Current Affairs April 2026
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30 April 202614 topics
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Polity & Governance 31
- Census-2027 first phase starts: 16th census, first digital one
- Amaravati Declared Sole Capital by AP Reorganisation Amendment Bill
- Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot and Mascot Dishika Launched
- Jan Vishwas Bill 2026 Passed by Lok Sabha: 784 Provisions
- Regulatory Impact Assessment: Why SEBI Rules Need It
- NCERT gets deemed-to-be university status under UGC Act
- 16th Finance Commission: Local Body Grants and State Autonomy
- TV Rating Policy 2026: New TRP Norms Notified
- Mission Karmayogi Training Launched for Scientific Leaders
- Mohsina Kidwai Dies at 94: Former Union Minister
- International Election Visitors’ Programme 2026 Begins in India
- Women’s Reservation Act Amendments: Cabinet Backs 816-Seat Lok Sabha
- CAPF (General Administration) Act, 2026: IPS Quotas Explained
- VBSA Bill 2025: One Regulator for Higher Education
- NHRC Notice to MeitY on Gleeden: Powers, Composition, Limits
- Ambedkar Jayanti: Contributions and Key Works Explained
- Constitution of India Released in Sindhi by Vice President
- Samrat Choudhary Sworn In as Bihar CM, First from BJP
- 131st Constitution Amendment Bill 2026: 850-Seat Lok Sabha
- Meghalaya Makes Khasi and Garo Official Languages
- Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026: Key Provisions
- SEBI Fit and Proper Norms Amended: Conviction-Based Test
- Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, Former Andhra CM, Dies at 90
- DNTs in India: Certificate Gaps Block SEED and PMAY-G Benefits
- Justice Lisa Gill Is First Woman CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC
- Anti-Defection Law: Two-Thirds Merger Rule Explained
- Banking Regulation Act 1949: Key Sections and Paytm Payments Bank Case
- NITI Aayog Reconstituted: Ashok Kumar Lahiri Named Vice Chairperson
- NITI Aayog City Governance Report Released by Khattar
- Safe Road Travel as Fundamental Right: Supreme Court on Article 21
- Ladakh Gets Five New Districts, Total Rises to Seven
Economy 98
- Export Credit Relief Extended to June 2026 by RBI
- ECB Returns: AD Banks Get a 7-Day Filing Window
- PM SVANidhi: Over 1 Crore Loans Worth ₹17,115 Crore Given
- Income-tax Act, 2025 Comes into Force from 1 April 2026
- NSE-IGX Natural Gas Derivatives: GIXI-Based Contracts
- RBI bans NDF contracts on the rupee for banks, rebooking barred
- Emirates NBD and RBL Bank: RBI Approves 74% Stake Buy
- SEBI Open Market Buyback Return: Consultation Paper
- Kar Saathi: AI Tax Helper for Income Tax Act, 2025
- SAMPANN Pension Platform Shared With Goa and Cochin Port
- SDL Benchmark Issuance Strategy: RBI Pilot in Nine States
- MFIN-NCAER Study: Microfinance Cuts Informal Borrowing to 1%
- PFRDA Backs Perpetual AIFs and Deeper Secondary Market
- US 100% Tariff on Patented Drugs: Impact on India
- PLFS 2025 Annual Report: Jobs Up, Wages Stagnant
- Moody’s Growth Forecast for India FY27 Cut to 6%
- India-Korea Shipbuilding Skills Pact with KOICA
- Stagflation Fears Rise After 2026 Gulf Energy Shock
- SEBI Independent Directors Push: Board Independence Drive
- ECB Framework Reset: RBI’s Market-Based Rules
- Moody’s Cuts India FY27 Growth Forecast to 6%
- National Maritime Day 2026: 63rd Edition on 5 April
- ASISSE 2024-25: NSO’s First Survey of Formal Service Firms
- India’s 20 Maritime Reforms and the $75 Billion Freight Drain
- SEBI One-Time Relief: IPO Approval Extension and MPS Leeway
- Net Open Position Cap: RBI Curbs Banks’ Forex Arbitrage
- India Fisheries Sector: ₹2,761.80 Crore Budget for Blue Economy
- Textile Demand Survey 2024: Market at ₹14.95 Lakh Crore
