Monthly Current Affairs Quiz — April 2026
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RBI MPC keeps repo rate at 5.25%, maintains neutral stance. GDP growth projected at 6.5% for FY26. Decision comes amid West Asia conflict and energy supply disruptions.
Read full article →India and Austria operationalised a Fast-Track Investment Mechanism on 17 April 2026 during Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker's visit — the first such visit in over four decades. Both sides positioned the proposed India-EU Free Trade Agreement as the larger trade …
Read full article →A 10-day US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Iran took effect on 17 April 2026, alongside an Israel-Lebanon truce. The Strait of Hormuz reopened, allowing Indian vessels to resume crude oil and LPG shipments. India continues to source Russian crude despite …
Read full article →The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, which linked women's 33 per cent reservation in Parliament to a post-Census delimitation exercise, was defeated in the Lok Sabha on 17 April 2026 after failing to secure the required two-thirds majority. Opposition parties argued …
Read full article →The Delhi High Court has ruled that EWS category candidates are not entitled to upper age-limit relaxation or additional examination attempts on par with SC/ST/OBC candidates. The judgment reaffirms that the EWS quota under the 103rd Constitutional Amendment covers only …
Read full article →Samrat Choudhary was sworn in as Bihar's Chief Minister on 17 April 2026, becoming the first Bharatiya Janata Party leader to hold the post in the State. He replaces Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal (United), who resigned after multiple …
Read full article →The Supreme Court has ruled that voters removed from West Bengal's electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) can reapply before the upcoming Assembly elections. The Court set deadlines of 21 April and 27 April 2026 for the Electoral …
Read full article →On 17 April 2026 the Lok Sabha defeated the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 — 298 in favour, 230 against, against the 352-vote two-thirds threshold of 528 members present. The companion Delimitation Bill and UT Laws Bill were withdrawn. The …
Read full article →New scientific results from ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission, based on the Vikram lander's hop experiment near the Moon's south pole, have revealed distinct mechanical and compositional properties of the lunar regolith at high latitudes. The findings will guide future Indian lunar …
Read full article →The death toll from the boiler explosion at a power plant in Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, rose to 21 on 16 April 2026. The accident has put renewed pressure on India's boiler-inspection regime, the safety of contract labour and the gap …
Read full article →A NIMHANS-ICMR consultation in Bengaluru held on 15-17 April 2026 has proposed a national governance framework for digital mental-health tools, a verified directory of apps and a digital-literacy push. India has fewer than one psychiatrist per 1,00,000 people and a …
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