MR MANOJ MUKUND NARAVANE NEW BOOK TO BE LAUNCHED ON MARCH 2026

 * THE CURIOUS AND THE CLASSIFIED : AUTHOR MANOJ NARAVANE 

DECEMBER- JANUARY ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2025/26

DECEMBER 2025 -

HOST - 

*  Sambalpur, Odisha HOST The 30th National Road Cycling Championship 2025 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The ODISHA PHARMA SUMMIT 2025 AT Bhubaneswar.

* Odisha Unveiled The Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Policy 2025 

- Foundation Stone Of Dedicated Pharma Park, And A Medical Device Park At Khorda 

- 45 MoU Signed WORTH Rs 6263 Crores 

* Bhubaneswar Set To Host The ODISHA AI SUMMIT 2025 

* NIT ROURKELA Host The 30th International Conference On Hydraulic Water Resources, River And Coastal Engineering.

* The Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar On visit To Odisha, He Visited To Raghurajpur.

* ODISHA To Establish The First All Women Protection Squad Of 5 Members To Safe Guard In Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Bargarh, ODISHA.

APPOINTMEMENT - 

* 1991 Batch IAS OFFICER Anu Garg Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Secretary Of Odisha.

( She Became The First Female Chief Secretary Of Odisha) 

*  Er.  Ashok Kumar Basa, Became The First Indian To Be Appointed As The Internal Auditor Of The World Federation Of Engineering Organisation ( WFEO) 

( He Served President Of NIT ROURKELA) 

* Raj Athwal Stepped Down As CEO Of Odisha Football Club.

SCIENCE - 

* NIT Rourkela All Women Team Developed Low Cost Chemical Free System To Recycle Dhobi Ghat Waste Water.

(Researchers From NIT ROURKELA Created A Cost Effective Waste Water Treatment Using Low Grade Coal To Remove Pesticides 

* IIT MADRAS To Help Odisha To Prepare Chilika Desiltaton Plan 

* NIT ROURKELA Develops AI Robot Capable Of HUMAN Interaction.

* Odisha Tourism Received The Best Wildlife Conservation Effort in India Award At The India International Travel Mart ( IITM) in Hyderabad.

* NABARD To Give Loan Of Rs 1.68 k Crores loan To OPTCL ( Odisha)

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Approved The Establishment Of Global Visa Application Centre In Bhubaneswar.

* NIT ROURKELA Secured Patent For Its Indigenous AI Robot 

RANKING - 

*  Odisha Ranked 5th In The PMEGP Approved 8327 Loan With Worth Rs 62.71 Crores For Youth Entrepreneurship For 2025/26 

BLUE FLAG - 

* ODISHA'S Gopalpur And Biju Patnaik Beaches Gets Blue flag Tag.

APPROVED - 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Approved The Odisha Pharma And Medical Devices Policy 2025

* Odisha Government Has Approved 11 Industrial Investment Proposal Of Rs 1332.80 Crores 

SPORTS - 

* ODISHA'S Padmini Rout Has Win Bronze Medal At FIDE World WOMEN Chess Championships 2025 At Spain.

* Odisha Cyclist Swati Singh Has Clinched The Silver MEDAL in Women's Elite 30km Event At 30th National Road Cycling Championship 2025 Held At Sambalpur, Odisha 

* ODISHA'S Cyclist Swati Singh Has Gets Her 2nd Gold In 77th Senior National Track Cycling Championship 2025, Uttarakhand.

*  ODISHA'S Swati Nayak And Neemisha Ojha FINISHES As RUNNERS Up At Girls' DOUBLES Under 15 Junior National Badminton Championships 2025

*  ODISHA'S Swastik Samal Has Scored 169 Balls 212 Scores Against Saurashtra in Vijay Hazare Trophy.

* ODISHA'S Women's Cyclist Team Finishes As Runners Up At 77th Senior National Track Cycling Championship 2025 In Uttarakhand.

INAUGURATION - 

* * ODISHA HAS UNVEILED INDIA'S FIRST NON - NAVY WATERMAN SHIP & LIFEGUARD TRAINING INSTITUTE AT RAMCHANDI, KONARK.

* ODISHA CHIEF MINISTER MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI HAS INAUGURATED WORTH RS 12 CRORES TO TRAIN FIRE, SERVICE, NDRF, POLICE AND VOLUNTER 

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Launched The Infrastructure Projects Worth Rs 200 Crores in NIT ROURKELA.

NEW SPECIES - 

* A NEW ROCK GECKO SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) TEAM AT EASTERN GHAT ( KA DHAMAL), ODISHA.

* SPECIES NAME - KALINGA ROCK GECKO ( HEMIDACTYLUS KALINGA) 

* GENUS - HEMIDACTYLUS 

* SCIENTISTS SAID THIS IS 2ND ENDEMIC HEMIDACTYLUS SPECIES IN ODISHA 

* THIS SPECIES HAS OLIVE BROWN BODY 

ODISHA MASTERS 2025 ( BADMINTON) 

* MEN'S SINGLES - KIRAN GEORGE BEAT MOHAMMED YUSUF ( INDONESIA) 

WOMEN'S SINGLES - UNNATI HOODA ( IND) BEST ISHARANI ( IND) 

MEN'S DOUBLES - ALI FAATHIR & DEVIN ARTHA 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - GABRIELA STOEVA & STEFANI STOEVA 

MIXED DOUBLES - MARWAN FAZA & AISYAH PRANATA 

* VETERAN Odia Film Producer Rabindra Sahu Passed Away.

AWARDS - 

* EMINENT BIOLOGIST And Founder Of The Cherry Blossoms Festival Of India, Professor Dinabandhu Sahoo Has Been Conferred The Nature Care Award 2025.

* 16 Years Old Jyotsna Sabar From Odisha Has CONFERRED With Rashtriya Bal PURASHKAR 

TIMEPASS PRATHAMA AWARD 2025 - 

* SANGRAM KESARI SENAPATI WINS THE 2025 TIMEPASS PRATHAMA AWARD 

* FOR HIS NOVEL MANUSCRIPT - CIGARETTE 

SCHEME - 

* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS LAUNCHED THE BARAPUTRA AITHIYA GRAM YOJANA ( SCHEME) ON JUNE 2025 IN ODISHA.

* IT AIMS TO TRANSFORMS THE BIRTH PLACE OF EMINENT ODIAS TO LIVING MEMORIAL THROUGH MUSEUMS.

* ON  25TH DECEMBER 2025 ODISHA GOVERMENT APPROVED 

* 

JANUARY 2026 - 

SCHEMES LAUNCHED - 

* * ODISHA GOVERMENT LAUNCHED THE SWEEKRUTI SCHEME.

* SWEEKRUTI SCHEME IMPLEMENT BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY (SSEPD) 

* IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STRUCTURED, RIGHT BASED FRAMEWORK FOR THE WELFARE OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES 

* ACCORDING TO LAST CENSUS ( ODISHA NO. OF TRANSGENDER 20,300) 

* THIS IS THE FIRST SOCIAL SCHEME FOR TRANSGENDER IN ODISHA 

* THE SCHEME FOCUSES ON A SET OF KEY STRATEGIES THAT INCLUDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS OF TRANSGENDER CHILDREN, PRE -POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, SKILL UPGRADATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, STRENGTH THE SELF HELP GROUP, 

SUDAKSHYA SCHEME - 

* * ODISHA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED THE SUDAKSHYA SCHEME 

* ODISHA GOVERNMENT HAS JOINED HANDS WITH THE UDAITI FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH A STUDY AND EMPLOYMENT PILOT TO TO IMPROVE THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TRAINEE IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION 

* THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ( SDTE) DEPARTMENT ISSUED A DIRECTIVE ON JANUARY 27, 2026 

* UNDER THIS SCHEME PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOLARSHIPS TO GIRLS PURSUING ITI/POLYTECHNIQUE/DIPLOMA 

( MONTHLY MAINTAINANCE OF RS 1500 FOR HOSTELLERS & 500 FOR DAY SCHOLARS ) 

* ONLY FOR FEMALE STUDENTS CATEGORY INCLUDING GENERAL, SC, ST, OBC, SEBC 

APPROVED - 

* Union Cabinet Has Cleared The Rs 1526 Crores Up gradation Of NH-326 In Odisha.

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

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

*  Odisha Signed Two MoU At Wings India 2026, Including a Flying Training At Mayurbhanj, And Drone Training Center In Berhampur.

*  Odisha Ships First Ever Strawberry Consignment To UK.

PORTAL - 

* ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The SAMIKSHYA PORTAL - For Project Tracking 

MOU SIGNED - 

*  NIT ROURKELA, Odisha And ORMAS Signed An  MoA To Establish A Mahua Processing Plant In Kuarmunda, Sundargarh.

INAUGURATION - 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The India's First Aluminium Flat Rolled Product Unit & Aluminium Battery Foil Plant At LAPANGA, Sambalpur Spent Worth Rs 26,996 Crores 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

*  Gyan Ranjan Das, Former National Football PLAYER From Odisha Passed Away.

* Two Times MLA From Nilgiri, Odisha Shri Akshay Acharya Passed Away.

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

* Chief Secretary Of FINANCE Odisha Mr Suresh Tripathi Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Ravi Kanungo Of Odisha Passed Away.

* Odia Music Composer, Singer Abhijit Mazumder Passed Away.

* Eminent Literature Shri Arjun Charan Panda Of Odisha Passed Away 

* Odisha Shows The Tableaux For 2026 Republic Day 

Theme - Soil To Silicon 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Senior IAS OFFICER Aravinda Padhee Promoted As Additional Chief Secretary Of ODISHA.

* Senior IAS OFFICER Deoranjan Kumar Singh Took Charge As The Development Commissioner Of Odisha.

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

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

 * ODISHA'S Diamond Triangle - Ratnagiri, UDAIGIRI, Lalitgiri Has Entered into The India's Tentative List For Consideration Of UNESCO World Heritage Site STATUS.

ANNOUNCEMENT - 

* ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced The Development Project In Bargarh District, 

* Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To Odisha TOURISM Policy 2022 

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

* Odisha Wins The Indusind Banks Women's National T20 Cricket Tournament For Blind 2026 

 * Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Unveiled The Logo And Jersey For MCL Hirakud International Half Marathon 2026 

INAUGURARTION - 

* ODISHA'S First Solar Powered Village Inaugurated in Cuttack.

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

* 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) 

*  Odisha Signed 27 MoU Worth Rs 81864 Crores And Received 19 Investment Proposal Of Rs 18453 Crores At Investor Meet Kolkata.

BOOKS - 

* Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, Governor Of Odisha Witnessed The Book Launch Of AGNISARASSULO VIKASINCHINA KAMALAM - Droupadi MURMU Author - Acharya Yarlagadda Lakshmi PRASAD 

*  Odisha Chief Minister  Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The Book ADHUNIKA ODISHARA NIRMATA : JANAKI BALLABH PATTNAIK ( Author - Navajyoti Pattnaik) 

* 

HOST - 

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

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

*  ODISHA Host The Masthya Prani Samavesh 2026 

- Outlay Of Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana Worth Rs 1400 Crores 

* First Edition Of BLACK SWAN SUMMIT Set To Held At Bhubaneswar, Odisha From 5-6 February 2026 

SPORTS - 

* Vedanta Kalinga Lancers Wins The HIL 2025/26 Title After Beating The Ranchi Royals At KALINGA Stadium. ( Bhubaneswar) 

* 

PORTAL - 

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

AWARDS - 

VYASA KABI FAKIR MOHAN SENAPATI ODIA BHASA SAMMAN - 

* * EMINENT LITERATURE AND SCHOLAR Dr NRUSINGHA CHARAN SARANGI CONFERRED WITH THE VYASA KABI FAKIR MOHAN SENAPATI ODIA BHASHA SAMMAN FOR 2021.

* 

CROCODILE CENSUS - 

* Crocodile Census Held in Odisha ( Similipal) 

84 in 2026 ( 81 in 2025) 

SALT CROCODILE CENSUS - 

* A Total Of 1858 Salt Water Crocodile Counted in Odisha 

- 531 Hatchling (28.58%)

- 442 Yearlings ( 23.79%)

- 365 Juvenile ( 19.64%)

- 167 Sub Adults - ( 8.99%(

- 353 Adults ( 19%)

*  Hirakud Reservoir, Sambalpur Recorded Over 4.21 Lakh Birds Of 128 Species.

* ODISHA'S Nabarangpur District Declared As The Naxal - Free.

* A Rare Black Tiger Sighted At Sundargarh District in Odisha.

* Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary , Nuapada District Odisha Has Emerging As Leopard Habitats.

TENNIS EVENTS IN JANUARY 2026

BENGALURU OPEN 2026 - 

 MEN'S SINGLE - PETRO MARTINEZ 

MEN'S DOUBLES - NICOLAS BARRIENTOS & BENJAMIN KITTAY 

* ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL 2026 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - T MACHAC 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - M ANDREEVA ( HER FIRST ADELAIDE TITLE)!

MEN'S DOUBLES - H HELIOVAARA & H PATTEN 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - S ZHANG & K SINIAOVA 

* BOYS SINGLE - ZIGA SESKO

GIRLS SINGLE - KSENIA EFREMOVA 

BOYS DOUBLES - CONNOR DOIG & DIMITAR KISIMOV 

GIRLS DOUBLE - ALENA KOVACKOVA & JANA KOVACKOVA 

* 

BADMINTON EVENTS IN JANUARY 2026

MALAYSIA OPEN 2026 ( BADMINTON S 1000 EVENT) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Kunlavut Vitidsarn 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se YOUNG 

MEN'S DOUBLES - Kim Won Ho & Tan Ning 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning 

MIXED DOUBLES - Feng Yanzhe & Huang Dongping 

* INDIA OPEN S 750 2026 ( BADMINTON) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - Lin Chun Yi 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se YOUNG 

MEN'S DOUBLES - LIANG WEIKANG & WANG CHANG 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning 

MIXED DOUBLES -: DECHAPOL PUAVARANKROH & SUPISSARA PAEWSAMPRAN 

INDONESIA MASTERS S 500 2026 ( BADMINTON) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - A FRAHAN 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Y F CHEN 

MEN'S DOUBLES - N IZZUDIN & S F GOH 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - 

MIXED DOUBLES - E W TOH & T J CHEN 

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MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2026

DAYS & THEME - 

* 68TH FOUNDATION DRDO Day - 1st January 2026 

* Indian Army Declared 2026 As Year Of Networking And Data Centricity 

*  The UN HAS Declared 2026 As The International Year Of The WOMAN FARMER.

*  Ministry Of Ayush To Celebrates The 9th Siddha Day  on 6th January 2026 (Theme 2026 - Siddha For Global Health)

* Shri Ram College Of Commerce Completed 100 Years.

