WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 5TH TO 11TH JANUARY 2026

World Braille Day - 4th January 

Theme 2026 - Empowerment, Digital Inclusion And Integrating Braille Into Daily Life 

International Mind Body Wellness Day - 3rd January 

1) Venezuela President Arrested By US Government,

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

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The Light And The Lotus : Relics Of Awakened One At Rai Pithora Cultural Complex, 

4) Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Inaugurated The 9th Siddha Day in Chennai. 

5) Cekrovolu Swuro ELECTED As Vice President Of Archery Association Of India.

6) Senior DMK Leader L Ganesan Passed Away.

7) The Sindhudurg Airport in Konkon Region Of Maharashtra Gets DGCA Approval.

8) ICC Chairman Jay Shah Has Flagged Off The Run For Girl child Half Marathon 2.0 in Surat.

9) India's Sanjay Takale Makes History, Wins H3 Class At Dakar Rally 2026 Prologue.

10) Justice A Muhamed Mustaque Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Sikkim High Court.

11) The INDIAN Government Set To Start Modus Operandi BUREAU For Mapping Crimes.

12) UNION Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Project At Andaman And Nicobar Islands.

13) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Unveiled 184 New ICAR Crop Verities, Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, COTTON, 

16) Syndrela Das And Rupam Sardar Win Under 17 SINGLE Titles At WTT Youth Contender Vadodara.

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The 72nd National Volleyball Tournament In Varanasi.

18) Eminent Historian And King Of Khariar, Nuapada District, Odisha Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo Passed Away.

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

20) Vaidahee Finishes As Runners Up At ITF W15 Ahmedabad In Women's Single 

21) Rajasthan To Host The Regional AI Impact Conference 2026 On 6th January 2026 

22) Marathi Film Dashavatar Enters 2026 Oscar Contention List.

National Bird Day - 5th January 

1) India Surpassed China in Production Of Rice ( 150.18 millions Tonnes In 2025) 

( China - 145.28 million Tonnes)

2) Guwahati, Assam To Host The Human Capital Working Group Meeting 2026

3) Dr Chalumuri Ravi Sekhar Has Been Appointed As The New Director Central Road Research Institute ( CSIR - CRRI)

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

( First INDIAN - American)

5) The Supreme Court Of India' Has Rejected The Bail Plea Of Umar Khalid And Sharjeel Imam. ( Who Involved In 2020 Delhi Riots) 

6) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship SAMUDRA PRATAP, India's first Indigenously DESIGNED POLLUTION CONTROL Vessel, Build By GSL. at Kerala ( 5/1/2026) 

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

8) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited ( HPCL) Has Commissioned World's First LC MAX - Based Residue Up gradation Facility At Visakh Refinery 

9) Bank Of America Has Raised The GDP Of India To 7.6% 

10) Nagaland Celebrates The THUNI Festival ( Harvesting Festival)!

11) Andre de Grasse, Sprint Legend & 7 Time Olympics Medalist Has Been Appointed As International EVENT Ambassador For Tata Mumbai Marathon ( TMM)

12) Ashika Group has Been APPROVED As Mutual Fund Capital By SEBI.

13) Meera Syal, An Author Has Been Awarded With Damehood By UK 

14) Shri Anup Hanjura Assumed Charge As The Director ( Technical) P & P Of Central Coalfield Limited ( CCL).

15) Malayalam ACTOR Kannan Pattambi Passed Away.

16) Assam Records 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake.

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

18) Tatiana Schlossberg, The Environmental Journalist And Grand Daughter Of Former US President John F Kennedy Passed Away.

19) Diu Host The 2nd Khelo India Beach Games 2026 

20) Rickey Kej Honoured With The Prestigious Chittara Music Award For Golden Icon 2025

21) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Unveiled A Book Titled - Khatbaat - e- Modi In New Delhi.

1) Ministry Of Tribal Affairs Signed MoU With Oil And Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) For The Execution Of Corporate Social Responsibility, Supported Infrastructure Development And Capacity Building Of Eklavya Model Residential Schools. 

2) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The World's 2nd National Environmental Standard Laboratory And The World's 5th National Primary Standard Facility For Solar Cell Calibration at CSIR - National Laboratory  ( NPL). 

3) Former World Billiards Champion Manoj Kothari Passed Away At The Age Of 67 in Tamilnadu. 

4) GEOGRAPHY OF YAJURVEDA Book Author - JIJITH NADUMURI RAVI 

5) Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh Has Inaugurated The Smart Green Aquaculture Farm And Research Institute And State Of The Art Aquaculture System ( RAS) In Ranga Reddy District, Telengana 

6) Former Union Minister Suresh Kalmadi Passed Away. 

7) CBSE Has Launched The PSHYCO Social Counselling Support To Help Students Manage Exam Related Stress. 

8) Anupam Misra Takes Over Additional Charge Of CMD FACT. 

9) Union Minister Prahlad Joshi Has Launched Multiple Initiatives At The 79th Foundation Day Of BIS ( BUREAU OF  INDIAN STANDARDS) 

* Launched The BIS Standard Portal 

* SAKSHAM Excellence Scheme 

10) MUMBAI: A Millions Islands Book Author - Siddharth Bhatia 

11) Arunachal Pradesh Celebrates Si Donyi Hilo Festival. 

12) West Bengal CM Mamta Banarjee Has Laid Foundation Stone Of 5 km Bridge Connecting Sagar Island To Mainland. 

13) Former Rajya Sabha Shri Ravindra Kumar Appointed As The Additional Solicitor General ( ASG) In The Supreme Court. 

14) Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Inaugurated The LOVLINA BORGOHAIN Sports Complex In Golaghat. 

