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Daily Current Affairs: 26 & 27 April 2026

Current affairs of 26 & 27 April 2026: Project DANTAK: BRO’s Bhutan Infrastructure Mission; E100 Ethanol Roadmap: Challenges of 100% Blending in India; Soul Threads: CCIC’s First Heritage Designer Collection, and 11 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 14 topics

National Affairs

  1. Anti-Defection Law: Two-Thirds Merger Rule Explained
  2. UNESCO Chair on Gender Inclusion and Skill Development at SSPU
  3. SkyHop Gets AOC as India’s First Seaplane Operator

Government Schemes

  1. Soul Threads: CCIC’s First Heritage Designer Collection
  2. Bharat Taxi: Driver-Owned Cooperative Cab Platform

Banking & Finance

  1. Banking Regulation Act 1949: Key Sections and Paytm Payments Bank Case

Economy

  1. E100 Ethanol Roadmap: Challenges of 100% Blending in India
  2. IBC Amendment Act 2026: hybrid process, 150 days, group insolvency
  3. India Approves Rs 30 Billion Currency Swap for Maldives

International Affairs

  1. Project DANTAK: BRO’s Bhutan Infrastructure Mission
  2. Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day Marks 40th Anniversary

Agriculture & Rural

  1. NAAS Paper: Making Farmer Producer Organisations Viable

Defence & Security

  1. Exercise Dustlik 2026: India-Uzbekistan Army Drill

Awards & Persons

  1. Raghu Rai, Father of Indian Photojournalism, Dies at 83

National Affairs

Polity & Governance

1. Anti-Defection Law: Two-Thirds Merger Rule Explained

  • Seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, over two-thirds of the party's Upper House strength, moved to the BJP.
  • The Tenth Schedule was added by the 52nd Amendment (1985); the 91st Amendment (2003) removed the one-third split rule.
  • Paragraph 4 shields members if at least two-thirds of the legislature party agree to a merger.
  • The Kihoto Hollohan case made the presiding officer's decision open to judicial review.
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Government Schemes

Government Schemes

4. Soul Threads: CCIC’s First Heritage Designer Collection

  • The Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCIC) launched Soul Threads, its first heritage designer collection.
  • It blends India's indigenous textile traditions with contemporary high fashion, alongside crafts and folk performances.
  • CCIC is a PSU under the Ministry of Textiles that promotes and retails handlooms and handicrafts through emporiums.
  • The aim is to give rural artisans market access and keep younger artisans in the family trade.
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Economy

5. Bharat Taxi: Driver-Owned Cooperative Cab Platform

  • Piyush Goyal opened the Mumbai rollout of Bharat Taxi, with its app and driver sign-ups.
  • A cooperative started on 6 June 2025 by eight national cooperative bodies and registered as a multi-state society (MSCS Act, 2002).
  • Drivers (Sarathis) keep 100% of the fare and get ₹5 lakh accident and ₹5 lakh family health cover.
  • National launch was by Amit Shah on 5 February 2026 in New Delhi.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

Economy

7. E100 Ethanol Roadmap: Challenges of 100% Blending in India

  • After Nitin Gadkari's appeal on 21 April 2026, India is looking beyond E20 to E100 and ethanol-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
  • Petrol gives 45-55% more energy per litre than ethanol, so E100 vehicles deliver lower mileage.
  • Standard engines are certified only up to E20; E100 needs Flex-Fuel Vehicles, costing ₹3-4 lakh more.
  • 2G ethanol from agricultural waste such as rice straw is the proposed answer to the food-versus-fuel problem.
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Economy

9. India Approves Rs 30 Billion Currency Swap for Maldives

  • India approved a Rs 30 billion currency swap facility for the Maldives.
  • It falls under the INR Swap Window of the SAARC currency swap framework for 2024-2027.
  • The framework was signed by the RBI and the Maldives Monetary Authority in October 2024.
  • The Maldives had settled a USD 400 million swap under the USD/Euro window, available since October 2024.
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International Affairs

International Relations

10. Project DANTAK: BRO’s Bhutan Infrastructure Mission

  • Project DANTAK, a Border Roads Organisation initiative in Bhutan, marked its Raising Day in Thimphu.
  • It started in April 1961 after an understanding between Bhutan's Third King and PM Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • It built over 1,500 km of roads, the first motorable road and the 500+ km East-West Highway from Trashigang to Thimphu.
  • It also built Paro International Airport, Yongphula Airport, schools, hospitals and telecom networks.
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Agriculture & Rural

Economy

12. NAAS Paper: Making Farmer Producer Organisations Viable

  • A NAAS policy paper says many FPOs are struggling despite the Union goal of forming 10,000 of them.
  • Causes include low membership, weak management, credit and market gaps, and poor long-term handholding.
  • It recommends the government act as a guaranteed buyer, with Indian Railways, the military and FCI buying from FPOs.
  • Corporate expertise is helping but remains limited in scale.
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Defence & Security

International Relations

13. Exercise Dustlik 2026: India-Uzbekistan Army Drill

  • The seventh edition of the India-Uzbekistan exercise Dustlik concluded with a validation ceremony in Uzbekistan.
  • It was held at the Gurumsaray Field Training Area, Namangan; the 2025 edition was in Pune.
  • Dustlik means Friendship in Uzbek; the exercise is annual and rotates between the two countries.
  • It ends with a 48-hour validation phase focused on counter-terrorism and joint operations.
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Awards & Persons

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