- RBI Repo Rate Held at 5.25%: April 2026 MPC Decision
- World Bank India FY27 Growth Forecast Raised to 6.6%
- IFR Removal and Quarterly Profit in CRAR: RBI Proposals
- Inward remittances: RBI orders hourly Nostro checks, same-day credit
- CCEA Clears ₹40,175 Crore Hydro Projects in Arunachal
- Skills Outcomes Fund Launched by Jayant Chaudhary: NSDC
- Rupee Arbitrage Trades: RBI Deputy Governor Warns Banks
- Womaniya on GeM: Selling to Government for Women MSEs
- India Third-Largest Renewable Energy Capacity: 250.52 GW
- Kalai-II Hydro Project: 1200 MW Plant on Lohit River
- Retail inflation at 3.4%: rural 3.63%, urban 3.11% (MoSPI)
- UPI: NPCI Extends App Volume Cap Deadline to 2026
- India’s Fertilizer Subsidy Reform: 70% Import Dependency Explained
- World Bank Approves USD 225 Million for Rajasthan Highways
- UNDP Report on West Asia Escalation and India’s Poverty
- Startup India FoF 2.0: ₹10,000 Crore Fund for Deep Tech
- IMF Raises India FY27 Growth Forecast to 6.5%
- Shriram Finance Gets Investment Grade BBB- From Fitch
- SEBI Relaxes IPO Size Change Limit to 50% Without Refiling
- Tata Chip Fab Notified at Dholera SEZ in Gujarat
- WEF Report Sees Global GDP Rising USD 56 Trillion in Five Years
- NBCFDC Record ₹613 Crore Disbursement in FY 2025-26
- CAFE-III Norms: Fleet CO2 Target and Super Credits
- Urban Challenge Fund: ₹1 Lakh Crore Plan and CRGSS Guarantee
- India Slips to 6th Largest Economy in IMF April 2026 WEO
- CRISIL: bank GNPAs to stay near 2% in FY27; MSMEs under stress
- Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Adani 19th, Ambani 20th
- NMP 2.0: Brownfield Asset Monetisation Phase Two Explained
- RELIEF Scheme for Exporters: ₹497 Crore War-Risk Cover
- India’s Maritime Insurance Pool: ₹129.8 Billion Guarantee
- Stagflationary Risks for India: WPI Surge and Imported Inflation
- Fertiliser subsidy reform: urea pricing, NPK imbalance and DBT option
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s India Visit: Key Outcomes
- SEBI AIF Amendments: Social Impact Fund Minimum Cut to ₹1,000
- RBI Eases Rupee NDF Curbs: What Changed from April 20
- High-Value Crops: Budget 2026-27 Diversification Push
- 7th India-Bhutan Joint Group of Customs Meeting Held
- Tata Steel, SMS Group Deploy EASyMelt at Jamshedpur
- Rupee Slips 28 Paise to 93.44 Against US Dollar
- UNESCAP 2026 Survey: India Growth 6.4% in FY27
- Union Cabinet April 2026: DA Hike, Rail Projects, RELIEF Scheme
- SBI targets balance sheet equal to 25% of GDP by 2030
- Eveready Commissions Alkaline Battery Plant at Samba, J&K
- SASCI Capital Investment Scheme: SBI Report on State Absorption
- RBI Draft Master Direction on PPIs: Limits, UPI Interoperability
- Sugarcane (Control) Order 1966: Draft Overhaul Proposed
- Srikanth Velamakanni Named NASSCOM Chairperson for 2026-27
- CAFE-III Norms: India’s Fuel Efficiency Targets and Super Credits
- PM Internship Scheme Opens to Final-Year Students
- RBI Bulletin: Supply Shocks Could Turn Into Demand Slowdown
- HSBC Cuts India to Underweight: Reasons and Risks
- SEBI Risk-Based Net Worth for Stockbrokers: Proposal Explained
- Wheat Procurement Target Raised 15% to 34.5 Million Tonnes
- E100 Ethanol Roadmap: Challenges of 100% Blending in India
- Bharat Taxi: Driver-Owned Cooperative Cab Platform
- IBC Amendment Act 2026: hybrid process, 150 days, group insolvency
- NAAS Paper: Making Farmer Producer Organisations Viable
- India Approves Rs 30 Billion Currency Swap for Maldives
- SkyHop Gets AOC as India’s First Seaplane Operator
- Knight Frank Wealth Report 2026: India Has 207 Billionaires
- Index of Service Production: NSO’s New Services Tracker
- Orange Economy: India’s Push to Become an IP Owner
