Punjab Police Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 29 Apr 2026

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on 29 April 2026 that India's Doppler Weather Radar network has grown from 14 units in 2014 to 50, covering over 87% of the country, with 50 more radars planned under Mission Mausam.
• Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on 29 April 2026 that India plans to add 62 vessels in FY 2026–27 with an investment of ₹51,383 crore, creating 2.85 million gross tonnage of additional capacity.

Tue, 28 Apr 2026

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on 28 April 2026, saying Operation Sindoor showed terrorism epicentres are no longer immune, and held bilaterals with Kyrgyz, Kazakh and Belarusian counterparts.
• The 10th India–Kenya Joint Trade Committee met in Nairobi on 27–28 April 2026, co-chaired by Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal, and noted bilateral trade of USD 4.31 billion in 2025–26, up 24.91% from USD 3.45 billion.
• The Narcotics Control Bureau on 28 April 2026 secured the return of wanted drug trafficker Mohammad Salim Dola from Türkiye under 'Operation Global-Hunt'; he was taken into custody on arrival at IGI Airport, New Delhi.
• India's Index of Industrial Production grew 4.1% year-on-year in March 2026, as per MoSPI's quick estimate released on 28 April 2026, with mining up 5.5%, manufacturing 4.3% and electricity 0.8%.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on 28 April 2026 announced that all sports-related intellectual property registrations — trademarks, copyrights, patents, designs, traditional knowledge and GIs — will be fee-exempt for three years, at World IP Day celebrations themed 'IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate!'.
• The fourth edition of the India–Sri Lanka bilateral diving exercise IN–SLN DIVEX was held at Colombo from 21 to 28 April 2026 with the Indian Navy's diving support and submarine rescue vessel INS Nireekshak, featuring deep-sea dives beyond 55 metres.
• The Ministry of Coal on 28 April 2026 signed Coal Mine Development and Production Agreements for four mines from the 14th round of commercial auctions — the first in India with embedded Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) provisions.

Mon, 27 Apr 2026

• India and New Zealand signed a Free Trade Agreement at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 27 April 2026, giving zero-duty access to 100% of India's exports, a USD 20 billion investment commitment and post-study work visas, while excluding dairy and key farm products.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs said on 27 April 2026 that online nominations for the Padma Awards 2027, which opened on 15 March 2026 on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal, will close on 31 July 2026; the awards were instituted in 1954.
• NITI Aayog on 27 April 2026 launched 'DPI@2047 for Viksit Bharat', a roadmap developed with EkStep Foundation and Deloitte that sets out DPI 2.0 (2025–2035) and DPI 3.0 (2035–2047) with eight sectoral transformations.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on 27 April 2026 released a consultation paper on 'Proliferation of Public Wi-Fi Networks in India', inviting comments by 25 May 2026 and counter-comments by 8 June 2026.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 27 April 2026 released an approach paper on compiling an Index of Service Production (ISP) for the formal sector, drawing on GST data, and invited stakeholder comments.

Sun, 26 Apr 2026

• Raghu Rai, one of India's foremost photojournalists and the first Indian photographer invited to join Magnum Photos in 1977 on the nomination of Henri Cartier-Bresson, died in Delhi on 26 April 2026 at the age of 83; Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled his death.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh on 26 April 2026 reviewed plans to set up space laboratories in universities and colleges, with seven labs in the first phase, as private investment in India's space sector crossed USD 600 million in five years and startups passed 400.
• In the 133rd episode of Mann Ki Baat on 26 April 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the criticality of the Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, said India's wind capacity has crossed 56 GW with India fourth in the world, and noted Beating Retreat music is now on WAVES OTT.
• The Indian Navy's sail training ship INS Sudarshini concluded a three-day port call at Las Palmas in Spain's Canary Islands on 26 April 2026 during its Lokayan 26 transoceanic expedition, and will next sail to Mindelo, Cape Verde, before crossing the Atlantic.
• The Agriculture Ministry on 26 April 2026 said the 2025–26 wheat crop, sown on about 33.4 million hectares, saw no major pest or disease and that an extra 0.6 million hectares of area should offset localised losses from February heat stress and hailstorms.
• Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR, INS Sunayna, with a multinational crew from 16 friendly foreign countries, arrived at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, on 26 April 2026 — its fourth port call of the deployment after Malé, Phuket and Jakarta.

Sat, 25 Apr 2026

• DPIIT issued operational guidelines on 25 April 2026 for the ₹10,000 crore Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0, to be deployed through SEBI-registered Category I and II AIFs, with SIDBI as the initial Implementation Agency.
• India met its all-time highest peak electricity demand of 256.1 GW at 15:38 hrs on 25 April 2026 without any shortage, surpassing the previous record of 250 GW set on 30 May 2024, the Ministry of Power said.
• Census 2027 will be India's first digital enumeration using mobile-based data collection, the 16th census overall and 8th since Independence, with caste enumeration and an outlay of ₹11,718.24 crore, a PIB backgrounder said on 25 April 2026.
• Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal released NITI Aayog's report 'Moving Towards Effective City Government – A Framework for Million-plus Cities' on 25 April 2026, recommending a directly elected Mayor with a fixed tenure and an empowered Mayor-in-Council.

Fri, 24 Apr 2026

• Project DANTAK of the Border Roads Organisation celebrated its 66th Raising Day at Thimphu on 24 April 2026, marking 65 years of work in Bhutan since its establishment in April 1961, during which it has built over 1,500 km of roads.
• The Cabinet Secretariat notified on 24 April 2026 the reconstitution of NITI Aayog, with Ashok Kumar Lahiri as Vice Chairperson and Rajiv Gauba, K. V. Raju, Gobardhan Das, Abhay Karandikar and M. Srinivas as full-time members; NITI Aayog was constituted by a Cabinet resolution of 1 January 2015.
• On National Panchayati Raj Day, 24 April 2026, marking 33 years of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 report for FY 2023-24, which cut indicators from 516 to 150 and covered 97.30% of Gram Panchayats.
• Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu released the second phase ranking (April 2026) of DGCA-approved Flying Training Organisations on 24 April 2026; the first phase was published on 1 October 2025.
• The National Statistics Office under MoSPI on 24 April 2026 proposed annual city-level statistical reports for 47 million-plus cities (as per Census 2011), based on PLFS and ASUSE data, and invited stakeholder comments.
• The Ministry of Mines said on 24 April 2026 that a ₹5,000 crore incentive for mining sector reforms has been included in the Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) for FY 2026-27, and that it has issued the operational guidelines as nodal ministry.