FirstUp: Nobel Peace prize to be announced, Trump to get routine yearly checkup… Headlines of the day

It is set to be a busy Friday with several events lined up for the day.

Firstly, the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Stockholm, Sweden. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump will be getting his routine yearly health checkup.

North Korea’s Workers’ Party of Korea will celebrate its 80th anniversary today in Pyongyang. Malaysia is set to table its 2026 budget today. In India, the Supreme Court is set to hear a case on the ‘green crackers’ issue.

Here is all that is set to take place throughout the day.

Nobel Peace Prize to be announced

The winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Peace will be announced today in Oslo, Norway. This marks the fifth day of the Nobel Week.

According to the Nobel committee, this year there are 338 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize - 244 individuals and 94 organisations. Last year, the institute received 286 nominations. The highest number ever received was 376 candidates, in 2016.

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The Nobel Week began on October 6 with the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The award is granted by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, and the name of the laureate is revealed at a highly anticipated press conference.

Trump to get routine yearly check up

US President Donald Trump is set to undergo a routine yearly checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center today. The check-up comes after his last physical examination six months ago.

The announcement came from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a statement on Wednesday (October 8) that Trump would be at Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting with service members. “While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up,” she said, according to Reuters.

Leavitt further said that the president may then travel to West Asia, where Israeli, Hamas, and American negotiators have finalised a Gaza hostage-for-ceasefire deal, reported news website The Indian Express.

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80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea

North Korea will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea today. Among the foreign dignitaries attending the celebrations are Chinese Premier Li Qiang, a delegation from Russia’s ruling party led by Dmitry Medvedev, and Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam.

The visit is historically significant as the first by a Vietnamese Communist Party leader to North Korea in almost two decades, reported The Straits Times. People familiar with the planning anticipate that cooperation agreements will be signed. Earlier, Lam and his delegation attended a welcome ceremony at a Pyongyang sports centre.

Malaysia to table 2026 budget

Malaysia is set to table its 2026 national budget on October 10. Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz is expected to present the budget in Parliament, focusing on economic resilience, cost of living relief, and sustainable growth.

The 2026 Budget is anticipated to strike a balance between fiscal consolidation and social support, as Malaysia continues to navigate post-pandemic recovery, global inflation pressures, and fluctuating commodity prices. Analysts predict increased allocations for healthcare, education, green energy projects, and digital infrastructure, along with targeted subsidies to ease the burden on lower- and middle-income groups.

Public expectations are high as the government faces challenges in reducing the fiscal deficit, projected near 4.5 per cent of GDP, while maintaining strong social spending.

Supreme Court to hear green crackers issue

The Supreme Court will hear issues related to the manufacturing and sale of ‘green crackers’ in Delhi and the national capital region on October 10.

The top court on September 26 permitted certified manufacturers to produce ‘green’ crackers with the condition that they will not sell them in the prohibited Delhi-NCR without its approval.

It asked the Centre to take a fresh look at the absolute ban on the manufacture of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR.

With inputs from agencies