UPSC Current Affairs 29 July 2026 — The Hindu

• Co-existing with tigers outside reserves
• Will the govt. relax rules on airport-airline ownership?
• RAF diary entry shows Delhi Police authorised pellet gun use on July 20
• SC hearing on pleas over NEET protests yet to reveal if police kept Ministry in the loop
• MP moves SC over mass surveillance at protest
• Panel on SC status for Dalit converts yet to submit report
• A.P., AstraZeneca ink pact for genomic solutions centre
• India’s Gen Z wants Pak. to end terror activities: govt.
• HC to hear Gadkari plea on deepfake posts on August 5
• Beyond national interest: role of ethics and emotions in world politics
• Release all minors held over student protests: SC
• SC verdict on super speciality seats ‘historic’, says Minister
• File interim report on comprehensive paid menstrual leave policy, HC directs State govt.
• CM writes to PM seeking his intervention in Mekedatu row
• Pleas in SC allege illegal detentions in Delhi, Bihar
• ‘Unwise to link women’s quota with delimitation’
• Joshi’s appointment is an insult to our students, says Rahul
• The Hindu real estate, infra summit to be held tomorrow
• Former SBI CGM to liquidate Paytm Payments Bank Ltd.
• Urban Indian private schools at risk of proximity to toxic lead sites: report
• Curbs on panchayat powers in Bengal
• Consumers express shock over exorbitant bi-monthly electricity bills this year
• Study draws on Soligas in Karnataka to make case against ‘fortress conservation approach’
• Kumbh fame actor should not be taken out of Kerala: HC
• Key aircraft components to be repaired in Hyderabad
• The urban nightmare — a fire with no escape
• Diminishing relevance
• Protecting protest
• Over 70% of police back immunity for using force
• Need for moderation in public speech
• The King comes to the park
• The Czar’s fortune
• India curtailed 8,133 GWh solar power to maintain grid security
• ONGC okays $500 mn PCG for MRPL for Saudi Aramco crude import
• Some significant events occurred on July 29. Here is a quiz on observances, birthdays and everything else that happened on this day
• Know your English
• Paper leak Bill a milestone, says govt.; Opposition calls it ‘cosmetic exercise’
• Centre reissues draft on Western Ghats eco-zone
• Study finds multiple dengue virus strains circulating together in India
• SC decides to wait for AAIB report on Air India plane crash
• 13 Indian seafarers trapped in Ukraine port
• City Union Bank Q1 net rises 25% to ₹383 crore
• BIG SHOT
• Andromeda: galactic middle age
• Industrial growth hits 23-month high of 7.3%
• Corporation begins training session in tender procedures, 1,500 officials to participate
• MoU signed on solid waste management, public health project
• 72,627 applications received for MBBS and BDS courses
• Release Cauvery water to T.N., panel tells Karnataka
• Journey of faith
• Campaign centred on Pinarayi cost LDF in Kerala poll: CPI(M)
• RSS distances itself from Kerala Hindutva ideologue’s remarks on student protests
• Kerala teen affected by amoebic brain infection critical
• letters to the editor
• Meta apologises for removing PM’s video
• Akhilesh says police action at protest akin to Emergency
• 14858
• Alavandar’s Chatushloki
• The Hindu Group bags 7 awards at MADDYS 2026
• ‘Indian space technology firms raised $200 mn in 2025 led by Bengaluru’
• Air India FY26 loss more than doubles to ₹22,238 crore
• HUL shares plummet 7% as Q1 PAT declines 3% to ₹2,673 crore
• India, strongest growth market for Germany
• LIC appoints Shatmanyu Shrivastava as CFO
• L&T Q1 consolidated net up 14% to ₹4,123 cr.
• Ampere partners with Muthoot Capital Services
• We are not anyone’s proxy force: Iranian Kurdish party
• Oman presents Iran with plan for fees to use Hormuz
• ‘U.S. bombers used Israel’s bases to hit Iran’
• Netanyahu visits White House for first Trump talks during Iran war
• U.S. begins review of force presence in Europe amid Trump ire on NATO
• MGM Healthcare performs complex heart valve surgery on 14-year-old girl
• T.N. approves governance framework for patient safety in govt. hospitals
• Annamalai questions Centre’s stand on Mekedatu project
• DMK reiterates demand to scrap NEET, accuses Centre of ignoring concerns of T.N.
• Congress’s remarks on Pralhad Joshi are misleading, says BJP
• around the city
• VIT Chancellor Viswanathan calls on CM at Secretariat
• MTC invites applications for one-year apprenticeship
• Control room to be set up to monitor transport of mined minerals
• Thousands of fish found dead in Cauvery River in Tiruchi
• Fishermen told not to venture into sea due to strong winds
• Vijay’s proposed visit to Bengaluru kindles curiosity about similar trips in mid-1980s
• Release of water as per Cauvery panel’s decision insufficient, says Tamil Nadu
• Ex-Palani MLA moves HC for CBI inquiry in math land case
• Centre misleading the public on dam issue: Anbumani
• Iran’s Afghan balancing act amid regional upheaval
• Priyanka, Venugopal seek accountability for police action on NEET protesters
• Zelenskyy hails ‘good’ talks with Trump
• Teachers’ associations urge Minister to reduce marks for qualifying in special TET
• Truck full of stones found parked at protest site was in police custody, says report
• Tamil Nadu CM urges PM to intervene in Mekedatu row
• Kayalvizhi Alagiri arrested for slapping SBI manager, granted bail
• Traffic police Inspector held for molesting woman
• Police crack down on narcotics, make 412 arrests over a month
• 4 held for possession of painkiller tablets in two separate cases
• ‘₹50-cr. revolving fund allocated for disaster preparedness in T.N.’
• Police arrest eight college students for attack in subway
• Police arrest youth for snatching phone from 95-year-old man
• Kerala CM urges Vijay to ease curbs on stone aggregate transport
• Man booked for assaulting four-year-old girl in Telangana
• CBI files chargesheet against 13 accused in NEET paper leak case
• ‘Many people’ feared trapped in mall after earthquake in Japan
• Months of cross-border fighting killed 500 Afghan civilians: UN
• 14 killed, dozens injured in clashes with security forces in PoK: JAAC
• Kushare clinches a historic silver for India in high jump
• Indian women edge past Australia, book semifinal spot
• Saransh makes it to the Test team
• Ajaya wins silver, does one better than dad
• Sharmila claims gold in para shot put F57
• Boxers Preeti, Priya assured of medals
• Jadumani storms into semifinals, ensures India another medal
• Vishal qualifies for the 400m semifinal even as Rajesh bows out
• West Indies one wicket away from winning the opening Test
• Ten Doeschate departs from India’s coaching staff
• Gukesh to defend his title against Sindarov in Geneva
• TVS launches mini bikes to help grassroots two-wheeler racing
• Corinthian obliges in the Colonel B. Santosh Babu Memorial Trophy
• Mancini returns as Italy coach
• Zidane era begins for Les Bleus
• Djokovic and Sabalenka duo tops US Open pairings
• Gvardiol signs new five-year deal at Manchester City
• Indian women go down to Malaysia in World jr. squash
• Laver Cup: Ruud completes Team Europe’s line-up
• South United sails past CISF Protectors
• Cucurella keeps De la Fuente tattoo pledge after WC win
• LiVE TELECAST
• Abdusattorov upbeat about the Olympiad at home