WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12TH TO 18TH JANUARY 2026

 National Youth Day - 12th January 

1) The First Of Its Kind Upstream Solar Manufacturing Facility Will Be Set Up In Gopalpur, Ganjam 

2) Dr Nobin Raja, A Researchers At ATREE Has Been Awarded With Hasmukh Shah Memorial Award For Ecological Studies 2025.

3) Shri Gnana Kumarswamy Batta, DGM ( Geophysics), Kakinada, Oil India Limited Has Honoured With The Global Near Surface Geophysics Award 2025.

4) Nara Bhubaneshwari, Wife Of Andhra Pradesh CM Has Bestowed With The Outstanding Dairy Professional Award From INDIAN Dairy Association, SOUTH zone 

5) Coca-Cola Has Became The Sponsor For Indian WOMAN Football Team For Next 3 Years.

6) Odisha Cabinet Has Approved Rs 1140 CRORES Skill Development Project Phase 2 With The Support Of ASIAN Development Bank.

7) India's Non Fossil Fuel Capacity Rises To 266.78 GW In 2025 

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

9) Telengana Bans Almont Kid Syrup After CSDCO Warns ( Presences Of Ethylene Glycol) 

* Ethylene Glycol Cause Kidney Failure 

* Can Hurt Heart, Brain 

10) Karnataka Clinched The Khelo India Beach Games 2026 Title 

(. FINISHES With 11 Medals Including 3 Gold, 2 Silver And 6 Bronze) 

( TAMILNADU Finishes As Runners Up With 8 Medals Including 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze) 

11) INDIAN Idol Winner And Actor Prasant Tamang Passed Away.

12) India' To Host The Conference Of Speakers And Presiding Officer Of Parliament Of Commonwealth Countries ( CSPOC) On 14th January 2026 

13) An Se Young Wins The Women's Single Title At Malaysia Open 2026 TITLE.

14) Alisha Wins Bronze, Became The First Indian To Win a Medal At Karate 1 Series TBILIS.

15) BEL Has CONFERRED With SKOCH ESG Gold Award 2025 

16) A WORLD A DRIFT Book Author - Manish Tewari 

1) Keyi Panyor, Arunachal Pradesh Became The India's First Bio Happy District.

2) ODISHA'S First Solar Powered Village Inaugurated in Cuttack.

3) KARUNA : The New Power Of Compassion Book Author - Kailash Satyarthi 

4) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of 25 Development Project Worth Rs 948 Crores In Sambalpur.

5) Virat Kohli Became The Fastest Cricketer To Get 28,000 International Runs in 624 Innings, And Surpassed Kumar Sangakara (Srilanka) To Became The 2nd Leading Runs Scores in Odi Cricket.

6) Manush Shah Wins WTT FEEDER Men's Single.

7) SIKKIM Conferred With Most Tourist Friendly State Of India AWARD At BENGAL Travel Mart 2026

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

9) German Chancellor Merz Has Visited To India.

10) RESERCHERS From IIT Madras In Collaboration With Monash University Have Developed An Innovative Nano Injection Drug Delivery Platform That Could Make Breast CANCER Treatment.

11) Swiss Author Erich Von Daeniken Passed Away.

12) Veteran Bangladeshi Singer & Awami League Leader Prolay Chaki Passed Away.

13) IIT MADRAS has Developed Ramjet Assisted 155 mm Artillery Shells 

14) Major Swathi Shanta Kumar, Indian Army OFFICER From Bengaluru Wins UN Secretary Generals Award 2025 

15) US Launched HAWKEYE STRIKE Against Syria's ISIS Terrorist. 

16) India's Industrialist ( Goa Based ) Srinivas Dempo Has Been Honoured With ITALY's Highest Civilian Award ( THE CAVAALIERE dell" Ordine della stella d'italia 

17) Former Indian Hockey Star Davinder Singh Passed Away. 

1) External affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Unveiled The New Logo Of BRICS 2026 SUMMIT 

( HOST - INDIA) 

2) Noted SINGER Samar Hazarika ( ASSAM) Passed Away. ( YOUNGER BROTHER OF BHUPEN HAZARIKA) 

3) Thierry Sabbagh Appointed As President Of NISSAN India.

