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Highlights of Current Affairs 5 October 2026
- Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan said at NALSAR Hyderabad that mass deletion of voters without notice is arbitrary and violates Articles 326 and 14, as protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar continued amid reports of ~13.3 crore names deleted under SIR.
- The Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the planned shifting of the 135-year-old Central Secretariat Library (established 1891, in Shastri Bhawan since 1969, holding over 8.5 lakh books) from the Central Vista redevelopment site.
- The GST Council is set to discuss removing GST officers’ arrest powers under Section 69 CGST Act at its October 7 meeting, proposing arrests only via court order and raising the prosecution threshold from ₹1 crore to ₹5 crore.
- Two captive-bred male Great Indian Bustards were released into Rajasthan’s Desert National Park under Project GIB, with only about 150 GIBs estimated left in the wild and captive breeding centres producing 29 chicks in 2026.
- India finished 4th at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with 85 medals (21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze), behind China, Japan and South Korea, down from its 100+ medal haul at Hangzhou 2023.
- The BJP named Dinesh Arya (Uttarakhand) and Rukmini Mallick/Koel Mallick (West Bengal bypoll) as candidates ahead of October 16 Rajya Sabha elections for 12 seats (10 from UP, 1 Uttarakhand, 1 WB bypoll).
- The US expanded its visa bond requirement (up to $20,000) to citizens of 50 countries applying for B-1/B-2 visas, including Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, though India remains exempt.
- Uttar Pradesh renamed Bhadohi district as “Sant Ravidas Nagar Bhadohi,” reviving an earlier Mayawati-era name alongside the inauguration of 112 projects worth over ₹1,340 crore.
- The Ministry of Education approved five new Centres of Excellence for classical languages (Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali, Prakrit) at universities including Tezpur, Visva-Bharati and Deccan College, bringing India’s total classical languages to 11.
- A Supreme Court petition argues Election Commission powers under Article 324 should be exercised as a multi-member body rather than by the CEC alone, with a quo warranto plea also challenging Gyanesh Kumar’s authority to hold office.
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