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66 stories for “Current Affairs” · April 2026
Clear filtersIndia will host the SAFF Women’s Championship 2026, with Goa chosen as the venue. This will be the first time India hosts the tournament since 2016, when it was held in Siliguri, West Bengal. Goa has hosted a SAFF event...
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the SMILE–Beggary Survey Mobile Application. The app enables real-time collection of data on persons engaged in begging and helps improve the monitoring a...
The Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCIC) has launched ‘Soul Threads’, its first-ever heritage designer collection. The collection is intended to promote India’s rich artisanal heritage and to support we...
The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India has made the helpline number 1855 operational across the country for Census 2027. The helpline is meant to assist citizens with queries related to the...
UNESCO Chair at SSPU: Paving the Way for Women in STEM In a historic step toward gender parity in technical fields, Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (SSPU), Pune, has launched Asia’s first UNESCO Chair on Gen...
The Indian Navy has deployed INS Nireekshak to Colombo to take part in the 4th edition of the India–Sri Lanka Diving Exercise, DIVEX 2026. The bilateral exercise brings together the diving teams of the two navies to shar...
The Union Ministry of Culture has launched ‘VM Frames’, a National Filmmaking Competition to commemorate 150 years of the national song Vande Mataram. Participants can submit entries in the form of reels, AI-based films...
Kolkata-based chess player Aronyak Ghosh has become India’s 95th Grandmaster (GM). He secured his final GM norm at the Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026 held in Thailand. The Grandmaster title is the highest title awarded to...
The Konyak tribe recently observed its Aoleang festival in Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, from April 1 to April 6. The festival is celebrated by the community to mark the New Year and to welcome the arrival of spring....
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has brought in a new deportation policy to speed up the identification and removal of illegal migrants.Task forces: District-level task forces are mandatory.Timeline: Verification of su...
The foundation stone of India's first Petroglyph Conservation Park has been laid in Ladakh, on the banks of the Indus River.What are petroglyphs: Prehistoric carvings made on rock surfaces.Location: Banks of the Indus Ri...
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released the 'Household Social Consumption: Health' survey conducted under the 80th round of the National Sample Survey (NSS).Illness: About 13.1% of pe...