* World Braille Day - 4th January (Theme 2026 - Empowerment, Digital Inclusion And Integrating Braille Into Daily Life)  

* International Mind Body Wellness Day - 3rd January 

* National Bird Day - 5th January 

* Union Minister Prahlad Joshi Has Launched Multiple Initiatives At The 79th Foundation Day Of BIS ( BUREAU OF  INDIAN STANDARDS) ( 6TH JANUARY 2026) 

* Launched The BIS Standard Portal 

* SAKSHAM Excellence Scheme 

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

* PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS - 9TH JANUARY ( NRI DAY) 

* WORLD HINDI DAY -  10TH January 

* National Youth Day - 12th January 

* National Startup Day - 16th January 

* Army Day - 15th January 

* 17 Tableaux Of States/ UTs & 13 Ministries/ Department Will Show On Republic Day 2026 

Theme 2026 - Swatantrata Ka Mantra: Vande Mataram & SAMRUDHHI Ka Mantra: Atmanirbhar Bharat 

* Beti Bachao  Beti Padhao Completed 11 Years 

National Girl Child Day - 24th January 

* International Education Day -24th January 

THEME 2026 - The Power Of Youth In Co-Creating Education 

* 16th National Voters Day - 25th January 

Theme 2026 - My India, My Vote 

( Tagline - Citizen At The Heart Of Indian Democracy) 

* UAE Declared - 2026 As YEAR OF THE FAMILY 

* International Data Privacy Day - 28th January 

* National Leprosy Day - 30th January 

RANKING & INDEX - 

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

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

( China - 145.28 million Tonnes)

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

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

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

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

1st - Singapore 

2nd - Japan 

3rd - South Korea

* Maharashtra State Topped In The Export Preparedness Index 2024 Report By NITI Ayog. 

( 2nd - Tamil Nadu , 3rd - Gujarat, 4th - Uttar Pradesh) 

 Former President Of India RAMNATH Kovind Has Launched The Responsible Nations Index ( RNI ( In New Delhi.

* India Ranked 16th In Responsible Nations Index 2025 ( Out Of 154 Countries) 

( Singapore Ranked One In The Responsible Nations Index 

( US - 22nd) 

* IISC BENGALURU The Only University Ranked In Global 100 In Subject Ranking 2026 

* India Became The 2nd Largest Overseas Market For US Tourism 

* India Become The 2nd Country Globally To Deploy Mobile Stroke Units For Rural Care.

* Top 5 Safest City In World ( Mangalore -46th ) 

- Qingdao ( China) 

- Abu Dhabi ( UAE) 

- Doha ( Qatar) 

- Sharjah ( UAE) 

- Dubai ( UAE) 

- Pretoria ( SOUTH AFRICA) 

*  India Ranked 6th in 3rd Edition Of Asia Manufacturing Index 2026 ( Report By Hong Kong Based Dezan Shira Associate 2026) 11 Asian Countries) 

1) China 

2) Malaysia 

3) Vietnam v

4) Singapore b

5) South Korea 

*  Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade ( IIFT) Delhi Secured First Position At B -School Ranking 2026 

DEFENSE - 

* RETIRES - 

* Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari Retires As Vice Chief Of The Air Staff, Indian Air Force. ( JOINED IN 1986) 

* 

OPERATION - 

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

*  Punjab POLICE Launched Operation Prahar To To Make State Gangster Free.

*  Kanpur Based MKU Launched It's KAVRO DOMA 360 Ultra Ballistic Helmet.

ANNOUNCEMENT - 

* Indian Army Declared 2026 As Year Of Networking And Data Centricity 

*  India Approved USD 8.7 Billion Purchase Of 1000 Spice 1000 AIR TO AIR Surface Missile From ISRAEL.

* 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 

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

TABLEUX - 

*  Long Range Anti Ship Hypersonic Missile ( LRAShM) Made Its First' Public Appearance in Republic Day 2026 Parade 

 * BHAIRAV Battalion Debut Parade In 2026 Republic Day Parade 

LAUNCHED - 

 * Chief Of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Released The Military Quantum Mission Policy Framework.

* Mazagon dock Shipyard Limited (MDL) Keel Laying Ceremony Of 3rd And Plate Cutting Ceremony Of 6th Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) For Indian Coast Guard 

RECEIVED - 

* Indian Coast Guard Accepted The Delivery Of Two State Of The Art Dornier 228 Aircraft From HAL HQ.

FIRST CONSIGNMENT - 

*  India' Has Formally Delivered The Guided Pinaka Rocket SYSTEM To Armenia. ( Signed Deal Worth Rs 2000 Crores And Produced By India's Solar Defence ) 

VISITED - 

* General Upendra DIWEDI Has Visited To Srilanka. 

* ICGS VARAHA ( Vikram Class OVP), And ICGS ATULYA ( Aadesh Class FPV), Has Arrived At Srilanka To Deployment 

* Indian COAST Guard And Japan Coast Guard Conducts Joint HNS Response Drill On-board ICGS SAMUDRA Prahari In Mumbai.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* * AIR MARSHAL NAGESH KAPOOR HAS TOOK CHARGE AS THE NEW VICE CHIEF OF INDIAN AIR FORCE'. 

* Subedar Major Durgesh Singh Appointed As The Army Subedar Major. 

* Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor Appointed As Vice Chief Of Indian Air Force. 

* LT General Harpal Singh Assumed As The Director General Border Roads 

* Major General Vikas Lal Has Assumed As The Command As General OFFICER Commanding Madhya Pradesh.

* 2004 Batch IPS OFFICER Homkar Vinukant Has Been Appointed As The Inspector General In Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

* Mukesh Singh Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Ladakh.

* SD Singh Jamwal Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Arunachal Pradesh.

*) Anand Mohan Appointed As The DGP Of Delhi.

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

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

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

* Additional Director General M V Pathak Has Assumed As The Cost Guard Commander Of Western Sea Board 

* Rear Admiral Biplab Hota Assumed As Assistant Chief Of Naval Staff, Hq 

* Flight Lieutenant Akshita Dhankar Unfurling The Flag With Honourable President Droupadi MURMU.

* Commandant Tashi Namgyal, Has Became The First' Officer From Ladakh To Be Promoted To Rank Of DIG Of ITBP.

HONOUR - 

*  Lt Commander Dilna And Roopa Honoured With The Shaurya Chakra.

* Col Shofiya Quershi, Who Led The Operation Sindoor Has Been Awarded Vasisth Seva Medal 

 * Indian Space Astronaut SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA Has CONFERRED With ASHOK CHAKRA 

UNVEILED - 

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

BOOKS - 

*  THE CURIOUS AND THE CLASSIFIED : Book Author - Manoj Naravane 

* REDLINES REDRAWN : Operation Sindoor & India's New Normal Book Launched By Army Chief. ( Chief Of Army Staff Upendra DIWEDI) 

* THE SKY WARRIORS : Operation Sindoor Unveiled Book Author - Vishnu Som 

MOU SIGNED - 

* INDIAN Air Force Signed MoA For Fully Indigenous Development Of An Advanced High Speed Air Breathing Propulsion System, With Foundation For Science Innovation And Development (FSID, ISC Bengaluru) 

HOST - 

*4 Days WINGS India 2026 Asia's Largest CIVIL Aviation Set To Held From 28th To 31st January 2026 At Begumpet, Hyderabad 

Theme 2026 - Indian Aviation: Paving The Future From Design To Deployment, Manufacturing To MAINTAINCE, Inclusivity To Innovation, Safety To Sustainability 

 

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FIRST WOMAN - 

* * CAPTAIN HANSJA SHARMA, BECAME THE INDIAN ARMY'S FIRST WOMAN RUDRA HELICOPTER PILOT. ( FROM JAMMU & KASHMIR) 

* SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF JOURNALIST RASHMI SHARMA 

* CRPF Assistant Commandant Simran Bala, Set To Became The First Woman Officer To Led To All Male CRPF Contingent In Republic Day 2026 

DEVELOPED - 

* IIT MADRAS has Developed Ramjet Assisted 155 mm Artillery Shells 

MOU SIGNED - 

*  Indian Army Has Signed MoU with National Institute Of Electronic & Information Technology ( NELIT) For Development Of Army Educational Corps.

INDUCTED - 

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

* VICE Admiral Sameer Saxena, Flag Officer Commanding Chief, Southern Naval Command, Flagged Off INS SUDARSHINI From Naval Base, Kochi, Kerala , Marking The Commencement Of Lokayan -26 

INAUGURATION - 

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

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The Medium Calibre Ammunition Facility Built By Solar Industries In Nagpur, Maharashtra 

FLAGGED OFF - 

* 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) 

* 

AWARDS - 

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

* Army Rowing Node ( ARN) Pune Has Been Awarded The Best Rowing Club Program By World Rowing At Switzerland.

* NCC Directorate Karnataka And Goa Wins Prime Minister Banner And Trophy 

NORTH EAST - 

SCHEME - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Announced The Launch Of The BABU ASONI Scheme From February 1 2026. 

( Under This Scheme Male Students Pursuing Post Graduates Courses Will Receive a Monthly Stipend Of Rs 2000 While Those Enrolled In Undergraduate Programmes Will Get Rs 1000 Per Month) 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Launched The New Welfare Scheme For Udasin Bhakat Of Recognised Sattaras, 

( Providing Monthly Assistance Of Rs 1500 To 620 Bhakat)!

* Assam Records 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake.

* Assam Ranked 24 In Export Preparedness Index 2024 By Niti AYOG 

* UNION MINISTER Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched 2 BAMBOO Project in North East 

* ASSAM'S Artist Classical Manuscript Find Place In Rasthrapati Bhavan.

HOST - 

* Guwahati, Assam To Host The National Textile Minister's Conference on 9th January 2026 

( Theme 2026 - India's Textile: Weaving GROWTH, Heritage And Innovation) 

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

* Nagaland Celebrates The THUNI Festival ( Harvesting Festival)!

* Arunachal Pradesh Celebrates Si Donyi Hilo Festival. 

* 18th Bishu Mini Hornbill TRIBAL Festival Held At Nagaland 

* 7th Manipur Women's International Polo Tournament Kicked Off.

*  Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Launched Project Worth Rs 1715 Crores in Dibrugarh, Assam.

AWARDS - 

* Eminent Meghalaya Artist Raphael Warjri Honoured With PRANAB BARUAH ARTIST Award 

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

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

* Tripura Renewable Energy Received The SKOCH Silver AWARD 

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

 * Sikkim Police Conferred With President Police Colour Award 

* Silchar University Assam Conferred HONORARY D.Litt Degree To IGP Partha Sarathi Mahanta.

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

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

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

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

* Mizoram Announced 50,000 Hectares Of Land Has Been Identified For Rubber Cultivation in State 

*  Nagaland Tableaux With Theme 2026 For Republic Day - 

( The Hornbill Festival - Celebrating Culture, Tourism And Self Reliance)

SCIENCE - 

* 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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* A Team From Nagaland University Develops Eco Friendly Inhibitors From Apple Leaf Waste 

* IIT Guwahati Developed Methods To Monitor Glacial Hazards In Eastern Himalaya.

APPROVED - 

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

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

APPOINTMENT - 

* Professor Amarendra Kumar Das Has Been Appointed As Pro - Vice Chancellor OF Tezpur University.

* Cekrovolu Swuro ELECTED As Vice President Of Archery Association Of India.

* Commandant Tashi Namgyal, Has Became The First' Officer From Ladakh To Be Promoted To Rank Of DIG Of ITBP.

WILDLIFE - 

*  Assam Reports Zero Rhino Poaching In 2025. 

* 

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

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 6957 Crores Kaziranga Elevated Corridor And Virtually Inaugurated Amrit BHARAT Express In Assam.

* Indian Bison Sighted In Manipur After A DECADE.

SPORTS - 

* Meghalaya Riiohlang Dhar Has Been Selected For FIFA Referring International List For 2026 

* Rupa Bayor, From Arunachal Pradesh Became The First Indian To Achieve World Number 6 And Asia Ranked 1 

*  Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Felicitated Cricketer Manisankar Murasingh For Completing 100 Ranji Matches 

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

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

FESTIVAL - 

* Manipur Celebrates The Gaan Ngai Festival.

* Dong, Arunachal Pradesh Has Welcome The First Sunrise Of 2026 

* Assam Became The First State To Continue The 8th Pay COMMISION.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Shri Skylance G Momin, The First GARO MPS Officer Of Nagaland Passed Away. 

*  INDIAN Idol Winner And Actor Prasant Tamang Passed Away.

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

 

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

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

* Assam's First Radio Jockey Fawzia Rahman Passed Away.

* NOTED VIOLINIST OF ASSAM MINOTI KHAUND PASSED AWAY ON 19th JANUARY 2026 

* SHE HAS BEEN PART OF THIS INDUSTRY FOR 50 YEARS.

* BORN IN 1940.

* 

AWARDS - 

- SANGEET JYOTI AWARD 

- SILPI AWARD 

-*  Former DGP Of Meghalaya W R Marbaniang Passed Away.

NEW SPECIES - 

* * CALAMARIA MIZORAMENSIS, A NEW REED SNAKE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MIZORAM.

* IT IS BASED ON DNA 

* THIS IS THE NON - VENOMOUS REED SNAKE 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN PHEK.

* NEW SPECIES - HOYA NAGAENSIS ( NAGAENSIS FROM NAGALAND) & NAGA COMMUNITY 

( FAMILY - APOCYNACEAE) 

* SUB FAMILY - ASCLEPIADOIDEAE 

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PHEK DISTRICT FOREST IN NAGALAND 

* 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM DELHI AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FROG SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ( HERPETOLOGIST DR S D BIJU FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM SOMANI ( SOMAN'S SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM MECHUKA ( MECHUKA SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* THESE TWO SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN LOWER DIBANG VALLEY AND SHI - YOMI DISTRICT 

* 

* Rare Ghost Orchid REDISCOVERED After 175 Years In Meghalaya.

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

* A NEW SPECIES OF GINGER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SIANG VALLEY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - PARAKAEMPFERIA ALBA 

* Assam For The First Time To Participate In The World Economic Forum 2026 At Asian Davos.

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN EAST KAMENG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( INDIAN HIMALAYA) 

* SPECIES NAME - STROBILANTHES RITESHII K 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - ACANTHACEAE) 

* 

BOOKS - 

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

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

* First Magh Bihu Census Records 2026 

- 111 Bird Species In Chandubi Beel 

* Prime Minister Received A Portrait Of Bodofa Upendranath Brahma, On Assam Tour.

* 

LAID FOUNDATION - 

* Mizoram CM LALDHUOMA Has Laid Foundation Stone of 24 MW TURINI Hydropower Project. ( On Turini River Worth Rs 676.98 Crores) 

* 

* Meghalaya Government Has Inaugurated The Counter Insurgency Anti Terrorism ( CIAT) School And The Integrated Police Welfare Complex.

* Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla Has Unfurled State's First' Monumental NATIONAL Flag At Kangla Nongpok Torban In Imphal 

*  Rare White Mallard Sighted At Satajan Wetland In North Lakshmipur, Assam 

* Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio Inaugurated The States First' Drone School And Drone Center At Kohima.