- India-New Zealand FTA: 100-95 Tariff Deal, Dairy Excluded
- Google AI Data Hub in Visakhapatnam: $15 Billion Project
- IIP March 2026: Industrial Growth Slows to Five-Month Low of 4.1%
- India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee: 10th Meeting in Nairobi
- E100 and B100: Draft Rule Change to Allow 100% Biofuels
- DPI@2047: NITI Aayog’s Digital Roadmap for Viksit Bharat
- Google Cloud AI Hub in Visakhapatnam: USD 15 billion FDI foundation
- UAE Announces Exit from OPEC and OPEC+ from 1 May 2026
Banking & Finance 46
- Capital Market Exposure Norms: RBI Caps Share Loans at ₹1 Cr
- sDQI Rises to 90.9 for Scheduled Commercial Banks
- Elite Con International: SEBI Penalty and Market Ban
- Account Portability: RBI’s PaSS Idea Under Payments Vision 2028
- IRDAI Dark Patterns Order: Insurers Told to Self-Audit
- D-SIIs 2025-26: IRDAI Names LIC, GIC Re and NIACL
- Mis-selling Crackdown: RBI and IRDAI Target Bancassurance
- Business Correspondent Framework: RBI Draft Two-Tier Model
- Shirpur Merchants’ Co-operative Bank: RBI Licence Cancelled
- IRDAI Sub-Committee on Health Insurance Reform Explained
- IRDAI Revised Cybersecurity Guidelines for Insurers
- NBFC categories rejig: RBI framework due by end-April 2026
- Promise4Wealth: Canara HSBC Life Insurance Launches New ULIP
- From Borrowers to Builders: NITI Aayog on Women’s Credit
- PM MUDRA Yojana: Loan Categories, Refinancing, Tarun Plus
- RBI Golden Hour Proposal: 1-Hour Delay on Large Digital Transfers
- RBI Draft: ₹1 Trillion Upper Layer Rule for NBFCs
- PFRDA clears PPFAS AMC as an NPS pension fund sponsor
- BIS Standards for QR Payments, Biometrics and CBDC
- RBI Returns Universal Bank Applications of Ujjivan and Jana SFB
- Utkarsh 2029: RBI Medium-Term Strategy and Six Pillars
- SEBI RegTech Suite: SUPCOMS 2.1, e-Adjudication and C-SAC
- DoT and SEBI Sign MoU to Curb Financial Fraud
- NBFC branch rules eased: no RBI approval, deposit-takers limited
- LIC MyLIC and Super Sales Saathi Apps: Features Explained
- AMFI Spends 90% of Awareness Funds on Digital Promotion
- RBI Master Directions on Note and Coin Exchange Facility
- Bandhan Mutual Fund Allows Gold, Silver ETFs in Equity Schemes
- UCB Licensing: Industry Seeks Easier Entry Norms from RBI
- RBI E-Mandate Rules Widened to Cross-Border Recurring Payments
- Pay Point India: First Fintech in RBI’s Payment System
- Digital Payments E-Mandate Framework 2026: RBI Rules Explained
- Atal Pension Yojana: Eligibility, Triple Benefit and Rules
- Paytm Payments Bank Licence Cancelled by RBI
- CRIF-SIDBI Small Business Report: Credit Value Slows, Volume Rises
- NBFCs want Central Fraud Registry access: CFR, CRILC and RBI Act issue
- RBI Revised NPA Master Directions: Borrower-Wise Rule
- ECL Norms for Banks: RBI’s Final Expected Credit Loss Framework
- Mission Jagrook: SEBI Foundation Day Investor Safety Drive
- B. Ramesh Babu Gets Third Term as KVB MD and CEO
- MobiKwik NBFC Approval: RBI Nod for Direct Lending Arm
- RBI Launches Mission SAKSHAM for Urban Co-operative Banks
- Type I NBFC Deregistration: RBI’s Exit Route for Small NBFCs
- E-PRAAPTI Portal: Tracing Inoperative EPF Accounts
- IPPB SHG Savings Account: Zero-Balance Account Launched
- UCB Lending Norms: RBI’s Revised Unsecured and Housing Loan Rules
Government Schemes 30
- Tea Mark Certification: Tea Board’s Voluntary Quality Seal
- YUVIKA: ISRO Young Scientist Programme Reaches 1,320 Students
- BIRAC-BioNEST Centre Opens at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru
- Telangana Declares Cancer a Notifiable Disease
- Bharat Tribes Fest 2026: RISA brand and Rs 4.5 crore sales
- ATL Sarthi and Mentor India Academy Launched in Telangana
- Bhopal RPO Braille and Sign Language Passport Services
