Sunday, 12 April 2026

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6TH TO 12TH APRIL 2026

1) Ancy Sojan Wins Gold In Women's Long Jump At Indian Athletes S1 2026.


2) Team India Wins 13 Medals Including 7 Gold, 3 Silver And 3 Bronze Medal At World Archery Para Series Bangkok 2026 

3) Actress Dee Freeman Passed Away.

4) India Achieved A Record Food grain Production Of 357.73 MMT in 2024/25 

* India Ranked Top In Producing Globally 150.18 MT RICE 

117.94 MT OF Wheat 
25.68 MT Of Pulses 
18.59 MT Of Millets 

* Agricultural Export Rose From USD 34.5 Billion ( IN FY 20) To USD 51.1 billion ( In FY 25/ 

5) Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati Has Been Awarded The Prestigious Zero Waste To Landfill (ZWL) Platinum Class 1 Rating 



6) Cameroon To Introduce Vice President Role After 50 Years.

7) Professor Rajita Kulkarni, Honourable PRESIDENT OF Sri Sri University Honoured With The Education Alchemist Award 

8) Brazilian Footballer Oscar retired 

9) Bhubaneswar Kumar Became The First Fast Bowler To Completed 200 IPL Wickets ( 2nd After Yuzivendra  Chahal) 

10) Earthquake Of Magnitude 4.2 Recorded in INDIAN Ocean 

11) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced The Reservation Of ST Students ( From 12% To 22.5%) SC Students ( From 8% To 16.25%) SEBC Students Will Get 11.25% Reservation In Medical, Engineering And Agricultural And Technical Courses)

12) Arunachal Pradesh Celebrates Mopin Festival 

13) India's Major Ports Records 915 Millon Tonnes Cargo In FY 2025/26 

14) Broadcom Taps Alphabet Executive Amie Thuener As Next CFO.

15) The Prints Journalist Apoorva Mandhani Received The 2026 Danish Siddiqi Journalism Award ( Digital) 


World Health Day - 7th April 


Theme 2026 - Together For Health, Stand With Science 


1) India Sends Humanitarian Assistance To Afganistan.

2) Former Manipur Minister And Tangkhul Naga Leader K Envy Mashangva Passed Away.

3) Dev Ruparelia Wins The FZ FORZA Alpes Under 19 Men's Single Title 

4) St Kitts And Nevis Foreign Minister Denzil Douglas Arrived In India.

5) India Flagged LPG Tanker Green Asha Crosses Strait Of Hormuz 

6) Researchers At ICAR Developing Climate Resilient Desi Cotton Variety 

7) THE DELHI DIRECTIVE Book Author - Anirudhya Mitra 

8) Rajesh Kumar Has Assumed As The Director ( Finance) At REC Limited 

9) Russian Missile Designer ( Who Developed BRAHMOS Missile) Alexander Leonov Passed Away.

10) Padmashree Awardee Noted Cardiologist Dr Mani Chetri Passed Away.

11) The Indian Army Has Released A Document On Indian Army's Technology Roadmap For Unmanned Aerial SYSTEM And Loitering Munition 

12) Mrs Lakshmi Bhuvan Assumes As The Regional President Of AWWA Eastern Command 

13) The Intelligence Chief Of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Seyed Majid Khademi Was Killed 

14) India Achieved It's Highest Ever Annual Wind Capacity Addition Of 6.05 Gigawatt During FY 2025/26 

15) Former Governor Of Russia's Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov Has Been Sentences To 14 Years Prisons 

16) Odisha GOVERNOR APOINTS New Vice Chancellor Of Fakir Mohan University ( Professor Santosh Kumar Tripathi), ( Ravenshaw University - Prof Arka Kumar Das Gupta), Utkal University ( Prof Chandi Prasad Nanda) 

17) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders LIMITED Has Keeling Lay of 4th Fast Patrol Vessel For Indian Navy 

18) Mr Abhishek Singh Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of National Testing Agency 

19) Prasanth Kumar, MD &  CEO Of Yes Bank Steps Down 

20) Pankaj Advani Wins The National 9 & 10 Ball Pool Trophy 

21) Captain Binesh Kumar Tyagi, CMD Of Shipping Corporation Of India (SCI) Confers With Prestigious SAGAR SAMMAN VARUNA AWARD At 63rd National Maritime Day 

