DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11TH JANUARY 2026

1) 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 

2) IAS Girisha P S Has Been Appointed As The Director ( Finance) Of Central Silk Board 

3) Odisha Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Has Launched The Odisha Grid Insight ( OGRI) Portal 

4) Union Railway Minister Ashwin Vaishnav Has CONFERRED The 70th Ati Visisth Rail Seva PURASHKAR To 100 Persons.

5) Defence Research And Development Laboratory ( DRDL) DRDO, Hyderabad Has Achieved a Milestone in The development Of Hypersonic Missile 

( State Of Art Scramjet Connect Pipe Test Facility At 9th January 2026) 

6) 2001 IRTS Shelly Srivastava Has Appointed As The Chief Vigilance Officer ( CVO) Of ONGC.

7) Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve In Madhya Pradesh Features In New York Times 52 Place To Go In 2026 

8) Bhubaneswar Host The 4th Odisha Mining And infrastructure  International Expo 2026 

9) Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To Odisha TOURISM Policy 2022 

10) Uttar Pradesh Encephalitis Numbers Has Decrease Years By Year 

11) Bangladesh Nationalist Party Has Appointed Tarique Rahman As Party Chairperson.

12) India Expected To grow 7.4% By UNDESA.

13) Former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu Has Inaugurated The 3rd Edition Of INDIAN Light House Festival in Vishakapatnam.

14) Afghanistan Appoints Noor Ahmed Noor As Afganistan Embassy To India.

15) Pankaj Advani Wins The 28th Title At World IBSF Championship.

16) Professor Srinivas Kulkarni Wins The Gold Medal At 2026 Royal Astronomical Society Awards.

17) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Approved 11 Proposal From 8 Department.

18) Tamilnadu Government In Collaboration With Meta Launched a Unified WhatsApp CHATBOT NAMMA ARASU ( For Digital Public Service) 

19) US Army Has Unveiled New M1E3 Tank Prototype