- National Quantum Mission: 1,000 km Secure Quantum Link
- NSTFDC: Tribal Finance Body Marks 25th Foundation Day
- Warangal and Adilabad Airports: Civil Aviation Ministry Nod
- Blue Revolution 2.0: Reservoir Fisheries Push After Budget 2026-27
- Natural Farming Mission (NMNF): Features and Incentives
- Radio Sikkim Sundari: First Border Village Radio in Sikkim
- Labour Ministry Signs NCS MoUs with Porter and Gigin
- e-SafeHER: Cyber Sakhi Programme for Rural Women
- Digital Urea and DAP Tracking Platform Planned by Centre
- MeitY Forms AI Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG)
- NRLM as India’s Development Diplomacy Tool for Africa
- AICTE VAANI Scheme 3rd Edition: Technical Education in Indian Languages
- River Basin Management Scheme 2026-31: ₹2,183 Crore Outlay
- PMGSY-III Extension: Rural Roads Timeline and Funding
- Vishwa Sutra: Ministry of Textiles Handloom-Meets-World Collection
- Samriddh Gram: BharatNet Service Model Nominated for WSIS Prize
- NAMASTE Scheme: Mechanised Sanitation and Worker Protection
- Soul Threads: CCIC’s First Heritage Designer Collection
- NMBA 2.0 App for Drug-Free India: Features and NAPDDR Link
- MoEFCC-NBA biodiversity governance project: Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya
- Vibrant Villages Programme-II Adds Six Kathua Border Villages
- SMILE Beggary Survey Mobile App Launched by MSJE at Chintan Shivir
- Wheat Procurement Norms Relaxed: Lustre Loss Up to 70%
Agriculture & Rural Development 5
Environment & Ecology 20
- Humpback Whale ‘Timmy’ Stranded Again in Baltic Sea
- Nagoya Protocol: India Issues 3,561 IRCCs, Over 56% Globally
- Hindu Kush Range: Geography, Tectonics and Passes
- Tar Balls Management Rules 2026: Draft Coastal Framework
- National Repositories: CMLRE Kochi and ARI Pune Notified
- COP33 2028 Hosting Bid Withdrawn by India: Key Points
- CMLRE and ARI Named National Biodiversity Repositories
- Ganges River Dolphin Moves Downstream as Chambal Water Falls
- India’s Bat Conservation Assessment: Species, Threats, Roles
- ISRO-SAC and ATREE Sign MoU on Landscape Monitoring
- Kankaria Depot Becomes India’s First Water-Neutral Railway Depot
- India’s Forest Carbon Storage May Nearly Double by 2100
- India Becomes World’s No. 2 Wind Market in 2025: BNEF
- Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary Declared a Ramsar Site
- Dolphin Friends network: Prayagraj volunteers protect Gangetic dolphin
- Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day Marks 40th Anniversary
- Petersberg Climate Dialogue 2026: COP31 split leadership, electrification
- Jordan Joins ISA, CDRI and Global Biofuels Alliance
- Parveen Shaikh Wins 2026 Whitley Award for Skimmer Work
- UNESCO Adds 12 New Global Geoparks, Network at 241
Science & Technology 25
- Artemis II: NASA’s Crewed Lunar Flyby Mission Explained
- Aditya-L1: ISRO’s Solar Mission at the L1 Point
- INS Aridhaman Commissioned: Third Arihant-Class SSBN
- Microsoft AI Skill Center at Chandigarh University: key facts
- Shivalik Fish Fossils Found Near Dehradun: Gourami Record
- Mission MITRA: ISRO’s Ladakh Analog Study for Astronauts
- INS Aridhaman Commissioned: India’s Third SSBN
- PFBR Kalpakkam Criticality: 500 MWe Reactor Milestone
- Gaganyaan first uncrewed mission HLVM3 G1/OM1: roadmap and parts
- ISSAR 2025: India’s Satellites, Debris and Collision Avoidance
- India’s First Quantum Reference Facility in Andhra Pradesh
- IADT-02: ISRO’s Gaganyaan Parachute Air Drop Test at SHAR
- International Day of Human Space Flight 2026: 65 Years
- AQRF Amaravati: Sovereign Quantum Hardware Push in India
- Ease of Doing R&D: NITI Aayog’s Two Reports on Research Reform
- G20 Satellite: ISRO Targets 2027 Launch for Earth Observation
