DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE SFDR TECHNOLOGY IN ODISHA

* ON 3RD FEBRUARY 2026, DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE DEMONSTRATED OF ITS SOLID FUEL DUCTED RAMJET ( SFDR) TECHNOLOGY FROM INTEGRATED TEST RANGE (ITR), CHANDIPUR, BALASORE ODISHA.

* LONG RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE 

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SOLDIER OF HUMANITY AWARD 2025

* GYALYUM ASHI DORJI WANGMO WANGCHUK, THE QUEEN MOTHER OF BHUTAN CONFERRED THE 22ND UPENDERANATH BRAHMA ( SOLDIER OF HUMANITY) AWARDS 2025 

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PRESIDENT ELECTION IN COSTA RICA

* CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE LAURA FERNANDEZ WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN COSTA RICA 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3RD FEBRUARY 2026

1) Senior Odisha Congress Leader Sushila Tiriya Passed Away.

2) India's Prithvi Sekhar Finishes As Runners Up At AUSTRALIA Open Deaf Tennis Slam 2026 

3) Rear Admiral Upal Kundu, Has Assumed As The Flag Officer Commanding Tamilnadu And Puducherry Naval Area.

4) Nodirbek Abdusattorov Winner Of Tata Steel Chess Master 2026 

5) Shri Jose VJ Assumed As The Additional Charge As Chairman And Managing Director Of Cochin shipyard limited (CSL).

6) 14 Years Old German IM Christian Gloeckler Wins Tata Steel Chess Qualifiers 2026 

7) Mohammed Elshorbagy Wins Men's Single At Squash On Fire Open 2026 Championships.

8) Miss Rupa Bayor Honoured As The Best Taekwondo Poomsae Player Of The Year At 2026 india Taekwondo Gala Awards.

9) Smooth Coated otters Has Listed As Vulnerable By IUCN.

10) Sanath Kumar N Has Appointed As The Director Of Nandankanan ZOOLOGICAL Park.

11) GMCH Unveiled The Made In Assam Robotics Surgery Equipment.

12) Tibetan Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama Wins The Grammy Award For Music Audio Book 

13) Indian Origin Vandi Verma, Scientist At NASA Who Was AI Planned Rover Drive On MARS.

14) Bajaj Life Insurance Has Launched The BSE 500 Quality 50 Index Fund Under ULIPs 

15) Laura Fernandez Wins The Presidential Election In Costa Rica.

16) Haryana Thunders Wins The Pro Wrestling League 2026 After Beating Delhi Dangal Warriors.

17) Department Of Chemical Science, IISER KOLKATA Ranked One In Nature Index Ranking.

18) Hae Kyong HK Yu Has Been Appointed As Vice President Of ASIAN Development Bank.

19) Odisha Gets Rs 10,928 Crores Allocation For Railway BUDGET.

2021-22 - 6471 Crores 

2022-23 - 9734 Crores 

2023-24 - 10,012 Crores 

2024-25 - 10,586 Crores 

2025-26 - 10,599 Crores 

2026-27 - 10,928 Crores 

20) The 13th Edition Of The Joint Military Exercise KHANJAR Between India And Kyrgyzstan Set To Conducted At Misamari, Assam On 4th To 17th February 2026 

21) Zydus Life sciences HONOURS With The VATAVRUKSHA Award.

22) Nagma Mohammed Mallick Has Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Marshal Island.

23) Kabak Yano, From Arunachal Pradesh Climbed The Mount Aconcagua, ( Highest Peak Of South America)

24) 1989 Batch IPS OFFICER P V Ramasastry Has Been Appointed As The Member Of The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ( NCRC) For Next 5 Years. 

25) State Wise GST COLLECTION IN JANUARY 2026 

Maharshtra With 17,747 Crores 

Gujarat With 7742 Crores 

Karnataka With 7684. Crores 

Uttar Pradesh With 7451 Crores 

Tamilnadu With 6618 Crores 

Haryana With 4663 Crores 

West Bengal With 4440 Crores 

Telengana With 4261 Crores 

Rajasthan With 4182 Crores 

Delhi With 3402. Crores 

Andhra Pradesh With 3073 Crores 

NEW MINIRATNA CATEGORY -1 STATUS

* YANTRA INDIA LIMITED ( YIL) HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS THE MINIRATNA CATEGORY -1 STATUS BY DEFENCE MINISTRY.

CRAFOORD PRIZE 2026

* OCEANOGRAPHY CLIMATE SCIENTIST VEERABHADRAN RAMANATHAN RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS CRAFOORD PRIZE 2026 

* HIS GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH ON SUPER POLLUTANTS AND ATMOSPHERIC BROWN CLOUDS 

68th GRAMMY AWARDS 2026

* ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Bad Bunny 

* RECORD OF THE YEAR - Kendrick Lamar & SZA 

* SONG OF THE YEAR - Billie Eilish ( WIND FLOWER) 

* BEST NEW ARTIST - Olivia Dean 

* BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM - Lady Gaga ( Mayhem) 

* BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM - Lady Gaga 

* BEST RAP ALBUMS- LINKIN PARK 

* BEST R & B ALBUM - Leon Thomas ( MUTT) 

* DALAI LAMA - FOR ALBUM ( Meditation: The Reflection OF His Holiness) 

