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Today's exam-relevant current affairs cover government schemes, ports, environment, sports, banking and diaspora events likely to appear in SSC, Banking and UPSC GA.
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📚 See the whole month's current affairs →The National Supercomputing Mission, launched in 2015, now has 40 supercomputers delivering 68 petaflops as of September 2026. It supports high-performance computing for weather, climate, health and disaster applications.
📌 Static GK link: NSM is a national HPC mission; PARAM 8000 was an early Indian supercomputer.
Source: PIB · PIB Backgrounder ↗Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will flag off the first international cargo voyage from Dibrugarh to Pangaon Port, Dhaka, on 5 October 2026. The cargo will carry methanol produced by Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited via National Waterway-2 and the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route.
📌 Static GK link: National Waterway-2 is the Brahmaputra river route; Dibrugarh is in Assam.
Source: PIB · Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways ↗Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan handed over the first instalment of 3 lakh houses worth ₹3,600 crore to Andhra Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin 2.0. He also laid the foundation for a 177-house pilot project using 3D concrete printing at a cost of ₹14 crore.
📌 Static GK link: PMAY-Gramin is a central rural housing scheme; Andhra Pradesh is a southern state.
Source: PIB · Ministry of Rural Development ↗The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will hold Chintan Shivir 2026 on 5-6 October 2026 at Ekta Nagar in Narmada district, Gujarat. It will bring together Centre, State and implementing-agency officials to discuss highway infrastructure.
📌 Static GK link: MoRTH handles national highways; state PWDs manage state roads.
Source: PIB · Ministry of Road Transport & Highways ↗The 17th Pension Adalat will be held at IIPA, New Delhi, on 5 October 2026 and chaired by Dr. Jitendra Singh. It is a grievance-redressal mechanism for Central Government pensioners run by the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare.
📌 Static GK link: Pension Adalat was started by DoPPW in 2017 to resolve long-pending pension grievances.
Source: PIB · Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions ↗Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released two male Great Indian Bustards into the wild at Sam in Desert National Park, Jaisalmer. The species is critically endangered.
📌 Static GK link: Desert National Park is in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan; Great Indian Bustard is a critically endangered bird.
Source: PIB · Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ↗Antim Panghal won the silver medal in the Women's 53 kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the Asian Games. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated her.
📌 Static GK link: Wrestling is governed in India by the Wrestling Federation of India; Asian Games are held every four years.
Source: PIB · Prime Minister's Office ↗Aditi Ashok, Pranavi Sharath Urs and Diksha Dagar won the silver medal in the Women's Team Golf event at Asian Games 2026. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the trio.
📌 Static GK link: Golf is governed in India by the Golf Federation of India; team golf uses a combined score.
Source: PIB · Prime Minister's Office ↗The 19th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention will be held in Kolkata from 7 to 9 January 2027, organised by the Ministry of External Affairs with the West Bengal government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate it and President Droupadi Murmu will confer diaspora awards.
📌 Static GK link: MEA is the central ministry for external affairs; West Bengal government is co-organising the event.
Source: Telangana Today ↗HDFC Bank has appointed Anup Bagchi as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. The appointment is being tracked ahead of the 5 October trading session.
📌 Static GK link: HDFC Bank is a private sector bank; the MD and CEO is its chief executive.
Source: Cnbctv18 ↗8 questions on today's update — tap an option to check your answer.
Q1.The National Supercomputing Mission, which now has 40 supercomputers in India, was launched in which year?
Q2.The first international cargo voyage from Dibrugarh will go to which port?
Q3.The 3 lakh houses worth ₹3,600 crore handed over to Andhra Pradesh are under which scheme?
Q4.Two male Great Indian Bustards were released into the wild at which national park?
Q5.Antim Panghal won silver at the Asian Games in which event?
Q6.Which Indian women's golf team won silver at Asian Games 2026?
Q7.The 19th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention in 2027 will be held in which city?
Q8.Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and CEO of HDFC Bank?
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