Current affairs 2026-10-26

Major developments on 26 October 2026 include: BBC reporting on increasing online restrictions faced by Indian political cartoonists on social media platforms; Jio's upcoming IPO potentially ending cheap mobile data for millions; Cyclone Arnab intensifying into a very severe cyclonic storm threatening Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts; RSS deciding to change its annual meeting calendar with the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha now meeting every third year; Supreme Court restoring Karnataka land and reiterating government can acquire land only for public purpose; India asserting at UN that veto power should be held by all permanent Security Council members; 17 convicts escaping from a Tamil Nadu jail after staging an epilepsy ruse; ED informing Supreme Court that NewsClick received ₹86 crore in alleged illicit foreign funding; Centre seeking US deportation of an accused who fled India despite passport being in Supreme Court custody; and India-US concluding most trade pact talks with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stating agreement is being fine-tuned. These events span digital rights, economy, disaster management, organisational governance, judiciary, international diplomacy, prison security, media regulation, extradition, and trade — all high-yield topics for competitive exams.