Current Affairs One-liners — 29 September 2026

Tue, 29 Sept 2026

• On 29 September 2026 at Aichi-Nagoya, Neeru Dhanda won the women's trap gold with an Asian record 28 out of 30 in the final, hours after winning team silver with Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat.
• On 29 September 2026, the final day of athletics at Aichi-Nagoya, Kiran Pahal, M.R. Poovamma, Prachi Choudhary and Vithya Ramraj won the women's 4x400 m relay in 3:29.69 — India's only athletics gold of the Games.
• At the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai (23–26 September 2026), India's largest-ever contingent of 70 competitors in 63 skills finished 10th with 6 silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence; the Ministry of Textiles reported on 29 September that NIFT students won two of the silvers.
• On 29 September 2026, the 17th Aadhaar Day, UIDAI held 'Aadhaar Samvaad' in Kolkata with over 600 stakeholders and unveiled five initiatives, including face authentication for ePDS.
• On 29 September 2026 the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav approved 20% horizontal reservation for former Agniveers in five uniformed services and proposals worth over ₹24,500 crore.
• On 29 September 2026 Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav handed over the first PRAMAAN certificates under IFWCS to the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (33,000 ha of plantations) and Govind Mohapatra, a farmer linked to the Odisha Bamboo Development Agency.
• The 10th India–Republic of Korea Joint Committee Meeting on Defence Industries and Logistics was held in New Delhi on 29 September 2026.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management approved a revised Graded Response Action Plan for the National Capital Region at its 30th full Commission meeting chaired by Rajesh Verma; PIB announced it on 29 September 2026.
• On 29 September 2026 Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for Delhi development projects worth more than ₹1,941 crore, led by the ₹1,635 crore Barapullah Elevated Road Phase-3.
• The Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) Section 7, Series B, Part XXI setting out the syllabus for the gyroplane pilot licence, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on 29 September 2026.
• The 4th Eco Warrior Awards, organised by IFSA and Indian Masterminds and reported by PIB on 29 September 2026, honoured 15 forest officers, with B. K. Singh receiving the lifetime award.
• The 2nd India–Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism met on 29 September 2026, co-chaired by Tourism Secretary Bhuvnesh Kumar and Emanuela Tripi, Secretary-General of Italy's Ministry of Tourism.
• On 29 September 2026 Indian Railways approved two MEMU services — Khurja–Meerut City (64573/64574) and Saharanpur–Meerut City (64580/64579) — stopping at all stations en route.