Sunday
4 October 2026
13 updates for SSC, banking, railway and Andaman exams, each checked against an official source or two news reports.
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- 13
- Topics
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- Exam facts
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- Quiz questions
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13 key points from 1 to 3 October 2026. Each is checked against official or at least two news sources.
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- 1Economy & BusinessFactory survey2.67 lakh
- 2EnvironmentNo PUC, no fuelRs 10,000
- 3DefenceIAF fighter gap36-40
- 4SportsHockey gold5-1
- 5SportsT20 cricket gold19 runs
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Ferozepur firing
India summoned Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires over a 2 October firing by the BSF on intruders near Ferozepur, Punjab, and rejected Pakistan’s allegations as motivated.
BSF guards India’s borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Source: Business Today, The Tribune
UN reply
At the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee on 3 October, India rejected Pakistan’s Kashmir remarks, saying Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India.
The UNGA Third Committee handles social, humanitarian and cultural issues.
Source: Deccan Herald, The Federal
Hasina extradition
India’s envoy Dinesh Trivedi said on 3 October nobody can give a timeframe for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition to Bangladesh, as the request is under legal examination.
Source: ThePrint, Millennium Post
Russia jobs
Russia has agreed to take about 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year, mainly in construction and logistics, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told a parliamentary panel.
Source: Deccan Herald, Business Standard
Factory survey
Annual Survey of Industries 2024-25 shows factories up 2.64 per cent to 2.67 lakh and manufacturing gross value added up 9.59 per cent to Rs 26.94 lakh crore.
GVA is the value of output minus the cost of inputs.
Source: Business Today, Punjab Kesari
Bank records law
The Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 2026 came into force on 1 October, replacing the 1891 Act and recognising physical, electronic and digital bank records as evidence in courts.
Source: Organiser, The Financial World
Hockey gold
India’s men beat Malaysia 5-1 in the Asian Games hockey final on 3 October, retained their gold and qualified for the LA 2028 Olympics.
Source: ANI, The Tribune
T20 cricket gold
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the Asian Games men’s T20 final on 3 October, scoring 211/6 against Pakistan’s 192/6, to win gold.
Source: Al Jazeera, The Tribune
Golf gold
Pranavi Urs won the women’s individual golf gold at the Asian Games on 15-under 265, one stroke ahead, becoming the first Indian woman to do so.
Source: Deccan Herald, The Tribune
Petronet LNG CEO
Petronet LNG’s board named GAIL marketing director Sanjay Kumar as its next managing director and CEO, to take over on 13 May 2027.
Source: Millennium Post, Kalkine
No PUC, no fuel
From 1 October, Haryana’s NCR petrol pumps must refuse fuel to vehicles without a valid PUC certificate; driving without one can draw a fine up to Rs 10,000.
PUC stands for Pollution Under Control.
Source: The Tribune, Dainik Jagran
IAF fighter gap
Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on 3 October that delays in Tejas jets are hurting the Air Force, which needs at least 36-40 fighters inducted every year.
Air Force Day is observed on 8 October.
Source: ThePrint, Deccan Herald
Exercise Varuna
The 24th edition of the India-France naval exercise Varuna is being held at Toulon, France, with Indian frigate INS Trishul, which arrived on 22 September.
Varuna is the bilateral naval exercise between India and France.
Source: idrw, Indian Masterminds