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Exam	What	Deadline
CFA Program — February 2027	Disability accommodation requests: early deadline for candidates registered by 7 July; standard deadline for candidates registered between 8 July and 5 November.	14 Oct 2026 (early); 11 Nov 2026 (standard)
Rashtriya Military School Common Entrance Test (RMS CET) – 2026	Application deadline is 20 October, 5 PM. Examination fee: ₹1,000 for General/OBC/OBC (NCL), ₹750 for SC/ST/Wards of Armed Forces Personnel Killed in Action. Late fee: ₹500; late applications accepted through 25 October.	20 Oct 2026; late applications through 25 Oct 2026
ACCA — September 2026 exam session	Administrative review requests must be submitted by the published deadline. Results are scheduled for 19 October.	28 Oct 2026
UGC-NET December 2026	Application and examination-fee deadline. Fees: ₹1,150 General/Unreserved, ₹600 General-EWS/OBC-NCL, ₹325 SC/ST/PwD/Third Gender. Late application fee: ₹500.	28 Oct 2026; late window through 31 Oct 2026
Company Secretary Executive Entrance Test (CSEET) February 2027 session	Registration closes on 31 October. The official listing confirms the deadline; the linked announcement PDF could not be opened.	31 Oct 2026
SWAYAM-2026 (July Semester)	Application deadline is 31 October; examination-fee payment closes on 1 November.	31 Oct 2026 (application); 1 Nov 2026 (fee payment)
ACCA — December 2026 exam session	Standard entry closes on 2 November; late entry closes on 9 November. The India fee page lists £151 for Applied Skills and DipIFR, £268 for Strategic Business Leader and £191 for Strategic Business Reporting and options exams. Late-entry fees vary by paper.	2 Nov 2026; late entry through 9 Nov 2026
Joint CSIR-UGC NET December 2026	Applications close on 5 November. Late applications are accepted from 6–9 November with a ₹500 late fee. Examinations are scheduled for 19, 22 and 27 December 2026.	5 Nov 2026; late window through 9 Nov 2026

Updates

📚 NTA — Applications open for SWAYAM-2026 (July Semester) (official)

Body: NTA
Type: Registration
Date of notice: 2026-10-09
Applies to: SWAYAM-2026 (July Semester), covering 662 courses
Deadline: 31 Oct 2026

NTA opened online applications on 9 October for the July Semester examination. Applications close on 31 October at 11:50 PM; examination-fee payment closes on 1 November at 11:50 PM. Application corrections are scheduled for 2–3 November, and examinations will take place on 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 December 2026. The examination mode is computer-based testing. The notice refers candidates to the Information Bulletin for fee details. National Testing Agency

What to do: Read the Information Bulletin and submit the application through the official SWAYAM examination portal, paying the examination fee by the stated deadline.

Sources: Inviting Online Application Form for Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM-2026 (July Semester)) -reg.

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ICAI: The official Announcements and Examination Students pages were checked. The 9 October observer-empanelment announcement and 12 October tender guidelines were excluded because they are administrative rather than candidate-facing examination updates. No new candidate-impacting examination notice was found in the reporting window. ICAI

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ICSI — Opening of New Exam Centres at Begusarai (Bihar), Darbhanga (Bihar), Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) and Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) for Company Secretaries Examinations December 2026 onwards. The notice appeared on the official What's New page, but the linked notice did not open. Its publication date and detailed instructions could not be read. The February 2027 CSEET registration announcement PDF also failed to open; the official student page separately displays the 31 October deadline. Official ICSI What's New page · ICSI CSEET registration page
ICMAI — Online Application form for CAT Course (Part I), December 2026 Examination; Notification for CAT Course (Part I), December 2026 Examination. The official Updates page lists both items, but the linked application and notification pages returned errors. Their deadlines, fees and instructions could not be read. ICMAI official Updates page
ACCA — Recent candidate announcements. Official examination-date and fee pages were accessible, but the recent announcements feed was not fully checked. No claim is made that every candidate-impacting notice in the reporting window was found. ACCA important dates
CFA Institute — Recent candidate announcements. The official disability-accommodation deadlines page was accessible, but the recent candidate-announcement feed was not fully checked. CFA Institute accommodation deadlines
UPSC — Examination notifications and individual examination notices. The official Examination Notifications page states that no latest examination notification is currently issued, and the archive shows the Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2027 application deadline as 6 October 2026. However, several individual examination pages returned errors, so a complete check of candidate-facing results and schedule notices could not be completed. UPSC Examination Notifications · UPSC examination archive
SSC — Phase-XIV/2026/Selection Posts Examination: Uploading of Candidate’s Response Sheet(s) along with Tentative Answer Keys and inviting challenges thereon. The official notice board and alternative answer-key page returned no readable notice content. The full notice and challenge deadline could not be read. SSC official answer-key page
NTA — Vacancy Notification for Librarian - Administration. The official archive lists this notice, but its PDF could not be opened. The vacancy details and application deadline could not be read. NTA Librarian vacancy notice (PDF)
JEE Main, NEET UG and CUET. The main NTA notice archive was checked, but the individual JEE Main and CUET portal notices were not fully inspected in this pass. The NEET UG portal was surfaced in the official-source search, but its candidate notice pages were not individually read. No portal-specific update is asserted for these examinations. JEE Main official portal · NEET UG official portal · CUET official portal