NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF MANIPUR

* SHRI YUMNAM KHEMCHAND TAKES OATH AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF MANIPUR.

DECEMBER - JANUARY WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS 2025/26

* Rage Bait The Word Has Been Named OXFORD Word Of The Year 2025.

* Iran Has Sentences Palme d Or Winner Film Maker Jafar Panahi For Propaganda Against Country 

* Indonesia Has Lost 10.5 million Hectares Of Forest. 

* Nepal's Rashtriya Swatantrata Party, Bibek Sheel Sajha Party Announced Merging The Party ( Symbol Bell) 

*  Niger Became The First Country To Eliminate Onchocerciasis ( Parasitic Disease Caused By Onchocerca Volvulus) 

* Russia Became The 19th Members Of International Big Cat Alliance 

*  Alaska Recorded 7 Magnitude Of Earthquake 

*  A 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded in Northern Japan 

* Traditional Saree Weaving Art Of Tangail, Of Bangladesh Added To UNESCO Intangible Heritage List 

*  Boreendo, Bhorindo, Ancient Dying Folk Musical Instrument Of Pakistan Added To UNESCO Intangible Heritage List 

* More Than 16,000 Foot Prints Of Dinosaur Have Been Found In Bolivia.

* CHINA LAUNCHED THE Lijian -1 Y11 Carrier Rocket With 9 Satellite (3 Satellite from UAE, EGYPT, NEPAL) 

* Kithul Madeema/ Kithul Kapeema An Ancient Indigenous Technology For Tapping Kithul In Srilanka Has Been Inscribed By UNESCO INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE LIST 

* Ex - ISI Chief Faiz Hameed Sentenced To 14 Years in Jail By Pakistan.

* IMF Announced USD 1.2 Billion Loan To Pakistan.

* Yodelling Of Switzerland Gets UNESCO Intangible Heritage List 

*  US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Has Unveiled The USD 1 Million Gold Card Citizenship 

* Aja Wilson Named TIME'S ATHLETE OF The Year 2025 ( Basketball Player)

* Milan Nedelijkovic APPOINTED as The New CEO Of BMW 

* 19th Century Gold Hairpin Looted From Magdala Will Return To ETHIOPIA 

* International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Has Approved Emergency Funding Of 206 Millions Dollars To Fought Cyclone Ditwah 

* Turkey Delivers a Warships To Pakistan ( MILGEM - Class Corvette PNS KHAIBAR) 

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Has Announced A New Class Of Heavily Armed Warships ( Named After Trump) 

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Has Announced A GOLDEN FLEET Of NeW US Navy BATTLE Navy.

* WHO Team Received The African Unity Nelson Mandela Award.

* Libya's Army Chief Killed in Turkiye Jet crash. ( CHIEF MOHAMMED ALI AHMED AI - HADDAD WHILE VISITING TO ANKARA ) 

* North Korea Unveiled The 8700 Tonnes Nuclear Powered Guided Missile Submarine.

* Japan's Cabinet Has Approved The Record USD 58 Billion Defence Budget 

*  John Rickford Has Received The 2026 Victoria A Fromkin Lifetime achievement Awards By Linguistic Society Of America (LSA).

* ) Israel Became The First Country To Formally Recognised The Somalia Land As Independent Nation.

*  Taiwan Recorded 7.0 Magnitude Earthquake.

*  Syria Unveiled New Currency.

* Six New Spider Species Has Been Discovered in Srilanka.

* China Launched The Live Drills Around Taiwan - JUSTICE MISSION 2025 

INDIA -WORLD - 

* Arogya Maitri BHIM Cube Sent To Srilanka For Humanitarian Assistance 

* World Bank And Asian Development Bank Have Announced The First Two Pacific Projects To Be Delivered Under The Full Mutual Reliance Framework.

*  India Announced Free 30 Days E- Visa To Russia Tourists.

*  India Has Opened A New Consulate in SANGHAI.

* Italy Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani Has Arrived in India'.

* India Provides 5,200+ Military And Police OFFICER To UN Peace Keeping Mission.

* MEXICO Announced 50% Tarriff To India On Goods Import Duty 

* BRAZIL- Officially Handed over The BRICS Presidency To India.

* India Handed Over 2.5 Lakh Saline Bottles To Peru.

* European Leaders Ursula Von Der Leyen And Antonio Coasta Set To Chief Guest For India's Republic Day Celebration In 2026 

* India And Saudi Arabia Have Signed a Bilateral Visa Waiver Agreement in RIYADH.

