Daily Current Affairs – 10 April 2026

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Arundhati Choudhary of Kota has made Rajasthan proud as he has won a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championship at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She competed in the 70 kg category among women and won the competition beating the Kazakhstan athlete, Bakit Seidish, by a 4 -1 score. This is particularly noteworthy since Arundhati had also been a gold medalist at the World Boxing Championship last year in Noida. This win has made her the first boxer in Rajasthan to win...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi  to pay a visit to Balotra on 21 April to open the HPCL Integrated Refinery-cum-Petrochemical Complex at Pachpadra. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma added that this large project will enhance national and state energy security, as well as provide a new impetus to the development of the Rajasthan economy. Pachpadra refinery is particularly of much importance since it is being touted as the first integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical facility in the country. The project will have a refining capacity...

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The World Navkar Mahamantra Day was celebrated at Medicity Ground, Bhilwara on 9 April with Governor Haribhau Bagde in attendance. It was held by the Jain International Trade Organization and it dealt with the spiritual and social significance of the Navkar Mahamantra. The Governor mentioned that the Navkar Mahamantra did not serve as a praise of a single person, but it is an icon of the self-cleaning, belief and inner control within the Indian culture. He explained it as being...

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On 9 April 2026, the 8th National Nutrition Fortnight was initiated by Union Minister for Woman and Child Development Annapurna Devi. The campaign will focus on enhancing the levels of awareness with regard to nutrition, maternal health, child development and healthy lifestyle practices at the grassroots level. The campaign in the Anganwadi centres started with nutrition rallies, slogan writing, story telling and health and nutrition camps conducted on pregnant women and children. The programme is also concerned with identification of...