WBPSC WBCS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

• The two-day ninth edition of India Pharma 2026, organised by the Department of Pharmaceuticals with FICCI and IPA in New Delhi, concluded on 14 April 2026 with over 800 delegates, and identified funding, infrastructure and speed as the key enablers of pharmaceutical innovation.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026

• The India Meteorological Department's first-stage forecast on 13 April 2026 said the June–September 2026 southwest monsoon rainfall is most likely to be below normal, at 92% of the Long Period Average with a model error of ±5%.
• The Government notified the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 on 13 April 2026 with a corpus of ₹10,000 crore for commitments to Alternative Investment Funds backing deep tech, early growth-stage and innovative manufacturing startups, with SIDBI as the implementation agency.
• C-DAC Hyderabad and Reliance Foundation launched e-SafeHER on 13 April 2026, a cyber security awareness programme under MeitY's Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) programme that aims to reach one million women in rural India over three years.
• All India CPI inflation on base year 2024 was 3.40% (provisional) in March 2026, up from 3.21% in February, with rural inflation at 3.63% and urban at 3.11%, MoSPI said on 13 April 2026.
• The Ministry of Labour and Employment signed MoUs with Porter and Gigin Technologies on 13 April 2026 to expand job matching through the National Career Service portal; Porter targets over 30 lakh logistics and driving opportunities by 2030.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviewed the Anusandhan National Research Foundation on 13 April 2026, where it was informed that ANRF is developing 'SARAL AI' to convert research into simple social media content in 18 Indian languages and has launched 'MAHA' mission-mode programmes.
• Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated India's para archery contingent on 13 April 2026 after India topped the Bangkok 2026 World Archery Para Series medal table with 13 medals, 7 of them gold.

Sun, 12 Apr 2026

• Indian Railways sanctioned 100 projects worth ₹1.53 lakh crore covering over 6,000 km in FY 2025–26, the Ministry of Railways said on 12 April 2026, with Maharashtra getting the most projects.
• The Finance Ministry said on 12 April 2026 that the Department of Expenditure's letter of 9 January 2026 asking States to align their crop bonus policies with promoting pulses, oilseeds and millets was an advisory and not a directive.
• The Indian Army contingent departed on 12 April 2026 for the 7th edition of the India-Uzbekistan joint military Exercise DUSTLIK at Gurumsaray Field Training Area, Uzbekistan, from 12 to 25 April.
• The Tisza Party led by Péter Magyar won Hungary's parliamentary election held on 12 April 2026, ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule; Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Mr. Magyar.
• Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated a conference on transforming tribal lives through science and technology at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 12 April 2026, organised by DST with NECTAR and ITITI Doon Sanskriti School.
• Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the 69th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, on 12 April 2026; the drive has reached 28 lakh people since it began in December 2024.
• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports held a nationwide Nari Shakti Youth Parliament across 17 zones through the MY Bharat platform on 12 April 2026, with over 7,000 young women taking part.

Sat, 11 Apr 2026

• The Government launched the nationwide commemoration of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule's 200th birth anniversary on 11 April 2026, with floral tributes at Prerna Sthal in the Parliament House Complex offered for the first time.
• Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh said at the Seafood Exporters Meet 2026 in New Delhi that India's seafood exports grew from ₹62,000 crore last year to about ₹68,000 crore this year, driven largely by non-US markets.
• The India-flagged LPG vessel Jag Vikram, carrying about 20,400 MT of LPG, safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz, and over 2,009 Indian seafarers have been repatriated from the Gulf, the Government said on 11 April 2026.
• Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal met Bhutan's Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chandra Bahadur Gurung on 11 April 2026, the third day of his Bhutan visit, and was briefed on Gross National Happiness and the Gelephu Mindfulness City.
• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a virtual call with Saudi Commerce Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi on 11 April 2026, stressing supply chain continuity and hoping for early progress on the India-GCC FTA.
• The two-day World Homoeopathy Day 2026 convention organised by the Ministry of Ayush concluded at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 11 April 2026, with sessions on clinical evidence, regulation and the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy.

Fri, 10 Apr 2026

• The Ministry of Mines notified the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession (Third Amendment) Rules, 2026 on 10 April 2026, providing a method to publish the average sale price of haematite iron ore below the 45% Fe threshold, including BHQ and BHJ.
• Union Minister Manohar Lal attended the ceremony for the pour of concrete of the dam at the Punatsangchhu-I Hydropower Project in Bhutan on 10 April 2026, the second day of his visit.
• All user fee payments at National Highway fee plazas are processed only through FASTag or UPI from 10 April 2026, except in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, West Bengal and Puducherry, where the Model Code of Conduct is in force.
• NHAI and the Wildlife Institute of India released 'Landscapes Reconnected', a study documenting about 40,444 images of 18 wild species using animal underpasses on the Ganeshpur–Asharodi stretch of the Delhi–Dehradun Economic Corridor, the Ministry said on 10 April 2026.
• MoSPI released on 10 April 2026 a technical report of a pilot study estimating that 98.54 lakh households undertook own-account construction and 10.27 lakh unincorporated agencies were engaged in construction over a 365-day reference period.
• SĀDHANA Saptah 2026, the National Learning Week under Mission Karmayogi held from 2 to 10 April 2026, recorded over 3.18 crore course completions on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, nearly ten times the 2024 edition.
• Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the updated Constitution of India in Sindhi, in both Devanagari and Persian scripts, on Sindhi Bhasha Diwas, 10 April 2026.
• The Government approved 52 new applications under Round III of the PLI Scheme for Textiles, with committed investment of ₹6,708 crore and expected turnover of ₹21,186 crore, the Ministry of Textiles said on 10 April 2026.
• Indian Navy frigate INS Trikand concluded its port call at Mombasa, Kenya, on 10 April 2026, during which INSAS rifles and ammunition were handed over to the Kenya Navy.