Daily Current Affairs – 29 September 2026
35 verified, exam-focused updates for quick revision.
Coverage
National affairs, polity, economy, international relations, science & technology, defence, environment, awards and sports.
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- 1The Supreme Court refused to stay the Centre’s MDR framework for UPI merchant payments above ₹2,000; a 0.4% charge is scheduled from 15 October 2026.
- 2Bank unions deferred their proposed three-day nationwide strike after an assurance from the Indian Banks’ Association.
- 3Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay launched a scheme to provide a one-gram gold ring to newborn children.
- 4Experts warned that El Niño could become very strong by late 2026, increasing climate-related risks for India.
- 5Delhi’s winter pollution plan proposes higher parking charges and work-from-home options during severe pollution periods.
- 6NHSRCL launched the first 100-metre steel bridge in Maharashtra for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train project; it weighs about 1,405 tonnes.
- 7The Nandan Nilekani-led task force on examination reforms consulted former ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan.
- 8IIT Jammu awarded 420 degrees at its seventh convocation, including B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc. and PhD degrees.
- 9Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is visiting the United States from 29 September to 5 October 2026 for trade talks and a G20 trade ministers’ meeting.
- 10India and the United States are working toward a balanced Bilateral Trade Agreement and an interim trade deal.
- 11The RBI has net sold ₹1 trillion of bonds in FY2026-27, its largest annual net bond sale in more than a decade.
- 12MoSPI’s Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey 2025-26 covered about 2.46 lakh households across India.
- 13The tourism survey found pilgrimage/religious travel formed 48% of overnight trips, holidays 22%, and health/medical travel nearly 30%.
- 14Karnataka decided to grant Tulu the status of a second additional administrative language.
- 15The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly is being held in New York.
- 16India rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir in an OIC Contact Group communiqué issued during the UNGA session.
- 17ISRO and the European Space Agency renewed their cooperation agreement until 2032.
- 18The Visegrad Group—Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic—supported India’s permanent membership of the UN Security Council.
- 19Japan called for removal of the ‘enemy state’ references from the United Nations Charter.
- 20The Centre doubled the minimum validity of environmental clearances for ports and harbour projects to 20 years, with conditional extensions possible.
- 21The Supreme Court said a conscientious objector cannot automatically face criminal consequences for declining to sing one or all stanzas of the national song.
- 22Petitions challenging the 2023 law on appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners were referred to the CJI to consider a Constitution Bench.
- 23The Supreme Court issued stricter safeguards for re-arrest and stressed the protections available under Article 22.
- 24The Centre extended AFSPA in specified areas of Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months.
- 25Maharashtra declared drought in 265 of its 358 tehsils after an 18% rainfall deficit.
- 26India and Japan conducted the 14-day Veer Guardian 2026 air exercise at Air Force Station Jodhpur.
- 27The Indian Army plans six AASHVAST laboratories to inspect drones and other systems for firmware-level vulnerabilities.
- 28AASHVAST stands for Assessment and Analysis of Electronic Systems Hardware for Vulnerabilities and Security Threats.
- 29The Indian Air Force is hosting Tarang Shakti-26 at Jodhpur, with around 40 countries expected to participate.
- 30A female Botswana cheetah, CCB-2, was released at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary; the sanctuary now has four cheetahs.
- 31World Rhino Day was observed on 22 September with the theme ‘Keep the Five Alive’.
- 32The Ministry of Mines notified two offshore mineral blocks near Great Nicobar covering a combined 1,632 sq km.
- 33At the 72nd National Film Awards, Article 370 won Best Feature Film and Anant Nag received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
- 34Viswanathan Anand will continue as FIDE Deputy President after Timur Turlov won the FIDE presidential election.
- 35At the Asian Games 2026, Esha Singh won women’s 25m pistol silver, Pincky Balhara won Kurash bronze, and Lovlina Borgohain secured a boxing medal by reaching the semifinal.