
- On 18 October 2026, the Ministry of Defence announced that Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will represent India at the 25th Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 19-20 October 2026.
- The Asian Para Games 2026 began in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 18 October 2026, with India fielding 168 athletes; PM Narendra Modi conveyed his best wishes to the Indian contingent.
- On 18 October 2026, a PIB backgrounder highlighted Kufri Jamunia, a biofortified purple-fleshed potato variety developed by ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) and officially released in 2024, to fight hidden hunger.
- The Indian Navy's three-masted sail training ship INS Sudarshini departed Salalah, Oman, after a 14-17 October 2026 visit, continuing its transoceanic deployment Lokayan-2026, now in its tenth month.
- On 18 October 2026, Spanish golfer Eugenio Chacarra won the DP World India Championship at Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi, at 21-under par, his third DP World Tour title of the season, rising to the top of the Race to Dubai Rankings.
- On 18 October 2026, Fisheries Secretary Dr Abhilaksh Likhi visited Munsyari in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, which has been notified as a Cold Water Fisheries Cluster under PMMSY, to review rainbow trout farming.