- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary in Parliament House.
- Nation remembers Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversaries.
- Events to mark Swachh Bharat Diwas held across the country on Gandhi Jayanti.
- President Droupadi Murmu gives away Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022 awards; Telangana wins first prize under big states category.
- Indian railways has recorded best ever monthly freight loading of over 115 million tonnes in September this year.
- Centre assures, sufficient foodgrain stocks available in the country to meet domestic requirement.
- Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors – YUVA 2.0 was launched today to promote reading, writing and book culture in the country.
- Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra meets Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih; Assures of growth in India-Maldives partnership.
- Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said that India’s geospatial economy is expected to cross 63 thousand 100 crore rupees by 2025 at a growth rate of 12.8 per cent.
- Third edition of Fit India Freedom Run launched in New Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti.
- King Charles III made the decision of not attending the international climate change summit COP27 to be held in Egypt next month. This has fuelled speculation that the new monarch will have to rein in his environmental activism now that he has ascended the throne.
- Cricket, the All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked India’s squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa. Shikhar Dhawan has been named captain of the squad which will play ODIs against the Proteas on October 6, 9 and 11 in Lucknow, Ranchi and New Delhi respectively.
