1.Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford are announced as the laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , 2026.

2.CJI Surya Kant on Monday said the doors of the Supreme Court are open to everyone, and it hears grievances in accordance with the law, ensuring that those entitled to relief receive it.

3.Jantar Mantar has been officially de-notified as a designated protest site, while Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground in East Delhi have been designated as new venues for organising protests and demonstrations.

4.The NHAI has planted 5.20 lakh saplings across Odisha over the past four months to expand green cover and promote biodiversity along highway corridors, an official statement said Monday.

5.President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday appointed senior Jharkhand BJP leader Braj Mohan Ram as the new Governor of Odisha. He will take over from the incumbent Governor, Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati.

6. The MP, who worked as a professor at the prestigious university in Delhi, was sacked last week after at least eleven women accused him of sexual harassment, and an internal committee found him guilty on nine counts.

7.The Supreme Court on Monday clarified that it had neither approved nor disapproved the Election Commission of India’s modified Form 6 for enrolment of new voters, saying the revised form was not before it when it heard the petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar whose judgment was pronounced on 27 May 2025.

8.President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Governors for six states including Tamil Nadu, Keralam, Odisha, Sikkim, Karnataka and Uttarakhand. Keralam Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, while Om Prakash Mathur, Governor of Sikkim, will be the new Governor of Keralam in place of Arlekar.

9.Dushyant Gautam has been appointed the Governor of Sikkim while senior BJP leader from Jharkhand, Braj Mohan Ram, has been appointed as the Governor of Odisha. Sudha Yadav has been named the Governor of Karnataka and Dhal Singh Bisen will be Uttarakhand Governor.

10.A 20-year-old law student driving a car caused a series of accidents injuring at least three people and damaging seven motorbikes parked by the road side near Kesura. The police have booked the student Soumya Ranjan Rath .

11.Odisha born National Award-winning filmmaker and producer Jitendra Mishra has been selected for the international jury of the 40th Cinekid Film Festival, being held in the Netherlands .

12.Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari laid the foundation stones for six development projects worth Rs 23.89 crore in the Brajarajnagar constituency of Jharsuguda district, focusing on rural connectivity and public infrastructure.

13.India’s retail inflation rose to 5.54 per cent in September 2026 from 4.83 per cent in August, driven by a sharp increase in food prices, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Monday

14.Houthi rebels from Yemen have launched missile attacks on the airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, for two consecutive days.

15.Indian shooter Udhayveer Sidhu has won a gold medal at the ISSF Shooting World Cup being held in Cairo, Egypt.