Current Affairs Quiz 24 April 2026

The Pakistan Football Federation stated it could not obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from relevant Pakistani authorities due to India-Pakistan diplomatic tensions following the 2025 Pahalgam terror attack.

The SAFF Women’s Championship 2026 is scheduled at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa, from May 25 to June 6, 2026.

ReNew Energy Global is investing ₹4,200 crore to build a 6.5 GW solar ingot-wafer manufacturing facility in Anakapalli district (near Visakhapatnam), Andhra Pradesh. CM N. Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone.

The correct solar manufacturing sequence is Polysilicon → Ingot (silicon block) → Wafer (thin slices) → Solar Cell → Solar Module (panel). ReNew’s facility covers the ingot and wafer steps.

NSO (National Statistics Office) under MoSPI (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) launched ASISSE in April 2026, the first-ever annual survey of incorporated services sector enterprises, covering ~1.21 lakh enterprises with FY 2024–25 as reference period.

The Manipur ethnic conflict since May 3, 2023 is primarily between the Meitei community (valley-based, ~53% of population) and the Kuki-Zo ethnic groups (hill-based, ~16%). The trigger was a High Court order directing the state to consider extending ST status to Meiteis.

The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution provides for Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) in tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram. The Fifth Schedule applies to tribal areas in other (non-NE) states.

IMD defines a heatwave on plains as temperature ≥40°C AND ≥4.5°C above normal. A severe heatwave is when departure is ≥6.4°C above normal. If actual temperature reaches ≥45°C, it qualifies regardless of departure from normal.

Ahmedabad developed India’s first city-level Heat Action Plan in 2013, following the deadly 2010 heatwave. It includes colour-coded alerts linked to IMD forecasts, pre-cooling of hospitals, cooling centres, and public awareness, and has been credited with reducing heat deaths by ~40%.

The CSE State of India’s Environment 2026 report notes that 7 of the 9 planetary boundaries have been breached globally, including climate change, biodiversity, land-system change, freshwater use, biogeochemical flows, novel entities, and aerosol loading.

Lantana camara now covers ~50% of India’s forest scrublands, suppressing native grasses that serve as prey habitat. This reduces prey availability for tigers, which then prey on cattle, increasing human-tiger conflict. It is listed as an invasive alien species by IUCN.

The “first 1,000 days” refers to the period from conception to a child’s second birthday, approximately 270 days of pregnancy plus 730 days (two years). This period is considered most critical for brain and physical development, and malnutrition during this window can have irreversible consequences.

Poshan Pakhwada is organised by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) under the POSHAN 2.0 framework. The 8th edition ran from April 9–23, 2026 with the theme “Maximising Brain Development in the First Six Years of Life.”

NFHS-5 (2019–21) found that 35.5% of children under 5 in India are stunted (low height-for-age, reflecting chronic malnutrition). The wasting rate (acute malnutrition) is 19.3%. India’s stunting rate remains among the highest in the world.

The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is a sub-confederation of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which is one of FIFA’s six continental confederations. SAFF covers eight South Asian nations.