April 2026 current affairs

May 03, 2026

Championship 2026: Gold – Sujeet Kalkal & Abhimanyu Mandwa (different weight categories).

Para archery gold (Bangkok): Payal Nag (defeated Sheetal Devi).

Youngest Indian to 4000 IPL runs: Shubman Gill .

ICC Men’s Player of the Month (March 2026): Sanju Samson .

Hockey India Annual Awards: Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime – Zafar Iqbal ; Baljit Singh Best Goalkeeper – Bichhu Devi ; Women’s Player of the Year – Navneet Kaur .

Abel Prize (Maths Nobel) 2026: Gregory Faltings from Germany .

First Indian woman to cycle to Everest Base Camp: Divya Singh (14 days).

First woman to travel to lunar orbit: Christina Koch (Artemis II).

Art, Culture & Literature

Sur Jyotsna National Music Award 2026: Sumitra Guha & Lakshman Krishna Rao .
Femina Miss India World 2026: Sadhvi Satish Selle (Goa).
Raja Ravi Varma painting “Yashoda & Krishna” sold for ₹167 crore.
Book “A Road Well Traveled”: Autobiography of A.K. Raghavan (ex-CBI).
Book “Unlikely Paradise”: Sanjay Raut .
Book “Sampurna Ram Tapasvi Raja”: Ashutosh Agnihotri .
Vikram Aditya Vedic clock installed in: Varanasi .
Asha Bhosle (92) passed away: Singer.
Yamaha Music India brand ambassador: A.R. Rahman .
North India’s first glass bridge: Ropar, Punjab .

Government Schemes & Policies

Naxal-free India target: 31 March 2026 .
Lakshpati Bitia Yojana (girls’ education): Delhi .
School Chale Hum Abhiyan (bicycles distributed): Madhya Pradesh .
Free electricity for handlooms (Andhra Pradesh): 200 units (handlooms); 500 units for power looms.
Vishwasutra (global promotion of Indian weaving): Launched by Textile Ministry.
Green Card system for Char Dham Yatra (driver certification).