Current Affairs — 22 January 2026

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Must know

CDS ne Military Quantum Mission Policy Framework jaari kiya

22 January 2026: Gen Anil Chauhan ne armed forces mein quantum tech ka roadmap release kiya.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Assam Important

ICMR ne Assam ko 2 Mobile Stroke Units saunpi

NE model ne stroke treatment time ~24 ghante se ~2 ghante kiya.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

🌿 Climate Change 📍 India Important

208 aur industrial units ke liye GHG emission intensity targets notify

Refineries, petrochemicals, textiles, secondary aluminium ab Indian Carbon Market ke compliance mechanism mein.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 Jharkhand Important

Jharkhand ke West Singhbhum mein Naxal CC member 'Anal' samet 16 Naxali dher

22 January 2026: CRPF + Jharkhand Police joint operation; ₹1 crore inaami Patiram Manjhi maara gaya.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Important

India ka power transmission network 5 lakh circuit km ke paar

14 January 2026 ko 765 kV Bhadla II–Sikar II line (Rajasthan) se milestone.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Jammu and Kashmir Important

J&K ke Doda mein Army vehicle khai mein gira, 10 jawan shaheed

22 January 2026, Khanni Top (Bhaderwah–Chamba road); 10 killed, 11 injured.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

PMGSY-IV mein 6 States/UT ke liye 10,000 km+ rural roads sanction

J&K, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, HP, Sikkim; ~3,270 habitations judengi.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

ECI ne IICDEM 2026 mein ECINET digital platform launch kiya

22 January 2026: election info aur services ka one-stop platform.

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🎓 Education 📍 India

MSDE ne World Economic Forum ke saath India Skills Accelerator ke liye MoU kiya

TVET ecosystem aur skills gaps par multistakeholder platform.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India

Western DFC par Trucks-on-Trains se Rewari–Palanpur ~12 ghante mein

Loaded trucks flat wagons par; road ke ~30 ghante ki jagah ~12 ghante.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Brazil

PM Modi aur Brazil ke President Lula ne phone par strategic partnership dohrayi

22 January 2026 ko Lula ka call; India–Brazil Strategic Partnership ko aage badhane ka sankalp.

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🌿 Pollution & Conservation 📍 Delhi

Air quality sudhrne par CAQM ne Delhi-NCR mein GRAP Stage III hataya

22 January 2026: Delhi AQI 322 hone par Stage III revoke.

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