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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 23 APRIL 2026 🔆 NATIONAL 📍 TDIP Scheme Revised ✅ Technology Development & Investment Promotion (TDIP) scheme launched (2026–2031) ✅ Outlay: ₹203 crore ✅ Focus: telecom innovation, 5G Advanced & 6G development ✅ Aim: strengthen India’s global telecom standardisation role 📍 Online Gaming Rules Notified ✅ Under Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act (PROGA), 2025 ✅ New body: Online Gaming Authority of India (OGAI) ✅ Focus: player safety, transparency and responsible gaming ✅ E-sports require mandatory registration ✅ Grievance redressal mechanism mandatory 📍 ATF Norms Revised for Cleaner Fuels ✅ Govt allows blending of Aviation Turbine Fuel with synthetic fuels ✅ Promotes Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) ✅ Helps reduce emissions and supports biofuel strategy 📍 VM Frames Filmmaking Competition ✅ Launched by Ministry of Culture ✅ Marks 150 years of Vande Mataram ✅ Prize pool up to ₹50 lakh ✅ Aim: promote cultural heritage and creative storytelling 📍 New Sugar Policy Proposal ✅ Minimum distance between sugar mills increased 15 km → 25 km ✅ Addresses overcapacity and changing consumption trends ✅ Large Khandsari units (>500 TPD) brought under stricter norms 📍 Methane Emission Concern ✅ Indian landfill sites among top global methane emitters ✅ Methane = second-largest contributor to global warming after CO₂ ✅ Highly potent greenhouse gas despite shorter atmospheric life 🔆 INTERNATIONAL 📍 UK Tobacco Ban Bill ✅ United Kingdom passes Tobacco and Vapes Bill ✅ People born after Jan 1, 2009 can never legally buy tobacco ✅ Aim: create a “smoke-free generation” 🔆 SPORTS 📍 World Para Athletics Championships 2027 ✅ Host city: Tashkent (Uzbekistan) ✅ First time event hosted in Central Asia ✅ Reflects expansion of global para-sports 🔆 SCHEMES 📍 Atal Pension Yojana Milestone ✅ Atal Pension Yojana crosses 9 crore enrolments ✅ Target: unorganised sector workers ✅ Guaranteed pension: ₹1,000–₹5,000/month after 60 years 🔆 RANKS & REPORTs 📍 UNESCO Report on Heritage Sites ✅ UNESCO report: ~90% sites under environmental stress ✅ 98% sites affected by climate change ✅ Major threats: wildfires, glacier loss, invasive species ✅ Indian sites at risk: Sundarbans, Western Ghats, Konark, etc. 🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS 📍 India International Water Week 2026 ✅ Organised by Ministry of Jal Shakti ✅ Theme: Climate Resilient Water Management ✅ Venue: Bharat Mandapam (Sept 22–26, 2026) ✅ Target: sustainable water practices and global collaboration 🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 📍 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ✅ Developed by NASA ✅ Expected launch: 2026 ✅ Field of view: 100× Hubble, faster surveys ✅ Objective: study dark energy, dark matter & map universe 📍 Curiosity Rover Discovery ✅ NASA’s Curiosity rover detects new organic molecules on Mars ✅ Molecules are precursors to DNA & RNA ✅ Strengthens possibility of past microbial life 🔆 ENVIRONMENT 📍 India Wind Energy Update ✅ India adds 6+ GW wind capacity in FY26 (highest ever) ✅ Total capacity: 56+ GW ✅ Target: 100 GW by 2030 ✅ India ranks 4th globally 📍 New Ramsar Site ✅ Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary declared India’s 99th Ramsar Site ✅ Important for migratory birds under Central Asian Flyway 📍 Salween River Pollution ✅ Arsenic contamination due to mining in Myanmar ✅ River flows through China, Myanmar, Thailand ✅ Second longest river in Southeast Asia #CurrentAffairs Join https://t.me/CurrentAffairs_ONLY

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🔆 LIC Launches New Mobile Apps 📍 Life Insurance Corporation of India has launched two new apps: ✅ MyLIC – for policyholders ✅ Super Sales Saathi – for agents/intermediaries 📍 Key Features of MyLIC ✅ Premium payment and policy renewal ✅ Real-time tracking of policy benefits ✅ Claims support and policy documentation ✅ Revival of lapsed policies online ✅ Paperless policy loans and e-KYC ✅ Single digital platform for all policy services 📍 Key Features of Super Sales Saathi ✅ AI-based customer insights and sales nudges ✅ Digital sales kits and marketing support ✅ Real-time policy status tracking ✅ Performance dashboard for agents ✅ Helps monitor targets and achievements 📍 Both apps are built on LIC’s DIVE platform (Digital Innovation & Value Enhancement), aimed at seamless and paperless insurance services. 📍 Significance ✅ Reduces paperwork and improves service efficiency ✅ Strengthens LIC’s digital ecosystem for over 26 crore policyholders ✅ Promotes faster, transparent and data-driven insurance services #GS3 #DigitalIndia #economy

