DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 18TH JANUARY 2026

1) THE CURIOUS AND THE CLASSIFIED : Book Author - Manoj Naravane 

2) Meitei Nganu Or Eshing Nganu - The Manipuri Duck Has Been Registered As a Distinct Indigenous Breed In Assam. (By ICAR) 

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

4) Shri Mohan Lal Mittal An Industrialist Passed Away.

5) Uttarkhand Chief Minister Pushakar Singh Dhami Has Virtually Inaugurated The National Paralympics Powerlifting Championships 

6) Poet And Diplomat Abhay K Launched The Book - The Alphabet Of AFRICA At Jaipur LITERATURE Festival.

7) The 6th ASEAN - India Digital Ministers (ADGMIN) Meeting Held 

Theme 2026 - Adaptive ASEAN: From Connectivity To Connected Intelligence.

8) Late Shri Samar Hazarika And Dhanada Pathak To Receive The Shilpi Award 2026 By Assam 

9) First Magh Bihu Census Records 2026 

- 111 Bird Species In Chandubi Beel 

10) BEL In Collaboration With WESEE ( Indian Navy) Has Developed The Advanced Autonomous Navigation And Control Software ( A2NCS) 

11) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurated Four New Amrit Bharat Express In West Bengal.

12) FORGED BY THE SEA: The Indian Navy Story Book Author - Cdr Kalesh Mohananan.

13) Assam's First Radio Jockey Fawzia Rahman Passed Away.

14) FREEDOM FIGHTER And Congress Leader Bheemanna Khandre Passed Away.

15) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prema Khandu Has Unveiled The Statue Of BOGUM LWWNV , The Statute Of Ato Bogum, At Likabali