Current Affairs — 29 April 2026

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Odisha Must know

DRDO aur Navy ne helicopter se NASM-SR ka pehla salvo launch kiya

DRDO aur Indian Navy ne 29 April 2026 ko Odisha coast ke paas ek hi Navy helicopter se do missiles jaldi-jaldi daag kar NASM-SR ka maiden salvo launch kiya.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India Must know

NSO 80th Round health survey: govt insurance coverage teen guna se zyada, institutional deliveries 95% paar

Health Ministry ne 29 April 2026 ko NSO 80th Round health survey highlight kiya — rural govt insurance coverage 12.9% se 45.5%, institutional deliveries rural 95.6% aur urban 97.8%.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

PM ne Hardoi mein Meerut se Prayagraj tak 594 km Ganga Expressway ka udghatan kiya

PM Modi ne 29 April 2026 ko Hardoi, UP mein 594 km ka access-controlled greenfield Ganga Expressway khola; six-lane Meerut–Prayagraj corridor, ~₹36,230 crore, 12 districts.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 West Bengal Must know

West Bengal mein 2026 Assembly election ka doosra aur final phase; ECI ka final state turnout 93.71%

West Bengal ka second aur final phase 29 April 2026 ko 8 districts ki 142 seats par hua; ECI ki final statistical reports (PN/085/2026) mein state turnout 93.71% — ab tak ka sabse zyada.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 ke tahat Uttarakhand, Karnataka aur Tripura ke saath reform-linked MoUs

29 April 2026 ko JJM 2.0 ke tahat Uttarakhand, Karnataka aur Tripura ke saath reform-linked MoUs sign hue — Gram Panchayat-led, service-based rural water model.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 India Important

2014 se India ka Doppler Weather Radar network 14 se 50; Mission Mausam mein 50 aur

Jitendra Singh ne 29 April 2026 ko kaha DWR network 2014 ke 14 se 50 ho gaya, 87%+ desh cover; Mission Mausam ke tahat 50 aur radars planned.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Goa Important

Cybersecurity audit par CERT-In SAMVAAD 2026 BITS Pilani Goa mein; AMBAK launch

CERT-In ka 3-day national conference 'SAMVAAD 2026' 27–29 April 2026 ko BITS Pilani Goa campus mein hua; cybersecurity audits par focus, AMBAK launch.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Maharashtra Important

Coal gasification scheme ke tahat Gadchiroli mein coal-to-acetic acid plant award

Coal Ministry ne 29 April 2026 ko ₹8,500 crore ki gasification scheme ke Round II Category III mein Kartikay Vayunandana Pvt Ltd ko Gadchiroli (MH) mein ₹793 crore ka coal-to-acetic acid plant award kiya.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

India FY 2026–27 mein ₹51,383 crore ke 62 vessels jodega, 2.85 million GT capacity badhegi

Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal ne 29 April 2026 ko kaha India FY27 mein ₹51,383 crore se 62 vessels jodega — 2.85 million GT extra capacity.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 Odisha Important

MoSPI ne Bhubaneswar mein 'Women and Men in India 2025' ka 27th edition jaari kiya

MoSPI ne 29 April 2026 ko Bhubaneswar mein 'Women and Men in India 2025' ka 27th edition release kiya; sex ratio at birth 904 (2017–19) se 917 (2021–23).

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Karnataka

Bengaluru mein bhaari baarish ke dauran hospital ki deewar girne se saat ki maut

29 April 2026 ko Bengaluru ke Shivajinagar mein Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital ke paas baarish-ole ke dauran compound wall giri; 7 ki maut, PM ne PMNRF ex-gratia diya.

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