Current Affairs — 13 April 2026

🌿 Climate Change 📍 India Must know

IMD: 2026 southwest monsoon below normal, LPA ka 92%

13 April 2026: IMD ka first-stage forecast — June–September baarish LPA ka 92% (±5%), below normal.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 notify, ₹10,000 crore corpus

13 April 2026: Startup India FoF 2.0 notify hua — ₹10,000 crore, AIFs ke through deep tech aur manufacturing startups ko funding; SIDBI implementation agency.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 India Important

e-SafeHER launch: 10 lakh rural mahilaon ko 'Cyber Sakhi' banane ki pehal

13 April 2026: C-DAC Hyderabad aur Reliance Foundation ka e-SafeHER — MeitY ISEA ke tahat, 3 saal mein 10 lakh women.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Punjab Important

Jallianwala Bagh massacre ki barsi par shaheedon ko shraddhanjali

13 April 2026: PM Modi ne Jallianwala Bagh ke shaheedon ko yaad kiya; massacre 13 April 1919 ko hua tha.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

March 2026 mein retail inflation 3.40%, naye CPI base 2024=100 par

MoSPI (13 April 2026): CPI (base 2024) inflation March mein 3.40%, Feb mein 3.21%.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Haryana

TDB ne Gurugram ki Casey Aviation ke hybrid 'Jump Take-Off' project ko India–UK programme mein support kiya

DST (13 April 2026): TDB ne Casey Aviation ke BE-JTO project ke liye conditional grant diya; UK partner ARC Aerosystems.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Madhya Pradesh

Raisen mein Unnat Krishi Mahotsav khatam; 'seed-to-market' roadmap ke liye task force

13 April 2026: Raisen (MP) mein Unnat Krishi Mahotsav sampann; Chouhan ka task force, Gadkari ki Ring Road par sehmati.

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💹 Economy 📍 India

Labour Ministry ke Porter aur Gigin ke saath MoU, NCS portal par jobs badhane ke liye

13 April 2026: NCS portal ke liye Porter aur Gigin MoUs; Porter ka target 2030 tak 30 lakh+ opportunities.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Gujarat

President Murmu ne AIIMS Rajkot ke pehle convocation ko address kiya

13 April 2026: AIIMS Rajkot ka pehla batch graduate hua; President ne sickle cell anaemia jaise regional challenges par zor diya.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India

ANRF ka 'SARAL AI': research papers ko 18 Indian languages mein simple content banayega

13 April 2026: Jitendra Singh ne ANRF review kiya; SARAL AI aur MAHA mission-mode programmes.

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🏅 Sports 📍 India

India Bangkok 2026 World Archery Para Series mein 13 medals ke saath top par

13 April 2026: Mandaviya ne para archery team ko felicitate kiya — 13 medals (7 gold), medal table mein No. 1.

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