International Animation Day is marked every year on 28 October. It celebrates animation as a form of art and honours the artists and studios who create animated stories. The theme for 2026 is “BEYOND BORDERS”.
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage falls every year on 27 October. It highlights the need to preserve audiovisual records and keep them accessible for future generations. The 2026 theme is “Your Window to the World”.
Bodhana Sivanandan, an 11-year-old English chess player of Indian origin, has become the youngest woman ever to earn the International Master (IM) title. She broke a record that Hungary's Judit Polgar had held for 38 years.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has confirmed Ahmedabad as the host of the 2029 Senior World Weightlifting Championships. It will be the first time India stages the senior edition of the event.
Kerala has cleared the launch of Co-Keralam, pitched as India's first airline in the cooperative sector, through the Kerala Civil Aviation Development Cooperative Society. Based in Kochi, it plans to link Kozhikode, Kannur, Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai.
Cyclone Arnab, classed as a very severe cyclonic storm, completed its landfall over the coasts of Andhra Pradesh and Yanam. A cyclone is a large weather system rotating around a low-pressure centre, turning anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere; tropical cyclones form over warm seas and bring strong winds, heavy rain, storm surges and floods.
The Indian Army marked the 80th Infantry Day, also called Shaurya Diwas, on 27 October 2026. The day recalls 27 October 1947, when troops of the Sikh Regiment's 1st Battalion were flown into Srinagar Airport to repel Pakistan-backed tribal invaders in Jammu and Kashmir. The operation saved Srinagar and protected the territorial integrity of Jammu and Kashmir.
Himachal Pradesh reported that every reintroduced Cheer Pheasant survived in 2024–25, up from a survival rate of 11.11% in 2019–20. During Wildlife Week in October 2026, 12 captive-bred birds were soft-released at Moi Jubbar, close to Koti in Shimla district — the programme's third release site after Seri and Shilli-Mehli.
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