Infosys unveils Skava Commerce, a modular e-commerce platform
Pakistan announces postponement of 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad
Music Director Uttam Singh named for Maharashtra’s Lata Mangeshkar Award
Rajasthan becomes first state to adopt LED street lights under all ULBs
Indian-American Vinaya Manchaiah named Future Leader of Audiology
Black money worth Rs. 65,250 crore declared under Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016
2 October: International Day of Non-Violence
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration on Education
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince to be Chief Guest on 2017 Republic Day
India ratifies Paris Climate Agreement
3 October: World Habitat Day
Kersti Kaljulaid elected as first female President of Estonia
Elephant researcher Prajna Chowta conferred with knighthood by France
Reliance, Dassault Aviation ink deal to set up joint venture
Jharkhand becomes first state to implement DBT in Kerosene
Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine
SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon, Myanmar
MS Sahoo takes charge as Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Nayanjot Lahiri wins 2016 John F Richards Prize
British trio David Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
Former ISRO Chariman UR Rao becomes first Indian to be inducted into IAF Hall of Fame
Sushil Chandra appointed as Chairman of CBDT
India’s communication satellite GSAT-18 successfully launched from French Guiana
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa win 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling honoured with Sustainable Development Leadership Award
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates World Sustainable Development Summit
India to host 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
2016 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
India-Pakistan border to be sealed completely by 2018
India’s first Medipark will be set up in Tamil Nadu
Union Government set up Public Debt Management Cell
India’s first international arbitration centre inaugurated in Mumbai
October 9: World Post Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
4th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting held at Jaipur
Himansh, India’s remote, high-altitude station opens in Himalayas
Abdelilah Bekirane elected as Prime minister of Morocco
Jitu Rai wins Champion of Champions pistol award of ISSF
Telangana Government creates 21 new districts
India-Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise commences at Belawan, Indonesia
Antonio Guterres elected as new Secretary-General of UN
Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
India ranked 97th in 2016 Global Hunger Index
India to eliminate use of HFC-23 by 2030
Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed as DG of Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Brazil wins inaugural BRICS U-17 Football Tournament
Union Government launches satellite-based illegal Mining Detection System Rosneft-led consortium buys India’s Essar Oil for $13 billion
Russia, India ink defence deal on S-400 Air Defence Systems
Saraswati River existed: KS Valdiya committee
16 October: World Food Day
8th BRICS Summit concludes in Goa
Japanese Encephalitis claims 54 lives in Odisha’s Malkangiri district
Historic Global Greenhouse gas emission Agreement signed in Kigali
BIMSTEC countries express commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms
Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as India’s Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament
Ashok Leyland rolls out first India-made electric bus
India completes nuclear triad by commissioning INS Arihant
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates three mega hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh
PM launches National SC/ST hub and Zero Defect – Zero Effect scheme
Delhi’s air quality very poor: SAFAR
Saina Nehwal appointed member of IOC’s Athletes’ Commission
Union Government proposes 4 GST slabs
Indian Navy commissions INS Tihayu
Sir David Cox honoured with first International Prize in Statistics
Union Government launches UDAN Scheme for Regional Air Connectivity
India wins 2016 Kabaddi World Cup
October 24: United Nations Day PM Narendra Modi launches Urja Ganga in Varanasi
Cyrus Mistry removed as Chairman of Tata Group
Paul Beatty wins 2016 Man Booker Prize
India-Sri Lanka joint military exercise Mitra Shakti 2016 begins
India ranks 87th on the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016
India ranks 130th in 2017 Ease of Doing Business index
Life expectancy highest in Jammu and Kashmir: RGI Data
One-man judicial Committee on OROP submits report to Defence Minister
Union Government launches Biotech-KISAN and Cattle Genomics to empower farmers
Union Government constitutes Munialappa Committee to monitor bird flu situation
RBI allows startups to raise $3 million via ECBs annually
2 Yazidi women Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar win 2016 Sakharov Human Right Prize
Antartica’s Ross Sea declared as world’s largest Marine Protected Area
India, Russia agree to double the range of BrahMos Missile
Sunil Bharti Mittal appointed as Chairman of GSMA
Himachal Pradesh declared India’s second Open Defecation Free State
EU, Canada sign CETA
October 31: Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
