4 April 2026 Current Affairs

Current Affairs One Liners – 4 April 

• The Ministry of Education has conferred 'Deemed to be University' status to National Council of Educational Research and Training based on recommendations by the University Grants Commission.
• The Department of Telecommunications has allowed OTT platforms to meet SIM-binding compliance until 31st December 2026.

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the new curriculum on Computational Thinking (CT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation along with the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office has created India SDG Dashboard to track the progress towards Sustainable Development Goals.
• Directorate General of Civil Aviation has entered into an MoU with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to improve the skill development in aviation engineering and management sectors.
• Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited and Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (subsidiary of Coal India Limited) have inked an agreement for land to establish India's first indigenously developed coal-to-ammonium nitrate plant at Lakhanpur in Odisha.
• As per the International Renewable Energy Agency, India has become the world's third-largest renewable energy market in 2025.
• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has released the book 'Tides of Time: Bharat's History through Murals in Parliament' written by Sudha Murty at Samvidhan Sadan, New Delhi.
• International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is observed by the United Nations on 4 April each year.
• The interest rate for Government of India Floating Rate Bond 2028 (FRB 2028) is fixed at 17% per annum between 4 April to 3 October 2026.
• Unified Payments Interface recorded 64 billion transactions in the month of March 2026.
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has declared Life Insurance Corporation of India, The New India Assurance Company Limited and General Insurance Corporation of India as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for FY 2025-26.
• India's GST collections crossed Rs. 2.1 lakh crore mark in March 2026 registering an eleven-month high due to economic activity and import.
• The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) took place in Campo Grande, Brazil under the Brazilian Presidency from 23rd to 29th March 2026.
• Krishna Kumar Singh has taken additional charge as Chairman & Managing Director of Steel Authority of India Limited.
• Anurag Kapil has assumed office as Director (Finance) of NMDC Limited.
• Chanchal Kumar has taken charge as Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from 1st April 2026.
• Uchral Nyam-Osor has been chosen as the new Prime Minister of Mongolia, which represents the Mongolian People's Party.
• Technology Development Board under the Ministry of Science and Technology has provided financial assistance to Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Roorkee.
• Emirates NBD has got approval from the Reserve Bank of India to invest up to 74% stake in RBL Bank.