1) Minister Of State For External Affairs And Environment, Forest And Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh Will Set To Visit MYANMAR 


2) India's First Gourami Fossil Found In Uttar Pradesh Shiwalik Foothills (4.8 Million Years Old) 

3) INS SUNAYNA On The IOS SAGAR 

4) Ministry Of Mines Notified Amendments To The Minerals Concession Rules 

5) President Droupadi MURMU Has Given Her Assent To The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation ( Amendment Bill) 2026 ( Amravati As State Capital) 

6) NASA ARTEMIS II Set A New Record Reaching The Farthest Distance Humans Have Travelled From Earth ( Crossed 252,752 miles During Lunar Flyby Surpassing Apollo 13 Mission Record) 

7) Noted Odia Film Producer And Industrialist Rabi Swain Passed Away.

8) Narendra Bhooshan Assumed Charge As The Secretary, Department Of Land Resources 

9) M Pallonji Group Gets IRDAI 's R1 Nod For General Insurance Venture 

10) Amul Crossed 1 Lakh Crores Turn Over In FY 2026 

11) Scientists At Wadia Institute Of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun Has Discovered Fish FOSSILS Dating Back 4.5 million Years 

12) Kanika Mahajan, PROFESOR Of Economic at Ashoka University, Has Received The Prestigious Elizabeth Adiseshiah Award 2026 

13) Indian Woman Cricketer Smriti Mandhana Has Appointed As Brand Ambassador Of Pee Safe ( WOMAN Hygiene) 

14) Former Bangladesh Speaker Shirin Sharmin Arrested 

15) Former President And Honorary Life Vice  President Sir Craig Reedie Of BWF Passed Away 

16) Former Indian Cricketer Navjot Sidhu's Wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu Launched Bharatiya Rasthrawadi Party 

17) India's Palak and Mukesh Nelavalli Wins Gold Medal In 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team At ISSF World Cup Spain 

18) India Marks the Milestone In Major Nuclear As Indigenously Build Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor In Tamilnadu 's Kalpakkam 

19) External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR And Saint Kitts And Nevis Foreign Minister Denzil L Douglas Have Inaugurated a New High Commission Of Their At New Delhi 



20) Actor Ranveer Singh Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Jindal Stainless 

21) ARTEMIS II Astronaut Name Lunar Crater Named After NASA Astronaut Reid WISEMAN 's Late Wife - Carroll Taylor WISEMAN 

1) Former Bangladesh Cricketer Tamim Iqbal Has Appointed As The New President Of Bangladesh Cricket Board.


2) Aniket Vishwas Sapre Has Been Appointed As The Chief Products Officer Of Suryodaya Small FINANCE Bank 

3) Sunil Kumar Wins Bronze In The Asian Championships In Men's Wrestling 

4) Legendary Football Coach Mircea Lucescu Passed Away.

5) Noted Indian Politician And Former Union Minister Mohsina Kidwai Passed Away.

6) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Keep Repo Rate Unchanged (5.25%) For First Quarter Of FY 2027 

7) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) Completed 11 Years.

8) India Sents 250 MT Food Grains To Seychelles Under Special Economic Package.

9) Ministry Of Mines Notified Mineral ( Auction) 2nd Amendment Rule 2026, For Faster Operationalization Of Mines And Improving Ease Of Doing Business In The Mining Sector 

* Key Features - 

* Allowed Exclusion Of Non - Feasible Portion Of Mining Block 

* Introduction Of Unified Mining Portal 

* Reducing The Provision Of Additional Period For Execution Of Mining Lease In Case Of Blocks Does Not Involve Forest area 

* Upfront Payment Timeline Rationalised 

* Relief In Case Of Annulments 

* Greater Participation Of Exploration Agencies 

* Incentive For Critical And Strategic Minerals 

10) Punjab National Bank Has CONFERRED With Golden Peacock National Training Award 2026 

11) Cabinet Has Approved The Proposal For Construction Of 1200 MW Kalai -II Hydroelectric Project In Anjaw District Of Arunachal Pradesh With An Outlay Of Rs 14105, 83 Crores 

12) Professor Jyotsna K B Rout Joined As Vice Chancellor Of Rama Devi Women's College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 

13) India Ranked Third In Globally In Renewable Energy Installed Capacity ( Surpassed Brazil) 

14) Cabinet Approved The Investment Proposal For Construction Of 1720 MW Kamala Hydroelectric Project In Kamle, Arunachal Pradesh.