*  Total Of 945 Fresh Water Turtles Belonging To 7 Species Have Been Recorded In River Brahmaputra, Assam.

*  Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Inaugurated The Sri Sri Damodaradeva International Auditorium At Guwahati 

NOMINATE - 

* India Has Submitted The Nomination Of Dossier Of Jingkieng Jri/ Lyu Chrai Cultural Landscape MEGHALAYA To UNESCO World Heritage site.

*  ASSAM Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Signed MoU with To Setting Up An Methanol PLANT With ASSAM Petro Chemical Limited And Deen Dayal Port Authority, Kandla, Gujarat.

BILL PASSED - 

* * Delhi Government Has Approved The Delhi Jan Viswas ( Amendment Of Provision) Bill 2026.

* Center Notified Central Motor Vehicle ( 2nd Amendment) Rules 2026 

* Supreme Court Of India' Declared Menstrual Health a Fundamental Right.

* 

RENAME & LOGO - 

* LOGO & MASCOT - 

* The Ministry Of Statistics And Programme Implementation Unveiled It's New Logo And Mascot. 

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

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

( HOST - INDIA) 

* External affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Along With Spain Foreign Affairs Minister Have Unveiled The Logo Of INDIA -SPAIN Friendship 

RENAME - 

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

* Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Announced The Institution Of The Semmozhi Literary Award, Replacing Sahitya Academy Award 

* Dobh Shrikot Nursing College, In Sringar Has Rename After Ankita Bhandari.

*  Kathua Railway Station, Renamed After Martyr Captain Sunil Kumar Chaudhary

NEW DISTRICT - 

*  Goa Set To Add Third District Named - Kushavati ( NAMED AFTER KUSHAVATI RIVER) 

* AWARDS - 

* Nayanima Basu ( Book - The Fall Of Kabul) Has Win The Best Debut Author At Aut Her Award 2025 

* Sashi Tharoor Has Received The MALAYALI Of The Year Award Of CNN News 18 From Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan. 

* Violinist R K Shriram Kumar Conferred With Sangita Kalanidhi Award.

RAMNATH GOENKA AWARDS 2026 - 

* * BEST DEBUT - Neha Dixit ( For The Many Lives Of Syeda X) 

* BEST NON - FICTION - Sudeep Chakraborty ( For Fallen City)

* BEST FICTION - Subi Taba ( For Tales From The Dawn - Lit Mountains) 

* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Dr CHANDRASEKHARA KAMBARA ( KANNADA WRITER) 

*  URMILA SATYANARAYAN Presented With NRITYA KALANIDHI Award.

*  Marathi Film Dashavatar Enters 2026 Oscar Contention List.

31ST CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2025 - 

* * BEST PICTURE - One Battle After Another 

* BEST ACTOR - Timothee Chalamet ( For Marty Supreme) 

* BEST COSTUME DESIGN - Kate Hawley ( For Frankenstein)

* BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERIES - Squid Game 

* BEST COMEDY - The Naked Gun 

* BEST ACTRESS - Jessie Buckley ( For Hamnet)

* BEST DIRECTOR - Paul Thomas Anderson ( For One Battle After Another).

* BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ( One Battle After Another) 

* BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ( Sinners)

* BEST VARIETY SERIES - Last Week Tonight 

* BEST MOVIE MADE FOR TELEVISION - Mad About The Boy 

* BEST STUNT DESIGN - The Final Recoknig 

* BEST SCORE - Sinner 

* BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - K POP (Demon Hunter 

* BEST SONG - GOLDEN ( K POP Demon Hunter)

* BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Frankenstein 

* BEST DRAMA SERIES - THE PITT 

* BEST ACTOR - Noah Wyle ( The Pitt 

* BEST ACTRESS ( DRAMA) - Rhea Seahorn ( For Pluribus)

* BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - Avtar: Fire & Ash 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ( Comedy) - The Studio 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ( DRAMA) - Tramell Tillman ( FOR Severance)

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ( DRAMA)- Katherine Lanasa ( For The Pitt)

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Ammy Madigan ( Weapons)

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Jacob Elrodi ( Frankenstein)

* BEST SOUND - F1 

* BEST HAIR & MAKE-UP - Frankenstein 

* BEST COMEDY SPECIAL - SNL 50 

* BEST EDITING - F1 

* BEST COMEDY SERIES' - The Studio 

* BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - The Secret Agent 

* BEST ACTRESS IN COMEDY SERIES - Jean Smart ( Hacks)

* BEST ACTOR IN Comedy series ( The Studio) + Seth Rogen 

* BEST COMEDY SERIES - Abbott Elementary 

* BEST TALK SHOW - Jimmy Kimmel Live 

* BEST LIMITED SERIES - Adolescence 

* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Train Dreams 

* BEST ANIMATED SERIES - South Park 

* BEST LIMITED SERIES FOR TV - Sarah Snook ( All Her Fault).

* BEST YOUNG ACTOR - SINNER,( Miles Caton)

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

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

* 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.

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

* 

35TH G D BIRLA AWARDS 2025 - 

* * PROFESSOR BUSHRA ATEEQ, DEAN OF INTERNATIONAL RELATION AT IIT KANPUR HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH G D BIRLA AWARD 2025 FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

* HIS WORK ON MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY 

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

TITLE - 

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

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS - 

* * NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG CONFERRED WITH IEEE MEDAL OF HONOR 2026 

JOHN F RICHARDS AWARD 2026 - 

* * INDIAN AUTHOR TITHI BHATTACHARYA HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE JOHN F RICHARDS PRIZE 2025 

* FOR HER BOOK GHOSTLY PAST 

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

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

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

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

* 

SILVER ELEPHANT AWARD 2025 - 

* SHRI NARESH KAUSHAL, EDITOR OF DAINIK TRIBUNE & SENIOR JOURNALIST HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE HIGHEST NATIONAL HONOUR OF THE BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES - THE SILVER ELEPHANT AWARD 

* THE AWARD GIVEN BY CHATTISGARH GOVERNOR SHRI RAMESH DEKA 

* SHRI NARESH PART OF BHARAT SCOUTS SINCE 1964 

* 

83RD GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS 2025 ( FILM) - 

* BEST PICTURE - HAMNET 

* BEST PICTURE ( COMEDY/ MUSICAL) - One Battle After Another 

* BEST MALE ACTOR - WAGNER MOURA ( For Secret Agent)

* BEST FEMALE ACTOR - Jessie Buckley ( 

* BEST PODCAST - Amy Poehler 

* BEST MOTION PICTURE ( NON - ENGLISH) - Secret Agente

* BEST ANIMATED MOTION PICTURE - K POP Demon Hunters 

* BEST MUSICAL/ COMEDY - THEE STUDIO 

* BEST DIRECTOR -  PALE THOMAS  

* BEST SUPPORTING Female ACTOR - Teyana Taylor 

* BEST DRAMA SERIES - The Pitt 

* STAND UP COMEDY - RICKY 

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

TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENT 2026  - 

* * AMERICAN MYCOLOGIST TOBY KIERS WINS THE 2026 TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT.

* HER WORK ON MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI 

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

JC DANIEL AWARDS 2024 - 

* * VETERAN ACTRESS SARDA HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE 2024 J C DANIEL AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN CINEMA BY KERALA GOVERNMENT.

* Author Amish Tripathi Honoured With Doctor Of The University Honoris Causa From University Of York, UK 

* Veteran Music Composer Ilaiyaraaja Will Receive Prestigious PADMAPANI Awards At 11th Ajanta - Ellora International Film Festival 

INDIRA GANDHI PEACE PRIZE 2025 - 

* * MOZAMBICAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST GRACA MACHEL SET TO RECEIVE THE INDIRA GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2025

* Chandana Singh Received The Ati Visisth Rail Seva PURASHKAR - Highest Honour Of INDIAN Railways ( Who Led The Nanhe Farishte Operation) 

* * AUTHOR, WRITER SMT NAMITA GOKHLE HAS RECEIVED THE BHARATENDU HARISHCHANDRA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2026 AT BANARS LITERATURE FESTIVAL.

42ND JAPAN AWARDS 2026 - 

* * ZHIJIAN JAMES CHEN HAS WON THE 2026 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE (42ND EDITION) 

* FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE NUCLEIC ACID SENSING MECHANISM BY THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM 

* * SIKKIM STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, IN INSTITUTIONAL CATEGORY AND LT COLONEL SEETA ASHOK SHELKE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR 2026 SUBASH CHANDRA BOSE APADA PRABANDHAN PURASHKAR.

* The Translation Of Shri Hanuman Chalisa By Abhay K Wins The Sarojini Naidu Award 2026 For Poetry at Banars Literature Festival.

* James C Schnable Wins The 2026 NAS Prize in Food And Agriculture Science For Breakthrough In Plant Genomics And Quantitive.

* UTTAR PRADESH GAURAV SAMMAN - 

* SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA - Wing Commander And GAGANYATRI 

* ALAKH PANDEY - FOUNDER OF PHYSICS WALLAH ( EDUCATION) 

* DR SUDHANSHU SINGH - Agricultural Scientist & IRRI SOUTH ASIA DIRECTOR 

* HARIOM PAWAR - POET & ACADEMIC ( HINDI) 

PADMA AWARDS 2026 - 

PADMA VIBHUSHAN 2026 ( 5) 

1) Shri DHARMENDRA DEOL (ART) - Maharshtra ( Posthumously) 

2) Shri K T THOMAS ( Public Affairs) - KERALA 

3) Ms N Rajam ( Art) - Uttar Pradesh 

4) Shri P Narayanan ( Literature & Education) - Kerala 

5) Shri V S Achutanandhan ( Public Affairs) - Kerala ( Posthumously) 

* PADMA BHUSHAN (13) 

1) Alka Yagnik ( Artist) 

2) Mr Bhagat Singh Koshyari ( Public Affairs) - Uttarkhand 

3) Shri K Ramasamy Palaniswami ( Medicine) - Tamilnadu 

4) Shri Mamooty ( Art) - KERALA 

5) Dr Nori Dattattreyudu - ( Medicine) - USA 

6) Shri Piyush Pandey (Art) Posthumously 

7) Shri S K M Manikandan ( Social Work) - Tamilnadu 

8) Shri Shatavadhani R Ganesh (Art) - Karnataka 

,9) Shri Shibu Soren ( Public Affairs) - Jharkhand ( Posthumously) 

10) Shri Uday Kotak ( Trade & INDUSTRY) -Maharastra v

11) Shri V K Malhotra ( Public Affairs) - Delhi 

12) Shri Vellaappally Natesan ( Public Affairs) - Kerala 

13) Shri Vijay Amritraj ( SPORTS) - US

PADMA SHRI (113) - 

* Shri A E Muthuanayagam ( Science & Engineering) - Kerala 

* Shri Anil Kumar Rastogi ( Art) - UTTAR PRADESH 

* Shri Anke Gowda M - ( Social Work) - Karnataka 

* Ms Armida Fernandes ( Medicine) - Maharashtra 

* Shri Arvind Vaidya ( Art) - Gujarat 

* Shri Ashok Khade ( Trade & industry) - MAHARSHTRA 

* Shri Ashok Kumar Singh ( Science & Engineering) Uttar Pradesh 

* Shri Ashok Kumar Haldar ( LITERATURE & Education) - West Bengal 

* Shri Baldev Singh ( Sports) - Punjab 

* Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar ( Sports) - Madhya Pradesh 

* Shri Bharat Singh Bharthi ( Art) - Bihar 

* Shri Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda ( Art) - MAHARSHTRA 

* Shri Biswa Bandhu ( Art) - Bihar ( Posthumously (

* Shri Brij Lal Bhat ( SOCIAL Work) - Jammu and Kashmir 

* Shri Buddha Rashmi Mani ( ARCHAEOLOGY) - Uttar Pradesh 

* Shri Bidhri Tati ( Social Work) - Chhattisgarh 

* Shri C Gaddamanugu ( Science & Engineering) - Telengana 

* Shri Charan Hembram ( LITERATURE & Education) - Odisha 

* Shri chiranji Lal Yadav ( Art) - Uttar Pradesh 

* Ms Deepika Reddy ( Art) - Telengana 

* Shri D  C pandya (Art) - Gujarat 

* Shri G B Rajendra Prasad (Art) - Andhra Pradesh 

* Shri G M Yogi - (Art) - Rajasthan 

* Shri Gambhir Singh ( Literature & Education)- West Bengal 

* Shri G Balakrishna Prasad ( Art) - Andhra Pradesh ( Posthumously) 

* Ms Gayatri Balasubramaniam & Ms Rajani Balasubramaniam ( Art) - Tamilnadu 

* Shri Gopal G Trivedi ( Science & Education) - Bihar 

* Shri Guduru Venkat Rao ( Medicine)- Telengana 

* Shri H V Mande ( Medicine) - Tamilnadu 

* Shri Hally War ( Social Work) - MEGHALAYA 

* Shri Hari Madhav Mukhopadhyay ( Art) - West Bengal ( Posthumously ) 

*Shri Hari Charan Saikia  ( Art) - Assam 

* Shri Harmanpreet kaur ( Sports) - Punjab 

* Shri Inderjit Singh Sindhu ( Social Work) - Chandigarh 

* Shri Janardan Bapurao Bothe ( Social Work ( - MAHARASHTRA 

* Shri Jogesh Deuri ( Agriculture) - Assam 

* Shri Juzer Vasi ( Science & Engineering) - Maharashtra 

* Shri Jyotish Debnath ( Art West Bengal)

* Shri K pajanivel ( Sports) - Puducherry 

* Shri K Ramasamy ( Science & Engineering ) Tamilnadu 

* Shri K Vijay Kumar ( Civil Service) - Tamil Nadu 

* Shri Kabindra Purkayastha ( Public Affairs) - Assam ( Posthumously ) 

* Shri Kailash Chandra Pant ( LITERATURE Education) - Madhya Pradesh 

* Ms K Vimala Menon ( Art) - Kerala 

* Shri Kewal Krishna Thakral ( Medicine) - Uttar Pradesh 

* Shri Khem Raj Sundriyal ( Art) - Haryana 

* Ms Devki M ( Social Work) - Kerala 

* Shri Krishnamurthy Balasubramaniam ( Science & Engineering) - Telengana 

* Shri Kumar Bose ( Art) - West Bengal 

* Shri Kumarswamy Thangaraj ( Science & Engineering) Telengana 

* PROFESSOR L Christan Koch - Art ( Germany) 

* Ms Liudmila khokhlava ( LITERATURE & Education) - Russia v

* Shri Madhvan Ranganathan ( Art) - MAHARASHTRA 

* Shri M Murali Mohan ( Art) - Andhra Pradesh 

* Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra ( LITERATURE Education) - Odisha 

* Shri Mahendra Nath Roy ( LITERATURE Education ) - West Bengal 

* Shri Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar ( LITERATURE Education) - Delhi 

* Ms Mangala Kapoor ( LITERATURE Education) - Uttar Pradesh 

* Shri Hajjibhai Ksambhai ( Art) - Gujarat 

* Shri Mohan Nagar ( Social Work) - Madhya Pradesh 

* Shri Narayan Vyas ( Archaeology) - Madhya Pradesh 

* Shri Naresh Chandra Verma ( LITERATURE Education) - Tripura 

* Shri Nilesh Chandra - Social Work ( Gujarat)

* Shri Nuruddin Ahmed ( Art) - Assam 

* Shri O T Swaminathan ( Art) - Tamilnadu 

* Shri PADMA Gurmet ( Medicine) - LADAKH 

* Shri P Vijay Anand ( Medicine) - Telengana 

* Ms Pokhila lekthpei ( Art) - Assam 

* Prabhakar Kore ( LITERATURE Education) - Karnataka 

* Shri Prateek Sharma ( Medicine) - USA 

* Shri Praveen Kumar ( Sports ( - Uttar Pradesh 

* Shri Prem Lal Gautam ( Science Engineering ( - Himachal Pradesh 

* Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee ( Art ( - WEST BENGAL 

* Dr Punniamurthy Natesan ( Medicine) - TAMILNADU 

* Shri R Krishnan ( Art) ( Tamilnadu) Posthumously 

* Shri R V S Mani ( CIVIL Service) - Delhi 

* Shri Rabilal Tudu ( LITERATURE Education) -West Bengal 

* Shri Raghuput Singh ( agriculture) - Uttar Pradesh 

* Shri Raghuveer Khedekar ( Art) - Maharashtra 

* Shri R Kaliappa (Art) - Tamilnadu 

* Shri Rajendra Prasad ( Medicine) - Uttar Pradesh 

* Shri Ramma Reddy ( ANIMAL Husbandry ( - Tamilnadu ( Posthumously)

* Shri Rammurthy Sreedhar ( Radio Broadcasting) - Delhi 

* Shri Ramchandra Godbole _ & Sunita Godbole ( Medicine) - CHATTISGARH 

* Shri Ratilal Boriasagar ( LITERATURE Education) - Gujarat 

* Rohit Sharma ( Sports) 

* Shri S G Susheelamma ( Social Work) - Karnataka.

