April 2026 Monthly Current Affairs Magazine (Telugu)

ReadingRoomz April 2026 Current Affairs Magazine (Telugu) | APPSC Exam Preparation

Are you preparing for APPSC Group-1, Group-2, DSC, or SI exams? The ReadingRoomz April 2026 Current Affairs Magazine is your all-in-one monthly companion designed to save time, boost revision speed, and sharpen your exam performance. Packed with structured summaries, key facts, exam notes, and 168 practice MCQs with a complete answer key, this magazine ensures you never miss a critical current event that could appear in your next exam.

What’s Inside?

International Current Affairs:

• Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez — Anti-War Stand on West Asia (U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict)
• India-Australia ECTA Completes 4 Years — Trade data and tariff highlights
• Artemis II — NASA’s First Crewed Mission Toward the Moon (launched April 1, 2026)
• India-South Korea State Visit — Key bilateral outcomes, IONS, ISA, GGGI
• India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement 2026 — Concluded in record 9 months
• UAE Exits OPEC — Impact on global oil prices
• Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant — Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant
• USA Returns 657 Trafficked Antiquities to India
• SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting | UNCLOS | UNESCO Chair on Gender Inclusion
• And more

National Current Affairs:

• Noida International Airport (Jewar) Inaugurated — Phase I
• Jan Dhan Darshak App — 99.92% Banking Village Coverage
• Nyaya Setu AI Chatbot and ‘Dishika’ Mascot — Justice access through AI
• Karnataka Anti-Honour Killing Bill, 2026
• Census 2027 — Phase I (Houselisting) begins April 1, 2026
• National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) — ‘Bharat Organics’ brand
• NCERT granted ‘Deemed to be University’ Status
• BSF — Reptiles proposed for Bangladesh Border
• ASISSE — India’s first Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector
• Major Hydropower Projects approved for Arunachal Pradesh
• Elephanta Island — 1,500-year-old stepped reservoir unearthed by ASI
• Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (USD 1.5 billion)
• Rajasthan Petrochemical Complex — India’s first greenfield integrated Refinery-cum-Petrochemical Complex
• Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) — Allocated to Reliance & Axis Energy in AP and Odisha
• India’s First Green Methanol Plant — Deendayal Port Authority, Kutch
• Great Nicobar Project, Ganga Expressway, Operation WHITE STRIKE
• And more

AP State Current Affairs (Special Focus):

• AP Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 — Amaravati as Sole Capital (Legal Status)
• South Coastal Railway Zone — India’s 18th Railway Zone, HQ Visakhapatnam
• Google’s $15 Billion AI Data Centre Hub — Visakhapatnam (Rambilli, Adavivaram, Tarluvada)
• India’s First Quantum Reference Facility — SRM University, Amaravati (World Quantum Day, April 14)
• Rs.4,200 Crore Solar Manufacturing Unit — ReNew Energy, Anakapalli
• Coastal Atmospheric Research Testbed (C-ART) — Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
• AP ranked 1st in Micro-Irrigation Nationally (3.15 lakh acres, 2025-26)
• AP Ranked 4th in Renewable Energy Potential — Energy Statistics India 2026
• AP Panchayat Raj Department Wins Deendayal Upadhyay National Awards (2nd consecutive year)
• AP Introduces QR Code System on Rice Bags — India’s first
• AP to host International Dragon Boat League (IDBL) 2026 — Rajamahendravaram
• Former AP CM Nadendla Bhaskara Rao — Passes away; role in Anti-Defection Law
• Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 — AP Top Performers
• Hope Island, Dutch Armoury (Machilipatnam), New Railway Lines (Rajahmundry–Visakhapatnam)
• ‘Yenki Paatalu’ by Nanduri Venkata Subba Rao — a landmark in Telugu poetry
• And more

Polity & Governance:

• CAPF (సాధారణ పరిపాలన) బిల్లు, 2026
• Delimitation of Constituencies — Article 81 and 84th Amendment; ‘DemPer’ Principle
• Supreme Court on Right to Die with Dignity — Article 21 (Harish Rana case, 2026)
• విదేశీ విరాళాల నియంత్రణ (సవరణ) బిల్లు, 2026
• Parliamentary Session Closures — Adjournment, Prorogation, Dissolution (clear comparison table)
• PM Modi — India’s Longest-Serving Elected Leader
• Constitution in Sindhi Language — Now in all 22 Eighth Schedule languages
• Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026 — Defeated in Lok Sabha
• Anti-Defection Law — AAP MPs join BJP; Tenth Schedule explained
• Online Gaming Rules, 2026 | Mooshahary Committee on Police Reforms

Economy:

• FATF Report — India’s Action on Offshore Crypto Fraud
• Income-Tax Act, 2025 — In force from April 1, 2026 (replaces 1961 Act)
• India’s Defence Exports — All-Time High Rs.38,424 crore (62.66% growth)
• India’s Seafood Exports Cross Rs.62,000 Crore
• World Bank Revises India’s Growth to 6.6% for FY27
• RBI Cancels Paytm Payments Bank Licence
• UPI Completes 10 Years — 24,162 crore transactions in FY26; 85% of India’s digital payments
• 16th Finance Commission — SDRF and Disaster Risk Index
• Currency Swap — Maldives; Sacrifice Ratio explained

