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Highlights of Current Affairs 3 October 2026
- The Supreme Court declined an interaction between sitting judges and the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the “One Nation, One Election” Bill (129th Amendment), citing concerns over judicial independence should the amendment later face review.
- The Supreme Court quashed Mulla Afroz’s preventive detention under the NSA, ruling that a police confession alone, without independent corroborating material, cannot justify preventive detention.
- Tigress T138 was relocated from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to West Bengal’s Buxa Tiger Reserve as part of a reintroduction effort to rebuild a viable tiger population near the Bhutan border.
- The government standardised names of 28 places and geographical features in Ladakh, including strategically significant eastern Ladakh sites like Gogra and Hot Spring near the LAC.
- Over 2.42 lakh Special Gram Sabhas were held under the “Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas” People’s Plan Campaign 2026-27 to involve communities directly in Panchayat development planning.
- The government extended the RoDTEP scheme and introduced RELIEF (Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) to help exporters cope with higher freight costs and West Asia-driven shipping disruptions.
- Jawahar Dweep Marine Oil Terminal in Mumbai became India’s first plastic-free oil terminal, reinforcing Extended Producer Responsibility principles under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
- India’s gross GST collections crossed ₹2.03 lakh crore in September 2026, reflecting consumption and compliance trends under the GST framework established by the 101st Constitutional Amendment.
- Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) was marked globally as the International Day of Non-Violence per UN Resolution A/RES/61/271 (2007), honoring Gandhi’s philosophy of Ahimsa and Satyagraha.
- The government approved a ₹23,731 crore GOBARdhan Central Sector Scheme (FY2026-27 to FY2035-36) under the Petroleum Ministry to boost Compressed Biogas production from organic waste.
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