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🔆 IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Programme 📍 Why in News? The IndiaAI Mission has selected 10 Indian AI startups for the second cohort of the IndiaAI Startups Global Acceleration Programme. 📍 About the Programme ▪️ It is an initiative to provide Indian AI startups with global market access and international business opportunities. ▪️ The programme aims to support startups through: ✅ World-class mentorship ✅ Investor connections ✅ Business expansion in European markets 📍 Nodal Ministry ✅ Initiated by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Startup Financing Pillar of the IndiaAI Mission. 📍 Collaboration Partners ▪️ Conducted in partnership with: ✅ Station F – the world’s largest startup campus ✅ HEC Paris – one of Europe’s leading business schools 📍 Objectives ✅ Promote cross-border knowledge exchange ✅ Expose Indian startups to advanced entrepreneurial ecosystems ✅ Support global market integration of Indian AI innovations ✅ Align with India’s National AI Strategy 📍 Key Features ▪️ Each cohort selects 10 Indian AI startups. ▪️ Startups receive: ✅ Technical expertise ✅ Strategic connections ✅ Global scaling support ▪️ The second cohort includes startups working in: ▪️ HealthTech ▪️ ClimateTech ▪️ EdTech ▪️ Satellite Intelligence ▪️ Cognitive AI 📍 Selected Startups – Cohort II ✅ AI Health Highway India Private Limited ✅ Awiros ✅ Cognecto ✅ Flaunt ✅ GreenFi.ai Climateforce Technologies Private Limited ✅ Infiheal Healthtech Private Limited ✅ InLustro Learning Private Limited ✅ PredCo ✅ SkyServe Hyspace Technologies Private Limited ✅ TestAIng Solutions Private Limited 📍 Programme Structure ▪️ 3-week online preparation module ▪️ Followed by a 3-month immersive residency in Paris, France. 📍 Significance ✅ Strengthens India’s AI startup ecosystem ✅ Enhances India’s presence in global AI markets ✅ Encourages innovation, entrepreneurship and international collaboration #goverment_schemes Join https://t.me/PIB_UPSC https://t.me/upsc_government_scheme

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🔆 Place in News: Scarborough Shoal 📍 Why in News? China has deployed ships near Scarborough Shoal to block access in the disputed South China Sea region, escalating tensions with the Philippines. 📍 About Scarborough Shoal ▪️ Scarborough Shoal is a disputed atoll in the South China Sea claimed by both: ✅ China ✅ Philippines ▪️ It lies west of the Philippine island of Luzon and is known in: ✅ China as Huangyan Dao ✅ Philippines as Bajo de Masinloc or Panatag Shoal 📍 Key Features ▪️ It is a triangular chain of reefs and rocks enclosing a shallow lagoon. ▪️ Though mostly submerged, several rocks remain above water during high tide. ▪️ It is located in the northeastern part of the South China Sea. 📍 Strategic Importance ✅ Situated along major international sea lanes carrying a large share of global trade. ✅ Rich fishing grounds make it economically important. ✅ The surrounding seabed is believed to contain oil and natural gas reserves. ✅ Control over the shoal strengthens strategic influence in the South China Sea. 📍 Background of the Dispute ▪️ China claims the shoal under its “Nine-Dash Line” claim in the South China Sea. ▪️ The Philippines claims it lies within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). ▪️ In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favour of the Philippines and rejected China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea. China, however, did not accept the ruling. 📍 Other Disputed Areas in the South China Sea ✅ Paracel Islands ✅ Spratly Islands #GS2 #InternationalRelations #places_in_news

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✅ Aim: train cadets in cyber awareness, digital hygiene and cyber defence skills ✅ Supports Digital India and National Skills Qualification Framework 🔆 STATES 📍 Gaganyaan Mission ✅ India’s human spaceflight programme led by ISRO ✅ Aim: send Indian astronauts to Low Earth Orbit and bring them back safely ✅ India will become 4th country after US, Russia and China to send humans into space ✅ ISRO also plans to build India’s own space station by 2028 🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS 📍 107th Anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ✅ Nation observes 107th anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on 13 April ✅ British troops fired on unarmed civilians gathered in Amritsar in 1919 ✅ Incident occurred in backdrop of the Rowlatt Act, 1919 ✅ Rowlatt Act allowed arrest without trial and detention up to 2 years 📍 136th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar ✅ Nation celebrates 136th birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar on 14 April ✅ Born on 14 April 1891 ✅ Known as chief architect of Indian Constitution ✅ Awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1990 📍 Siachen Day ✅ Siachen Day observed on 13 April ✅ Marks launch of Operation Meghdoot in 1984 ✅ Indian Army and Indian Air Force pay tribute to soldiers guarding Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield 🔆 SPORTS 📍 Sawan Barwal Breaks 47-Year-Old Marathon Record ✅ Sawan Barwal breaks India’s oldest national athletics record at Rotterdam Marathon 2026 ✅ Timing: 2:11:58 ✅ Breaks 47-year-old record of Shivnath Singh set in 1978 ✅ Sawan Barwal finished 20th in his debut marathon #CurrentAffairs

🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 14 APRIL 2026 🔆 INTERNATIONAL 📍 UK Pauses Transfer of Chagos Islands ✅ United Kingdom pauses plan to transfer sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius ✅ Decision taken after opposition from United States ✅ US President Donald Trump criticised transfer, citing strategic concerns 📍 About Chagos Islands ✅ Located in central Indian Ocean, south of Maldives ✅ Includes strategically important island Diego Garcia ✅ Diego Garcia hosts major joint UK–US military base ✅ Under proposed 2025 deal, UK would lease Diego Garcia back for 99 years after transfer to Mauritius 📍 ICJ Advisory Opinion ✅ International Court of Justice in 2019 asked UK to unconditionally withdraw from Chagos Islands and supported Mauritius’ claim 🔆 NATIONAL 📍 Project Cheetah Achieves Major Milestone ✅ Female cheetah Nirva gives birth to 4 cubs at Kuno National Park ✅ These are first successful “Made in India” cheetah cubs under Project Cheetah ✅ Nirva was among cheetahs brought from Africa 📍 About Project Cheetah ✅ Launched in 2022 ✅ World’s first intercontinental large wild carnivore translocation project ✅ Works under Project Tiger 📍 Cheetah Imports So Far ✅ 8 cheetahs from Namibia in 2022 ✅ 12 cheetahs from South Africa in 2023 ✅ 9 cheetahs from Botswana in 2026 ✅ All released in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh ✅ Implemented by National Tiger Conservation Authority under Ministry of Environment 📍 Supreme Court Clarifies Right to Vote ✅ Supreme Court of India rules that right to vote and right to contest elections are not Fundamental Rights ✅ They are statutory rights created by laws of Parliament and State Legislatures ✅ Judgment delivered in case related to cooperative society elections in Rajasthan 📍 Key Points ✅ Right to vote allows participation in elections ✅ Right to contest can be restricted through eligibility conditions ✅ Neither is included under Part III of Constitution 📍 Patent Filings Rise to Historic High ✅ India records 1,43,729 patent applications in FY 2025–26 ✅ Increase of 30.2% over previous year ✅ India becomes world’s 6th largest patent filer ✅ More than 69% applications filed by domestic applicants 📍 Leading States ✅ Tamil Nadu ✅ Karnataka ✅ Maharashtra 📍 Patent Validity ✅ Patent: 20 years ✅ Trademark: 10 years ✅ Design: 10 years + extendable by 5 years ✅ Copyright: Lifetime of author + 60 years 📍 Retail Inflation Rises to 13-Month High ✅ India’s retail inflation rises to 3.4% in March 2026 from 3.2% in February ✅ Highest level in 13 months ✅ Main reasons: ➡ Rise in LPG prices ➡ Increase in vegetable prices ➡ West Asia conflict raising energy costs ✅ Food inflation rises to 3.87% in March from 3.47% in February 📍 Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 Notified ✅ Government notifies Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 with corpus of ₹10,000 crore ✅ Aim: boost capital flow to startups through Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) ✅ Priority sectors include deep tech, AI, robotics and advanced technologies ✅ Implemented by Small Industries Development Bank of India ✅ Guidelines issued by DPIIT 📍 e-SafeHER Cyber Security Programme ✅ Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Hyderabad and Reliance Foundation launch e-SafeHER programme ✅ Target: 1 million rural women ✅ Objective: promote cyber awareness and safe digital practices 📍 Key Feature ✅ Women will be trained as “Cyber Sakhis” ✅ Target: 1 million Cyber Sakhis by 2029 🔆 DEFENCE 📍 Indian Army Launches ‘Samudra Sahas’ ✅ Indian Army flags off its first blue-water sailing expedition “Samudra Sahas” from Marve ✅ Expedition is part of Regiment of Artillery bicentenary celebrations 📍 Expedition Details ✅ Total distance: 520 nautical miles ✅ Route: Mumbai → Vijaydurg → Goa → Mumbai ✅ Conducted in 4 legs using 21-foot Seabird class sailing boats ✅ Supported by Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard 📍 NCC Launches Cyber Security Capacity Programme ✅ National Cadet Corps partners with National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology ✅ Launches nationwide Cyber Security Capacity Building Programme for NCC cadets

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