Daily Current Affairs 2 October 2026

The 2 October 2026 edition leads with 28 places and features in Ladakh given standard names on the Survey of India map, including the friction points Gogra and Hot Spring; the Andhra Pradesh High Court striking down a 34 per cent BC quota in local bodies for breaching the 50 per cent ceiling; a Supreme Court order blocking registration, transfer and PUC services for vehicles with unpaid e-challans, with over Rs 23,000 crore in fines still pending; the launch of GOBARdhan, a Rs 23,731 crore scheme for compressed biogas; and the release of a tigress in Buxa Tiger Reserve, the first step in bringing tigers back to North Bengal.

The roundup covers the special Gram Sabhas and the People’s Plan Campaign 2026-27, post-facto environmental clearances, a paused forest rights directive in Madhya Pradesh, GST and PMI for September, the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting and the WTO’s trade scenarios, RELIEF for exporters, sugar stock limits, PNG Drive 3.0, the CAPEX 2026 survey, Jammu and Kashmir’s first mineral auction, HQ Integrated Defence Staff at 25, a sickle cell severity score, Bimal Patel at ITLOS, and Gandhi Jayanti. Nine editorials from The Hindu and The Indian Express take up women’s safety in public spaces, the IMD’s monsoon forecasts, Vande Mataram and Vaishnava Jana To, bulk Form 7 objections, Green Energy Corridor III, factory jobs, semiconductor strategy, Gandhi’s fight for the vote and India’s Model BIT, alongside a 17-question practice quiz.