April 2026 current affairs

Art, Culture & Literature

• Sur Jyotsna National Music Award 2026:   Sumitra Guha & Lakshman Krishna Rao .

• Femina Miss India World 2026:   Sadhvi Satish Selle  (Goa).

• Raja Ravi Varma painting “Yashoda & Krishna”  sold for ₹167 crore.

• Book “A Road Well Traveled”:  Autobiography of  A.K. Raghavan  (ex-CBI).

• Book “Unlikely Paradise”:   Sanjay Raut .

• Book “Sampurna Ram Tapasvi Raja”:   Ashutosh Agnihotri .

• Vikram Aditya Vedic clock installed in:   Varanasi .

• Asha Bhosle (92) passed away:  Singer.

• Yamaha Music India brand ambassador:   A.R. Rahman .

• North India’s first glass bridge:   Ropar, Punjab .

Government Schemes & Policies

• Naxal-free India target:   31 March 2026 .

• Lakshpati Bitia Yojana (girls’ education):   Delhi .

• School Chale Hum Abhiyan (bicycles distributed):   Madhya Pradesh .

• Free electricity for handlooms (Andhra Pradesh):   200 units  (handlooms); 500 units for power looms.

• Vishwasutra (global promotion of Indian weaving):  Launched by Textile Ministry.

• Green Card system for Char Dham Yatra  (driver certification).

• Nepal abolished traditional exams up to class 5.

International

• Turkey  passed law restricting social media for under-15 (second after Australia).

• England  passed smoke-free generation law (those born after 2009 cannot buy/sell tobacco).

• US state that recognized Diwali as holiday:   Nebraska .

• Iran  launched  “Jan Fada” campaign  – volunteers to fight US.

• First EU country to start fuel rationing:   Slovenia .

• Indonesia:  First Southeast Asian country to ban social media for children under 16.

• Costa Rica:  Launched ICP app for snakebite treatment.

Miscellaneous

• Konark Sun Temple:  Removing sand from  Jagmohan  part (filled in 1903 by British).

• ECI launched KYC feature  on ECI Net to check candidate details.

• UIDAI partnered with MapMyIndia  to show authorized Aadhaar centres.

• High Courts banned AI use in decision-making:  First  Gujarat HC , then  Punjab & Haryana HC .

• Census 2027 first phase:  (Start date not specified).

• India’s first open LGBT MP:   Menaka Guruswamy  (also Supreme Court member).

• President Murmu  inaugurated planetarium, tribal museum & IIT in  Rourkela .

• PM Modi  inaugurated  Samrat Sampriti Sangrahalaya  in Koba, Gandhinagar (Mahavir Jayanti).

• MS Dhoni  invested in & became brand ambassador of  Kuku FM  (audio storytelling).

• Jindal Stainless Steel brand ambassador:   Ranveer Singh .

• Metro University established in:   Greater Noida .

• CA Final exams now conducted twice a year.

• Project Chetak (BRO):  Celebrated 47th Raising Day in Bikaner.

• Indian Navy’s Bi-annual Commanders’ Conference:  First edition in New Delhi.

• First CAPFs Conference:  India to host first High-Level Conference for Central Armed Police Forces in May.

• 16th Bhairav Battalion:  Raised (Maratha Light Infantry Centre, Belagavi).

• Bohag Bihu (Rongali Bihu):  Assamese New Year festival.

• Vantara (Reliance):  Wildlife conservation reserve in Jamnagar, Gujarat; plans for a university.

• Barnawapara, Umred Pauni Karhandla, Kugti, Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuaries:  Located in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh respectively.

• Kalivarad Tree (Maharashtra):  Traditional medicine value.

• Mogrus shushka & Mogrus pune:  Two new species of  jumping spiders  discovered.

• Phormidium mucosum & Puskar mam kaurjae:  New cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in Rajasthan’s Pushkar Lake.

• Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra).

• Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot:  Official mascot is a  Hornbill .

• Nilgiri Tahr (Kerala/TN):  To undergo a 3rd synchronous survey.