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Sat, 24 Oct 2026

The Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games concluded on 24 October 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, with India finishing fourth with a record 114 medals (30 gold, 35 silver, 49 bronze), while China topped the table with 435 medals.
On 24 October 2026, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the target of 11 crore Farmer IDs under the Digital Agriculture Mission was completed by 23 October, five months ahead of the 31 March 2027 deadline.
On 24 October 2026, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Integrated Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Toxicity Analysis Laboratory (AATAL) at IITM's Delhi branch under Mission Mausam, described as the world's first-of-its-kind facility to identify real-time sources of air pollution in Delhi-NCR.
On 24 October 2026, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav inaugurated the Satna-Devendranagar (53 km) and Rewa-Churhat (65 km) rail sections of the 541-km Lalitpur-Singrauli Railway Project and flagged off the Devendranagar-Churhat passenger train, linking Sidhi district to the national rail network.
On 24 October 2026, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) reported disbursing about ₹1.04 crore of Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) money, earned from use of crops such as pearl millet, jowar, maize, rice and bottle gourd, among 27 State Biodiversity Boards and two UT Biodiversity Councils, with Uttar Pradesh getting the largest share.
On 24 October 2026, the 'Setting to Work Phase-2' activity of the indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) Energy Module, developed by DRDO's Naval Materials Research Laboratory, was inaugurated at L&T's Hazira complex in Gujarat; it is to be integrated on a Kalvari-class submarine in early 2027.
On 24 October 2026, Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary formally launched Bihar Integrated Manufacturing City Gaya Limited (BIMCGL), the SPV for the Integrated Manufacturing Cluster at Gaya under the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor, at Bodh Gaya, where 12 MoUs for about 300 acres and ₹4,200 crore of proposed investment were signed.
On 24 October 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs posted Dr Sajjan Singh Yadav, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre, as Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from 1 November 2026, succeeding Atal Dulloo, who retires on 31 October.
On 24 October 2026, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet extended the tenure of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, a 1989-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, by one year till 31 October 2027.
On 24 October 2026, the Railway Board directed all zones to offer the Optional Travel Insurance Scheme on reserved tickets booked at PRS counters from 27 October, at 45 paise per passenger, following a Supreme Court order.
The second edition of the National Urban Conclave, organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs with NIUA as knowledge partner, was inaugurated in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on 24 October 2026 by MoS Tokhan Sahu on the theme 'Urban Rising - Rethinking Urban Systems, Solutions and Delivery'.