DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8TH JANUARY 2026

1) Karthikeyan Manickam Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of ESAF Small Finance Bank.

2) DRDO Develops Portable Water Purification System ( SWaDeS ) For Soldiers ( Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, DRDO) 

{SEA WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM }

3) Nandu And Neera Two Mascots Of 72nd National Volleyball Tournament 2026 

4) Indian Scientists Develops The First Super Computer Powered Simulation To Capture The Long Existing Paradox Of Hot Water Freezing Faster Than Cold Water 

( This Phenomenon Is Called Mpemba Effect) 

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5) Anahat Singh Finishes As Runners Up At BRITISH JUNIOR OPEN 2025 Championships 

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

7) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaih Has Now Longest Chief Minister Of State ( Equals To Former CM D Devaraj) 

8) Major General Mandeep Singh Has Assumed As The Command Of The White Tiger Division 

9) Chandigarh Became The 6th State/ UT In India To Declare Fully Literate 

10) Middle Distance Runner Jinson Johnson Announced Retirement 

( In 2018, He Became The First Indian In 56 Years To Win An Asian Games Gold Medal In 1500 Meter & Silver in 800 M) 

11) Michael Reagan, Son Of Former US President Ronald Reagan Passed Away.

12) Life Insurance Corporation Of India ( LIC) Has Introduced A JEEVAN USTAV SINGLE PREMIUM PLAN 

13) Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Has Inaugurated The 6th National Chilika Bird Festival 

14) National Highway Authority Of India' ( NHAI) Achieved Two Guinness Book World Record For ACHIEVING For Laying Bituminous Concrete On Vanavolu - Vankarakunta Section Of 6 Lane Bengaluru - Kadapa - Vijayawada Economic Corridor.

15) India International Conference On Democracy And Election Management 2026 Logo Launched.

16) Former MP And Union Minister Shri Kabindra Purkayastha Passed Away.

17) The Tamilnadu Forest Has Denied Permission To NTPC Tamilnadu Energy Corporation Limited To Conduct Test At The Proposed Upper Bhavani Pumped Storage HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT At Mukhurti National Park 

18) 2001 Batch IFS Anshuman Gaur Has Been Appointed As INDIAN AMBASSADOR To Bosnia.

19) India's Navy Ships INS TIR, INS Shardul, INS SUJATA, ICGS SAARATHI Will Undertaking Long Training Deployment To South East Asia.

20) Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh To Host The 9th Edition Of Indus Food 2026 

21) Real GDP Has Witnessed 7.4% Growth Rate In FY 2025/26 Over The Growth Rate Of 6.5% In FY 2024/25 

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

23) Department Of Post Has Signed MoU with Department Of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare To Strengthen PAN - India Sample Logistic.