Daily Current Affairs 9 October 2026

The 9 October 2026 edition leads with the 57th meeting of the GST Council, which on 8 October recommended process reforms rather than rate changes: the withdrawal of arrest powers by omitting section 69 of the CGST Act, 2017, a prosecution threshold raised from ₹1 crore to ₹5 crore, lighter penalties and refunds sanctioned by the system; the Centre’s approval of a cap on trade margins for non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs at 30 per cent of MRP, which takes effect once a DGHS expert committee lists the drugs and the NPPA issues the notification; and the Supreme Court’s move to widen its scrutiny of DGP appointment rules after it found Jharkhand’s 2025 rules prima facie contrary to the law laid down in the Prakash Singh case.

The roundup covers the launch of JOSH Teams of MY Bharat volunteers and NCC cadets for TB elimination, a Supreme Court order for an expert committee on pharmaceutical marketing, the Prime Minister’s call at the 10th India Mobile Congress for a Global Framework against cyber fraud and deepfakes, the launch of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2026 on AI, a US suspension of major IT firms from its green card programme, the Nobel Prize in Literature to Anne Carson, the PRASHAST inclusive-education module and the 94th Air Force Day. Editorials from The Hindu and The Indian Express take up the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, India’s inbound investment framework, why stubble fires keep coming back, a Parley on legal guarantees against untouchability, Delhi’s winter pollution and airshed planning, the reporting of student suicides and avalanche early warning in a warming Himalaya.