* Shri Sangyusang ( Art ( - Nagaland 

* Shri Niranjan Dass ( Spiritualism) - Punjab 

* Shri Sarat Kumar Patra ( Art) - Odisha 

* Shri Saroj Mandal ( Medicine) - West Bengal 

* Shri Satish Shah ( Art) Posthumously 

* Shri Satya Narayan Nuwal ( Trade Industry) - MAHARASHTRA 

* Ms Savita Punia ( Sports) Haryana 

* PROFESSOR Shafi Shauq ( LITERATURE Education) - Jammu and Kashmir 

GANIT RATNA AWARDS 2026 - 

* PROFESSOR VAMSI PRITHAM PINGALI SET TO RECEIVED THE GANIT RATNA AWARD 2026 

* * DR CHANDRAKANT LOHARIYA HAS RECEIVED THE WILEY RESEARCH HERO AWARD FOR HEALTH 

REPUBLIC DAY TABLEUX AWARDS 2026 - 

* * JURY AWARDS --- 

* BEST MARCHING CONTINGENT (SERVICES) - Indian Navy 

* BEST MARCHING CONTINGENT ( CAPFs) - DELHI POLICE 

* TOP TABLEAUX ( STATE/UT) 

- STATE ( MAHARASHTRA ) 

- UT ( JAMMU AND KASHMIR ) 

* BEST CENTRAL MINISTRY TABLEAU - 

Ministry Of Culture 

* SPECIAL PRIZES - 

( CPWD GOV) 

* Vande Mataram ( The Eternal Resonance Of India Dance Group) 

* BEST MARCHING CONTINGENT ( Services) - Assam Regiment ( Popular Choice).

* BEST MARCHING CONTINGENT ( CAPFs) - CRPF India 

* TOP TABLEAUX - 

- STATE ( GUJARAT)

- UTTAR PRADESH, & RAJASTHAN 

* BEST CENTRAL MINISTRY TABLEAU - Department Of School Education & Literacy 

* Andaman And Nicobar Islands Bagged Best UT/ State Award For AB- PMJAY Beneficiary Treatment.

* Soumya Swaminathan Received The DEVI Awards 2026 At Chennai.

INAUGURATION - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The Grand International Exposition Of Sacred Piprahwa Relics Of Buddha.

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

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

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

* 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). 

* 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 

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

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

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

COMMISSONED - 

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

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

* 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 

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

* 

FIRST IN - 

* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS FLAGGED OFF INDIA'S FIRST VANDE BHARAT SLEEPER TRAIN FROM HOWRAH - GUWAHATI ON 17TH JANUARY 2026 

* 

FIRST IN - 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched India's First Open Sea Marine Fish Farming Project At North Bay, Andaman Sea 

* 

* Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 342.60 Crores Maamallan Water Project In State.

* Mizoram CM LALDHUOMA Has Laid Foundation Stone of 24 MW TURINI Hydropower Project. ( On Turini River Worth Rs 676.98 Crores) 

* Kerala Tourism Unveiled The State Of Wonder Pavilion At FITUR Madrid 2026 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Three New Amrit Bharat Express In Kerala.

* Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The INA Postal STAMP Gallery, Netaji Sanskruti Bhawan, At Cuttack 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates The SVANidhi Credit Card in Kerala

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Inaugurated The GRANTH KUTIR At Rasthrapati Bhavan, 

( A Reach Collection Of Manuscripts And 2300  Books In 11 Classical Language Of India) 

* 

* Indian Railways Deploys Humanoid Robot ASC ARJUN - At Vishakapatnam Railway Station.

* 

*  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Has Inaugurated The 2nd Phase Of The Vizhinjam International Sea Port 

* 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The India's First Aluminium Flat Rolled Product Unit & Aluminium Battery Foil Plant At LAPANGA, Sambalpur Spent Worth Rs 26,996 Crores 

* 

*  Tamilnadu Governor R N Ravi Unveiled The Statue Of Poet Saint KAVICHAKRAVARTHI At Chennai.

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The Shore Based Laboratory Of CSIR - National Institute Of Oceanography, Visakhapatnam.

* 

SPORTS CA - 

CHESS - 

* Bibisara Assaubayeva Wins The FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship 2025 

Silver - Anna Muzychuk 

Bronze - Eline Roebers & Zhu Jiner 

* * AARYAN VARSHNEY BECAME INDIA'S 92ND CHESS GRAND MASTER.

* Indian Woman Chess Master Divya Deshmukh Has Been Received The Dynamite News Young India COUNTRY Award By Chief Justice Of India Shri Surya Kant 

TENNIS -

* Venus Williams Became The Oldest Player (45 Years) To Play US OPEN 2026 

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

* Senegal Wins The AFRICA Cup After Beating Morocco In The FINAL Of 2026 

* Sania Mirza Has Started a New Venture Named - NEXT SET ( To Supports India's Women's Athlete ) 

LAUNCHED - 

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

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Sjoerd Marijine Has Been Appointed As The Chief Coach Of Indian Women's Hockey Team.

* Cekrovolu Swuro ELECTED As Vice President Of Archery Association Of India.

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

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

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

* Indian Olympian Boxer Vijender Singh Has Been Appointed As Member Of Asian Boxing Council.

* Amelia Valverde Appointed As The Coach Of SENIOR Indian Women Team 

HOST - 

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

* Ladakh Host The 6th Edition Of Khelo India Winter Game 

* Squirrel Indu Has Unveiled As Official Mascot Of Pune Grand Tour 2026 

OFFICIAL SPONSOR - 

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

RETIREMENT - 

*  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) 

* AUSTRALIAN Batter Usman Khwaja Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* * SAINA NEHWAL ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FROM BADMINTON INTERNATIONAL.

* SHE  HAS WON 446 MATCHES IN HER CAREER.

BIGGEST EVENTS - 

* BRONZE - 2012 Olympic 

* SILVER - World Championship (2015 JAKRATA) 

* BRONZE - 2017 GLASS GLOW 

* BRONZE - (UBER CUP - 2014 New Delhi)

* BRONZE - (UBER CUP - 2016 KUSNSHAN) 

* GOLD - (2010- COMMONWEALTH GAMES DELHI) 

* GOLD - 2018 GOLD COAST 

* GOLD - 2018 GOLD COAST (MIXED EVENT)

* SILVER - 2010 COMMONWEALTH (MIXED)

* BRONZE - 2006 MELBOURNE (MIXED) 

* BRONZE - 2014 ( ASIAN GAMES INCHEON) 

* BRONZE - 2018 - ASAIN GAMES ( Jakarta & PALMBANG)

* BRONZE - 2010 (ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS NEW DELHI)

* BRONZE - 2016 WUHAN 

* BRONZE - 2018 WUHAN 

* GOLD - 2008 (WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS) PUNE 

* SILVER - 2006 INCHEON (JUNIOR) 

* GOLD - 2008 (COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES) PUNE 

* SILVER - 2004 (BENDIGO) (MIXED TEAM) 

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* KHEL RATNA AWARD 

* ARJUNA AWARD 

* PADMASHREE 

* PADMA BHUSAN 

MIXED - 

* Meghalaya Riiohlang Dhar Has Been Selected For FIFA Referring International List For 2026 

* Rupa Bayor, From Arunachal Pradesh Became The First Indian To Achieve World Number 6 And Asia Ranked 1 

 * Diu Host The 2nd Khelo India Beach Games 2026 

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

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

* PV Sindhu Become The India's First And Only To Win 500 Career Matches Wins 

*  Karan Singh Wins The ITF M15 Hyderabad Single Title.

*  The Indian Army Ice Hockey Champions At The Khelo India Ice Hockey Championships 2026 

CRICKET - 

* 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.

* 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 

*  Former Indian First Class Cricketer Ajay Verma PASSED AWAY.

* Vidarbha Wins The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025/26 Title 

* Aman Mokhade Became The First Batter To Score 800 Runs In Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025 

* Former BCCI President Mr I S  Bindra Passed Away.

 * THE RISE OF HITMAN : Rohit Sharma Book Author - R Kaushik Launched 

WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE 2026 

*  Nat Sciver From Mumbai Indians Scored Women's Premier League First Century Against Royal Challenger Bangalore 2026 

WINNER - 

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

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

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

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

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

* ANAHAT SINGH RUNNERS UP AT BRITISH JUNIOR OPEN 2026 

* WINNER -: LAUREN BALTAYAN ( FRANCE) 

HOST - BIRMINGHAM 

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

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

* Vedanta Kalinga Lancers Are The Winner Of Hockey India League ( HIL) Title 

* Manush Shah Wins WTT FEEDER Men's Single.

*  Bihar Won The 10th Sub - Junior National Level Rugby 7s Championships 

 * Maaya Rajeshwaran And Renee Alame Finishes As Runners Up At ITF J300 TRARALGON Women's Double 

* Indian Pair Manush Shah And Diya Chitale Wins The  Mixed Double Title At WTT Contender Muscat 2026 in Oman.

* Divyanshi Bhowmik Has Win Silver At Under 17 Women's Single At WTT YOUTH Contender Cappadocia 

*  Jensi Kanabar Crowned As Under 14 Champion At Australian Open ASIA Pacific.

* Novak Djokovic At The Age of 38 Years 255 Days Became The Oldest To Play Australia Open Single FINAL

2ND KHELO INDIA BEACH GAMES 2026 - 

* HOST - DIU 

* 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) 

WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE - 

* WINNERS - S G PIPERS 

* TOP SCORER - AGUSTINA GORZELANY 

* BEST GOAL KEEPER - BANSARI SOLANKI ( INDIA)

* FAIRPLAY - RANCHI ROYALS 

* BEST PLAYER - NAVNEET KAUR 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

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

* IN 1990 HE BECAME THE BILLIARD CHAMPION 

* 16 TIMES NATIONAL CHAMPION IN BILIARDS 

AWARDS - 

* 2005 - DHYAN CHAND AWARD 

* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

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

( He Debuted In Merdeka Cup in 1968) 

* Former Indian Hockey Star Davinder Singh Passed Away. 

BENGALURU OPEN 2026 ( TENNIS) - 

* MEN'S SINGLE - PETRO MARTINEZ 

MEN'S DOUBLES - NICOLAS BARRIENTOS & BENJAMIN KITTAY 

MALAYSIA OPEN 2026 ( BADMINTON S 1000 EVENT) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Kunlavut Vitidsarn 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se YOUNG 

MEN'S DOUBLES - Kim Won Ho & Tan Ning 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning 

MIXED DOUBLES - Feng Yanzhe & Huang Dongping 

* ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL 2026 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - T MACHAC 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - M ANDREEVA ( HER FIRST ADELAIDE TITLE)!

MEN'S DOUBLES - H HELIOVAARA & H PATTEN 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - S ZHANG & K SINIAOVA 

INDIA OPEN S 750 2026 ( BADMINTON) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - Lin Chun Yi 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se YOUNG 

MEN'S DOUBLES - LIANG WEIKANG & WANG CHANG 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning 

MIXED DOUBLES -: DECHAPOL PUAVARANKROH & SUPISSARA PAEWSAMPRAN 

* INDONESIA MASTERS S 500 2026 ( BADMINTON) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - A FRAHAN 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Y F CHEN 

MEN'S DOUBLES - N IZZUDIN & S F GOH 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - 

MIXED DOUBLES - E W TOH & T J CHEN 

* APPOINTMENTS - 

* * 1994 BATCH IAS OFFICER MRS NANDINI CHAKRABORTY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO WEST BENGAL.

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE CHIEF SECRETARY OF WEST BENGAL.

* Ajay Singhal Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Haryana.

* * 1991 Batch EX IAS OFFICER Manoj Pant Appointed As The Principal Secretary To West Bengal Chief Minister 

* Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General Sadanand Date Has Been Appointed As Maharashtra's New DGP For Next Two Years. 

* 2004 West Bengal IAS Officer Jagdish Prasad Meena Appointed As New Home Secretary Of West Bengal. 

* Tenure Of Sonal V Mishra IPS, IG CRPF Extended For a Period Of One Year. 

* Mamta Verma Appointed As The ADG Of DD News.

* * IAS OFFICER RAVINDRA KUMAR AGRAWAL HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FCI.

* Sreekumar G Pillai Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research I GCAR).

* Professor Shekhar C Mande Has Taken Charge As The President Of The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) 

* SDS Jamwal Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Arunachal Pradesh.

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

* 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 

* * 1994 BATCH IPS OFFICER RAKESH AGARWAL HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (NIA) 

* 1993 BATCH IPS OFFICER OF WEST BENGAL CADRE SHRI PRAVEEN KUMAR HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF BORDER SECURITY FORCE ( BSF) ..

* HE PRESENTLY SERVING DG OOF ITBP. 

