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Daily Current Affairs – 8 October, 2026

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026: Chirality & Homochirality

    Context

  • The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has brought global attention to chirality and homochirality, highlighting how chemical reactions can selectively produce one mirror-image form of a molecule.

    • About Nobel Prize in Chemistry & Its 2026 Recipient

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, established under Alfred Nobel’s will, recognises discoveries or improvements of greatest benefit to humankind in chemistry.  
  • In 2026, Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai were recognised for work explaining how chemical reactions can generate and amplify one enantiomer over its mirror image.
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    Making Air Travel Accessible for Persons with Disabilities

    Context

  • The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Union government and key aviation authorities on a petition alleging systemic accessibility failures faced by Persons with disabilities (PwDs) across the air-travel journey.

    • Disability Scenario in India

  • A "person with disability" is someone who has a long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which, in interaction with barriers, hinders their full and effective participation in society equally with others. (According to The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016). 
  • According to Census 2011, there are 2.68 crore persons with disabilities in India which constitute 2.21 percent of the total population. 
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    Illegal Herbicide-tolerant Bt Cotton Expands Across India

    Context

  • India has not approved herbicide-tolerant Bt (HTBt) cotton, still farmers appear to be adopting it at scale.

    • About

  •  A new field study was conducted by the South Asia Biotechnology Centre (SABC) with support from the Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) and National Seed Association of India (NSAI).
  • It estimates that unauthorised cotton was cultivated on 65-72 lakh acres during the 2025-26 kharif season, accounting for 24-30% of India’s total cotton acreage. 
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    Iceland Courts India for Geothermal and CCUS

    Context

  • Iceland is confident about the opportunities emerging in India’s evolving geothermal energy landscape and believes regulatory challenges can be overcome.

    • About

  •  Iceland pointed to potential opportunities for deploying its Carbfix technology, which converts captured carbon dioxide into stone.
  • Iceland is also venturing into the “next-generation geothermal utilisation”. The technology involves drilling deeper into the earth, potentially increasing the productivity of each borehole by about ten times.
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    Character and Conduct as the Foundation of Moral Authority

    Context

  • The Prime Minister quoted a Sanskrit Subhashitam which says that character and conduct are above knowledge, eloquence and accomplishment as determinants of an individual's ethical worth.

    • About Character and Conduct

  • Character refers to the internal moral qualities, values and dispositions that shape an individual's choices, such as integrity, honesty, courage, empathy, fairness and self-discipline. It answers the question “What kind of person am I?” 
  • Conduct refers to the actual behaviour and actions through which those values are expressed in real situations. It answers the question “How do I behave and act?”
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    News In Short 08-10-2026

    Context

  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued its first global guidelines for addressing obesity among children and adolescents.

    • Obesity

  • It is a chronic, relapsing disease whose consequences can begin early in life. Overweight is a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25; and obesity is a BMI greater than or equal to 30. 
  • Obesity can increase the risk of non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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