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Highlights of Current Affairs 8 October 2026
- Heritage groups have urged authorities to reconsider the proposed open-cast coal mining project near the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ramappa Temple in Telangana.
- The Supreme Court’s seven-judge Constitution Bench examined the relationship between legislative privileges and the Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression.
- Short-Lived Climate Pollutants such as methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone and HFCs can have a strong warming effect despite remaining in the atmosphere for shorter periods than COâ‚‚.
- Belgian-American physicist Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work on the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and high-energy neutrino detection.
- The Union Cabinet approved a ₹10,000-crore SME Growth Fund to provide growth-stage equity capital to viable small and medium enterprises.
- The third Joint Indo-Argentine Army Mountaineering Expedition successfully climbed Mt Abi Gamin and Mt Kamet in Uttarakhand.
- October 5 marked the birth anniversary of Rani Durgavati, the Gond ruler remembered for her resistance against Mughal expansion.
- India won four gold medals and one silver medal at the 19th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics held in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- The Indian Navy’s first Fleet Support Ship, ‘Surya’, was inaugurated/launched at Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam to strengthen the Navy’s logistical and operational capabilities.
- Subramania Siva, a Tamil nationalist, freedom fighter, public speaker and writer, was remembered for his contribution to India’s freedom struggle and nationalist mobilisation in Tamil Nadu.
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