India produced its best Asian Games wrestling campaign in more than six decades, finishing Aichi-Nagoya 2026 with six medals -- two gold, two silver and two bronze -- as Aman Sehrawat and Sujeet Kalkal emerged as champions and the country's grapplers made their presence felt across freestyle and Greco-Roman categories.

The six-medal haul was India's best at the Asian Games since Jakarta 1962, when the country won 12 medals -- three gold, six silver and three bronze, according to Olympics.com.

India's two gold medals in Aichi-Nagoya came through Aman in men's freestyle 57kg and Sujeet in men's freestyle 65kg, while Antim Panghal and Nitesh Siwach secured silver medals. Deepak Punia and Sunil Kumar added bronze medals.

State-owned GAIL (India) Ltd's Director (Marketing) Sanjay Kumar has been appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Petronet LNG Ltd, effective May 13, 2027, when the position falls vacant.

According to a regulatory filing, Petronet's board cleared the top-level appointment during a brief 15-minute meeting held on October 2. Kumar will take over on May 13, 2027, when the existing CEO A K Singh's extended tenure ends.

Kumar, 59, will have a five-year term.

Petronet, India's largest gas importer, is majority owned by state-owned oil firms. While the superannuation age in public sector companies is 60 years, Petronet, though headed by the government's top bureaucrat in the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, is registered as a private limited company.

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar expressed happiness after winning the silver medal in the women’s team golf event at the 2026 Asian Games, while her father Narender Dagar said the achievement was a moment of immense pride for the family and the country.

India secured the silver medal in the women’s team golf event, with Diksha Dagar, Paranavi Urs and Aditi Ashok representing the country. India finished with a team total of 14-under 546, with the best two scores among the three golfers counting towards the final tally. China claimed the gold medal with a score of 22-under 538. In the final round, Aditi Ashok carded a 67, while Diksha Dagar returned a 77 as India finished second behind China.

South Africa batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius smashed Chris Gayle's record for the highest individual T20 score. Pretorius, a left-handed top-order batter, hammered his way to 188 not out from just 79 balls in South Africa's domestic CSA T20 Challenge. Playing for Titans, the opener went on a marauding run in his first match of the tournament, smashing 13 sixes and 15 fours.

In doing so, Pretorius shattered the record for the most runs by a batter in a single innings in the 20-over format. The earlier record was held by the legendary Chris Gayle, who smashed 175 not out for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League in 2013.

Pretorius, 20, was well on course for a double century but ran out of overs as the Titans finished their innings on 267 for three.

Pretorius's innings was so dominant that he and Sinethemba Qeshile added 100 runs in little more than seven overs. Qeshile was the first to fall, scoring 14 off 10 balls with the team's total already at 112.

The Group of Seven (G7) nations have agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil over four months in an effort to ease soaring fuel prices, with a substantial release of diesel planned in the first 20 days. The decision came as diesel prices in the United States climbed to record levels, adding pressure on President Donald Trump and his administration ahead of November’s midterm elections. Mr Trump said that European countries had agreed to release large quantities of diesel from their stocks and that the process would begin “immediately.”

The announcement followed an overnight conversation between Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. According to a statement issued by France after the meeting, the International Energy Agency (IEA) will coordinate the release. The G7 and partner countries will make a coordinated release of 100 million barrels over four months, with a substantial amount of diesel to be released during the first 20 days.

The move comes as fuel prices have surged in the United States and other countries amid the eight-month-long war involving Iran. US diesel prices have risen sharply in recent weeks. The national average stood at 6.37 dollar per gallon on Friday, according to AAA, after reaching a record 6.52 dollar per gallon on September 22.

Sujeet Kalkal pulled a gold medal out of nowhere for India on the wrestling mat after prevailing over Tajikistan’s Abdulmazhid Kudiev in the men’s 65kg final on Friday. The gold medal was remarkable because Sujeet was down 2-9 in the second period of the gold medal bout, but turned it around to win by a 10-9 margin.

With one minute, 15 seconds remaining on the clock, the gold medal had still looked out of reach for Sujeet because he was trailing 6-9. After a takedown at that point, he managed to reduce the deficit to 8-9. With 50 seconds left, he was staring at bringing home a silver medal. Then, he pulled off another takedown to win a memorable gold medal.

The gold medal comes in the same weight class that Bajrang Punia and Yogeshwar Dutt had made their own in the past. Yogeshwar and Bajrang had won golds in the same weight category in the 2014 and 2018 editions. Bajrang had also claimed a bronze medal in 65kg at the Tokyo Olympics.

Astronomers say they have detected radio waves coming directly from a planet outside our solar system for the first time, potentially opening up a new way to study distant worlds.

The signal comes from Beta Pictoris b, a giant exoplanet about 63 light-years from Earth. The planet is roughly 12 times the mass of Jupiter and orbits a young star known as Beta Pictoris.

Despite the inevitable association between radio signals and searches for extraterrestrial intelligence, researchers say there is no suggestion that aliens are responsible, CNN reported. Instead, the radio waves appear to be produced by the planet's extraordinarily powerful magnetic field and auroras.

The research has been posted as a preprint and has not yet undergone peer review, so independent scientists are urging caution until the findings have been formally assessed.

Indian sailor Nethra Kumanan won the bronze medal in the women’s dinghy event at the Asian Games 2026 on Friday, adding another medal to India’s sailing tally at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.

Nethra recovered strongly in the second and final race of the finals after a difficult opening race to finish on the podium.

She finished level on points with Hong Kong’s Stephanie Louise Norton, but secured the bronze medal on the basis of her superior head-to-head results against Norton.

The medal adds to India’s strong performance in sailing at the Asian Games, with Indian sailors having already won medals in the men’s and women’s skiff events.

On Thursday, Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma won bronze in the women’s skiff event after initially finishing fourth. Their position was upgraded following China’s disqualification.

Lt Gen Akhilesh Kumar, who has rare and invaluable experience in varied terrains and operational environments, including the Line of Control, has taken charge as the general officer commanding of 1 Corps at Mathura, the Army said on Friday.

The general officer succeeds Lt Gen V Hariharan.

He took charge of 1 Corps on October 1.

Lt Gen Kumar, Sena Medal, is an alumnus of Sainik School, Tilaiya, and the National Defence Academy, Pune, and was commissioned into 4th Battalion, the Rajputana Rifles on June 13, 1992, according to an official statement.

The general officer holds an MSc from the Madras University and a master’s in management studies from the Osmania University.

“The officer has rare and invaluable experience in varied terrains and operational environments, including the Line of Control, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir,” the statement said.

21-year-old Ankush Panghal entered his name in the record books on Friday (October 3) by winning India’s first gold medal in men’s boxing at the Asian Games 2026. The youngster from Haryana faced Minseong Kim of South Korea in the men’s 80kg final and secured a one-sided victory.

He won the gold medal bout with a scoreline of 5-0. Ankush secured a 4-1 win in the first round before following it up with 5-0 and 4-1 victories in the next two rounds.

Before Ankush’s gold, India had managed to win two bronze medals in men’s boxing at the Asian Games 2026.

Ankush’s gold is India’s third boxing gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games. In women’s boxing, Lovlina Borgohain won gold in the women’s 75kg category, while Parveen Hooda bagged the yellow metal in the women’s 65kg category on Friday.