15) Cabinet Approved The Revision In Cost In Investment In Equity For HPCL Rajasthan Refinery LIMITED (HRRL) Rajasthan 

16) Karan Adani Announced The Rs 33,000 Crores Investment In Odisha, For Data, Power Cement 

17) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Has Projected India's GDP GROWTH 6.9% For FY 27 

18) The Election Commission in India Has Appointed Sai Kumar As The New Chief Secretary Of Tamilnadu 

19) Myanmar Recorded 3.6 Magnitude Earthquake 

20) Cabinet Has Approved The Nutrient Based Subsidy ( NBS) Rates For Kharif Season 

21) India Achieved A Total Non - Fossils Capacity Addition Of 55.3 GW During FY 2025/26 

22) Chhattisgarh State Government Has Introduced A Provision Of Special Leave For Officers And Employee To Reduce Mental Stress And Enhance Work Efficiency 

23) Shri V T V Ramana Assumes Charge As The Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) 

24) India Has Withdraw Its Bid To Host COP 33 


World Homeopathy Day - 10th April 


Theme 2026 - Homeopathy For Sustainable Health 

1) India - US Trade Fascilation Portal Launched By Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri 

2) General Phan Van Giang Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Prime Minister And Defence Minister Of Vietnam.

3) Union Cabinet Has Approved The Draft Bill To Amend The Women's Reservation Act 

4) World Bank Raises The India's Growth Forecast From 6.3% To 6.6% For Current FY 

5) Archaeology Team From Delhi University Has Identified a Cluster Of Red Pigment Rock Painting In Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh ( Mesolithic Period ) 



6) Minakshi Hooda Clinched Gold Medal In Women's 48 Kg Category In Asian Boxing Championships 

* ARUNDHATI Chaudhary Clinched Gold In Women's 70 Kg Category 

* Alfiya Pathan Clinched Silver In Women's 80+ kg Category 

* Priya Ghangas Clinched Gold In Women's 60 Kg Category 

7) Astronaut P Balakrishnan Nair Has Promoted To The Rank Of Air Commodore 

8) India Ranked FOURTH In The Highest Funded Country Globally In FY 26 

9) The 9th India Pharma Conference Set To Held on 13-14th April 2026 

10) Former Union Minister Abu Hasem Khan Passed Away In Kolkata 

11) India Ranked 5th In Globally in Exporter Of Services.

12) Ritu Phogat Has Been Appointed As The BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR Parimatch Sports 

13) Actress Mrunal Thakur Has Been Appointed As Brand Ambassador Of Ramson Perfume 

14) Shri Sanjay Khanna Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman And Managing Director Of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) 

15) Former Indian Cricketer C D Gopinath ( Who Was The Last Surviving Member Of India's First Test Winning GROUP) Passed Away 

16) Jim Whittaker, First American To Summit Mount Everest Passed Away.

17) Amulya Balmuri Has Been Crowned Miss Telugu USA 2026 

18) External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Visited To Mauritius For The 9th Indian Ocean Conference 

19) Former Indian Cricketer Ravi Shastri Stand Name Unveiled At Maharashtra Cricket Association, Mumbai 

1) ISRO Successfully Accomplished The 2nd Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT - 02) For Gaganyaan At Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota 


2) India Has Successfully Demonstrated a 1000 Km Secure QUANTUM Communication Network 

3) Former Iranian FM Kharrazi Died From US - Israel Attack 

4) Minakshi Hooda Gets Gold In Women's 48 kg Category At Asian Boxing Championships 

* Preeti Pawar Wins Gold In Women's 54 Kg Category 

5) Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Secretary Of Department Of Atomic Energy And Chairman Has Granted One Year Extension 