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

5) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Laid Foundation Stone of New Campus Of The Odisha State Legislative assembly ( Spending Worth Rs 3,623 Crores) 

6) Delhi Police Has Launched The OPERATION GANG BUST - To Take Against Gangster 

7) Senior Kerala. Congress Leader Thomas Kuthiravattam Passed Away.

8) Former ASSAM MLA And Retired IAS OFFICER Bir Bhadra Hagjer Passed Away.

9) Cmde R Venkatesan Assumed Charge As The Centre For Indigenisation And Self Reliance Coimbatore.

10) Dr N Jency Became The First Trans WOMAN To Earn PHD Appointed As The Assistant PROFESOR At Loyola College, Chennai 

11) Former MINISTER R K Ranjan Launched The Book - Geopolitical Relation Of The Princely State Manipur With Neighbouring Region 

12) India's Net Direct Tax Collection Grow 8.82,% To 18.38 Lakh Crores 

13) a 20 Years Old Students From BITS PILANI Has Developed A Moving Drone Lab Which Delivers To Indian ARMY.

14) BARCELONA Wins The 16th Spanish Cup Title After Beating Real Madrid ( host - Saudi Arabia) 

15) Madhya Pradesh To Rename The Ratapani Tiger Reserve After Padmashri Archaeologist Dr. Vishnu Sridhar. 

1) FINDING NEW MEANING Book Author - Meghna Girish 

2) Anup Kumar Saha Has Been Appointed As The Whole Time Director Of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

3) National Statistics Office ( NSO) Has Projects 7.4% GDP Growth For FY 2026.

4) Aksha Air Became The 5th Airlines Of India To Join IATA.

5) Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched Two Post Products ( Speed 24 & Speed 48) 24 Hours And 48 Hours Post Parcelled With In The Good Connectivity City.

6) CA Kuttappa Has Been Appointed As India's Men Boxing Head Coach For 3rd Stint.

7) American Scientist Toby Kiers Wins The 2026 Tyler Prize For Environmental 

8) Civil Right Pioneer Claudette Colvin Of US Passed Away.

9) India's First Airside Reefer Truck Launched At Hyderabad.

10) 38th India - France Strategic Dialogue Held In New Delhi On 13th January 2026 

11) 9th Edition Of The Bengaluru Space Expo ( BSX) 2026 Set To Host On 7-9th September 2026 

12) World War 2 Veteran MWO Ganesh Chandra Roy Passed Away 

13) NITI Ayog Released The 4th Edition Of The Export Preparedness Index ( EPI) 2024 

1) Pradip Baruah, Veteran Editor Of PRANTIK, ( Assamese Literary Magazine) Passed Away.

2) Bhubaneswar, Odisha Biju Patnaik Airport Records Highest Passenger Traffic In 2025 ( 5.15 millon in 2025) 

3) India Government Has Launched The PARIPOORNA Mediclaim Ayush Bima.

4) 32 People Died In Thailand Train Collapse.

5) Department Of Financial Services Launched The Composite Salary Account Package For Central Government Employees In Association With Public Sector Bank.

6) Crocodile Census Held in Odisha ( Similpal) 

84 in 2026 ( 81 in 2025) 

7) 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 Cruide Oil In Abu Dhabi Onshore Block -1 

8) Supreme Court Of India' Has Delivered A split Verdict On The Constitutional Validity Of Section 17 A Of Prevention Of Corruption Act 1988 

( This Provision Was Introduce In July 2018 ) 

9) 1994 Batch IPS OFFICER Of Himachal Pradesh Cadre Rakesh Agarwal Appointed As The New Director General Of NIA.

10) Professor Shubha Tole Has Been Elected President Of The International Brain Research Organisation - 

11) NAGAMI MUTHUN Gets ICAR Recognition ( Becomes Nagaland Officially Registered Indigenous Breed) 

12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The 28th Conference Of Speakers And Presiding Officer Of The Commonwealth At New Delhi.

13) Maharashtra Topped the Become Number One Export Ready State Of India 

1) Maharashtra 

2) Tamil Nadu 

3) Gujarat 

4) Uttar Pradesh 

5) Andhra Pradesh 

6) Karnataka 

7) Punjab 

8) Telangana 

9) Madhya Pradesh 

10) Haryana 

11) Kerala

12) West Bengal 

13) Odisha 

14) World Bank Approved USD 680 Million Loans For Three Projects in Assam.

15) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gifted A silk Kite To GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ.

16) India's Overall Exports in December 2025 At USD 74.01 Billion.

17) Dr Chitra Rajagopal PSA Fellow Has Been Awarded With Robert Zalosh Hydrogen Safety Excellence Award 

18) Dr Omics Research Lab Has Developed a Data Driven Genomic - Diagnostic Kit - cardio PG India.

19) India's Export To Middle East And North Africa ( MENA) Records To USD 25,472 Million In April - December 2025 

20) The Cumulative Non Petroleum Exports in April - December 2025 Valued At USD 288.16 Billion.

21) ) India Ranked 80th In World's Henley Passport Index 2026.

1st - Singapore 

2nd - Japan 

3rd - South Korea 

22) Dina Powell McCormick Appointed As President And Vice Chairman of Meta 

23) Innoviti Received RBI NOD For Online And Offline Payment Aggregator 

24) Tripura Gramin Bank Introduced India's First Solar Powered ATM Van 

National Startup Day - 16th January 

Army Day - 15th January 

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

2) D 4 Counter drone System (DRDO) And Dharashakti Integrated EW SYSTEM Has Been Conferred With Prestigious SKOCH Award In Gold Category.

3) India's Pharma Exports Increase From USD 21.7 billion To USD 23.1 Billion To AFRICA And Latin America 

4) 1992 Batch UP Cadre IPS OFFICER Anand Swaroop Has Been Appointed As The Special Secretary ( Internal Security) In The Ministry Of Home Affairs.

5) Bharat Electronics Limited ( BEL) CMD Manoj Jain Has Been Conferred The COAS Commendation Card.

6) Eminent Literature Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanrajgir Of Hyderabad PASSED AWAY.

7) Aaryan Varshney Became The India's 92nd Grand Chess Master.

8) Former Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni Has Been Appointed As The Goodwill Ambassador For Pune Grand Tour.

9) Australian Cricketer Mitchell Starc Has Wins The ICC Player Of The Month For December 2026 ( Male) 

* South Africa Women's Cricket Laura WOOLVAAT Has Wins ICC WOMEN'S Cricketer Of The Month For December 2026 

10) Manisha Kalyan Joins Alianza Lima ( Liga Femenina) ( First Indian Woman To Join) 

11) Former Indian First Class Cricketer Ajay Verma PASSED AWAY.

12) India And Israel SIGNED a Joint Ministerial Declaration Of Intent To Strengthen Collaboration In Fisheries And Aquaculture.

13) 1997 Batch IPS OFFICER Rekha Lohani Has Been Appointed As The Additional Director General Of Seema Shasatra Bal ( SSB)

14) Archaeology Survey Of India ( ASI) Team Has Excavating The 10,000 Years Old Stone Age Civilization in The Bhimmandali MOUNTAIN Of Sambalpur District, Odisha.

15) GAFF 2026 To Honour Assam's Veteran Actor Bishnu Kharghoria With Lifetime achievement Awards.

16) G Rajkumar, An Eminent ENVIRONMENTALIST Of Kerala Passed Away.

( KNOWN AS KURINJI RAJKUMAR) 

* WHO Led The Role In The Estsblishment Of Kurinjimala Sanctuary 2006) 

( to protect The Rare Neelakurinji Flower In Western Ghat) 

17) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The India's First Namo Book Festival at Delhi 

18) Sujoy Paul Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice Of Calcutta High court.

19) Eminent Manipur AUTHOR Arambam Ongbi Memchoubi To Received Amar Ujala Akashdeep AWARD.

20) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched Two Book - Gen V Bano & MAHATMA 

21) Anthropic Appoints Irina Ghosh As The MD Of India Office.

22) Assamese Film Maker Rima das's Film NOT A HERO Selected For Berlin International Film Festival.

23) Emilia Clarke Has Been Appointed Global Brand Ambassador Of Black Dog Soda.

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

25) NITI Aayog Released The Report Achieving Efficiency in The MSME Sectors.

26) Mumbai To Host The 14th AIBI Annual Convention.

27) Researchers From IIT Guwahati Have Identified A Sustainable Methods To Remove Harmful Antibiotics Residue From Water 

- Antibiotics Such As Ciprofloxacin & Norfloxacin Which Enters To River And Water Bodies Through Pharmaceuticals And Hospital Waste Water.

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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