Current Affairs 29 July 2026
13 updates from 29 July 2026, with sources. Everything from this day that matters for SSC, RRB, banking and AP Police general awareness.
- Economy
Edelweiss launches India's first REIT-focused index fund; NASA plans mission to sample Saturn's rings
Edelweiss Mutual Fund has launched the Edelweiss Nifty REITs & Realty Index Fund, describing it as India's first passive index fund built around Real Estate Investment Trusts, tracking an index that currently allocates about 60 percent to listed REITs and 40 percent to real estate companies. The…
- Economy
OmniCard rolls out India's first Flexi Benefits wallet on UPI
OmniCard, a payments platform run by Eroute Technologies, has launched what it calls India's first Flexi Benefits Basket on UPI, giving employees a single digital wallet to spend tax-efficiently across categories like meals, fuel, telecom and books.
- Economy
Axis Finance launches 'Drishti' digital lending platform for retail and MSME loans
Axis Finance Limited has launched an in-house digital credit platform called 'Drishti', aimed at speeding up loan decisions across personal loans, business loans, loan-against-property and home loan products.
- 🇮🇳 National
Tourism Ministry signs MoU with Air India to push "Incredible India" brand globally
The Ministry of Tourism signed a two-year memorandum of understanding with Air India to jointly promote India as a global travel destination, leaning on the airline's international network to widen the reach of the government's "Incredible India" campaign.
- 🇮🇳 National
Government clears anhydrous ammonia as fertiliser to cut urea import bill
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has permitted the manufacture and agricultural use of anhydrous ammonia as a fertiliser for a three-year period, a move aimed at easing India's heavy reliance on imported urea.
- Economy
Piyush Goyal announces task force to grow India's toy exports
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced the formation of a task force to support India's toy manufacturing sector, with the government setting a target of capturing 5 percent of the global toy market by 2032.
- Economy
India to switch to Producer Price Index for GDP calculations, moving away from WPI
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has announced plans to use the Producer Price Index as the deflator for quarterly and annual GDP estimates, replacing the Wholesale Price Index wherever applicable, in a methodological shift aimed at bringing India's national accounts closer…
- Govt Schemes
Maharashtra becomes first state to qualify for second RKVY instalment
Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to qualify for the release of the second instalment under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, after clearing the fund-utilisation benchmark set by the central government.
- 🇮🇳 National
Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 introduced in Lok Sabha
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai introduced the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, aiming to update the decades-old law governing how births and deaths are recorded across the country.
- 🇮🇳 National
Lok Sabha extends JPC term on 'One Nation, One Election' bill
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday granted a further extension to the 41-member Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the "One Nation, One Election" proposal, giving the panel more time to build consensus on one of the most far-reaching constitutional changes under discussion in Parliament.
- International
Powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's Kyushu region
A major earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude struck Japan's Kyushu region, among the strongest to hit the country in recent years, triggering fires and structural damage across the affected area.
- Exam News
RRB Technician recruitment window (CEN-02/2026) closes today
The online application window for the Railway Recruitment Boards' CEN-02/2026 Technician recruitment drive closes today, bringing an end to weeks of registration for one of this year's largest railway hiring exercises.
- Sports
India add two more silvers as Glasgow Commonwealth Games near the final stretch
India's medal tally at the 23rd Commonwealth Games climbed further on Wednesday with two silver medal finishes, as the contingent continues a strong showing at Glasgow with the Games set to close on August 2.