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Daily Current Affairs: 29 July 2025

Current affairs of 29 July 2025: Rajendra Chola I Tribute: Chola Empire Notes for Exams; India Tiger Conservation Status: Population, Reserves and Threats; Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill: Aims and Objections, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

Rajendra Chola I Tribute: Chola Empire Notes for Exams
Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill: Aims and Objections

Government Schemes

National Mission on Cultural Mapping and MGMD Portal
ODOP and Districts as Export Hubs: Scheme Overview
MSE-SPICE Scheme Simplified With Technology Portal
NALSA launches Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025 for soldiers’ families

Banking & Finance

UPI Biometric Authentication Planned by NPCI
RBI Draft ECBA Norms for Urban Co-op Bank Expansion
BoI Mutual Fund Midcap Fund and SEBI Cap Classification

Economy

LIC Signs $1 Billion Forward Rate Agreements to Hedge Bond Risk

International Affairs

Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire After Five Days of Border Clashes
China Birth Subsidy: $500 Per Child Under Three Each Year

Science & Technology

IN-SPACe Starts Space Technology Course for Agriculture

Environment & Ecology

India Tiger Conservation Status: Population, Reserves and Threats

Reports & Indexes

SOFI 2025 Report: Global Hunger at 8.2% in 2024

National Affairs

History, Art & Culture

1. Rajendra Chola I Tribute: Chola Empire Notes for Exams

PM Modi honoured Rajendra Chola I on his birth anniversary at Gangaikonda Cholapuram; statues and a coin were announced.
Rajendra Chola I ruled 1014-1044 CE and founded Gangaikonda Cholapuram as capital.
The Uthiramerur inscriptions and Kudavolai system show Chola village democracy.

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Polity & Governance

2. Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill: Aims and Objections

Maharashtra passed the Special Public Security Bill, 2024 targeting Left-Wing Extremist fronts.
The State claims over 60 such organisations operate there.
Critics cite vague definitions, indefinite bans and Section 2(f).

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Government Schemes

Government Schemes

3. National Mission on Cultural Mapping and MGMD Portal

The Ministry of Culture launched the National Mission on Cultural Mapping, implemented by IGNCA.
The MGMD portal (June 2023) targets 6.5 lakh villages; 4.7 lakh uploaded.
No financial assistance has been sanctioned to any State so far.

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4. ODOP and Districts as Export Hubs: Scheme Overview

ODOP, led by DPIIT, promotes one product or service per district and is merged with Districts as Export Hubs.
DEH is led by DGFT; each district prepares a District Export Action Plan.
MSME support covers TEAM, PMEGP, PM Vishwakarma and CGTMSE.

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Government Schemes

5. MSE-SPICE Scheme Simplified With Technology Portal

MSME Ministry's technology portal lists 116 eligible technologies for SPICE subsidy.
Target: 3,400 MSEs by FY2026-27 across 11 sectors.
Subsidy is 25% of plant and machinery cost, on projects up to ₹50 lakh.

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Polity & Governance

6. NALSA launches Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025 for soldiers’ families

NALSA launched the Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojana 2025 on 29 July 2025.
The scheme gives free legal aid and advice to soldiers, veterans and their dependents.
Services include online applications, video consultations, e-Lok Adalats and online mediation.
It rests on Article 39A; NALSA was set up in 1995 under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.

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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

7. UPI Biometric Authentication Planned by NPCI

NPCI is preparing face and fingerprint authentication for UPI.
It may replace the 4 or 6-digit PIN.
RBI approval and NPCI Steering Committee clearance are pending.

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Banking & Finance

8. RBI Draft ECBA Norms for Urban Co-op Bank Expansion

The RBI draft introduces Eligibility Criteria for Business Authorisation (ECBA), replacing FSWM for Urban Co-operative Banks.
Key tests include net NPAs not above 3%, two years of net profit and at least two professional directors.
Compliance is valid up to 30 September of the next financial year.

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9. BoI Mutual Fund Midcap Fund and SEBI Cap Classification

Bank of India Mutual Fund launched an actively managed midcap equity scheme.
It uses bottom-up stock picking across financials, industrials, healthcare and consumer sectors.
SEBI treats companies ranked 101-250 by market cap as mid caps.

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Economy

10. LIC Signs $1 Billion Forward Rate Agreements to Hedge Bond Risk

LIC signed $1 billion of forward rate agreements with major Wall Street banks.
FRAs let LIC lock in future bond yields and protect income from falling rates.
Recent long-term bond auctions saw record bid-to-cover ratios.

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International Affairs

International Relations

11. Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire After Five Days of Border Clashes

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an 'unconditional' ceasefire effective midnight.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced it on Monday.
The truce follows five days of deadly border clashes.
The fighting killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands.

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International Relations

12. China Birth Subsidy: $500 Per Child Under Three Each Year

China will pay $500 yearly per child under three.
State media announced the subsidy.
It addresses a looming demographic crisis.

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Science & Technology

Agriculture & Rural Development

13. IN-SPACe Starts Space Technology Course for Agriculture

IN-SPACe began a short course on space technology in agriculture on 27 July 2025.
Partners: ISRO, NCVET and Amity University, Noida.
Topics include remote sensing, crop health monitoring and GPS-based precision farming.

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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

14. India Tiger Conservation Status: Population, Reserves and Threats

India had 3,682 wild tigers in 2022, up 161% from 1,411 in 2006, about 75% of the global population.
Project Tiger began in 1973 with 9 reserves and now covers 58 reserves across 84,487 sq km in 18 states.
Tiger attacks killed 73 people in 2024; Maharashtra had the most, at 42.

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Reports & Indexes

Health & Social Issues

15. SOFI 2025 Report: Global Hunger at 8.2% in 2024

SOFI 2025 says 8.2% of the world, about 720 million people, were chronically hungry in 2024, down from 8.7% in 2022.
Over 3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
Africa is projected to hold 60% of the world's undernourished by 2030.
About 6% of Indians cannot afford a nutritious diet despite surplus grain.

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