15 April 2026 Current Affairs

Daily Current Affairs One-Liners -15 April.

• The Ministry of Civil Aviation has given the green light to the proposal of establishing two new airports in Warangal and Adilabad, enhancing local connectivity in Telangana.
• The Anusandhan National Research Foundation is coming up with a platform called SARAL AI, which will simplify complicated research and patents into simple content in various Indian languages, as announced by Union Minister Jitendra Singh.

• Since 2021, Forest officer Anita Chaudhary, who is based in Shergarh Wildlife Sanctuary, has rescued approximately 500 wild animals, and has been very strict to poaching and illegal mining practices.
• Banaras Hindu University won first place in AIU National Moot Court Competition 2026 at Integral University with Chandigarh University as the runner-up.
• The NN Marathon Rotterdam saw a new national marathon record being set by long-distance runner Sawan Barwal, overtaking a decades-old record set by Shivnath Singh since 1978.
• The Wisden Cricketers Almanack declared Mitchell Starc and Deepti Sharma as Leading Cricketers in the World in 2025.
• Vaisakhi (Baisakhi) was celebrated throughout India on 14 April 2026, especially in Punjab.
• The Tamil calendar year started on 14 April 2026 and it was observed as Puthandu (Tamil New Year).
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India introduced three new IT platforms seeking to enhance regulatory transparency, cybersecurity, and ease of doing business.
• The Unified Payments Interface turned 10, a decade of changing the digital payments landscape in India.
• Visa and HDFC Bank launched a FIFA World Cup 2026 themed Pixel Credit Card and promotional campaign.
• Reliance Jio joined forces with Bank of Baroda to introduce bob World Lite, a mobile banking application that is specifically made to suit feature phone customers.
• The National Stock Exchange of India was granted permission to trademark the name National Coal Exchange of India Limited to a proposed coal trading platform.
• In partnership with SBI Card, PhonePe introduced a co-branded credit card that comes with initial benefits to increase the use of digital credits.
• Stanford University is an undesirable organisation, which is limited by Russia.
• The India flagged LPG tanker Jag Vikram was the first Indian ship to sail through the Strait of Hormuz since the Iran-Israel ceasefire, a sign of tentative normalization of the maritime activity.
• The Community Health Officer has a mobile application to enhance primary healthcare delivery and digital health services by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) remains a single digital platform connecting agricultural mandis nationwide in India to advance an Indian One Nation/One Market strategy.
• India was bolstered in its critical mineral strategy as Argentina granted environmental clearance to Khanij Bidesh India Limited to explore lithium reserves in five blocks of brines.