Daily Current Affairs 29 August 2026: 20 Exam-Ready Facts with 15 MCQs
Daily Current Affairs 29 August 2026: 20 Exam-Ready Facts with 15 MCQs
Two things dominate the news cycle you walk into on 29 August 2026. PM Modi leaves today for Uzbekistan and then Kyrgyzstan, where the 26th SCO Summit opens on 31 August. And it is National Sports Day, so expect the Major Dhyan Chand questions that SSC and Railway papers repeat almost every year.
Everything below covers the last 24 hours of news, cross-checked against ministry and official sources wherever possible. Each fact carries an exam tag so you can skip what your paper will not ask. One honest warning before you start: two items here are still developing, and both are marked "(verify)" so you do not memorise a number that changes by Monday.
National Current Affairs
- 1. PM Narendra Modi begins a Central Asia visit today, spending 29 to 30 August in Uzbekistan for delegation-level talks with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, before travelling to Kyrgyzstan on 31 August. India's Ambassador to Uzbekistan is Smita Pant, and bilateral trade sits close to USD 1 billion. The two sides will align Viksit Bharat 2047 with Uzbekistan-2030.
Exam tag: All exams - 2. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs closed its National Conclave on Tribal Languages and Museums at Mysuru, held from 24 to 26 August 2026, with the adoption of the Mysuru Declaration. The upgraded Adi Vaani platform and a Jago AI assistant were launched, and an MoU was signed between the ministry and the Central Institute of Indian Languages. MoS Durgadas Uikey led the event.
Exam tag: SSC, BPSC, All exams - 3. Mizoram has declared 79 monuments and archaeological sites as State Protected Monuments under the Mizoram Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 2001. Two sites in Champhai district, Kawtchhuah Ropui and Lianpui, carry Archaeological Survey of India recognition.
Exam tag: SSC, Railway, All exams
Appointments in the News
International Current Affairs
- 4. The 25th round of India-China Special Representatives talks on the boundary question was held on 25 August 2026 between NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Discussions covered border peace, resumption of traditional border trade through three passes, and the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Nathu La. No formal agreement was announced.
Exam tag: All exams - 5. The 26th SCO Summit will be held at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 31 August and 1 September 2026, marking the organisation's 25th anniversary. PM Modi will speak at the plenary and attend the opening of the Sixth World Nomad Games. Remember the sequence for your paper: Kazan 2024, Tianjin 2025, Bishkek 2026.
Exam tag: All exams - 6. The 7th session of the India-Morocco Joint Commission met on 24 and 25 August 2026, with both sides setting a target to double bilateral trade past USD 4 billion in five years and to form a Joint Working Group on a Preferential Trade Agreement. FSSAI signed a food-safety MoU with Morocco's ONSSA. The 8th session goes to New Delhi in 2027.
Exam tag: Banking, SSC
Economy and Banking
- 7. The RBI Monetary Policy Committee, meeting on 10 August 2026 under Governor Sanjay Malhotra, held the repo rate at 5.25% with a unanimous vote and a neutral stance. SDF stands at 5.00%, MSF and Bank Rate at 5.50%. FY27 GDP growth was raised to 6.7% and headline inflation projected at 5.0%.
Exam tag: Banking, SSC, All exams - 8. The National Statistics Office releases Q1 FY27 GDP data on 31 August 2026. Q4 FY26 growth was 7.8%, and current estimates for the April to June quarter range from 6.9% (India Ratings) to 8% (SBI), with a delayed monsoon cited as the main drag. Treat the exact figure as pending.
Exam tag: Banking, BPSC, SSC - 9. IDFC First Bank and IIM Calcutta launched IGNITE, an incubation programme with a Rs 2 crore corpus that will route Rs 1.36 crore in direct grants to 16 startups in sustainability and the circular economy. Top performers can receive up to Rs 25 lakh.
Exam tag: Banking
Index and Rankings
India's CGGI score has now risen for a second straight year, ending a three-year decline, and India leads South Asia on five of the seven governance pillars. The score still sits below its 2021 level, so do not overstate the improvement if this shows up in a descriptive paper.
Sports Current Affairs
- 10. Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage won the Zurich Diamond League javelin on 28 August 2026 with a throw of 92.07 m. Neeraj Chopra skipped the meet but has already qualified for the Diamond League Final on 12 points, built at Doha and Lausanne where he threw a season best of 88.05 m. The Final is at Brussels on 4 and 5 September.
