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Highlights of Current Affairs 10 October 2026
- The Union Government opposed Balwant Singh Rajoana’s plea for commutation of his death sentence, whose mercy petition has been pending since 2012, bringing focus on Articles 72 and 161 and the Shatrughan Chauhan (2014) ruling that inordinate delay can violate Article 21.
- A field study reported that over 25% of India’s cotton-growing area may be under unauthorised GM hybrids carrying genes like cp4-epsps (glyphosate tolerance) and Vip3A, raising biosafety, herbicide-resistance and enforcement concerns, since Bt cotton is India’s only approved GM crop.
- MNRE marked World Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day on 8 October, highlighting the National Green Hydrogen Mission’s target of at least 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen annually by 2030.
- The RBI’s MPC reportedly raised the repo rate by 25 bps to 5.5% and shifted its stance from neutral to “calibrated tightening,” citing broadening retail inflation, monsoon risks and geopolitical tensions.
- The 57th GST Council recommended omitting Section 69 (arrest powers) of the CGST Act and raising the prosecution threshold from ₹1 crore to ₹5 crore.
- The same GST Council meeting proposed cutting the general penalty under Section 125 from ₹25,000 to ₹10,000, exempting disputes below ₹10,000 from show-cause notices, and provisionally sanctioning 90% of eligible refunds for zero-rated supplies and inverted-duty cases.
- The Department of Posts is observing National Postal Week (9–15 October), beginning with World Post Day, which marks the 1874 founding of the Universal Postal Union, under the theme “One Postal Network, Infinite Possibilities.”
- PM Modi inaugurated the 10th India Mobile Congress at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, themed “Scale Without Boundaries,” organised by COAI and the Department of Telecommunications.
- HAL’s Koraput Division delivered its 2,000th aero-engine and plans a second Shakti engine production line (adding 100 engines annually by 2028–29), alongside expanding AL-31FP production for the Su-30MKI with 63% indigenous content.
- The GST reforms also include automated approval of registration amendments, extension of inverted-duty refunds to input services, and a GST exemption for seat-sharing helicopter services to the North-East, Sikkim and Bagdogra.
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