* BEST AUDIOBOOK/ NARRATION - The Reflection 

* BEST SONG WRITTEN - K-POP ( Demon Hunters) 

* KENDRICK LAMAR WINS 5 GRAMMY AWARD 

* BEST TRADITIONAL POP- LAUFEY ( For A Matter Of Time) 

* BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE - Messy ( Lola Young) 

* BEST RAP ALBUM - GNX 

* BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE - Bad Bunny ( Eoo) 

* BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Anxiety 

SQUASH ON FIRE OPEN 2026 ( WOMEN'S TITLE)

* ANAHAT SINGH WON THE SQUASH ON FIRE OPEN 2026  CHAMPIONSHIPS ( FIRST WORLD EVENT) 

AUSTRALIA OPEN 2026 ( BOYS & GIRLS)

BOYS SINGLE - ZIGA SESKO

GIRLS SINGLE - KSENIA EFREMOVA 

BOYS DOUBLES - CONNOR DOIG & DIMITAR KISIMOV 

GIRLS DOUBLE - ALENA KOVACKOVA & JANA KOVACKOVA 

TENNIS EVENTS IN JANUARY 2026

BENGALURU OPEN 2026 - 

 MEN'S SINGLE - PETRO MARTINEZ 

MEN'S DOUBLES - NICOLAS BARRIENTOS & BENJAMIN KITTAY 

* ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL 2026 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - T MACHAC 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - M ANDREEVA ( HER FIRST ADELAIDE TITLE)!

MEN'S DOUBLES - H HELIOVAARA & H PATTEN 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - S ZHANG & K SINIAOVA 

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BADMINTON EVENTS IN JANUARY 2026

MALAYSIA OPEN 2026 ( BADMINTON S 1000 EVENT) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Kunlavut Vitidsarn 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se YOUNG 

MEN'S DOUBLES - Kim Won Ho & Tan Ning 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning 

MIXED DOUBLES - Feng Yanzhe & Huang Dongping 

* INDIA OPEN S 750 2026 ( BADMINTON) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - Lin Chun Yi 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se YOUNG 

MEN'S DOUBLES - LIANG WEIKANG & WANG CHANG 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning 

MIXED DOUBLES -: DECHAPOL PUAVARANKROH & SUPISSARA PAEWSAMPRAN 

INDONESIA MASTERS S 500 2026 ( BADMINTON) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - A FRAHAN 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Y F CHEN 

MEN'S DOUBLES - N IZZUDIN & S F GOH 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - 

MIXED DOUBLES - E W TOH & T J CHEN 

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2ND FEBRUARY 2026

World Wetlands Day - 2nd February 

THEME 2026 - WETLANDS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE CELEBRATING CULTURAL HERITAGE 

1) K Murugesan Appointed As The New PCCF & Head Of Forest Force, Odisha.

2) OHPC Odisha Signed MoU With Union Bank of India For ENHANCED Employee Benefits 

3) Odisha Government Has Appointed Smt Chitra Arumugam As DG, Training Coordination At Gopabandhu Academy 

4) Chennai Host The 39th Edition Of India International Leather Fair 

5) Steel Authority Of India' Limited ( SAIL) In collaboration With My Gov, Has Launched The Sale -e- Bration : Steel Built India - SAIL BUILT TRUST 

6) First Ever Parma Wallaby Joey Born In Nandankanan ZOOLOGICAL Park 

7) State Bank of India (SBI) Has Launched CHAKRA - Centre Of Excellence For Financing Sunrise Sectors.

8) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Along With CJI Bhusan R Gavai Has Inaugurated India's First Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Advocate Training And Research Center ( BBATRC) At Taloja, Navi Mumbai.

9) Carlos Alcaraz Wins The Men's Single Title At Australian Open 2026 

10) Tara Prasad Win Silver At Skate Winter Cup 

11) Sriram Balaji And Oberleitner Wins The Men's Double Title At Bahrain Open Challenger 2026 

12) Government Of India Collected Rs 1,93,384 Crores GST In January 2026 

13) Reh Festival Celebrates in Arunachal Pradesh.

14) Ganjam, Odisha Black buck Population Has Increases To 9,287 In 2026 ( 1533 In 2011) 

15) Nivedita Dubey Has Assumed As The Member ( Human Resources) Airport Authority Of India' (AAI) 

16) Himanta Biswa Sharma, CM Of Assam Has Unveiled The Statue Of SWARGADEO CHAOLUNG SIU - KA-PHA In Notboma, Guwahati 

17) Sunetra Pawar, Wife Of Late Ajit Pawar Has Took Oath As Deputy CM Of Maharshtra 

18) UPI Transaction Records in January 2026 - 28.33 Lakh Crores 

19) India's Expenditure For FY 2027 

20) Air Marshal Devendra P Hirani Took Charge As SASO, Eastern Air Command 

21) Air Marshal Inder Pal Singh Walia Takes Over As Air Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Air Command 

22) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled The New Name Of Adampur Airport As Shri Guru Ravidas Maharaj In Adampur, Punjab 

23) BISHNOIS & THE BLACKBUCK Book Author - Anu Lall Launched On 1st February 2026.

24) India' Finishes With 44 Medals Including 16 Gold, 15 Silver And 13 Bronze Medal At 2026 Track Asia Cup Cycling Event At Chennai