* Netherlands Foreign Minister David Van Weel Has Visited to India'.

* Balochistan Government Announced To Honour PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Highest Honour - BALOCHI DASTAR IN 2026 

* 3 Metric Tonne Of Karnataka GI TAG indi Lime Exported To Oman.

* India Closes Visas Center In Bangladesh.

* Minister Of External affairs Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Inaugurated The 120 Feet Bailey Bridge To Restore Connectivity in Srilanka.

* Consulate General Of India In Toronto Officially Launched The ONE STOP CENTRE FOR WOMEN.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Tanzanian Hip Hop ARTIST Frida Amani Appointed As The UNEP's New Advocate For Ecosystem Restoration.

* Rebeca Grynspan, Costa Rica's Former Vice President Set To Next UN Secretary General.

*  Elif Shafak Elected As President Of The Royal Society Of Literature.

* Asim Munir Formally Appointed As The Pakistan First Chief Of Defence Force

* Roman Gofman Appointed As The Mossad Chief In Israel.

* Ana Laura Lizano Has Chaired The Committee On WTO FISHERIES Subsidies.

* Bernadette Meehan Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Wikimedia Foundation.

* Eileen Higgins Wins The Mayor Election In Miami 

* * KYRIAKOS PIERRAKAKIS, MINISTER OF NATIONAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE OF GREECE HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF EURO GROUP.

* Former Iraq President Named UN Refugee Chief. ( BARHAM SALIH) 

* UN Secretary General Antonio Gutterus Appoints Stefan Priesner As New Resident Coordinator To India 

*  Shraddha Shrestha Has Been Appointed As The Nepal's Minister For Children, Woman And Senior Citizen 

* Meta Appoints Aman Jain As New Head Of Public POLICY in India'.

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Appoints Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry As Special Envoy To Greenland.

* Bal Nanda Sarma Takes Charge As Foreign Affairs Minister Of Nepal.

INDIA - WORLD - 

*  Bank Of Russia Opens Its Representative Office In Mumbai 

* Russian Online Traders Wildberrirs Launched The Made In India Section 

* India Clinched £2 billion Russian Submarine Deal

* India Sends 63.734 doses Of Influenza And Meningitis Vaccine To Afganistan.

* Actor Shah Rukh Khan And Kajol Devgan Have Unveiled The Statue Of Them At London 

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JANUARY -  

MIXED - 

* Bulgaria Adopts EURO As Its Official Currency. ( Became The 21st Nation To Adopt) 

*  The UN HAS Declared 2026 As The International Year Of The WOMAN FARMER.

* Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa Declared 60 Days State Emergency in 9 Province And 3 Municipality.

* Mexico Recorded A Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.4 

* Zambia Become The First' African Country To Take Mining Taxes in China's Yuan 

* Venezuela President Arrested By US Government,

*) Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Set To Appointed As The Interim President.

* Oman Approved USD 29.77 Billion Budget For 2026 ( 4% Economic Growth) 

* Craig, Super Tusker Of Amboseli National Park Has Passed Away.

* A 6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded in Davao Oriental Province, Southern Philippines.

 * US Military Seizes RUSSIAN Flagged Oil Tanker Linked To Venezuela Oil In North Atlantic.

 * US Army Has Unveiled New M1E3 Tank Prototype 

* Tunisian Film Maker Zoubeir Jlassi Won The World's Largest AI Film Award For His Film Lily.

* US Launched HAWKEYE STRIKE Against Syria's ISIS Terrorist. 

* Japan Became The World's First COUNTRY To Beginning Mining Rare Earth Metals From Ocean Floor.

* Indian Army Builds Third Bailey Bridge At Srilanka.

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Imposed 10% Tarriff On Denmark, Norway, Sweden, FRANCE, Germany, UK, Nederlands, Greenland.

* United States President Donald Trump Has Host The BOARD OF Peace

 * Taylor Swift Set To Inducted To Song Writer Hall Of Fame.

*  Sinners Costume Designer Ruth E Carter Becomes Most Nominated Black Woman In Oscar History. (5th ) 

*  Srilanka Government Has Unveiled The Postage STAMP On Legendary Iranganie Seraainghe 

* Ancient Mummified Cheetah Found in Saudi Caves 

* Vietnam Top Leader To Lam Reappointed As Head Of Rulling Party'.

* World's Oldest Cave Art Has Been DISCOVERD In Indonesia Muna Island.

