Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
Atal Pension Yojana crossed 9 crore gross enrolments on 21 April 2026. FY 2025–26 saw a record 1.35 crore new gross enrolments. Launched on 9 May 2015 and run by PFRDA, APY pays a guaranteed monthly pension of ₹1,000 to ₹5,000 from age 60 for eligible citizens aged 18–40 who are not income-tax payers.
22 Apr 2026
In Berlin on 22 April 2026, India and Germany signed a Defence Industrial Cooperation Roadmap and an Implementing Arrangement on UN peacekeeping training. Talks covered co-development and co-production, including niche technologies, and closer military ties. 2026 marks 25 years of the Strategic Partnership and 75 years of diplomatic relations.
22 Apr 2026
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs expanded the Prime Minister Internship Scheme (PMIS) pilot so final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students aged 18–25 can apply. They need a No Objection Certificate from their college. Interns get at least ₹9,000 a month; more than 300 companies are in the pilot.
22 Apr 2026
Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, was designated a Ramsar site on 22 April 2026. It is India's 99th wetland of international importance and Uttar Pradesh's 12th. The site is a stopover on the Central Asian Flyway for birds such as the Bar-headed Goose and Painted Stork.
22 Apr 2026
India added a record 6.1 GW of wind capacity in 2025–26. Installed wind capacity is over 56.1 GW (fourth globally), with 28 GW under implementation. The government targets 100 GW by 2030 and 156 GW by 2036. Potential at 150 m hub height is about 1,164 GW.
22 Apr 2026
The Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth about ₹975 crore on 21 April 2026 with BEML and Electro Pneumatics and Hydraulics (India) for TRAWL assemblies for T-72/T-90 tanks. The DRDO-developed gear helps create vehicle-safe lanes through minefields, including mines with proximity magnetic fuzes. The buy is Indian-IDDM.
21 Apr 2026
The Production-Linked Incentive Scheme for the Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) has an outlay of ₹10,900 crore for 2021-22 to 2026-27. As of February 2026, 165 applications (274 project locations) were approved, ₹2,162.55 crore incentives paid, and about 3.39 lakh jobs created against a 2.5 lakh target. A millet-based PLI component of ₹800 crore was carved out in FY 2022-23.
21 Apr 2026
In FY 2025-26 the National Mission for Clean Ganga added 538.03 MLD of sewage treatment capacity through 18 projects in five Ganga basin States. Twenty-eight STPs were completed, up from 22 the previous year, with investment of nearly ₹4,700 crore. Uttar Pradesh was a major contributor, including 55 MLD at Assi–BHU, Varanasi.
21 Apr 2026
The first India-Japan Artificial Intelligence Strategic Dialogue was held in Mumbai on 21 April 2026. It covered cooperation across the AI stack, talent mobility, joint research, and AI governance in multilateral forums. It advances the India-Japan AI Cooperation Initiative announced in August 2025 under the Joint Vision for the Next Decade.
21 Apr 2026
Indian Railways clarified that persons with disabilities holding a valid Unique Disability ID (UDID) card can travel in unreserved Divyangjan coaches (SLRD/LSLRD) of Mail/Express trains if they hold valid travel authority. Those with railway concessional-fare facility are similarly treated as bona fide passengers. Unauthorised use will draw action under the Railway Act, 1989.
20 Apr 2026