- World Creativity and Innovation Day 2026: Theme and Origin
- FedEx, IIT Madras Run India’s First Intra-City Drone Trial
- 3D glass chip packaging plant in Bhubaneswar: India’s first, explained
- GM Mosquitoes Block Malaria Parasites in Tanzania Study
- NARIT-AI: Gujarat Police’s AI Tool for NDPS Investigations
- Skyroot’s Vikram-1 Rocket Flagged Off for Sriharikota
- UNESCO Chair on Gender Inclusion and Skill Development at SSPU
- Urdu Wikisource Launched: Free Digital Library of Urdu Texts
- X-Band Doppler Radar at Mahabaleshwar Under Mission Mausam
International Relations 20
- IMEX 2026 Table-Top Exercise Held at Kochi Under IONS
- IOS SAGAR: INS Sunayna Leads 16-Nation Indian Ocean Mission
- Manturov’s India Visit: IRIGC-TEC Talks With Jaishankar
- International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2026
- Vietnam: To Lam Elected President, Le Minh Hung Prime Minister
- Argentina Exits WHO: Withdrawal Effective March 2026
- Nizar Amedi Elected 9th President of Iraq
- Djibouti: President Guelleh Wins Sixth Term in Election
- Exercise Cyclone-IV: India-Egypt Special Forces Drill
- Hungary Election: Orban Ousted as Magyar’s Tisza Wins
- India-Germany Foreign Office Consultations Mark 75 Years
- Exercise DUSTLIK 2026: India-Uzbekistan 7th edition at Namangan
- International Day for Monuments and Sites 2026: Theme
- India-Africa Forum Summit 2026: Fourth IAFS Agenda
- INS Nireekshak at Colombo for IN-SLN DIVEX 2026
- World Book and Copyright Day 2026: Theme, Rabat Capital
- Project DANTAK: BRO’s Bhutan Infrastructure Mission
- Exercise Dustlik 2026: India-Uzbekistan Army Drill
- International Day of Women in Industry: First Observance 2026
- Exercise Pragati 2026: Indian Army’s First Multilateral IOR Drill
Defence & Security 12
- Exercise Dweep Shakti: Tri-Service Island Defence Drill
- INS Shachi: Navy Launches First NGOPV at Goa Shipyard
- Sanshodhak: Fourth Survey Vessel (Large) Delivered to Navy
- INS Taragiri commissioned: Project 17A stealth frigate features
- Project Chetak: BRO’s Western Border Road Unit Turns 47
- Col. Sonam Wangchuk, Mahavir Chakra Awardee, Passes Away
- Siachen Day 2026: 42 Years of Operation Meghdoot
- IAF-GE Aerospace Deal for F404-IN20 Engine Depot
- MoD Signs Rs 975 Crore Contracts for TRAWL Assemblies
- Gen Upendra Dwivedi Joins US Army War College Hall of Fame
- DRDO Shows FICV Armoured Platforms for Indian Army
- SIPRI 2025: World Military Spending Hits $2.89 Trillion
Health & Social Issues 7
- Prevention of Blindness Week 2026: NSPB-I and purpose
- World Parkinson’s Day 2026: ‘Bridge the Care Gap’
- World Chagas Disease Day 2026: Date, Theme and Background
- World Voice Day: 16 April Observance
- World Haemophilia Day 2026: Theme “Diagnosis: First Step to Care”
- Guntur Municipal Corporation Wins UNIDO Gender Equality Award
- NSO 80th round on health: median OOPE, delivery and insurance data
History, Art & Culture 6
- Purvanchal Mahotsav Maati-9: Culture Festival Highlights
- Elephanta Island Stepped Reservoir: ASI’s 1,500-Year Find
- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: 107th Anniversary Observed
- World Art Day 2026: Date, Theme and Background
- Raghu Rai, Father of Indian Photojournalism, Dies at 83
- Oor Pare: Prehistoric Rock Art Site Found in the Nilgiris
Reports & Indexes 1
Awards & Persons 7
- Blanka Vlašić: Ambassador of TCS World 10K Bengaluru
- ‘A Road Well Travelled’: R.K. Raghavan Memoir Released
- Asha Bhosle, Legendary Playback Singer, Dies at 92
- N. Ramachandran, Ex-IOA Chief, Dies at 77 in Chennai
- Laureus World Sports Awards 2026: Alcaraz, Sabalenka Win
- Aronyak Ghosh Becomes India’s 95th Chess Grandmaster
- Raghu Rai Dies at 83: Padma Shri Photojournalist
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