Daily Current Affairs 12 October 2026

The 12 October 2026 edition leads with the Second Regional Review Conference on the Forest Rights Act, held by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in Kolkata on 9 October for eight States, where the keynote gave the national position as on 31 August 2026: over 54 lakh claims received, about 25 lakh titles distributed, about 11 lakh claims still pending and over 18 lakh rejected; the deep dive walks through how a claim moves from the Gram Sabha to the District Level Committee, why rejected claims must be reviewed, and what the push on Community Forest Resource rights asks of the States.

The roundup covers Mizoram’s decision to list refugees separately in the Census 2027 count, the KONKAN-26 exercise with the Royal Navy and the scheduled INDRA 2026 exercise with the Russian Navy, the National Biodiversity Authority’s Rs 2.02 crore benefit-sharing release from the seed sector, a second strike on Riyadh airport, the Kerala High Court’s expectation that the Data Protection Board be made functional within eight weeks, a new Deputy Election Commissioner, the TRISHNA satellite, Kuki-Naga clashes in Manipur, the Sri Lankan President’s claim on Katchatheevu and the anniversaries of the NHRC and the RTI Act. Editorials from The Hindu and The Indian Express take up trust in Indian elections, the gaps in the RTI Act’s proactive disclosure, Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize and international law, barricades, detentions and the autonomy of the Election Commission, the World Development Report 2026 on AI, Ashok Gulati’s case for a next farm revolution built on crop diversification and agrivoltaics, and the US green-card freeze on eight IT employers, the US tariff law on buyers of Russian energy and the stalled India-US trade deal.