* 

* 1990 BATCH IPS OFFICER OF HARYANA CADRE SHATRUJEET SINGH KAPOOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INDO TIBETAN BORDER POLICE (ITBP)

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

* PRAVEEN VASISTHA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER OF CHIEF VIGILANCE COMMISSION ( CVC) 

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

* Shri Hari S Bhatia Has Been Appointed As The Interim Chairperson Of IISER Tirupati 

* Mr Arun T Ramachandani Has Been Elected As The President Of The Society Of Indian Defence Manufacturers ( SIDM) For 2025 - 2027 

*  Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Former Chairperson Of University Grants Commission (UGC) Has Been Selected As One Of The Two Experts From ASPAC GROUP ( GIV) To UNESCO' s Group Of Experts On Preventive Action Plan For The Protection Of Education From Attack.

*  Professor Kanchan K Mallik Has Been Appointed As UNESCO Chair On Community Media At University Of Hyderabad.

* Gujarat Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi Takes Charge As Vice Chairman Of Mahatma Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram Memorial Trust.

*  Ms Aruna Nayar, Currently Serving As Secretary To Railway Board, Has Been Appointed As The Director General ( Human Resources) To Railway Board.

LONGEST SERVING CM OF KARNATAKA - 

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

JUDICIAL - 

*  Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo Of Odisha High Court Has Been Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Patna High Court.

* Justice Soumen Sen Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice Of Kerala High Court.

* Justice Revati Mohite Dere Has Been Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Meghalaya High Court.

* Ms Sonak Appointed As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand. 

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

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

*  JUSTICE G R Swaminathan, Madras High Court Has Take A Historic Decision To allowed A Memorial Stupa For 1755 Natham Kanavai War Heroes.

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

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

RETIRES - 

* Maharashtra's First WOMAN Director General Of Police ( DGP) Rashmi SHUKLA Retired. ( CAREER SPAN OF 37 YEARS) 

PRESIDENT - 

* * GUINEA COUP LEADER GENERAL MAMADY DOUMBOUYA ELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF COUNTRY.

* * YOWERI MUSEVENI HAS WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR 7TH TERM OF UGANDA.

* 

PRIME MINISTER - 

* Yemen Appoints Foreign Minister Ahmed Bin Mubarak As New Prime Minister Of Country.

* 

AMBASSADOR - 

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

* Ms Muanpuli Saiawi Has Been Appointed As Indian High commissioner To New Zealand.

*  Amit Kumar Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Georgia.

BRAND AMBASADOR - 

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

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

* Thyrocare Onboards Appoints Actress Madhuri Dixit As It's Brand Ambassador.

* 

ODISHA CA - 

SCHEMES LAUNCHED - 

* * ODISHA GOVERMENT LAUNCHED THE SWEEKRUTI SCHEME.

* SWEEKRUTI SCHEME IMPLEMENT BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY (SSEPD) 

* IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STRUCTURED, RIGHT BASED FRAMEWORK FOR THE WELFARE OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES 

* ACCORDING TO LAST CENSUS ( ODISHA NO. OF TRANSGENDER 20,300) 

* THIS IS THE FIRST SOCIAL SCHEME FOR TRANSGENDER IN ODISHA 

* THE SCHEME FOCUSES ON A SET OF KEY STRATEGIES THAT INCLUDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS OF TRANSGENDER CHILDREN, PRE -POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, SKILL UPGRADATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, STRENGTH THE SELF HELP GROUP, 

SUDAKSHYA SCHEME - 

* * ODISHA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED THE SUDAKSHYA SCHEME 

* ODISHA GOVERNMENT HAS JOINED HANDS WITH THE UDAITI FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH A STUDY AND EMPLOYMENT PILOT TO TO IMPROVE THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TRAINEE IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION 

* THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ( SDTE) DEPARTMENT ISSUED A DIRECTIVE ON JANUARY 27, 2026 

* UNDER THIS SCHEME PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOLARSHIPS TO GIRLS PURSUING ITI/POLYTECHNIQUE/DIPLOMA 

( MONTHLY MAINTAINANCE OF RS 1500 FOR HOSTELLERS & 500 FOR DAY SCHOLARS ) 

* ONLY FOR FEMALE STUDENTS CATEGORY INCLUDING GENERAL, SC, ST, OBC, SEBC 

APPROVED - 

* Union Cabinet Has Cleared The Rs 1526 Crores Up gradation Of NH-326 In Odisha.

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

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

*  Odisha Signed Two MoU At Wings India 2026, Including a Flying Training At Mayurbhanj, And Drone Training Center In Berhampur.

*  Odisha Ships First Ever Strawberry Consignment To UK.

PORTAL - 

* ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The SAMIKSHYA PORTAL - For Project Tracking 

MOU SIGNED - 

*  NIT ROURKELA, Odisha And ORMAS Signed An  MoA To Establish A Mahua Processing Plant In Kuarmunda, Sundargarh.

INAUGURATION - 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The India's First Aluminium Flat Rolled Product Unit & Aluminium Battery Foil Plant At LAPANGA, Sambalpur Spent Worth Rs 26,996 Crores 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

*  Gyan Ranjan Das, Former National Football PLAYER From Odisha Passed Away.

* Two Times MLA From Nilgiri, Odisha Shri Akshay Acharya Passed Away.

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

* Chief Secretary Of FINANCE Odisha Mr Suresh Tripathi Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Ravi Kanungo Of Odisha Passed Away.

* Odia Music Composer, Singer Abhijit Mazumder Passed Away.

* Eminent Literature Shri Arjun Charan Panda Of Odisha Passed Away 

* Odisha Shows The Tableaux For 2026 Republic Day 

Theme - Soil To Silicon 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Senior IAS OFFICER Aravinda Padhee Promoted As Additional Chief Secretary Of ODISHA.

* Senior IAS OFFICER Deoranjan Kumar Singh Took Charge As The Development Commissioner Of Odisha.

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

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

 * ODISHA'S Diamond Triangle - Ratnagiri, UDAIGIRI, Lalitgiri Has Entered into The India's Tentative List For Consideration Of UNESCO World Heritage Site STATUS.

ANNOUNCEMENT - 

* ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced The Development Project In Bargarh District, 

* Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To Odisha TOURISM Policy 2022 

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

* Odisha Wins The Indusind Banks Women's National T20 Cricket Tournament For Blind 2026 

 * Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Unveiled The Logo And Jersey For MCL Hirakud International Half Marathon 2026 

INAUGURARTION - 

* ODISHA'S First Solar Powered Village Inaugurated in Cuttack.

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

* 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) 

*  Odisha Signed 27 MoU Worth Rs 81864 Crores And Received 19 Investment Proposal Of Rs 18453 Crores At Investor Meet Kolkata.

BOOKS - 

* Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, Governor Of Odisha Witnessed The Book Launch Of AGNISARASSULO VIKASINCHINA KAMALAM - Droupadi MURMU Author - Acharya Yarlagadda Lakshmi PRASAD 

*  Odisha Chief Minister  Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The Book ADHUNIKA ODISHARA NIRMATA : JANAKI BALLABH PATTNAIK ( Author - Navajyoti Pattnaik) 

* 

HOST - 

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

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

*  ODISHA Host The Masthya Prani Samavesh 2026 

- Outlay Of Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana Worth Rs 1400 Crores 

* First Edition Of BLACK SWAN SUMMIT Set To Held At Bhubaneswar, Odisha From 5-6 February 2026 

SPORTS - 

* Vedanta Kalinga Lancers Wins The HIL 2025/26 Title After Beating The Ranchi Royals At KALINGA Stadium. ( Bhubaneswar) 

* 

PORTAL - 

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

AWARDS - 

VYASA KABI FAKIR MOHAN SENAPATI ODIA BHASA SAMMAN - 

* * EMINENT LITERATURE AND SCHOLAR Dr NRUSINGHA CHARAN SARANGI CONFERRED WITH THE VYASA KABI FAKIR MOHAN SENAPATI ODIA BHASHA SAMMAN FOR 2021.

* 

CROCODILE CENSUS - 

* Crocodile Census Held in Odisha ( Similipal) 

84 in 2026 ( 81 in 2025) 

SALT CROCODILE CENSUS - 

* A Total Of 1858 Salt Water Crocodile Counted in Odisha 

- 531 Hatchling (28.58%)

- 442 Yearlings ( 23.79%)

- 365 Juvenile ( 19.64%)

- 167 Sub Adults - ( 8.99%(

- 353 Adults ( 19%)

*  Hirakud Reservoir, Sambalpur Recorded Over 4.21 Lakh Birds Of 128 Species.

* ODISHA'S Nabarangpur District Declared As The Naxal - Free.

* A Rare Black Tiger Sighted At Sundargarh District in Odisha.

* Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary , Nuapada District Odisha Has Emerging As Leopard Habitats.

SCIENCE & TECHOLOGY - 

* Scientist Have Developed Simulation Of Rare Molecular Events.

* 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) 

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

* 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.

- 

* A Team From Nagaland University Develops Eco Friendly Inhibitors From Apple Leaf Waste 

 * RESERCHERS From IIT BOMBAY Led By Professor Gopal Dixit Has Found A Way To Use Light To Control And Read Tiny Quantum States Inside Atom - Thin Materials 

* Researchers From IIT HYDERABAD in Collaboration With CSIR -IIT Have Developed A Gold Coated Nanoparticles System To Enhance The Photothermal Therapy For Skin Cancer 

* IUCAA Has Developed An Indigenous Technology Called - Photon Sync ( That Can Convert Ordinary Telecom Optical Fibre Into Ultra - Stable Quantum Channel 

* Pune Based - Muks Robotics Has Launched It's Indigenous SPACEO- M1 Autonomous Humanoid Robot.

* Researchers At IIT KANPUR Have Achieved A Major Scientific Breakthrough By Mapping The Magnetic Field Inside The Sun For First Time 

- Led By Soumyadeep Chatterjee (Phd) 

* Researchers From IIT HYDERABAD, Have Launched The DRISTHI LIBRARY, An AI Powered Initiative To Make Higher Education Textbook Available In Braille And Audiobook Formats.

* Scientists FROM IIT Bombay Have Developed a Brain Prot 3.0 , GPS For Neuroscience, 

* Sonipat Based Raik DefTech Has Developed An Indigenous Textile Based Soft Exosuit Called Uplak 

* RESERCHERS From IITGN And The Inter University Center For Astronomy And Astrophysics ( IUCAA) in Pune Have Conducted A New STUDY On Indigo -D 

*  Dr Meena Mishra, Director Of The Solid State Physics Laboratory ( DRDO) And Her Team Made HISTORY By Cracking The Code To GaN ( Gallium Nitride) Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit 

FIRST IN - 

*  IIT BOMBAY And NTPC HAVE Successfully Completed The Drilling Of India's First Well For Testing The Viability Of Geological CARBON Dioxide Storage 

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

DEVELOPED - 

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

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

* Dell And NxtGen Launched India's First Dedicated AI Super factory With 4000 Nvidia Blackwell GPU s 

* Miranda House, Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed a Prototype BioFET Sensor For Early Cardiac Arrest - Risk Detection.

PORTAL & APP - 

*  UTS Mobile Application Will Be Discontinue From March 2026:

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

* 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 

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

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

MASCOT - 

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

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

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

* ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The SAMIKSHYA PORTAL - For Project Tracking 

TAMILNADU CA - 

SCHEMES - 

TAMILNADU ASSURED PENSION SCHEME (TAPS) - 

* * GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A GUARANTEED PENSION EQUAL TO 50% OF THE LAST DRAWN MONTHLY SALARY.

* EMPLOYEES WILL CONTRIBUTE 10% OF THEIR SALARY, WHILE THEIR ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE ASSURED PENSION WILL BE BORNE BY THE TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT.

* PENSIONER'S WILL ELIGIBLE FOR DEARNESS ALLOWANCE (DA) INCREASE EVERY 6 MONTHS, 

* IN CASE OF PENSIONER'S DEATH 60% OF THE LAST DRAWN PENSION WILL BE PAID AS A FAMILY PENSION TO THE NOMINATED FAMILY MEMBERS.

* GRATUITY UPTO RS 25 LAKH WILL BE PAID ON RETIREMENT OR IN THE EVENT OF DEATH DURING SERVICE, ( BASED ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE) 

* AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SCHEME, A MINIMUM PENSION WILL BE ENSURED FOR ALL EMPLOYEE ( WHO RETIRES WITHOUT COMPLETING THE QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR PENSION) 

* EMPLOYEE WHO JOINED SERVICE UNDER THE CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME (CPS) AND RETIRED WITHOUT A PENSION BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAPS WILL BE PROVIDED A SPECIAL COMPASSIONATE PENSION.

* 

UNGAL KANAVAI SOLLUNGAL SCHEME - 

* * TAMILNADU CHIEF MINISTER M K STALLIN HAS LAUNCHED THE UNGAL KANAVAI SOLLUNGAL SCHEME IN CHENNAI ON 9TH JANUARY 2026:

* SHARE YOUR ASPIRATIONS SCHEME 

* OBJECTIVE - 

- TO ENGAGE CITIZEN DIRECTLY, UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND DREAMS FOR A DEVELOPED TAMILNADU BY 2030 

* THE SCHEME AIMS TO COVER AROUND 1.91 CRORES HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN TAMILNADU.

* APPROXIMATELY 5,000 TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, PRIMARILY MEMBERS OF WOMEN'S SHG GROUPS ARE CONDUCTING DOOR TO DOOR VISITS.

* EACH PARTICIPATING FAMILY RECEIVED A DREAM CARD 

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT - 

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

* 

PORTAL - 

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

PERSON PASSED AWAY  - 

* 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) 

* 

INAUGURATION - 

* Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Laid Foundation Stone of Rs 342.60 Crores Maamallan Water Project In State. ( AT KOVALAM RIVER BASIN) 

* TO CAPTURE FLLOD WATER PRESERVING 

* Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Announced The Institution Of The Semmozhi Literary Award, Replacing Sahitya Academy Award 

LAUNCHED - 

Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Launched The HPV Vaccination Programme To Prevent Cervical Cancer Among Girls 

* Tamilnadu CM M K Stallin Inaugurated The Global Women's Summit in Chennai

ARCHAEOLOGY - 

* *  Archaeologist In Tamilnadu Has Unearthed A 8 feet Long Iron Spear 

* ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED AN 8 FEET LONG IRON SPEAR IN THIRUMALAPURAM, NEAR TUTICORIN TAMILNADU. 

* THE LONG IRON AGE WEAPON FOUND DATED TO 3345 BCE 

* Archaeologist Have Found 3500 Years Old Bone Fragments Near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. ( Neolithic Periods) 

* 

STATUE UNVEILED - 

*  Tamilnadu Governor R N Ravi Unveiled The Statue Of Poet Saint KAVICHAKRAVARTHI At Chennai.

* Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has Laid Foundation Stone of Tamilnadu Knowledge City ( TNKC).

WORLD CA - 

MIXED - 

* Bulgaria Adopts EURO As Its Official Currency. ( Became The 21st Nation To Adopt) 

*  The UN HAS Declared 2026 As The International Year Of The WOMAN FARMER.

* Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa Declared 60 Days State Emergency in 9 Province And 3 Municipality.

* Mexico Recorded A Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.4 

* Zambia Become The First' African Country To Take Mining Taxes in China's Yuan 

* Venezuela President Arrested By US Government,

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

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

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

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

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

 * US Army Has Unveiled New M1E3 Tank Prototype 

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

* US Launched HAWKEYE STRIKE Against Syria's ISIS Terrorist. 

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

* Indian Army Builds Third Bailey Bridge At Srilanka.

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Imposed 10% Tarriff On Denmark, Norway, Sweden, FRANCE, Germany, UK, Nederlands, Greenland.

* United States President Donald Trump Has Host The BOARD OF Peace

 * Taylor Swift Set To Inducted To Song Writer Hall Of Fame.

*  Sinners Costume Designer Ruth E Carter Becomes Most Nominated Black Woman In Oscar History. (5th ) 

*  Srilanka Government Has Unveiled The Postage STAMP On Legendary Iranganie Seraainghe 

* Ancient Mummified Cheetah Found in Saudi Caves 

* Vietnam Top Leader To Lam Reappointed As Head Of Rulling Party'.

* World's Oldest Cave Art Has Been DISCOVERD In Indonesia Muna Island.

* NILGALA, Srilanka's 2nd Largest FOREST With a Land Area Of 40,685 Hectares Has Declared As The Protected RESERVE 

 * Archaeologist Have UNEARTHED 3400 Years Old Lost Golden City In Egypt.

* World Health Organisation ( WHO) Reports Says 188 Million Children And Adolescent Living With Obesity In World.

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Has Launched The GREAT AMERICAN Recovery Initiative.

TWO NEW CORAL SPECIES - 

* 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 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Iran Appoints New Central Bank Governor After Mass Protest in COUNTRY.

( ABDOLNASSER HEMMATI, FORMER ECONOMICS MINISTER OF IRAN ) 

* Zohran Mamdani Sworn In As New York City's 112th Mayor.

* Bangladesh Nationalist Party Has Appointed Tarique Rahman As Party Chairperson.

* Afghanistan Appoints Noor Ahmed Noor As Afganistan Embassy To India.

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

* Dina Powell McCormick Appointed As President And Vice Chairman of Meta 

* Emilia Clarke Has Been Appointed Global Brand Ambassador Of Black Dog Soda

* Jordi Cruyff Appoints Ajax Technical Director.

INDIA - WORLD - 

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

( First INDIAN - American)

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

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

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

* German Chancellor Merz Has Visited To India.

* 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 Crude Oil In Abu Dhabi Onshore Block -1 

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

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

* Indian Air Force MCC C-17 Aircraft Carrying 30 Tonnes Of Humanitarian Assistance To Philippines.

* Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Manuel Albares To Visit India 

*  India Gifts First Batch Of 61 Vehicles To Nepal For Election.

* Indian Origin Jigar Thakkar Appointed As Vice President Of Amazon Quick Suite.

*  President Of European Council Antonio Costa And President Of The European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen Will Be The India's Republic Day 2026 Honour of Guest.

STEPS DOWN - 

* Warren Buffett Has Steps Down As Berkshire Hathway As CEO After 6 DECADES.

INDIA- WORLD - 

* Ambassador Of QUAD Nations Meeting Held At Beijing, China 

* Mauritius President Dharambeer Gokhool Has Visited To Andhra Pradesh, 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

*  Gyan Ranjan Das, Former National Football PLAYER From Odisha Passed Away.

* Shri Skylance G Momin, The First GARO MPS Officer Of Nagaland Passed Away. 

* Two Times MLA From Nilgiri, Odisha Shri Akshay Acharya Passed Away.

* Siddhartha Bhaiya, Managing Director Of Aequitas Passed Away.

* Dr Shyam Bihari Lal, MLA From Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh PASSED AWAY.

* Professor Ashok Gajanan Modak, FORMER National President Of The Akhila BHARATIYA Vidyarthi Parishad Has Passed Away.

* Senior Journalist Punam Thakur Passed Away.

*  Senior DMK Leader L Ganesan Passed Away.

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

* Malayalam ACTOR Kannan Pattambi Passed Away.

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

* * FORMER UNION MINISTER SURESH KALMADI PASSED AWAY ON 6TH JANUARY 2026. 

* BORN ON - 1ST MAY 1944 ( MADRAS) 

WORKED AS - 

* 9TH PRESIDENT OF INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION ( 1996-2011) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ( 1996-1998) PUNE CONSTITUENCY ( 11TH LOK SABHA) 

* MINISTER OF STATE FOR RAILWAY ( 1995-1996) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, RAJYA SABHA ( 1982-2004) 

* IN 1977 HE BECAME THE PPRESIDENT OF YOUTH CONGRESS, PUNE 

* 1989 - CHAIRMAN OF THE MAHARASHTRA TOURISM DEPARTMENT 

* 2000- 2013 - PRESIDENT OF ASIAN ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION 

* IN 2015 WAS NAMED ITS LIFE PRESIDENT 

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

* IN 1990 HE BECAME THE BILLIARD CHAMPION 

* 16 TIMES NATIONAL CHAMPION IN BILIARDS 

AWARDS - 

* 2005 - DHYAN CHAND AWARD 

* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 

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

* Artist Syed Asif Ali Passed Away. 

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

* 

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

* * INDIAN ECOLOGIST MADHAB DHANANJAY GADGIL PASSED AWAY ON 7TH JANUARY 2026 

* HE WAS AN ACADEMIC, ECOLOGIST, WRITER, COLUMNIST 

* HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF The CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

* BORN IN - 24TH MAY 1942 ( PUNE) 

* HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL TO PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA (1986) 

* HE WAS HEAD OF THE WESTERN GHAT ECOLOGY EXPERT PANEL ( WGEEP) IN 2010

* A GODGIL COMMISSION (2010) 

*

WORKED AS - 

* 1971 - SCIENTIFIC OFFICER AT AGARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

* 1973 - JOINED IISC BENGALURU 

* HE  ESTABLISHED TWO RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

- CENTRE OF THE THEORETICAL STUDIES 

- CENTRE OF ECOLOGICAL STUDIES 

* 1991 - WORKED AS VISITING PROFESSOR OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY 

* & UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (1995) 

* DURING 1986 ( AS JOINED AS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY OF PM) ESTABLISHED A BIOSPHERE ( FIRST) BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN NILGIRI in 1986 

* 1998 - APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY ( UNDER UN (

* MEMBER OF THE NCERT 

* MEMBER OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 

* MEMBER OF NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY 

*

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* 1984 - FELLOW OF NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY 

* HONORARY FELLOW OF ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ( ATBC) 

* NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST ( FOR WESTERN GHATS) 

* 1981 - PADMA SHRI 

* 2006 - PADMA.   BHUSHAN 

* 1986 - SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR AWARD 

* 1983 - RAJYOSTOV PRASHASTHI ( KARNATAKA) 

* 2002 - HARVARD CENTENNIAL MEDAL 

* 2003 - VOLVO ENVIRONMENT PRIZE 

* 2007 - H K FIRODIA AWARD 

* 2013 - DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE ( ODISHA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY )

* 2014 - GEORGESCU - ROGEN AWARD 

* 2015 - JOHN & ALICE TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

* Vikram SARABHAI AWARD 

* ISHWAR CHANDRA VIDYA SAGAR AWARD 

* 2019 - FERGUSON GAURAV PURSAKAR 

* 2024 - CHAMPION OF EARTH AWARD 

* EPONYMY - 

* ELAEOCARPUS GADGILII, a Tree Species In Kerala named After Him.

* 

BOOKS - 

* THE FISSURED LAND (WITH RAMCHANDRA GUHA) 

* A WALK UP THE HILL 

* ECOLOGY & EQUITY 

* THE USE AND ABUSE OF NATURE 

* ECOLOGICAL JOURNEY 

* NURTURING BIODIVERSITY :

* BUTTERFLIES: OF PENINSULAR INDIA 

* DRAGONFLIES OF INDIA, A FIELD GUIDE 

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

( He Debuted In Merdeka Cup in 1968) 

*  INDIAN Idol Winner And Actor Prasant Tamang Passed Away.

* Swiss Author Erich Von Daeniken Passed Away.

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

* Former Indian Hockey Star Davinder Singh Passed Away. 

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

*  Senior Kerala. Congress Leader Thomas Kuthiravattam Passed Away.

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

* Civil Right Pioneer Claudette Colvin Of US Passed Away.

* World War 2 Veteran MWO Ganesh Chandra Roy Passed Away 

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

* Eminent Literature Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanrajgir Of Hyderabad PASSED AWAY.

*  Former Indian First Class Cricketer Ajay Verma PASSED AWAY.

* 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) 

* 

*  Shri Mohan Lal Mittal An Industrialist Passed Away.

* 

* Assam's First Radio Jockey Fawzia Rahman Passed Away.

*  FREEDOM FIGHTER And Congress Leader Bheemanna Khandre Passed Away.

* Chief Secretary Of FINANCE Odisha Mr Suresh Tripathi Passed Away.

* Former Bjp Minister Of Maharashtra Raj Purohit Passed Away.

* * NOTED VIOLINIST OF ASSAM MINOTI KHAUND PASSED AWAY ON 19th JANUARY 2026 

* SHE HAS BEEN PART OF THIS INDUSTRY FOR 50 YEARS.

* BORN IN 1940.

* 

AWARDS - 

- SANGEET JYOTI AWARD 

- SILPI AWARD 

- 

* Noted Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Garvani Passed Away.

* Former DGP Of Meghalaya W R Marbaniang Passed Away.

* Malayalam Actor Kamal Roy Passed Away.

*  Veteran Journalist Dasu Krishnamoorthy Passed Away.

* Odia Music Composer, Singer Abhijit Mazumder Passed Away.

* Dr Gladys West, Mathematician ( Who Works IN GPS) Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Ravi Kanungo Of Odisha Passed Away.

* Former BCCI President Mr I S  Bindra Passed Away.

* Thiru D Gnanasundaram Passed Away 

* Samir Kumar Patra, Odisha Veteran Sound Recordist Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist And Broadcaster Mark Tully Passed Away.

* Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Killed In Air Crash Near Baramati, Maharashtra.

* Veteran Trade Union Leader Anantha Subbarao Passed Away.

*  Former Australian Hockey Player Michael Nobbs Passed Away ( Bronze Medal At 1981 FIH) 

* Eminent Literature Shri Arjun Charan Panda Of Odisha Passed Away 

* Thiru Srinivasan, Husband Of P T Usha Passed Away.

DRDO CA - 

* * DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE SALVO LAUNCH OF TWO PRALAY MISSILE IN ODISHA COAST AT CHANDIPUR, ON 31ST DECEMBER 2025 

* PRALAY IS AN INDIGENOUS DEVELOPED SOLID PROPELLENT QUASI BALLISTIC MISSILE.

* 

* 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) 

* DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE 3RD GENERATION OF FIRE & FORGET MAN PORTABLE ANTI TANK GUIDED MISSILE ( MPATGM) 

* DEVELOPED BY DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY ( DRDL) HYDERABAD.

* INCLUDING IMAGING INFRARED ( IIR), 

 * Shri Gaddamanugu Chandramouliji, EX DRDO Scientist ( Who Worked on AKASH) Set To Received The PADMA SHRI Award 2026 

DEVELOPED - 

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

{SEA WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM }

*  DRDO Unveiled A New High Power Microwave ( HPM) SYSTEM, Under Development To Defeats SWARMS Of Unmanned Aircraft System ( UASs) Prototype 

AWARDS - 

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

* 

* THEME 2026 For DRDO Tableaux - on Republic Day 2026 Parade 

( Naval Technologies For COMBAT Submarines) 

* Miranda House, Delhi In Collaboration With DRDO Has Developed a Prototype BioFET Sensor For Early Cardiac Arrest - Risk Detection.

BANKING CA - 

ECONOMY - 

* India Surpass Japan Became The World's 4th Largest Economy Countries ( 4.18 Trillion USD) 

* India's Exports In 2025 ( State Wise) 

*  India Rolls Out a Rs 7295 Crores Exporters Credit Package 

* Deposit Insurance And Credit Guarantee Corporation ( DICGC) Celebrates 64th Foundation Day.

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

( China - 145.28 million Tonnes)

* Bank Of America Has Raised The GDP Of India To 7.6% 

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

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

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

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

* 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.

 * India Expected To grow 7.4% By UNDESA.

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

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

* 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 

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

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

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

* Innoviti Received RBI NOD For Online And Offline Payment Aggregator 

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

* The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Has Revised India's GDP GROWTH To 7.3% For FY 2025/26 

* India Has Recorded Electronics Export To USD 47 Billion in 2025 

* INDIA'S Sectoral Growth Projection For FY 2026:

* 

*  Kerala Has Secured Investment Commitment Worth Rs 1.18 Lakh Crores At Davos , Switzerland In WEF 2026 

*  Kandla Port Has Successfully Tested India's First Linear Induction Motor ( LIM) Based Cargo Mobility Prototype Developed By Chennai 

* Infra Market Gets SEBI Approval For IPO 

* India - EU SIGNED FTA Deal 

REPORTS - 

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

*  NITI Aayog Released The Report Achieving Efficiency in The MSME Sectors.

* According To UN Report The Foreign Direct Investment Inflows To India in 2025 Surged By 73% To 47 Billion US Dollars.

* The Economic Survey Projected The GDP GROWTH in Range Of 6.8-72% For FY 27 

*  Steel Authority Of India' Limited ( SAIL) Has Earned The Coveted Great Place To Work Certification From Feb 2026 To February 2027 

BANKING - 

* ONDC Completed 4 Years.

*  Department Of Financial Services Successfully Concluded The Nation Wide 3 Months Long Campaign YOUR MONEY YOUR Right 

* Siddhartha Bhaiya, Managing Director Of Aequitas Passed Away.

* 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. 

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

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

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

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

* Reserve Bank of India Has Proposed That BRICS Countries Link Their Official Digital Currencies To Make Cross Border Trade And Tourism Payment Ease.

* Amazon Pay Launched Fixed Deposit Service In Partnership With 7 Banks & NBFCs. 

* Karnataka Bank Bagged Best Fintech And Digital Public Infrastructure Adoption Award At 21st Indian Bank Association Banking Technology Award 2026 

* Bengaluru BASED Juspay Become The India's First Startup To Became The First Unicorn in India in 2026 

* Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) And European Securities Markets Authority ( ESMA) Have Signed An MoU For Information Exchange

APPROVED - 

*  Government Of India Has Approved An Equity Support Price Of Rs 5,000 Crores To The Small Industries Development Bank Of India ( SIDBI) 

* Government Of India Has Approved The  Continuation Of Atal Pension Yojana Till 2030-2031 

INTRODUCTION - 

* Reserve Bank of India (RBI)Has Introduced External Auditor Certification To Ensure That The Same Priority SECTOR Lending ( PSL) Loan Is Not Claimed By More Than One Bank 

- Loan GIVEN To The National Cooperative Development CORPORATION (NCDC ) Will Now Be Eligible For Priority SECTOR Lending ( PSL) 

- RRB's Must Achieve 74% PSL Of Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) But Lending To Medium Enterprises, Social Infrastructure And Renewable Energy Together Can Be Counted Only Upto 15% OF ANBC 

- Banks Can't Charge Any Type Of Fee ( Processing Fee, Guarantee Fee, Services, Charge etc.) On PSL Loans Upto RS 50,000.