15) Delhi Government Signed a MoU With Reserve Bank Of India ( RBI) To Enables The RBI To Function As The Banker, Debt Manager And Financial Agent Of Government Of NCT Of Delhi. 

16) V K Ebrahim Kunju, Senior Leader Of Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML) & Former Kerala Minister For Public Works Passed Away. 

17) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Releases 55 Scholarly Volumes In Classical Indian Languages 

18) EXIM Bank India Has Successfully Issuing 10 Year And 30 Years USD 1 billion Bond

19) Artist Syed Asif Ali Passed Away. 

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.

PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS - 9TH JANUARY ( NRI DAY) 

1) General Upendra DIWEDI Has Visited To Srilanka. 

2) Nianshan Zhang Has Been Appointed As The Director General For South Asia By Asian Development Bank ( ADB).

3) Financial Software And SYSTEM ( FSS) Became The First Payment Company In India To Earn The ISO/ IEC 42001 Certification ( For AI International Standard) ( 

4) IDFC FIRST Bank Has Launched The Zero Forex Diamond Reserve Credit Card.

5) HISTORY THAT INDIA IGNORED Book Author - Prem Prakash (2nd Edition) Launched By Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant 

6) Viswanath Suresh Has Appointed As The Chairman - Cum Managing Director Of MOIL Limited ( A Miniratna Company)

7) INDIAN Army And HDFC Bank Renewed Their MoU For Providing Banking Services 

8) EMINENT ECOLOGIST MADHAB GADGIL PASSED AWAY 

9) India Has The World's 6th Largest Nuclear Reactor Fleet.

10) Indian Army Has Launched The Depot Integration Management Edition ( DIME)

- A PAN Army Digital Platform That Delivers Real Time Visibility Of Logistics Item From Unit To Army HQ 

11) Actor Amitabh Bachchan Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of CAMPA SURE 

12) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini Has Launched The NEEV Portal.

13) Doha Will Host The Bharat USTAV 2026

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

15) RBI Has Cancelled The Certificate Of Registration Of 35 Non Banking Financial Company.

16) Rickey Kej Has Been Honoured With Lifetime achievement Awards At The Rotary International Sadbhavna Award.

17) COLOMBO : Port Of Call Book Author - Ajay Kamalakaran 

18) The United Nations Declared 2026 As International Year For Rangelands & Pastoralists.

WORLD HINDI DAY -  10TH January 

1) Two Time Olympic Medalist Neeraj Chopra Has Launched His Own Athlete Management Company Vel Sports. 

2) Retired IFS Officer Susanta Nanda Appointed As The Reconstituted Project Elephant Steering Committee Odisha. 

3) A K Balasubramanian Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ( AERB) For Next 3 Years.

( AERB HQ - MUMBAI) ESTD -1983 

4) Abhishek Dev's Tenure As Chairman Of APEDA Has Been Extended For One More Year 

5) Justice Manoj Gupta Has Been Appointed As Chief Justice Of Uttarakhand High Court. 

6) HSBC Private Bank APPOINTS Ida Liu As Its CEO.

7) FEDERAL Bank Unveiled Refresh Brand Entity The Fortuna Wave. 

8) AUSTRALIAN Batter Usman Khwaja Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

9) Former Indian Forward (Footballer) Sadatullah Khan Passed Away.

( He Debuted In Merdeka Cup in 1968) 

10) Hyderbad Based Dhruva Space Will Launch 10 Space Mission On 12th January 2026 

11) WOMAN And Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi Launched An Integrated Digital Portal - PANKHUDI ( Children, Women Health Care, Nutrition, Education, Women's Safety And Education) 

12) Professor Abhay Karandikar Has Inaugurated The PARAM Rudra , 3 Petaflop National Super Computing Facility At IIT BOMBAY.

13) Mundra Port Has Become India's First Port To Handle A Fully Laden Very Large Crude carrier ( VLCC)! with Capacity Of 3.3 Lakh Cubic Meters.

14) The Unique Identification Authority Of India' ( UIADI) Has Launched People Friendly Mascot - Named UDAI , To Simplify Communication For Public Understanding Of Adhar Service.

15) Government Approved Of 1720 MW Kamala HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT In Arunachal Pradesh.

16) Orbit Aid Aerospace Has Unveiled Its Official AayulSAT Will Launch On 12th January 2026 

17) 81 Years Of Celebration Of INS SHIVAJI training Institutes on 8th January 2026

18) The Cabinet Has Approved The creation Of Special Tiger Guard Posts Under The Special Tiger Protection Force, In Pakke Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh 

19) KANPUR Based Xterra Robotics Has Unveiled Its SCORP, India's First Legged Mobile Manipulator 

20) Tamilnadu Has Registered A Historic Milestone With The Notification Of 100 New Reserve Forests, Nearly 13,500 Hectares 

21) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Inaugurated India's First National IED Data Management System ( NIDMS) FOR NSG 

22) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Along With Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated The Ashok Leyland Electric Vehicle in Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 

23) Karnataka Government Has Approved The Extension Of B to A Khata Conversion Scheme 

24) Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Launched The UNGAL KANAVA SOLLUNGA Scheme In Chennai.

25) M S Sathyhu Honoured With Puttanna Kanagal Award By Karnataka State Film Award.

26) 7 Years Old Sabya Bhujel, From Sikkim Wins The JUNIOR Miss India 2025/26 Title.

27) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Unveiled The Book Early North India And Its Coins.

28) 4th Edition Of The One Billion Followers Summit 2026 

( Theme - Content For Good) 

29) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi Host The 2nd Edition Of Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dioluge 2026 

30) IIT HYDERABAD Has Inaugurated The CODE Studio ( A Step Forwarding in Empowering MSME, Start-up, Students With Designs) 

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