India finished fourth at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. That is India's second-best haul after the record 106 at Hangzhou in 2023. Hockey, cricket and kabaddi brought double golds, archery gave the most golds, and athletics the most medals.
Sharad Navratri began on Sunday 11 October 2026 in most calendars, and Dussehra falls on Tuesday 20 October, the date of the central government holiday. Durga Puja in Bengal runs from 16 to 21 October. Some calendars start Navratri on 12 October and put Dussehra on 21 October, because festival days follow the lunar tithi, whose timing depends on the calculation and the place.
The Swedish Academy awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson, 76, for a bold and inventive body of work that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.
Shai Hope's unbeaten 102 off 45 balls carried West Indies to 252/4 in 18.3 overs in the second T20I in Ranchi, beating India by six wickets and levelling the five-match series 1-1. It was the highest successful chase against India in T20 internationals.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to South African jurist Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay, a former UN human rights chief, for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Born in 1941 to a Tamil Indian family, she went from defending anti-apartheid activists to presiding over an international tribunal.