MARKET ACCESS SUPPORT ( MAS) SCHEME - 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS LAUNCHED THE MARKET ACCESS SUPPORT ( MAS) SCHEME 

* ROLLED OUT VIA TRADE CONNECT E-PLATFORM.

* 

*  India Government Has Launched The Interest Subvention For Pre And Post Shipment Export Credit Under The Export Promotion Mission - NIRYAT PROTSAHAN To Reduce The Cost Of Export Finance For MSME Exporters.

TAMILNADU ASSURED PENSION SCHEME - (TASP) 

* GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A GUARANTEED PENSION EQUAL TO 50% OF THE LAST DRAWN MONTHLY SALARY.

* EMPLOYEES WILL CONTRIBUTE 10% OF THEIR SALARY, WHILE THEIR ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE ASSURED PENSION WILL BE BORNE BY THE TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT.

* PENSIONER'S WILL ELIGIBLE FOR DEARNESS ALLOWANCE (DA) INCREASE EVERY 6 MONTHS, 

* IN CASE OF PENSIONER'S DEATH 60% OF THE LAST DRAWN PENSION WILL BE PAID AS A FAMILY PENSION TO THE NOMINATED FAMILY MEMBERS.

* GRATUITY UPTO RS 25 LAKH WILL BE PAID ON RETIREMENT OR IN THE EVENT OF DEATH DURING SERVICE, ( BASED ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE) 

* AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SCHEME, A MINIMUM PENSION WILL BE ENSURED FOR ALL EMPLOYEE ( WHO RETIRES WITHOUT COMPLETING THE QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR PENSION) 

* EMPLOYEE WHO JOINED SERVICE UNDER THE CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME (CPS) AND RETIRED WITHOUT A PENSION BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAPS WILL BE PROVIDED A SPECIAL COMPASSIONATE PENSION.

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APPOINTMENTS - 

* Hyundai Motor India Limited ( HMIL) Announced Tarun Garg As MD & CEO 

* Dr Neeraj Mittal Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government Of India 

* Manish Raj Gupta Has Takes Additional Charge Of CMD Of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited ( RINL)

* Dr Meenesh Shah Appointed As Chairman Of National Dairy Development Board ( NDDB)

* 1996 Batch Andhra Pradesh Cadre IAS Officer Lav Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The DG Of The Directorate General Of Foreign Trade In The Ministry Of Commerce & Industry.

* 

* IDFC First Bank Has Launched The GAJ Metal Credit Card.

* India Government Appoints N Venkatram As Part Time Member Of SEBI.

* Sameer Sondhi Appointed As The CFO Of Affleind

* IAS Rabindra Kumar Agarwal Appointed As The Chairman And Managing Director Of FCI.

* Shri Amit Tandon Assumed As The Project Director Of RVNL.

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

 * Anupam Misra Takes Over Additional Charge Of CMD FACT. 

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

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

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

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

 * HSBC Private Bank APPOINTS Ida Liu As Its CEO.

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

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

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

* Datadog Appoints Namit D Cruz As Regional Vice PRESIDENT for India And SAARC 

*  Sandeep Bakshi Has Been Re- Appointed As The MD & CEO Of ICICI Bank Till 2028.

* HDFC Bank Gets RBI NoD For Kaizad Bharucha As Whole Time Director From 19th April 2026 

* Deepak Rastogi Appointed As The New CFO Of OLA Electric.

* Genesh Lakshminarayan Appointed As MD & CEO Of Tata Communication.

* Mr Raghvendra Srinivasan Appointed As MD CEO OF Karnataka Bank 

* Arijit Basu Has Been Appointed As The Part Time Chairman of Indusind Bank.

* Shri Kota Ravi Set To Appointed As New Chairman And MD Of HAL.

*  Fintech Firm ZET Received NPCI Approval To Start UPI.

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

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

*  Anthropic Appoints Irina Ghosh As The MD Of India Office.

* RVNL Appoints Shri Baldev Singh Jaryal As Executive Director ( Civil) 

* FEDERAL Bank Unveiled Refresh Brand Entity The Fortuna Wave. 

*  Union Health Minister JP Nadda Has Released The 10th Edition Of Indian Pharmacopeia 

* India Rank 8th From 123 At WHO Pharma Co Vigilance 

* Thierry Sabbagh Appointed As President Of NISSAN India.

* Deepender Goyal Has Stepped Down As CEO Of Zomato 

GST COLLECTED - 

* Government Of India Collected Rs 1.75 Lakh Crores GST In December 2025. 

Maharashtra With 16,140 Crores 

Uttar Pradesh With 6,671 Crores 

Karnataka With 6716 Crores 

Gujarat With 6351 Crores 

Tamilnadu With 5992 Crores 

West Bengal With 3559 Crores 

Telengana With 3552 Crores 

Rajasthan With 3455 Crores 

Haryana With 3629 Crores 

Delhi With 2684 Crores 

Andhra Pradesh With 2652 Crores 

Kerala With 2643 Crores 

UPI IN DECEMBER - 

*  21.63 billion UPI Transaction Count In December 2025 

27.97 Lakh Crores UPI Transaction Amount In December 2025 

698 Million Average Daily Transaction Count In December 2025 

MOU SIGNED - 

* Department Of Post And Small Industries Development Bank Of India ( SIDBI) Signed MoU For Contact Point Verification Of Informal Micro Entreprise On Udyam Assist Platform.

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

AWARDS - 

* BEL Has CONFERRED With SKOCH ESG Gold Award 2025 

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

* 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.

* C-DOT Wins The SKOCH Award 2025 

KERALA BUDGET -  

* * KERALA FINANCE MINISTER BALAGOPAL PRESENTS THE STATE BUDGET FOR FY 2026/27 

* 

* WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA - 

* Assam Reports Zero Rhino Poaching In 2025. 

* India Loses 165 Tigers in 2025

MADHYA PRADESH - 55 

MAHARASHTRA - 28 

KARNATAKA - 22 

UTTARAKHAND - 18 

ASSAM - 12 

RAJASTHAN -11 

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FIRST SIGHT - 

*  Karnataka Records Its First' Sandalwood Leopard 

CROCODILE CENSUS - 

* A Total Of 1858 Salt Water Crocodile Counted in Odisha 

- 531 Hatchling (28.58%)

- 442 Yearlings ( 23.79%)

- 365 Juvenile ( 19.64%)

- 167 Sub Adults - ( 8.99%(

- 353 Adults ( 19%)

NEW SPECIES = 

* * CALAMARIA MIZORAMENSIS, A NEW REED SNAKE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MIZORAM.

* IT IS BASED ON DNA 

* THIS IS THE NON - VENOMOUS REED SNAKE 

* 

NEW PL\ANT SPECIES - 

'* * HEPTAPLEURUM ANAMUDIANUM, AMRUTH, ROBI & SUJANA, A NEW SPECIES OF ARALIACEAE HAS DISCOVERD IN ANAMUDI HILLS, IDUKKI DISTRICT, KERALA.

* THIS SPECIES DISTINGUISH BY ITS LEAF TAXONOMY.

* 

* RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN PHEK.

* NEW SPECIES - HOYA NAGAENSIS ( NAGAENSIS FROM NAGALAND) & NAGA COMMUNITY 

( FAMILY - APOCYNACEAE) 

* SUB FAMILY - ASCLEPIADOIDEAE 

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PHEK DISTRICT FOREST IN NAGALAND 

* 

TWO NEW FROG SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS FROM DELHI AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FROG SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ( HERPETOLOGIST DR S D BIJU FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM SOMANI ( SOMAN'S SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM MECHUKA ( MECHUKA SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* THESE TWO SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN LOWER DIBANG VALLEY AND SHI - YOMI DISTRICT 

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TWO NEW SNAIL SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS FROM EUROPE HAS DISCOVERD THREE NEW GENERA OF SMALL  LAND SNAIL SPECIES FROM HIMALAYA AND MIZORAM. 

* Chamalycaeus Ganeshaiahi 

* Cycloryx Rohiniae ( From Blue Mountain, Mizoram) 

* Dicharax  Umashaankeri, From Blue Mountain, Mizoram 

* NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO TRUSTEE OF ATREE - Rohini Nilekani, R Uma Shaanker, K N Ganeshaiah 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW SPECIES OF MUSICAL KATYDIDS IN KASHMIR.

* CONOCEPHALUS USMANII ( Named After Professor Mohd Kamil Usmani) 

* CONOCEPHALUS NAGARIENSIS ( Budagam District) 

* CONOCEPHALUS GANDERBALI ( Named After Ganderbal District) 

* THE TEAM WAS LEAD BY MUZAMIL SYED SHAH FROM ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, 

* A SMALL CRUSTACEAN HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN KVARATTI LAGOON IN LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS 

* A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES 

* FAMILY - LAOPHONTIDAE ( CLASS - COPEPODA) 

* THE SPECIES CRUSTACEAN NAMED - INDIAPHONTE BIJOYI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - A BIJOY NANDAN, Dean Of Faculty Marine Science, Cochin University of Science & Technology ( CUST) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF WORM LIKE CAECILIAN HAS DISCOVERD IN WESTERN GHATS 

* SPECIES NAME - GEGENEOPHIS VALMIKI 

( NAMED AFTER MAHARISHI VALMIKI MANDIR, IN SATARA DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA) 

* 

* A NEW SPECIES OF GINGER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SIANG VALLEY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - PARAKAEMPFERIA ALBA 

* RESERCHERS FROM KERALA & TAMILNADU HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE ANT FLIES - FROM DELHI & TAMILNADU.

* TWO NEW SPECIES ARE 

- METADON GHORPADEI ( Picture 1) 

- METADON REEMERI ( Picture 2) 

- SUB FAMILY -  MICRODONTINAE ( Syrphidae) 

* Rare Ghost Orchid REDISCOVERED After 175 Years In Meghalaya.

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN EAST KAMENG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( INDIAN HIMALAYA) 

* SPECIES NAME - STROBILANTHES RITESHII K 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - ACANTHACEAE) 

* 

* A NEW SPECIES OF WILDFLOWER SPECIES (YELLOW COLOUR) DISCOVERED IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA.

* PLANT NAME - LEPIDAGATHIS KONKANENSIS ( KONKON REGION) 

* A GROUP OF BOTANIST FROM PARULEKAR COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMENCE, SCIENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND LOCAL COLLEGE OF MAHARSHTRA DISCOVERED 

* THIS SPECIES IS BRIGHT YELLOW COLOUR, TWO LIPPED BLOSSOM AND VERY SHORT, DENSE FLOWERING HEAD ( MEASURES ABOUT 2 CENTIMETRES)

 

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STATE FLOWER - 

* CHANDIGARH DECLARES THE STRIPED TIGER BUTTERFLY AS STATE FLOWER 

* DANAUS GENUTIA ( SPECIES NAME) 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* 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 

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

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

* Crocodile Census Held in Odisha ( Similpal) 

84 in 2026 ( 81 in 2025) 

AWARDS - 

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

* * AMERICAN MYCOLOGIST TOBY KIERS WINS THE 2026 TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT.

* HER WORK ON MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI 

* 

* 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) 

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

FIRST MAGH BIHU CENSUS - 

* First Magh Bihu Census Records 2026 

- 111 Bird Species In Chandubi Beel 

* UNION Environment And Climate MINISTER Has Announced The Notification Declaring The Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary As Eco Sensitive Zone 

* The Russian Federation Has Formally Joined As The International Big Cat Alliance 

* Hesarghatta Grassland, In Bengaluru Received The Conservation Reserve Tag.

* Tamilnadu Forest Department Will Conduct A State Wide Raptor Assessment To Map Distribution Of Birds Of Prey.

* Bacillus Subtilis Declared State Microbe Of Kerala.

* Two Days Asian Water Bird Census 2026 To Conduct At Pobitora 

* A 63.5 Lakh Tonne Reserves Of Rare Earth Elements Discovered In Karnataka.

BOOKS - 

*  SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS IN INDIA: A Field Guide Book Author - The Kodaikanal Based Environmentalist PIPA MUKHERJEE 

NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

* * MINISTRY OF FOREST, CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT HAS ANNOUNCED TO ADD TWO NEW RAMSAR SITES 

* PATNA BIRD SANCTURY IN ETAH, UTTAR PRADESH 

* CHHARI - DHAND IN KUTCH, GUJARAT 

HOST & SUMMIT - 

* Guwahati, Assam To Host The National Textile Minister's Conference on 9th January 2026 

( Theme 2026 - India's Textile: Weaving GROWTH, Heritage And Innovation) 

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

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

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

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

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

*  Doha Will Host The Bharat USTAV 2026

* 4th Edition Of The One Billion Followers Summit 2026 

( Theme - Content For Good) 

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

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

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

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

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

( HOST - INDIA) 

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

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

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

* Mumbai To Host The 14th AIBI Annual Convention.

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

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

* 4 Days WINGS India 2026 Asia's Largest CIVIL Aviation Set To Held From 28th To 31st January 2026 At Begumpet, Hyderabad 

Theme 2026 - Indian Aviation: Paving The Future From Design To Deployment, Manufacturing To MAINTAINCE, Inclusivity To Innovation, Safety To Sustainability 

* Kochi, Kerala Host The 9th International Spice Conference. 

*  Bengaluru Commence The AWS AI Conclave 2026 

*  ODISHA Host The Masthya Prani Samavesh 2026 

- Outlay Of Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana Worth Rs 1400 Crores 

* India And US Held The Inaugural Drug Policy Executive Working Group Meeting in Washington DC from 20-22nd January 2026 

* Delhi Host The India International Conference On Democracy And Election Management.

