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A bilingual copper plate land grant dated 2 October 1879, found in a Gunupur home in Odisha, is believed to be the first known charter of the Bishama Cuttack royal house.
Registration for UP's BAMS, BUMS and BHMS counselling closed on 12 October 2026; the merit list is due on 13 October and choice filling ends on 19 October.
On 8 October 2026 the Kerala High Court told the Devaswom Board's Chief Engineer to report on 14 October on every Sabarimala pilgrimage work due by 31 October.
A Lancet Commission reported on 12 October 2026 ranks obesity as the biggest avoidable health threat to 2100; India faces all 17 threats it lists.
Andhra Pradesh trained 1,870 teachers from 935 PM SHRI schools in a three-day yoga course ending October 7, 2026, to lead daily student sessions.
The Culture Ministry's BRICS Theatre Festival runs in New Delhi from October 12 to 14, 2026, with 11 productions from nine countries, led by NSD.
Health Minister J.P. Nadda was set to lay the stone on 12 October 2026 for ICMR's first high-altitude medicine and public health centre at Keylong, Himachal Pradesh.
PM Modi inaugurated the IITM–Maestro Ilaiyaraaja Centre for Music Learning and Research at IIT Madras on 11 October 2026 to research and document Indian music.
A pooled study of 17,368 adults, released on October 8, 2026, links three diet patterns to better thinking, but finds only the MIND diet tied to gains over time.
Visva-Bharati University held a two-day national symposium and exhibition on the Thirukkural on October 7-8, 2026, with the Central Institute of Classical Tamil.
Delhi's Ramlilas opened on October 11, 2026, with Navratri, running to Dussehra on October 20; police briefed 73 organisers on keeping emergency routes clear.
A NYU-Columbia study of 4,523 people, announced October 5, 2026, found up to 27% lower death risk among those overweight or obese at dementia diagnosis.
A small ITRA Jamnagar trial, reported in early October 2026, found children given Ayurvedic herbs plus yoga had larger cuts in bedwetting than herbs alone.
National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune, has 100 BNYS seats for 2026-27; applications close at 5 pm on October 19, 2026, with NEET-UG 2026 candidates preferred.
Registration for the 52nd All India Oriental Conference, at the University of Patanjali, Haridwar, on October 29-31, 2026, closes on October 10.
Scientists from MDRF, ICAR-IIMR and ICMR-NIN say polished millets lose fibre, protein and minerals, and call for clearer labels on whole-grain claims.
Telangana's nine-day Bathukamma flower festival began on October 10, 2026 with Engili Pula Bathukamma and ends with Saddula Bathukamma on October 18.
AACCC has released Ayush UG counselling Round 2 results; Round 3 registration for BAMS, BUMS, BSMS and BHMS runs from 14 to 20 October 2026.
Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has tightened RFID checks, security and crowd control for Shardiya Navratri, which begins on October 11, 2026.
India's Ministry of Culture is using artificial intelligence under the Gyan Bharatam Mission to digitise and decode manuscripts, while a parliamentary panel urges a wider AI-led roadmap.
Sharadiya Navratri begins on 11 October 2026 and Durga Puja follows in mid-October, marking Goddess Durga's worship across India.
The third phase of underwater exploration off Poompuhar, which ended on 23 September 2026, recovered a West Asian torpedo jar fragment that adds physical evidence to literary accounts of the early Chola port's overseas trade.
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