6) Asian Development Bank Has Raised India's Growth To 6.9% For FY 27 

7) Tim White Has Appointed As The Head Coach Of Junior Women's Hockey Team 

8) Brazils Laura Cardoso Became The First Women's Cricketer To Picked 9 Wickets By Spending 4 Runs In A T20I Innings Against Myanmar 

9) Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit Has Promoted To Rank Of Brigadier 

10) Game Of Thrones Actor Michael Patrick Passed Away 

11) Manipur's Chanchui Khyai Wins TIMES Miss Radiant Personality At Femina Miss India 2026 

12) Vishvanath Suresh Clinched Gold In Men's 50 Kg Category At Asian Boxing Championships 

13) Arunachal Pradesh Mariam Longri Wins Rajanigandha Pearls Miss Goodness Ambassador 

14) Former President Of Rashtrotthana Parishat, Dr S R Ramaswamy Passed Away 

15) 1994 Batch IFS OFFICER Pranay Verma Has Been Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Belgium 

16) Nitish Kumar Took Oath As Member Of Rajya Sabha 

17) Nagpur Based Visually Impaired Ishwari Pandey Has Conquered Palk Strait In 11 Hours And 15 Minutes 



18) Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The Sindhi Version Of Constitution 

19) A DISTINGUISHED MARITIME Leader Captain J C Anand Passed Away 

20) Dr DHITRI BANARJEE, Director At Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Been Elected As Vice President Of Entomological Society Of India 

21) Kargil War Hero Col Sonam Wangchuk Passed Away 

22) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Has Released Draft Amendment Direction With Respect To NBFC Categorisation 

23) Shri Ramashray Pandey Has Assumed As The General Manager Of Western Railway 

24) Anand Kumar Pal Has Been Appointed As The Chief Advisor ( Cost) In Department Of Expenditure 

25) Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi Has Given Prestigious Sardar KM PANNIKAR NIB To Captain Ashok Garg 

26) India To Host The 2027 Indian Ocean Conference 

27) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Handed Over 4 ALH MK-III Maritime Role Helicopter To Indian Coast Guard 



28) Harshita Wins Bronze In Women's 72 Kg Category In Asian Boxing Championships 

* Monika Wins Bronze In Women's 65 Kg Category At Asian Boxing Championships 


 World Parkinson Disease Day - 11th April 


Theme 2026 - Bridge The Care Gap 

1) India Concluded It's Campaign At Asian Boxing Championships At ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia, ( India Wins 16 Medals Including 10 Women & 6 Men ( Including 5 Gold, 3 Silver And 8 Bronze) ..

2) Asish Kumar Shukla Has Been Appointed As The Chief Vigilance OFFICER OF Sports Authority Of India' (SAI)

3) The ARTEMIS II Crew Has Been Landed On Earth  ( 10 Days Completed) ( Completed 690,000 Miles) 

4) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Has Reports That India's Foreign Reserve Jumped By Over USD 9 Billion To Reach USD 697.121 Billion Till 3rd April 2026 

5) UPI Completed 10 Years On 11th April 2026 

6) Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI) Bengaluru, Became The First CCRAS Institute To Achieve ISO 15189:2022 Accreditation In Biochemistry 

7) ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH Has Been REELECTED AS 6th Term President Of DJIBOUTI 

8) Ayush Shetty Became The 2nd Indian Shuttler To Enter Single Finals At Asian Championships Since 1965 

9) Lt General R S Sundaram Has Assumed As The Director General Of Recruiting Of Indian Army 

10) Indian Flagged LPG Tanker JAG VIKRAM Has Crossed The Strait Of Hormuz 

11) Uttar Pradesh State Government Has Renamed The Miyanpur As Ravindra Nagar 

12) India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders LIMITED Acquired 51% Stake In Colombo Dockyard PLC For USD 26.8 million 


13) Nepalese Movie Elephant In The Fog Becoming The First Nepalese Movie To SELECTED In The Un Certain Regard Section Of Cannes FILM Festival 

14) The Iraqi Parliament Has Elected Kurdish Politician Nizar Amedi As The Country's New PRESIDENT 

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