1.The Nobel Peace Prize 2026 was awarded to Navi Pillay “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”

2.YouTuber Dhruv Rathee was detained by Delhi Police from his residence in Gurugram's Sector 56 on Saturday ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) proposed protest at Jantar Mantar.

3.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it will conduct an open market operation (OMO) sale auction of government securities worth Rs 25,000 crore on October 13.

4.A total of 7,169 candidates were declared eligible to contest the student union elections across 348 colleges in Odisha after scrutiny of nomination papers on Friday.

5.Odisha-born entrepreneur and former Indian Army officer Capt. Arun Kar (Retd.), Founder of UK-headquartered technology company Xpertnest, has been recognised as one of The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious  Business Leaders for 2026 in Partnership with The Times.

6.Indian Tamil descent in Durban, Pillay, 85, who became the first non-white woman judge of the High Court of South Africa, has been awarded the prize "for her efforts to promote peace and international law".

7.The eight candidates of the ruling BJP and two from the Samajwadi Party were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.

8.A total of 1,725 air-conditioned electric buses will be operated in 18 cities of Uttar Pradesh under the Gross Cost Contract (GCC) model.

9.The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on October 16 pleas of voters deleted from the electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal for early disposal of their appeals against deletion.

10.The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Government to consider designating an alternative venue to Jantar Mantar for peaceful protests in the national Capital.

11.Aaditya Thackeray has alleged that around five lakh suspected ghost voters in Mumbai are missing from both the SIR draft electoral roll and the list of deleted voters, announcing door-to-door verification by his party.

12.The Supreme Court Bar Association urged the Chief Justice of India to intervene urgently and take up the matter with the authorities to ascertain the whereabouts and safety of every detained advocate.

13.Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Chairman of the Sadhna Group, was taken into custody on Friday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

14. The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) has released the detailed notification for the recruitment of 758 Assistant Executive Engineers (AEE) in Civil and Mechanical Engineering under Group A of the Odisha Engineering Service Cadre.

15. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to undertake a two-day visit to Odisha from Saturday and interact with the organisation's volunteers..