April 2026 current affairs

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Appointments & Resignations

• Apple CEO:  John Ternus (replaced Tim Cook).

• NASSCOM Chairman:  Srikanth Bellamkonda.

• NITI Aayog Vice Chairman:  Ashok Lahiri (replaced Suman Bery).

• HDFC Life MD & CEO:  Vibha Padalkar.

• Intel MD (Asia Pacific & Japan):  Santosh Viswanathan.

• FICCI Secretary General:  Anand Swaroop.

• NDRF Director General:  Piyush Anand.

• Nepal’s Parliament Speaker:  Dhol Prasad Aariyal.

• Nepal’s youngest Prime Minister:  Belendra Shah (age 35).

• Bihar CM:  Nitish Kumar resigned; Samrat Chaudhary became new CM.

• BWF Athletes’ Commission Chair:  P.V. Sindhu.

• Open AI MD (Asia Pacific):  (Name not clearly specified).

Defence & Military (Exercises, Vessels, Systems)

• Exercise Cyclone - IV:  Joint special forces exercise between  India and Egypt  in Egypt.

• Exercise Dustlik - VII:  India-Uzbekistan army exercise held in  Uzbekistan .

• Exercise Pragati (Inaugural):  Multilateral military exercise hosted by Indian Army in  Meghalaya .

• INS Nirikshak:  Diving Support and Submarine Rescue Vessel (Mazagon Dock) visited  Colombo, Sri Lanka .

• Malvan:  2nd indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASWSWC) built by  Cochin Shipyard .

• INS Shachi:  Lead ship of next-gen offshore patrol vessels, launched by  Goa Shipyard Ltd ; crest features  Ursa Major (Saptarishi)  constellation.

• INS Taragiri:  Stealth frigate under  Project 17A  (Mazagon Dock), commissioned at Visakhapatnam.

• Prajnan:  Indigenous, AI-enabled satellite imaging system by DRDO, handed to Ministry of Home Affairs.

• INS Sunayna:  Saryu-class offshore patrol vessel (Goa Shipyard) sent to  Male, Maldives .

• ALH MK3:  Four maritime role helicopters (Dhruv variant) by  HAL  handed to Indian Coast Guard.

• Atlas Drone Swarm System:  Developed by  China (CETC)  – controls 96 drones via single operator.

• INS Kalpeni:  Fast Attack Craft (Car Nicobar class, built by GRSE, Kolkata) sent to Maldives.

• INS Aridhaman:  India’s  third  nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), capable of deploying  K-4 SLBMs .

• R-37M Missile:  Ultra-long-range air-to-air missile by  Russia  (NATO: AA-13 Axehead), approved for export to India.

• Luzon Strait:  Separates Luzon Island (Philippines) from Taiwan; China conducted live-fire drills nearby.

• Ladakh new districts:  Total now  7  (Leh, Kargil, Nubra, Shyam, Dras, Zaskar, Changthang).

• BrahMos scientist died:  Alexander Leonov (Russian).

• Pakistan’s Timur cruise missile:  Tested successfully (land & water attack).

• Indian Air Force training:  UK pilots being trained by IAF.

• Indian Navy operation for tanker safety:   Operation Energy Suraksha .

• India’s first helicopter-launched drone system:   Vayu Baan .

• Indian Navy’s first Port of Refuge system:   Maharashtra & Odisha .

• Mount Radar:  Built by  Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL)  – DRDO provided design.

Economy, Banking & Infrastructure

• RBI cancelled license of:   Paytm Payments Bank .

• Lithium battery recycling plant:   Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh .

• India’s first alkaline battery unit:   Jammu .

• World’s first permanent nuclear waste repository:   Finland .

• India’s largest automobile export hub:   Mundra Port  (68 cars on single vessel).

• Asia’s largest airport inaugurated:   Jewar Airport, Noida .

• India’s first water-neutral railway depot:   Kankaria Coach Depot, Ahmedabad .

• PM E-Drive scheme extended till:   31 March 2028 .

• Vande Bharat batch (Railway) & Prahar batch combo:  Available on Vidya app.

Science & Technology

• Mission MITRA:  High-altitude experiment for Gaganyaan astronauts in  Ladakh  (7 days).

• Rosalind Franklin Rover:  ESA rover to Mars in 2028 using  SpaceX Falcon Heavy .

• Artemis II Mission:  NASA’s first crewed lunar mission since 1972; used  SLS rocket & Orion spacecraft ; farthest human journey from Earth (252,752 miles), surpassing Apollo 13. Key astronauts: Christina Koch (first woman), Victor Glover (first person of color), Jeremy Hansen (first non-American) beyond low-Earth orbit.

• Blue Bird 7 Satellite:  Direct-to-smartphone satellite by Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos) on New Glenn rocket; upper stage failed.

• Giant Magellan Telescope:  To be located in