Current Affairs One-liners — 31 March 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Tue, 31 Mar 2026
- On 31 March 2026 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kaynes Technology semiconductor plant at Sanand, Gujarat, marking the start of production there.
- Malwan, the second of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 31 March 2026.
- The CBDT signed a record 219 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in FY 2025-26, taking the total since the programme began to 1,034.
- Shachi (Yard 1280), the first of 11 Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Indian Navy, was launched at Goa Shipyard Limited on 31 March 2026.
- On 31 March 2026 Iraq beat Bolivia 2-1 in Monterrey to become the 48th and final team to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia, Sweden, Türkiye and DR Congo also qualified, while Italy missed out.
- Following a Union Budget 2026-27 announcement, CBIC removed the ₹10 lakh per-consignment cap on courier exports with effect from 1 April 2026.
- Andhra Pradesh announced on 31 March 2026 that handloom weaver households get up to 200 units and powerloom units up to 500 units of free power a month from 1 April 2026.
- On 31 March 2026 the Ministry of Defence signed a contract of about ₹1,950 crore with BEL for two DRDO-designed Mountain Radars for the Indian Air Force.
- As of March 2026, India had issued 3,561 of the world's 6,311 Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance (IRCCs) under the Nagoya Protocol – over 56%.
- At the MP-UP Sahyog Sammelan in Varanasi on 31 March 2026, the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust and the Mahakaleshwar temple (Ujjain) signed an MoU, and the two states signed an MoU on ODOP products.
- On Mahavir Jayanti, 31 March 2026, PM Modi inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Sangrahalay, a Jain Heritage Museum at Koba Tirth in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- On 31 March 2026 President Droupadi Murmu addressed the convocation of Nalanda University at Rajgir, Bihar, where over half the graduates were international students.
- India beat Hong Kong 2-1 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, on 31 March 2026 in their last AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifier; Singapore topped Group C and qualified.