Current Affairs One-liners — March 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 29 Mar 2026
- On 29 March 2026 Jannik Sinner beat Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 to win the Miami Open and become the first man to complete the Indian Wells–Miami 'Sunshine Double' without dropping a set.
- On 29 March 2026, on the sidelines of WTO MC14 in Yaoundé, Piyush Goyal met trade ministers of the EU, UK, Canada and New Zealand to review India's FTAs and trade talks.
- The IndiaSkills National Competition 2025–26 began in Greater Noida on 29 March 2026, with over 650 skilled youth competing in 63 skill categories.
- On 29 March 2026 the Paris city council elected Emmanuel Grégoire as Mayor of Paris with 103 votes, succeeding Anne Hidalgo.
- On 29 March 2026 PM Modi greeted people on the ongoing Madhavpur Mela in Porbandar, Gujarat, saying it reinforces the cultural bond between Gujarat and the Northeast.
- On 29 March 2026 Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan addressed the National Consultation 2026 on the Tele-Law initiative of the DISHA scheme, organised by the Ministry of Law and Justice in New Delhi.
- On 29 March 2026 MoS Durgadas Uikey inaugurated the Van Dhan Conclave, themed 'Sustainable Livelihoods for Tribal India', at the Bharat Tribes Fest 2026 at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi.
Sat, 28 Mar 2026
- On 28 March 2026 PM Modi inaugurated Phase I of the Noida International Airport at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, developed with an investment of around ₹11,200 crore, and laid the foundation stone of an MRO facility there.
- On 28 March 2026 Telangana CM A. Revanth Reddy launched 'Tholi Mudda', a breakfast scheme for Anganwadi children, and flagged off distribution of mobile phones to Anganwadi teachers.
- On 28 March 2026 world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to retain the Miami Open and become only the fifth woman to complete the Indian Wells–Miami 'Sunshine Double'.
- Vijaypat Singhania, who led the Raymond Group for two decades and held a world record for the highest hot-air balloon altitude, died in Mumbai on 28 March 2026 at the age of 87.
- On 28 March 2026 the government opened nominations for the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2026 on the awards.gov.in portal till 11 May 2026, in four categories including Vigyan Ratna.
- On 28 March 2026 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the first meeting of the Informal Group of Ministers set up to monitor the West Asia situation and its impact on India.
- On 28 March 2026 NHAI awarded KNR Constructions a ₹1,734 crore Hybrid Annuity Mode contract to four-lane the 80 km Gudebellur–Mahabubnagar section of NH-167, part of the Hyderabad–Panaji Economic Corridor.
- On 28 March 2026 Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan, a former Governor of Jharkhand, addressed the 15th Annual Convocation of IIM Ranchi.
- On 28 March 2026 WWF-India and the Environment Ministry marked the 20th anniversary of Earth Hour with awareness activities in Gwalior and a nationwide 8:30–9:30 pm switch-off.
- On 28 March 2026 C-DOT, the telecom R&D centre under DoT, signed an MoU with Delhi Police to deploy nine indigenous solutions including facial recognition, secure communication and cybersecurity tools.
- On 28 March 2026 NHAI awarded a ₹130.65 crore EPC contract for two flyovers and two underpasses at the 200 Feet Jaipur Bypass Junction on the Delhi–Jaipur–Ajmer stretch of NH-48.
Fri, 27 Mar 2026
- On 27 March 2026 Rastriya Swatantra Party leader and former Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah was sworn in as Nepal's 43rd Prime Minister by President Ramchandra Paudel; PM Modi congratulated him.
- On 27 March 2026 the Centre cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹10 per litre to offset oil companies' losses as crude rose from about $70 to $122 a barrel; retail prices were kept unchanged.
- On 27 March 2026 the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Rajnath Singh granted Acceptance of Necessity for proposals worth about ₹2.38 lakh crore for the Army, Air Force and Coast Guard.
- The PLFS Annual Report for calendar year 2025, released on 27 March 2026, put the usual-status unemployment rate at 3.1% and LFPR at 59.3%, with youth unemployment down to 9.9%.
- On 27 March 2026 MoS Jitin Prasada introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, proposing to amend 784 provisions of 79 Central Acts and decriminalise 717 of them.
- On 27 March 2026 the Indian Navy hosted the IONS Maritime Exercise (IMEX) TTX 2026 at Southern Naval Command, Kochi, with 12 countries, as India took over the IONS chairmanship for 2026–28.
- As of 31 December 2025, PLI schemes across 14 sectors had attracted investment of over ₹2.16 lakh crore, incremental production of ₹20.41 lakh crore and 14.39 lakh jobs, the government said on 27 March 2026.
- On 27 March 2026 the Centre said it had released over ₹592 crore of Fifteenth Finance Commission untied and tied grants to rural local bodies in Goa and Maharashtra.
- On 27 March 2026 Meghalaya became the twelfth state to sign a reform-linked MoU with the Centre under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, approved by the Union Cabinet on 10 March 2026.
- On 27 March 2026 the I&B Ministry released the TV Ratings Policy 2026, lowering the net-worth requirement for rating agencies from ₹20 crore to ₹5 crore and mandating larger samples and a dual audit.
- On Ram Navami, 27 March 2026, a beam of sunlight directed through mirrors and lenses formed the 'Surya Tilak' on Ram Lalla's forehead at noon in the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, Ayodhya; PM Modi witnessed it.