April 2026 (3rd Week) Current affairs Practice Questions

From document: Governor can suspend or commute death sentence but CANNOT pardon it (President’s power under Article 72). Governor lacks power to pardon court martial sentences. Powers: pardon, commutation, remission, respite, reprieve for state law offences.

From document: Delimitation Commission typically consists of 3 members – Chairperson: retired/serving SC Judge, Ex-officio: CEC, Ex-officio: State Election Commissioner. Appointed by President to redraw Lok Sabha/Assembly boundaries based on census.

From document: Historic 10-day flight, first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis program, first humans toward Moon since 1972.

From document: Jeremy Hansen representing Canadian Space Agency, first non-US citizen to fly to Moon.

From document: NDCs are national climate action plans required by every country that signed Paris Agreement. Outline specific commitments.

From document: Mentioned as driver for NDC implementation alongside PM Surya Ghar. Aims for green hydrogen production.

From document: 10 years from FY 2026-27 to FY 2035-36.

From document: 4% target first introduced in 2016, continued in 2021, now extended to 2031.

From 1 April CA: MAATI-9 festival, theme Maati (soil), celebrates bond with ancestral roots.

From 1 April CA: Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing under Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

From 1 April CA: Verification gap, debris tracking limitations, information asymmetry, outdated legal assumptions, regulatory forum shopping.

From 1 April CA: Article VI makes states internationally responsible for national activities in space, including private entities.

From 8 April CA: 170 deaths in 2025-26. Sattankulam verdict classified custodial torture as rare crime.

From 10 April CA: 29.5% Gross Enrollment Ratio, low vs global ~40%.

From 7 April CA: Shifts gender identity determination from self-identification to institutional oversight, risking autonomy. Critics say reverses NALSA 2014 judgment.