* NILGALA, Srilanka's 2nd Largest FOREST With a Land Area Of 40,685 Hectares Has Declared As The Protected RESERVE 

 * Archaeologist Have UNEARTHED 3400 Years Old Lost Golden City In Egypt.

* World Health Organisation ( WHO) Reports Says 188 Million Children And Adolescent Living With Obesity In World.

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Has Launched The GREAT AMERICAN Recovery Initiative.

TWO NEW CORAL SPECIES - 

* Hong Kong Baptist University Marine Biologist Have Identified Two New Soft Coral Species From The Urban Water Of HKSAR And Zhuhai 

- Parasphaerasclera dimorpha Sp. nov 

- Paraminabea Inflata Sp nov 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Iran Appoints New Central Bank Governor After Mass Protest in COUNTRY.

( ABDOLNASSER HEMMATI, FORMER ECONOMICS MINISTER OF IRAN ) 

* Zohran Mamdani Sworn In As New York City's 112th Mayor.

* Bangladesh Nationalist Party Has Appointed Tarique Rahman As Party Chairperson.

* Afghanistan Appoints Noor Ahmed Noor As Afganistan Embassy To India.

* Nickolay Mladenov To Lead The US President Donald Trump's Board Of Peace In Gaza.

* Dina Powell McCormick Appointed As President And Vice Chairman of Meta 

* Emilia Clarke Has Been Appointed Global Brand Ambassador Of Black Dog Soda

* Jordi Cruyff Appoints Ajax Technical Director.

INDIA - WORLD - 

* Pulkit Desai, a US Marine Veteran And Technology Professional Has Been Sworn In As Mayor Of Parsippany, New Jersey.

( First INDIAN - American)

*  PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI Explained Regarding 1000 th Anniversary Of Somnath Destruction.

* Nigerian Authorities Have Detained The Merchant Vessel MV Aruna Hulya Along With 22 Indian Crews ( Cocaine ) 

* INDIAN Origin Mathematician Nalini Joshi Has Been Named NSW Scientists Of The Year 2025

* German Chancellor Merz Has Visited To India.

* Union Petroleum And Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Has Announced Urja Bharat PTE Limited, Joint Venture With Indian Oil And Bharat Petro Resources Limited Has Successfully Discovered Light Crude Oil In Abu Dhabi Onshore Block -1 

* Indian Navy's Ins Tir, INS Shardul And INS SUJATA And ICGS SAARATHI Have Visited To Singapore For Training 

* For The First Time Karnataka 3 GI Tagged Product Nanjangud Rasabale Bannana, Mysore Beetle Leaf, indi Lime Exports To Maldives.

* Indian Air Force MCC C-17 Aircraft Carrying 30 Tonnes Of Humanitarian Assistance To Philippines.

* Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Manuel Albares To Visit India 

*  India Gifts First Batch Of 61 Vehicles To Nepal For Election.

* Indian Origin Jigar Thakkar Appointed As Vice President Of Amazon Quick Suite.

*  President Of European Council Antonio Costa And President Of The European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen Will Be The India's Republic Day 2026 Honour of Guest.

STEPS DOWN - 

* Warren Buffett Has Steps Down As Berkshire Hathway As CEO After 6 DECADES.

INDIA- WORLD - 

* Ambassador Of QUAD Nations Meeting Held At Beijing, China 

* Mauritius President Dharambeer Gokhool Has Visited To Andhra Pradesh, 

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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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 4TH FEBRUARY 2026

World Cancer Day - 4th February 

THEME 2026 - UNITED BY UNIQUE 

1) Hari Shankar Varma Takes Charge As Member ( Operation & Business Development) Of Railway Board.

2) Ravi Landge Set To Became 27th Mayor Of Pimpri - Chinchwad.

3) Odisha Cabinet Approved An Advanced Manufacturing Protect By Kalyani Group.

4) Koraput, Odisha Has Launched The Operation Green Clean To Destroying Cannabis.

5) Tripura Gramin Bank Launched The First Ever Co- Branded Rupay Credit Card With Punjab National Bank.

6) The Union Budget 2026 Has Launched a Major Plan To Revive 15 Archaeological Sites From Gujarat To Ladakh 

7) NOTABLE Music Director Jeeten Kumar Naorem Passed Away.

8) Silverline Technologies Limited Launched The AI Web Platform SILVER AI.

9) State Bank of India Has Honoured With The Gold Shield In Category -1 ( Public Sector Bank) At 19 ICAI Award 

10) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Has Launched The Mukhyamantri Gramotthan Yojana For Providing Urban Equivalent Facilities In Village Areas.

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