*  Dubai Host The International Conference On GREEN AI

Theme 2026 - HARNESSING AI Applications For Environmental Sustainability 

* Goa Set To Host The 4th Edition Of India Energy Week 2026 

* Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant Has Inaugurated The First India International Ayurveda And Wellness Expo And SUMMIT 2026 

* ) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi Host The 2nd Edition Of Global Buddhist Summit 2026 

* Cambodia Will Host The 2031 Asian Youth Games 

* 18th Bishu Mini Hornbill TRIBAL Festival Held At Nagaland 

* First Edition Of BLACK SWAN SUMMIT Set To Held At Bhubaneswar, Odisha From 5-6 February 2026 

BOOKS &  AUTHORS - 

*  IT IS MY SPACE Book Author - Astrophysicist And Astronomer Aswin Sekhar 

* Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, Governor Of Odisha Witnessed The Book Launch Of AGNISARASSULO VIKASINCHINA KAMALAM - Droupadi MURMU Author - Acharya Yarlagadda Lakshmi PRASAD 

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

*  GEOGRAPHY OF YAJURVEDA Book Author - JIJITH NADUMURI RAVI 

*  MUMBAI: A Millions Islands Book Author - Siddharth Bhatia 

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

* COLOMBO : Port Of Call Book Author - Ajay Kamalakaran 

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

* A WORLD A DRIFT Book Author - Manish Tewari 

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

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

* FINDING NEW MEANING Book Author - Meghna Girish 

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

*  THE CURIOUS AND THE CLASSIFIED : Book Author - Manoj Naravane 

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

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

* Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The Hindi Translation Of Book - PALANIVELU GUTS ( Author - Dr C PALANIVELU Autobiography ( 

* VICE PRESIDENT C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The Book - Chalice Of Ambrosia Ram Janmabhoomi 

* * FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA SHRI M VENKAIAH NAIDU HAS UNVEILED THE BOOK BASED ON FORMER FINANCE MINISTER LATE SHRI ARUN JAITLEY ON 21ST JANUARY 2026 

* BOOK - THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ARUN JAITLEY : AUTHOR - SUMANT BATRA 

* VOICES IN THE WIND Book Author - Namita Gokhle 

* THE SARI ETERNAL : A Tribute Book Author - Lakshmi M Puri Book Launched.

* The Life And Time Of 8th Nizam Book Has Released.

* REDLINES REDRAWN : Operation Sindoor & India's New Normal Book Launched By Army Chief. ( Chief Of Army Staff Upendra DIWEDI) 

*  THE MONEY SIGNAL Book Author - Danielle M Thomsen 

* KARUNA : Book Author - Kailash Satyarthi Launched 

* THE SKY WARRIORS : Operation Sindoor Unveiled Book Author - Vishnu Som 

*  THE RISE OF HITMAN : Rohit Sharma Book Author - R Kaushik Launched 

*  SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS IN INDIA: A Field Guide Book Author - The Kodaikanal Based Environmentalist PIPA MUKHERJEE 

*  A THIRTY YEAR THOUGHT JOURNEY INDIA: Science, Politics, GEOSTARTEGY Book Author - Gautam R Desiraju 

* ISRO & SPACE - 

* ISRO Has Been Awarded Tagore Prize For Social Achievement 2024/25 Award 

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

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

* ISRO LAUNCHED PSLV C-62 

* ON 12TH JANUARY 2026 ISRO ATTEMPTED THE EOS-N1 MISSION FROM PSLV -C62 CARRIER AT SDSC - SHAR SARIHARIKOTA, ANDHRA PRADESH. 

* THIS WAS THE 64TH FLIGHT FROM PSLV 

* 5TH MISSION OF PSLV - DL VARIANT 

* VEHICLE HEIGHT - 44.4 M 

* IT WOULD CARRY EOS - N1 ALONG WITH 15 OTHER SATELLITE 

* BOSCO UNIVERSITY STUDENT DEVELOPED SATELLITE - LACHIT - 1 ( FIRST SATELLITE FROM NORTH EAST TO BE SENT INTO SSPACE ABROAD PSLV- C62) 

* AND ORBIT AID Aerospace - THEY SET TO DEMONSTRATE INDIA's FIRST O - ORBIT INTERNAL PROPELLANT TRANSFER 

* DHRUVA SPACE TO DELIVER THEIR THYBOLT-3 

*  Bengaluru Based Nabh DRISHTI Aerospace Has Successfully Tested It's Indigenous ND400 Microjet Engine.

RETIRES - 

*  NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams Retires After 27 Years.

*  Pixxel Space Has Signed WITH IN Space India To Design, Build, And Operate India's National EO Satellite SYSTEM Along With Dhruva Space, SAT SURE 

* Researchers From IIT KHARAGPUR Have Successfully Developed a Critical Boron Based Chemical For ISRO 's GAGANYAAN Mission - 

* 

DEVELOPED - 

* Bengaluru BASED AKASHLABDHI Set To Launch India's First Inflatable Space Habitat AntarikshHUB

* Astronomer Have Discovered A New Planet, 146 Light Years From Earth ( HD137010b) 

* ARCHAEOLOGY CA - 

DISCOVERY - 

* * SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED FOSSIL SAMPLES FROM THOOTHUKUDI. 

* ANCIENT TAMIL SCRIPT EMBEDDED DA STRUCTURE ON TRIBUUTARY OF KALLAR RIVER 

* ANCIENT PETRIFIED FOSSILS OF FIS, FOSSILLIED RESIN ( AMBER), OYSTERS, MARINE BARNACLES, WHEATSTONE WITH FISH SAMPLES, INDUS TAMILLI SCRIPT ARE FOUND IN PATTINAMARUTHUR

* SCIENTISTS ARE SAID THIS WAS BELONGS TO HOLOCENE PERIOD ( 10,000 - 12000 BCE) 

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

*  70 Indian Sites Has Been Listed To Tentative List In UNESCO'.

* *  Archaeologist In Tamilnadu Has Unearthed A 8 feet Long Iron Spear 

* ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED AN 8 FEET LONG IRON SPEAR IN THIRUMALAPURAM, NEAR TUTICORIN TAMILNADU. 

* THE LONG IRON AGE WEAPON FOUND DATED TO 3345 BCE 

* Archaeologist Have Found 3500 Years Old Bone Fragments Near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. ( Neolithic Periods) 

* MOU SIGNED - 

*  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. 

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

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

 * Indian Coast Guard Signed MoU with New Space India Limited ( NSIL) And Indian National Centre For Ocean Information, To Collaborate On Development Of a Satellite Based Oil Spill Surveillance System.

* Maharshtra State Government Has Signed MoU With Yoki Green Energy At WEF, Davos 2026 

* Telengana Unveiled Next - Gen Life Sciences POLICY At Davos, Switzerland 2026

INDIA & GERMANY SIGNED MOU - 

* GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ HAS VISITED TO INDIA.

* MOU/ ANNOUNCEMENT - 

* INDIA & GERMANY SIGNED ON 19 MOUS 

* INDIA & UAE MOU SIGNED - 

* UAE PRESIDENT MUHAMED BIN ZAYED HAS VISITED TO OFFICIAL INDIA TOUR 

MoU SIGNED -  

* The Indian Army Signed MoU with IISC BENGALURU To Develop Fully Indigenous AI Based System.

INDIA - EU FTA SIGNED - 

* PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISION H E URSULA VON DER LEYEN & PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL - ANTONIO SANTOS DA COASTA HAVE VISITED TO INDIA.

13 OUTCOMES IND - EU ))))) 

* TOWARDS 2030: A joint India - European Union Comprehensive Strategic Agenda 

* Provide An Overarching Framework Of The India - EU Strategic Partnership For Next 5 Years ( AI, ENVIRONMENT, SKILL ETC) 

* ENHANCE THE Bilateral Trade And Investment Tied 

* ENHANCE Market ACCESS For Indian Goods And Services 

* Securites AND DEFENCE PARTNERSHIP - 

* Will Deepen India - EU Ties In Defence Industry Cooperation, Martime Security, Cyber And Hybrid Domains, Space And Counter Terrorism.

* COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK ON COOPERATION IN MOBILITY - 

- AGREEMENT BETWEEN NDMA And The DIRECTORATE General For European Civil Protection And Humanitarian Aid Operation ( DG-ECHO) Concerning Cooperation in Disaster Risk Management And Emergency Responce 

( Disaster Preparedness) 

* COOPERATION BETWEEN RESERVE BANK OF INDIA ( RBI) AND EUROPEAN SECURITIES AND MARKET AUTHORITY ( ESMA)

( FACILITATE CAPITAL FLOW) 

* ARRANGEMENT ON ADVANCED ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEALS 

( Boost To Digital ECONOMY) 

* RENEWAL OF INDIA - EU AGREEMENT ON SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION FOR THE PERIOD 2025-2030

( Will Provide Opportunities For Indian Researchers And Institution To Benefit From The European R & D ECOSYSTEM) 

* CONSTITUTION OF A GREEN HYDROGEN TASK FORCE 

( Climate Action, Job Creation) 

* LAUNCH OF NEGOTIATION FOR AN INDIA - EU Security Of Information Agreement 

* LAUNCH OF EXPLORATORY TALKS FOR INDIA ENTERING INTO AN ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT WITH HORIZON EUROPE PROGRAM 

( Innovation Boost For MSME) 

* JOInt IMPLEMENTATION OF 4 PROJECTS UNDER THE INDIA - EU TRILATERAL Partnership 

( Work Together To Implement 4 Specific Projects in Sectors - Clean Energy, Sustainable Development, Women Development, 

* SETTINGS UP OF EUROPEAN UNION PILOT LEGAL GATEWAY OFFICE IN INDIA AIMED TO ENHANCE SKILL MOBILITY 

( Better Awareness Of EU Visa And Mobility Procedures) 

* Adani Defence, India And Brazil's Embraer Have Signed a Strategic Deal To Produce Regional Aircraft in India 

EXERCISE - 

* The 17th Edition Of TRILATERAL Exercise DOSTI between Indian COAST Guard, Srilanka Coast Guard And Maldives Defence Force Held 

*  India's First Training Squadron 1Ts Concluded a Successful Port Call At Phuket, Thailand 

SCHEME - 

STATE - 

* * ODISHA GOVERMENT LAUNCHED THE SWEEKRUTI SCHEME.

* SWEEKRUTI SCHEME IMPLEMENT BY THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND EMPOWERMENT OF PERSON WITH DISABILITY (SSEPD) 

* IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STRUCTURED, RIGHT BASED FRAMEWORK FOR THE WELFARE OF THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILIES 

* ACCORDING TO LAST CENSUS ( ODISHA NO. OF TRANSGENDER 20,300) 

* THIS IS THE FIRST SOCIAL SCHEME FOR TRANSGENDER IN ODISHA 

* THE SCHEME FOCUSES ON A SET OF KEY STRATEGIES THAT INCLUDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS OF TRANSGENDER CHILDREN, PRE -POST MATRIC SCHOLARSHIP FOR TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, SKILL UPGRADATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, STRENGTH THE SELF HELP GROUP, 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Announced The Launch Of The BABU ASONI Scheme From February 1 2026. 

( Under This Scheme Male Students Pursuing Post Graduates Courses Will Receive a Monthly Stipend Of Rs 2000 While Those Enrolled In Undergraduate Programmes Will Get Rs 1000 Per Month) 

* DEEN DAYAL LADO LAXMI Yojana, Haryana 

TAMILNADU ASSURED PENSION SCHEME (TAPS) - 

* * GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE A GUARANTEED PENSION EQUAL TO 50% OF THE LAST DRAWN MONTHLY SALARY.

* EMPLOYEES WILL CONTRIBUTE 10% OF THEIR SALARY, WHILE THEIR ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE ASSURED PENSION WILL BE BORNE BY THE TAMILNADU GOVERNMENT.

* PENSIONER'S WILL ELIGIBLE FOR DEARNESS ALLOWANCE (DA) INCREASE EVERY 6 MONTHS, 

* IN CASE OF PENSIONER'S DEATH 60% OF THE LAST DRAWN PENSION WILL BE PAID AS A FAMILY PENSION TO THE NOMINATED FAMILY MEMBERS.

* GRATUITY UPTO RS 25 LAKH WILL BE PAID ON RETIREMENT OR IN THE EVENT OF DEATH DURING SERVICE, ( BASED ON THE LENGTH OF SERVICE) 

* AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SCHEME, A MINIMUM PENSION WILL BE ENSURED FOR ALL EMPLOYEE ( WHO RETIRES WITHOUT COMPLETING THE QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR PENSION) 

* EMPLOYEE WHO JOINED SERVICE UNDER THE CONTRIBUTORY PENSION SCHEME (CPS) AND RETIRED WITHOUT A PENSION BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAPS WILL BE PROVIDED A SPECIAL COMPASSIONATE PENSION.

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UNGAL KANAVAI SOLLUNGAL SCHEME - 

* * TAMILNADU CHIEF MINISTER M K STALLIN HAS LAUNCHED THE UNGAL KANAVAI SOLLUNGAL SCHEME IN CHENNAI ON 9TH JANUARY 2026:

* SHARE YOUR ASPIRATIONS SCHEME 

* OBJECTIVE - 

- TO ENGAGE CITIZEN DIRECTLY, UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND DREAMS FOR A DEVELOPED TAMILNADU BY 2030 

* THE SCHEME AIMS TO COVER AROUND 1.91 CRORES HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN TAMILNADU.

* APPROXIMATELY 5,000 TRAINED VOLUNTEERS, PRIMARILY MEMBERS OF WOMEN'S SHG GROUPS ARE CONDUCTING DOOR TO DOOR VISITS.

* EACH PARTICIPATING FAMILY RECEIVED A DREAM CARD 

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

PUNJAB- 

* Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Has Launched The MUKHYA MANTRI SEHAT YOJANA At Mohali 

( Under This Scheme 3 Crores Punjabis From 65 Lakhs Family In Punjab Will Receive Health Insurance Coverage Of Upto Rs 10 lakh Per Year At Over 900 GOVERNMENT And Private Hospital in Punjab And Chandigarh) 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Launched Two Schemes in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 

- ONE DISTRICT ONE COUSINE - To Promote And Market Distict Cousines Of Districts On The Lines Of ODOP.

- Sardar Patel Industrial And Employment Zone - 100 Acres Industrial Parks Under One District One Industrial Park Initiative In Each District.

* The Government Has Approved a 200 Crores Project To Develop a Smart Integrated Fishing Harbour At Mayabunder, Andaman and Nicobar 

* SUDAKSHYA SCHEME - 

* * ODISHA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED THE SUDAKSHYA SCHEME 

* ODISHA GOVERNMENT HAS JOINED HANDS WITH THE UDAITI FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH A STUDY AND EMPLOYMENT PILOT TO TO IMPROVE THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN TRAINEE IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION 

* THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ( SDTE) DEPARTMENT ISSUED A DIRECTIVE ON JANUARY 27, 2026 

* UNDER THIS SCHEME PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOLARSHIPS TO GIRLS PURSUING ITI/POLYTECHNIQUE/DIPLOMA 

( MONTHLY MAINTAINANCE OF RS 1500 FOR HOSTELLERS & 500 FOR DAY SCHOLARS ) 

* ONLY FOR FEMALE STUDENTS CATEGORY INCLUDING GENERAL, SC, ST, OBC, SEBC 

* GI TAG - 

GI TAG IN GOA - 

* * GOAN CASHEW APPLE 

* MUSSARAD MANGO 

* MAANG - HILARIO MANGO 

* KHORGUT RICE 

* TALEIGAO BRINGAL 

FROM RAJASTHAN - 

* * NAGAURI ASHWAGANDHA FROM RAJASTHAN GETS GI TAG.

* 22ND PRODUCT FROM RAJASTHAN GETS GI TAG 

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