Science & Technology:

• India’s First Dengue Vaccine — ‘Qdenga’ (TAK-003) Approved
• PFBR Achieves First Criticality — Kalpakkam; India’s 3-Stage Nuclear Programme explained
• Frog-Inspired Neuromorphic Sensor — JNCASR
• Aluminium as Alternative to Transition Metal Catalysts
• River Metal Pollution — Children at Higher Risk (Betwa-Yamuna confluence study)
• Anthropic’s ‘Claude Mythos’ — Restricted AI model for cybersecurity
• Cold Spark Technology; Smart Washbasins (IR sensor technology)

Environment:

• New Butterfly Species — Euthalia zubeengargi, Arunachal Pradesh
• ‘Bhavasagara’ — India’s National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna, CMLRE Kochi
• WII Opposes Airport near Chilika Lake (Ramsar Site)
• India as Cradle of Jamun (Syzygium) Evolution — fossil evidence from Kasauli
• Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary — India’s 99th Ramsar Site, Aligarh, UP

Defence:

• INS Aridhaman (S4) — India’s Third Nuclear Submarine (SSBN); Nuclear Triad complete
• INS Agray, INS Dunagiri (Project 17A), INS Sanshodhak, NGOPV ‘Shachi’, INS Malwan, INS Mahendragiri
• IONS Maritime Exercise (IMEX) TTX 2026 — India chairs IONS 2026-2028
• Military Exercises: Cyclone-IV (India-Egypt), DUSTLIK-VII (India-Uzbekistan), IN-SLN DIVEX 2026 (India-Sri Lanka), NASM-SR Salvo Launch
• IAF Activates Emergency Landing Facility on Purvanchal Expressway (day & night)

Schemes & Programmes:

• Revised PM E-DRIVE Scheme (Rs.10,900 crore)
• PM-UDAY Scheme — 1,511 Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi Regularised
• PMMY 11 Years — Rs.40.07 lakh crore disbursed across 57.79 crore loans
• Womaniya (GeM) 2025-26 — Rs.28,000 crore contract value
• PMGSY-III Extended to March 2028 (Rs.83,977 crore)
• అటల్ పెన్షన్ యోజన 9 కోట్ల చందాదారులను దాటింది
• Samriddhi Gram Initiative (BharatNet) — WSIS Prizes 2026

Awards & Ranks:

• Laureus World Sports Awards 2026 — Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, Indian Women’s Cricket Team
• India Ranks 3rd Globally in Renewable Energy Installed Capacity (250 GW total; surpassing Brazil)
• APCO Wins SKOCH Award 2025

Reports:

• ISSAR 2025 — Indian Space Situational Assessment Report
• NSS 80th Round Health Survey 2025 — Health insurance, institutional deliveries
• Women and Men in India 2025 — Sex ratio, women LFPR, managerial roles
• Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 Report 2023-24
• National Household Survey 2024 — Textiles (Rs.14.95 lakh crore market)
• NITI Aayog Women Credit Report — ‘From Borrowers to Builders’

Important Days — April 2026:

• World Health Day (April 7), World Homoeopathy Day (April 10), World Parkinson’s Day (April 11), Mahatma Jyotirao Phule 200th Birth Anniversary (April 11), World Quantum Day (April 14), World Heritage Day (April 18), World Earth Day (April 22), National Panchayati Raj Day (April 24), UPI 10 Years (April 11)

Persons in News & Obituaries:

• Tô Lâm — Vietnam President; Ashok Kumar Lahiri — NITI Aayog Vice-Chairperson; K.C. Venugopal — PAC Chairman; Asha Bhosle (Obituary); Raghu Rai (Obituary); C.D. Gopinath (Obituary)
• Mahatma Jyotirao Phule — 200th Birth Anniversary profile

Sports:

• IBSF World Billiards Championship 2026 — Sourav Kothari wins
• లారియస్ పురస్కారాలు 2026
• C.D. Gopinath — India’s oldest Test cricketer passes away

Books & Festivals:

• ‘Tides of Time’ by Sudha Murty — Bharat’s History through Parliament Murals
• Thrissur Pooram Festival — History and significance
• Kondapalli Bommala Panduga — 400-year-old traditional craft of AP

168 MCQs + Complete Answer Key

Consolidated practice questions covering all sections — ideal for last-minute revision and self-assessment.

Why ReadingRoomz?

• Designed in alignment with the APPSC examination pattern
• Special emphasis on Andhra Pradesh state affairs
• Facilitates easy revision by highlighting key topics and structured notes
• Enables self-assessment through MCQs with a full answer key
• Clear, exam-focused language — no fluff, only what matters

Who is it useful for?

• APPSC Group-1 Aspirants
• APPSC Group-2 Aspirants
• AP DSC & TET (Teacher Recruitment) Aspirants
• AP SI (Sub-Inspector) Aspirants
• AP Police Constable Aspirants
• Aspirants of other APPSC competitive exams

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