16 April 2026 Current Affairs

April 16, 2026

Daily Current Affairs One-Liners -16 April.

Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 (FoF 2.0) has been started by the Government of India with a corpus of ₹10,000 crore to enhance innovation, deep-tech startups, and the startup ecosystem.
The Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, one of the major infrastructure projects to improve connectivity and shorten traveling time, was launched by prime minister Narendra Modi.

During the visit of Kirti Vardhan Singh, India and Myanmar signed an MOU to build a school in Nay Pyi Taw, as part of ongoing development cooperation.
Doordarshan, which is a Prasar Bharati, collaborated with Indian Council for Cultural Relations to spread the Indian culture to the world through media and cultural exchange programs.
In March 2026, Sanju Samson was declared the ICC Men’s Player of the Month due to his impressive performances during T20 World Cup.
Amelia Kerr became the ICC Womens Player of the Month in March 2026 due to her all round excellence.
Bohag Bihu (Rongali Bihu) is being celebrated in Assam during 14-20 April 2026, the day of Assamese New Year and the spring.
The Bengali New Year, Pohela Boishakh, is on 15 April 2026 and the year 1526 of Bengali calendar.
Himachal Day is celebrated on 15 April to observe the establishment of Himachal Pradesh in 1948.
Asian Development Bank published its Asian Development Outlook (April 2026) report which mentioned challenges of West Asia conflicts to the economy resilience in the region.
Reserve Bank of India initiated a medium-term framework of strategy to 2026-2029, Utkarsh 2029, to set priorities in policy.
Another change is that RBI also released draft amendments to make amends to the identification framework of Upper Layer NBFCs under Scale-Based Regulation (SBR) system.
Paytm also launched biometric authentication of UPI payments and cardless withdrawals at ATM machines, thereby improving the security of transactions.
India and Mauritius signed several projects in an aid package of $680 million which boosts the bilateral relations.
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is elected to a sixth term, continuing his long rule.
Susan Coyle made history as the first woman to be the Australian Army leader in its 125-year history.
An Indian proposal was put forward by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, to create the Indian Institute of Public Administration as a nodal centre of building AI capacity among government officials.
NASA has successfully accomplished the Artemis II mission, and astronauts have returned safely to Earth after a historic voyage into the lunar orbit.
OpenAI has launched GPT 5.4 Cyber, a cyber-specific AI model that is intended to be used in advanced cybersecurity applications.
New missile launches were also done by North Korea, such as strategic cruise and anti ship missiles, which indicated the development of capabilities to strike with missiles by the navy.
Anthropic introduced Claude Mythos, a sophisticated AI that is used to detect the concealed vulnerabilities in the old software systems.
Asha Bhosle, the legendary playback singer, died at the age of 92 leaving behind a phenomenal