Thursday, 30 April 2026

Daily Current Affairs

Today's exam-ready bundle for SSC, Banking, UPSC, Railway and Defence — bilingual headlines, key facts, mnemonics, exam-track MCQs and flashcards.

Today's PDFTake 10-Q QuizAll CA Tests
29 AprLatest bundle
Filter by examAll14SSC14Banking14UPSC14Defence14
Archive30 AprLatest29 Apr28 Apr27 Apr26 Apr25 Apr24 Apr22 Apr21 Apr20 Apr
All (14)Polity · 3International-relations · 3Society · 2Art-culture · 2Sci-tech · 2Economy · 1Defence · 1
SOCIETYMEDIUM PRIORITYTop story

MoSPI released the 27th edition of 'Women and Men in India 2025' in Bhubaneswar on 29 April 2026 — rural female LFPR jumped 37.5% to 45.9% (2022-2025) and women managers grew 102.54%.

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the 27th edition of its flagship publication 'Women and Men in India 2025: Selected Indicators and Data' at the National Deliberative Summit on 'Data for Development'…

30 April 2026
SSCBankingUPSCDefence
All 14 headlines at a glance
Tap to expand
  1. society· 2
    1. 01MoSPI released the 27th edition of 'Women and Men in India 2025' in Bhubaneswar on 29 April 2026 — rural female LFPR jumped 37.5% to 45.9% (2022-2025) and women managers grew 102.54%.SSCBankingUPSC
    2. 04NSO's 80th round household health survey records median OOPE of ₹11,285 per hospitalisation and rural outpatient utilisation in public facilities up from 28% (2014) to 35% (2025).SSCBankingUPSC
  2. polity· 3
    1. 02Ministry of Panchayati Raj released Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 on 24 April 2026 (National Panchayati Raj Day) — 2.59 lakh GPs graded, zero Achievers (A+), Tripura the top performer.SSCBankingUPSC
    2. 11Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, former Punjab & Haryana HC judge, appointed NCLT President for 5 years; Delhi HC closes plea against acting-president appointment as infructuous.SSCBankingUPSC
    3. 14Telangana appoints V. Hanumantha Rao Advisor for Backward Classes Welfare (MoS rank) and B. Shivadhar Reddy State Security Advisor (Chief Secretary rank, 3-year term).SSCBankingUPSC
  3. art-culture· 2
    1. 03Sacred Piprahwa relics of the Tathagata Buddha arrived in Leh on 29 April 2026 — first-ever domestic exposition tour, opens at Jivetsal on Buddha Purnima (1 May 2026) with Amit Shah attending.SSCBankingUPSC
    2. 06Gyan Bharatam Mission survey unearths a Tatya Tope 1857-revolt letter in Madhya Pradesh archives — part of GoI's Union Budget 2025-26 push to digitise over 1 crore manuscripts.SSCBankingUPSC
  4. economy· 1
    1. 05MoRTH issues draft Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2026 on 27 April — formally adding E85, E100, and B100 biodiesel for vehicle certification, after India met E20 in 2025.SSCBankingUPSC
  5. international-relations· 3
    1. 07India invokes the WTO Peace Clause for the 7th consecutive time — notifying $7.6 billion in rice subsidies above the 10% AoA ceiling under the Bali 2013 food-security mechanism.SSCBankingUPSC
    2. 09India deploys Aarogya Maitri portable healthcare in Jamaica — anchored on the BHISHM Cube modular medical system, under the HADR framework with NSCS-MEA coordination.SSCBankingUPSC
    3. 13Vietnam President To Lam to pay state visit to India from 5-7 May 2026 — coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.SSCBankingUPSC
  6. sci-tech· 2
    1. 08NISAR — the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite — maps Mexico City subsiding at over 2 cm/month in its first major science result, validating dual-band radar from orbit.SSCBankingUPSC
    2. 10NIOT to install a high-frequency (HF) radar at Karaikal, Puducherry — pairing with the Cuddalore station to monitor surface currents up to 200 km offshore for cyclone early warning.SSCBankingUPSC
  7. defence· 1
    1. 12DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat confirms readiness for Agni-VI ICBM development; LR-AShM hypersonic glide missile nears initial trials at the ANI Security Summit 2.0.SSCBankingUPSC

polity

· 3
POLITYMEDIUM

Ministry of Panchayati Raj released Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 on 24 April 2026 (National Panchayati Raj Day) — 2.59 lakh GPs graded, zero Achievers (A+), Tripura the top performer.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence
POLITYMEDIUM

Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, former Punjab & Haryana HC judge, appointed NCLT President for 5 years; Delhi HC closes plea against acting-president appointment as infructuous.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence
POLITYMEDIUM

Telangana appoints V. Hanumantha Rao Advisor for Backward Classes Welfare (MoS rank) and B. Shivadhar Reddy State Security Advisor (Chief Secretary rank, 3-year term).

SSCBankingUPSCDefence

art-culture

· 2
ART-CULTUREMEDIUM

Sacred Piprahwa relics of the Tathagata Buddha arrived in Leh on 29 April 2026 — first-ever domestic exposition tour, opens at Jivetsal on Buddha Purnima (1 May 2026) with Amit Shah attending.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence
ART-CULTUREMEDIUM

Gyan Bharatam Mission survey unearths a Tatya Tope 1857-revolt letter in Madhya Pradesh archives — part of GoI's Union Budget 2025-26 push to digitise over 1 crore manuscripts.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence

society

· 1
SOCIETYMEDIUM

NSO's 80th round household health survey records median OOPE of ₹11,285 per hospitalisation and rural outpatient utilisation in public facilities up from 28% (2014) to 35% (2025).

SSCBankingUPSCDefence

economy

· 1
ECONOMYMEDIUM

MoRTH issues draft Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2026 on 27 April — formally adding E85, E100, and B100 biodiesel for vehicle certification, after India met E20 in 2025.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence

international-relations

· 3
INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONSMEDIUM

India invokes the WTO Peace Clause for the 7th consecutive time — notifying $7.6 billion in rice subsidies above the 10% AoA ceiling under the Bali 2013 food-security mechanism.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence
INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONSMEDIUM

India deploys Aarogya Maitri portable healthcare in Jamaica — anchored on the BHISHM Cube modular medical system, under the HADR framework with NSCS-MEA coordination.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence
INTERNATIONAL-RELATIONSMEDIUM

Vietnam President To Lam to pay state visit to India from 5-7 May 2026 — coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence

sci-tech

· 2
SCI-TECHMEDIUM

NISAR — the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite — maps Mexico City subsiding at over 2 cm/month in its first major science result, validating dual-band radar from orbit.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence
SCI-TECHMEDIUM

NIOT to install a high-frequency (HF) radar at Karaikal, Puducherry — pairing with the Cuddalore station to monitor surface currents up to 200 km offshore for cyclone early warning.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence

defence

· 1
DEFENCEMEDIUM

DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat confirms readiness for Agni-VI ICBM development; LR-AShM hypersonic glide missile nears initial trials at the ANI Security Summit 2.0.

SSCBankingUPSCDefence