Exam tag: All exams - 11. The 30th BWF World Championships were held at the Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi from 17 to 23 August 2026, India's first time hosting since 2009. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand took women's doubles bronze, India's first Worlds medal in that event in 15 years.
Exam tag: All exams - 12. Lando Norris (McLaren) won the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort on 23 August 2026, passing Kimi Antonelli on lap 54. Antonelli finished second and George Russell third, both for Mercedes.
Exam tag: All exams
Sports Results at a Glance
Awards, Books and Authors
- 13. The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting won seven awards at the 46th Federation of Indian Publishers Awards 2026, comprising four second prizes and three third prizes. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva presented them.
Exam tag: SSC, All exams - 14. The biographical novel Kaho Kalidasa! by Yugul Joshi was released at the IGNCA Samvet Auditorium, New Delhi, by Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Published by Manjul Publishing House, it focuses on the women characters in Kalidasa's works including Abhijnanashakuntalam.
Exam tag: All exams
Science and Defence
- 15. DRDO and the Indian Army tested the indigenous Military Combat Parachute System at the Nyoma-Mudh drop zone in Leh, Ladakh, at 22,000 feet above mean sea level in temperatures near minus 15 degrees Celsius. ADRDE Agra handled the design and DEBEL Bengaluru the life-support package. The system is NavIC-compatible and built for HALO and HAHO missions.
Exam tag: All exams, Defence - 16. Samtel HAL Display Systems opened a defence avionics facility at Udyog Vihar Phase-IV, Gurugram, described as India's first public-private joint venture in defence avionics. It builds Multifunction Displays for fighter aircraft. Separately, the HAL-Safran venture is developing the Aravalli helicopter engine in the 3,500 to 4,000 shp class.
Exam tag: SSC, Railway, Defence
Bihar and Jharkhand Special
This is the section that decides your BPSC, BSSC, JSSC and JPSC marks, and this week it is unusually heavy.
- 17. The Jharkhand government cancelled 44 recruitment examinations conducted since 2014, with notifications issued on 19 August 2026. The cancellations span JPSC, JSSC and the outsourced agency TDPL, and cover posts such as deputy collectors, civil judges, assistant professors, drug inspectors and assistant conservators of forest. The state has asked the High Court for a fast-track court, set up an internal vigilance cell, and formed a reforms panel under senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal with a two-month deadline.
Exam tag: JSSC, JPSC, JTET - 18. The Jharkhand Cabinet cleared 53 proposals on 26 August 2026. Key approvals: Rs 721.43 crore for 100 new Schools of Excellence under the Adarsh Vidyalaya scheme, Rs 393.91 crore for MGM Medical College Jamshedpur, 9,006 CCTV cameras across 606 police stations, and the Jharkhand Student Research and Innovation Policy 2026.
Exam tag: JSSC, JPSC, JTET - 19. For Bihar aspirants, the BPSC 72nd CCE cycle carries 1,186 vacancies, revised down from 1,230 after 44 Sugarcane Officer posts were withdrawn. The notification came on 5 May 2026 and the prelims were scheduled for 26 July 2026. The Bihar Cabinet has also approved Bihar Sports Policy 2026, which offers government jobs to medal-winning athletes. (verify the current BPSC result and re-exam status on bpsc.bihar.gov.in before you plan around it)
Exam tag: BPSC, BSSC, Bihar Police
Important Days
- 20. 29 August is National Sports Day in India, marking the birth anniversary of hockey great Major Dhyan Chand, born in 1905 at Allahabad. The same date is the UN's International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed since 2010.
Exam tag: All exams
Today's 15 Objective Questions / आज के 15 वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न
Fifteen questions built only from the facts above, pitched a notch above what SSC and BPSC usually ask. Cover the answers and try them cold.
Q1. The 26th SCO Summit, marking the grouping's 25th anniversary, will be held at which city?
A) Tashkent B) Bishkek C) Astana D) Dushanbe
Answer: B. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 31 August and 1 September 2026. Tashkent is Uzbekistan's capital, the PM's earlier stop.
Q2. The 25th round of India-China Special Representatives talks was held between Ajit Doval and which Chinese leader?
A) Han Zheng B) Li Qiang C) Wang Yi D) Ding Xuexiang
Answer: C. Foreign Minister Wang Yi is China's Special Representative on the boundary question. Han Zheng, the Vice President, met the delegation separately.
Q3. At its August 2026 meeting the RBI MPC kept the repo rate at which level?
