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Daily Current Affairs: 29 & 30 & 31 May 2026

Current affairs of 29 & 30 & 31 May 2026: Abraham Accords: US Push for Six More Muslim Nations; SRS Statistical Report 2024: TFR Falls to 1.9; India’s First Hydrogen Train: Jind-Sonipat Rollout Approved, and 33 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 36 topics

National Affairs

  1. NeSDA 2025 Portal: DARPG Assessment of Digital Services
  2. High-Level Committee on Demographic Change Under MoHA
  3. CHIRAG Centre of Excellence: Railways’ HR Training Hub in Secunderabad
  4. India to Host 2027 Asian Relays and 2028 Asian Indoor Championships

Government Schemes

  1. Nirbhay Raho Initiative: Panchayati Raj Training of Trainers
  2. Adarsh Shahar Samriddhi Yojana: Chhattisgarh ₹200 Crore Urban Scheme
  3. West Bengal Annapurna Yojana: Enrolment Starts

Banking & Finance

  1. One MobiKwik gets RBI nod in principle for PA-Physical licence
  2. Fino Payments Bank: RBI Extends Interim CEO Ketan Merchant
  3. Andhra Pradesh and SIDBI Deep-Tech Startup Angel Fund
  4. NSE and SUFI MoU to Build Steel Derivatives Ecosystem
  5. WBGB and Canara HSBC Life Tie-Up for Rural Insurance Reach

Economy

  1. Taiwan Overtakes India as World 5th Largest Stock Market
  2. RITES-CRISIL MoU for Data-Driven Infrastructure Consultancy
  3. DBJ and HDFC Capital: USD 1 Billion Affordable Housing Fund

International Affairs

  1. Abraham Accords: US Push for Six More Muslim Nations
  2. Canada-India Trade and Investment Forum Launched
  3. NSDC-FVCC Pact to Ease Indian Professionals’ Jobs in Japan
  4. World Hunger Day 2026: 28 May Theme and Origin
  5. Women’s Health Action Day 2026: Date, Theme and Origin
  6. World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2026: Theme and Origin
  7. UN Peacekeepers Day 2026: Invest in Peace on May 29

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Third Advance Estimates 2025-26: Record Foodgrain Output
  2. Tripura Mission Queen Pineapple: ₹236 Crore Launched

Science & Technology

  1. India’s First Hydrogen Train: Jind-Sonipat Rollout Approved
  2. Loktak Protocluster: 12.6-Billion-Year-Old Galaxy Cluster Found
  3. PECVD System and RETINA Centre Open at IACS Kolkata
  4. IIT Madras Opens Circulating Water Tunnel Near Chennai
  5. VISTA: Red Balloon Aerospace Flies India’s First Indigenous SPB

Defence & Security

  1. AMCA RFP Issued: India’s Fifth-Generation Stealth Fighter
  2. IAF and IIT Bombay Build AI Maintenance for Su-30MKI

Reports & Indexes

  1. SRS Statistical Report 2024: TFR Falls to 1.9
  2. 10th National Health Accounts: FY23 health spending 3.37% of GDP

Awards & Persons

  1. Raja Randhir Singh Dies: Shooter and Sports Administrator
  2. Book on India’s First Olympic Hockey Gold Released by PT Usha
  3. Urdu Poet Bashir Badr Dies at 91 in Bhopal

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Polity & Governance

5. Nirbhay Raho Initiative: Panchayati Raj Training of Trainers

  • The Ministry of Panchayati Raj held a three-day National Training of Trainers in New Delhi on legal provisions for women's security.
  • It is the first big step of the new Nirbhay Raho Initiative, funded through the non-lapsable Nirbhaya Fund.
  • Three pillars: Nirbhay Netri (about 14.5 lakh elected women), Nirbhay Chetna (about 17.5 lakh elected men) and Nirbhay Drishti (CCTV).
  • Around 46% of elected PRI members are women, thanks to the 73rd Amendment's one-third reservation and state moves to 50%.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

11. NSE and SUFI MoU to Build Steel Derivatives Ecosystem

  • A memorandum between the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and SUFI, the Steel Users Federation of India, targets a stronger domestic market for steel commodity derivatives.
  • The partners will work on tradable steel contracts on the exchange, tools for hedging, awareness drives and talks with industry.
  • The idea is to shield steel makers, MSMEs, OEMs and infrastructure companies from sharp swings in steel prices.
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Economy

International Affairs

International Relations

16. Abraham Accords: US Push for Six More Muslim Nations

  • The US President asked six states, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey and Jordan, to join the Abraham Accords at once.
  • The Accords are US-brokered deals normalising relations between Israel and Muslim-majority countries.
  • The UAE, Bahrain and Morocco signed first in 2020; Sudan, Kosovo, Somaliland and Kazakhstan joined later.
  • They are named after Abraham, a biblical patriarch common to Judaism and Islam.
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Economy

17. Canada-India Trade and Investment Forum Launched

  • India and Canada launched the Canada-India Trade and Investment Forum after India's Commerce Minister's three-day Canada visit.
  • Six priority sectors include skills development, digital technologies and advanced manufacturing, besides agri-food, critical minerals and clean energy.
  • The forum is meant to steer CEPA negotiations, targeted for conclusion by the end of 2026.
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Agriculture & Rural

Government Schemes

24. Tripura Mission Queen Pineapple: ₹236 Crore Launched

  • Jyotiraditya Scindia and Tripura CM Manik Saha launched the ₹236 crore Tripura Mission Queen Pineapple.
  • It aims to boost cultivation and value-chain infrastructure for Tripura's GI-tagged Queen Pineapple.
  • Planned assets include processing hubs, cold storage, reefer logistics and IoT-enabled farm monitoring.
  • It runs for three years with a hub-and-spoke post-harvest system centred near Agartala airport.
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Science & Technology

Defence & Security

Science & Technology

30. AMCA RFP Issued: India’s Fifth-Generation Stealth Fighter

  • The Ministry of Defence issued the Request for Proposal for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), India's first indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter project.
  • The Aeronautical Development Agency under DRDO leads it; prototype development is estimated at Rs.15,000 crore.
  • For the first time, private firms such as Tata Advanced Systems, L&T, Bharat Electronics and Bharat Forge are invited to build defence aircraft.
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Reports & Indexes

Awards & Persons

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