Pakistan announces postponement of 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad
Music Director Uttam Singh named for Maharashtra’s Lata Mangeshkar Award
Rajasthan becomes first state to adopt LED street lights under all ULBs
Indian-American Vinaya Manchaiah named Future Leader of Audiology
Black money worth Rs. 65,250 crore declared under Income Disclosure Scheme, 2016
2 October: International Day of Non-Violence
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration on Education
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince to be Chief Guest on 2017 Republic Day
India ratifies Paris Climate Agreement
3 October: World Habitat Day
Kersti Kaljulaid elected as first female President of Estonia
Elephant researcher Prajna Chowta conferred with knighthood by France
Reliance, Dassault Aviation ink deal to set up joint venture
Jharkhand becomes first state to implement DBT in Kerosene
Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine
SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon, Myanmar
MS Sahoo takes charge as Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Nayanjot Lahiri wins 2016 John F Richards Prize
British trio David Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics
Former ISRO Chariman UR Rao becomes first Indian to be inducted into IAF Hall of Fame
Sushil Chandra appointed as Chairman of CBDT
India’s communication satellite GSAT-18 successfully launched from French Guiana
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa win 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling honoured with Sustainable Development Leadership Award
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates World Sustainable Development Summit
India to host 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction
2016 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
India-Pakistan border to be sealed completely by 2018
India’s first Medipark will be set up in Tamil Nadu
Union Government set up Public Debt Management Cell
India’s first international arbitration centre inaugurated in Mumbai
October 9: World Post Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
4th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting held at Jaipur
Himansh, India’s remote, high-altitude station opens in Himalayas
Abdelilah Bekirane elected as Prime minister of Morocco
Jitu Rai wins Champion of Champions pistol award of ISSF
Telangana Government creates 21 new districts
India-Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise commences at Belawan, Indonesia
Antonio Guterres elected as new Secretary-General of UN
Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
India ranked 97th in 2016 Global Hunger Index
India to eliminate use of HFC-23 by 2030
Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed as DG of Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Brazil wins inaugural BRICS U-17 Football Tournament
Union Government launches satellite-based illegal Mining Detection System Rosneft-led consortium buys India’s Essar Oil for $13 billion
Russia, India ink defence deal on S-400 Air Defence Systems
Saraswati River existed: KS Valdiya committee
16 October: World Food Day
8th BRICS Summit concludes in Goa
Japanese Encephalitis claims 54 lives in Odisha’s Malkangiri district
Historic Global Greenhouse gas emission Agreement signed in Kigali
BIMSTEC countries express commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms
Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as India’s Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament
Ashok Leyland rolls out first India-made electric bus
India completes nuclear triad by commissioning INS Arihant
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates three mega hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh
PM launches National SC/ST hub and Zero Defect – Zero Effect scheme
Delhi’s air quality very poor: SAFAR
Saina Nehwal appointed member of IOC’s Athletes’ Commission
Union Government proposes 4 GST slabs
Indian Navy commissions INS Tihayu
Sir David Cox honoured with first International Prize in Statistics
Union Government launches UDAN Scheme for Regional Air Connectivity
India wins 2016 Kabaddi World Cup
October 24: United Nations Day PM Narendra Modi launches Urja Ganga in Varanasi
Cyrus Mistry removed as Chairman of Tata Group
Paul Beatty wins 2016 Man Booker Prize
India-Sri Lanka joint military exercise Mitra Shakti 2016 begins
India ranks 87th on the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016
India ranks 130th in 2017 Ease of Doing Business index
Life expectancy highest in Jammu and Kashmir: RGI Data
One-man judicial Committee on OROP submits report to Defence Minister
Union Government launches Biotech-KISAN and Cattle Genomics to empower farmers
Union Government constitutes Munialappa Committee to monitor bird flu situation
RBI allows startups to raise $3 million via ECBs annually
2 Yazidi women Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar win 2016 Sakharov Human Right Prize
Antartica’s Ross Sea declared as world’s largest Marine Protected Area
India, Russia agree to double the range of BrahMos Missile
Sunil Bharti Mittal appointed as Chairman of GSMA
Himachal Pradesh declared India’s second Open Defecation Free State
EU, Canada sign CETA
October 31: Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
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