A) 5.00% B) 5.25% C) 5.50% D) 6.00%
Answer: B. The repo rate stayed at 5.25%. SDF at 5.00% and MSF at 5.50% are the two distractors placed on either side.
Q4. The Mysuru Declaration adopted in August 2026 relates to which subject?
A) Coastal shipping B) Tribal languages and museums C) Millet promotion D) River interlinking
Answer: B. It came out of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs conclave held from 24 to 26 August 2026, which also upgraded the Adi Vaani platform.
Q5. Who won the javelin event at the Zurich Diamond League on 28 August 2026?
A) Neeraj Chopra B) Anderson Peters C) Rumesh Pathirage D) Julius Yego
Answer: C. The Sri Lankan threw 92.07 m. Neeraj Chopra skipped Zurich but had already qualified for the Final on 12 points.
Q6. Jharkhand cancelled how many recruitment examinations held since 2014?
A) 27 B) 33 C) 44 D) 53
Answer: C. 44 exams across JPSC, JSSC and TDPL. The 53 in option D is the number of proposals the state cabinet cleared on 26 August.
Q7. India's rank in the Chandler Good Government Index 2026 is:
A) 66 of 113 B) 76 of 133 C) 86 of 133 D) 96 of 143
Answer: B. India stands 76th of 133 countries, with Singapore first for a fourth consecutive year.
Q8. The DRDO Military Combat Parachute System was tested at what altitude in Ladakh?
A) 15,000 feet B) 18,000 feet C) 22,000 feet D) 26,000 feet
Answer: C. The jump was made at 22,000 feet AMSL at the Nyoma-Mudh drop zone, in roughly minus 15 degrees Celsius.
Q9. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won bronze at the 2026 BWF World Championships in which event?
A) Mixed doubles B) Women's singles C) Women's doubles D) Team event
Answer: C. Their women's doubles bronze ended a 15-year Indian wait in that category. The tournament ran in New Delhi from 17 to 23 August 2026.
Q10. The BPSC 72nd CCE vacancy count was revised to which figure?
A) 1,230 B) 1,186 C) 1,298 D) 1,024
Answer: B. It fell from 1,230 to 1,186 after 44 Sugarcane Officer posts were withdrawn.
Q11. Under which Act has Mizoram declared 79 sites as State Protected Monuments?
A) AMASR Act, 1958 B) Mizoram Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 2001 C) Mizoram Heritage Act, 1995 D) Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972
Answer: B. The 2001 state law is the operative one. The AMASR Act of 1958 is the central law and a standard distractor.
Q12. The National Statistics Office will release Q1 FY27 GDP data on which date?
A) 29 August 2026 B) 30 August 2026 C) 31 August 2026 D) 1 September 2026
Answer: C. The release is due on 31 August 2026. Q4 FY26 growth was 7.8%.
Q13. Peyman Kargar has been appointed Director and CEO of which company?
A) Bajaj Auto B) Hero MotoCorp C) TVS Motor Company D) Royal Enfield
Answer: C. Announced on 28 August 2026, effective January 2027, succeeding K N Radhakrishnan.
Q14. The Jharkhand Cabinet approved Rs 721.43 crore for what purpose on 26 August 2026?
A) 100 new Schools of Excellence B) MGM Medical College expansion C) Topchanchi Lake project D) Rural bridge maintenance
Answer: A. The amount funds 100 new Schools of Excellence under the Adarsh Vidyalaya scheme. MGM Medical College got Rs 393.91 crore separately.
Q15. National Sports Day on 29 August marks the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, who was born in which year?
A) 1900 B) 1905 C) 1910 D) 1912
Answer: B. He was born in 1905 at Allahabad. The same date is also the UN International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed since 2010.
What to Revise Tonight
If you have only twenty minutes today, memorise three things: Bishkek for the 26th SCO Summit, 5.25% for the repo rate, and 76 of 133 for the Chandler index. Those three shapes, a venue, a rate and a rank, are the templates that most objective papers use.
Bihar and Jharkhand candidates should treat fact 17 as more than trivia. A cancelled-exam list that runs back to 2014 changes the calendar you are planning around, and the Amitabh Kaushal committee report in roughly two months will decide what the next JSSC and JPSC cycles look like. Watch that date rather than the protest coverage.
One caveat worth repeating. The Q1 FY27 GDP number is not out yet, and the BPSC 72nd re-exam position can move. Check the official portal before you build a study plan on either.
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