State PSC Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 30 Aug 2026
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center on 30 August 2026, heading for the Sun–Earth L2 point about one million miles away.
- On 30 August 2026, NPCI International Payments Ltd signed a commercial agreement with Uzbekistan's National Interbank Processing Centre to let Indian UPI apps scan Uzbekistan's national QR code, UZQR, for merchant payments.
- On 30 August 2026, the National Biodiversity Authority said it had disbursed ₹5.68 crore under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism, mainly linked to okra, cucumber and watermelon resources.
- On 30 August 2026, the Department of Fertilizers said the Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) has entered a new phase, including integration with Meri Fasal Mera Byora, and now links more than 14 crore Aadhaar-linked buyers.
- On 30 August 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the Aranmula Uthrittathi Vallamkali, the Onam-linked boat festival, on the River Pamba in Keralam.
- Indian squash player Abhay Singh won the Tuanku Muhriz Trophy in Seremban, Malaysia on 30 August 2026, beating Hong Kong's Henry Leung 3–2 for his 13th PSA Tour title.
- On 30 August 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 137th Mann Ki Baat episode highlighted the second phase of Mission ShaktiSAT and noted that women make up about 46% of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries.
- On 30 August 2026, the fourth Tri-Services Future Warfare Course, run under HQ Integrated Defence Staff and coordinated by CENJOWS, concluded at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi.
- Fifteen-year-old Indian shuttler Tanvi Patri from Odisha won the Polytron Pontianak International Challenge in Indonesia on 30 August 2026, her maiden senior international title.
- On 30 August 2026, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences conducted NEET-PG 2026 for 2.73 lakh registered candidates at 1,111 centres in 339 cities across all 36 States and UTs.
- On 30 August 2026, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed the Bhoomi Pujan for 14 development projects worth over ₹100 crore at Lucknow Cantonment.
Sat, 29 Aug 2026
- Argentina won the FIH Hockey Women's World Cup 2026 on 29 August, beating hosts the Netherlands 3–1 in a shoot-out after a 1–1 draw in Amstelveen.
- On 29 August 2026, India celebrated National Sports Day on the 121st birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, centred on the 'Ek Ghanta Khel Ke Maidan Mein' initiative.
- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana observed Telugu Language Day on 29 August 2026, the 163rd birth anniversary of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy, pioneer of spoken (Vyavaharika) Telugu.
- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced ₹225 crore for development of 100 formerly Naxal-affected villages in Balaghat district under the Jan-Vishwas Abhiyan on 29 August 2026.
- On 29 August 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh laid the foundation stone of 110 PMGSY-IV roads covering about 598 km, worth ₹1,503 crore, in the Udhampur–Kathua–Doda–Kishtwar region of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Kerala Chief Secretary Bishwanath Sinha issued a circular on 29 August 2026 for phased implementation of the state's new name 'Keralam' in official use without extra financial burden.
- On 29 August 2026, the Petroleum Ministry said the compressed biogas (CBG) procurement price under the GOBARdhan Scheme is ₹2,110 per MMBtu, with government affordability support of ₹10 per kg to limit the burden on gas consumers.
- The International Day against Nuclear Tests was observed on 29 August 2026; the UN General Assembly created the day in 2009 on Kazakhstan's initiative to mark the closure of the Semipalatinsk test site.
- Iceland voted against restarting European Union accession talks in a referendum held on 29 August 2026, with about 52.8% voting No.
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu launched the Sanjeevani digital-health pilot at Gannela in Araku Valley mandal on 29 August 2026, linking 21 PHCs and demonstrating drone transport of samples.
- On 29 August 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid tribute to former Karnataka Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde on his 100th birth anniversary at Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru.
- Tribal students in Maharashtra ended a 17-day hunger strike on 29 August 2026 after the state government agreed to start recruitment to 12,500 posts reserved for Scheduled Tribes within six months.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026
- On 28 August 2026, MoSPI's quick estimate showed India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 6.7% year-on-year in July 2026, led by manufacturing (7.3%) and electricity & gas supply (8.7%).
- On 28 August 2026, the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana completed 12 years with more than 59 crore accounts, 56% of them held by women and deposits above ₹3.1 lakh crore.
- On 28 August 2026, India and Kuwait held the first meeting of their Joint Defence Committee in New Delhi to operationalise the December 2024 defence cooperation MoU.
- On 28 August 2026, the Union Health Ministry reviewed progress towards malaria elimination by 2030, noting a nearly 80% fall in cases and deaths since 2015 and a drop in high-burden districts from 155 to 33.
- On 28 August 2026, Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched 'Gnani Artha', a sovereign AI stack by GNANI AI made up of the Evon 3.3 large language model and the Plexus platform.
- On 28 August 2026, the Department of Pharmaceuticals announced the second call for applications under the ₹5,000 crore Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma & MedTech (PRIP) scheme.
- On 28 August 2026, the Department of Telecommunications said Sanchar Saathi had for the first time helped recover more than 75,000 lost or stolen mobile handsets in a month across India.