21 April 2026 Current Affairs

April 21, 2026

Daily Current Affairs One Liners 21 April 2026.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has unveiled the creation of Vikram Sodhi Centre of Excellence, a project that will see the development of Artificial Intelligence applications in geological and mining systems with a special fund.
An example that demonstrates that water management practices can be adopted in the railway business in a sustainable manner is the Kankaria Coaching Depot in Ahmedabad, which has become water-neutral.

In India, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has established the Artificial Intelligence Governance and Economic Group (AIGEG), to act as a primary coordinating agency in terms of AI policy and governance.
To make the parliamentary proceedings to flow smoothly, the Rajya Sabha Secretary-General P. C. Mody declared the reconstitution of the Panel of Vice-Chairpersons.
The first BRICS Health Working Group meeting in 2026 was chaired by Punaya Salila Srivastava, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in New Delhi.
In recognition of his contributions to the field of biodiversity and environmental protection, botanist Alim Yusuf received the WWF National Award at the ECHO Youth Innovation Summit 2026.
Odisha government has entered into a MoU with the National Centre of Coastal Research to adopt the Marine Spatial Planning as part of the Indo-Norway Ocean Management programme.
International Cricket Council initiated the first Women T2I Challenge Trophy in Rwanda, Kigali, to popularize Women cricket in the emerging countries.
National Civil Services Day is celebrated on 21 April in honour of the civil servants in the government and the delivery of services to people.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has revised the list of the authorised banks which are allowed to transact with the imports of gold and silver.
National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development published its survey on rural economy and rural sentiments of March 2026.
The World Bank offered a 225 million loan to fund the Rajasthan Highway Modernisation Project.
Reserve bank of India also issued new Master directions to make the exchange of notes and coins in the country easier.
The arrival of four cheetahs, two of South African origin, in the Bannerghatta Biological Park enhanced conservation activities.
Diving Support Craft (DSC) project, DSC A 23, was commissioned in Titagarh, West Bengal, improving the naval operation support.
Australia and Japan entered into a big defence contract worth 7 billion dollars of advanced stealth warships.
India and China had started bilateral consultations through the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation which showed a slow improvement in the field of diplomatic interaction.
Dinesh Trivedi has been appointed by the Government of India as the High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
NASA has indicated that in 2028, SpaceX will launch the Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars with the Falcon Heavy rocket.
JSW steel has endorsed a joint venture with POSCO to build a huge combined steel facility in Odisha.
Oscar Schmidt, one of the legendary Brazilian basketball players died at the age of 68 leaving behind a great