Current Affairs — 31 January 2026

🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

Patna Bird Sanctuary (UP) aur Chhari-Dhand (Gujarat) Ramsar list mein shamil; total ab 98

31 January 2026 ko Etah (UP) ka Patna Bird Sanctuary aur Kutch (Gujarat) ka Chhari-Dhand Ramsar list mein jode gaye, India ke Ramsar sites ab 98 ho gaye.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Maharashtra Must know

Sunetra Pawar bani Maharashtra ki pehli mahila Deputy Chief Minister

31 January 2026 ko NCP leader Sunetra Pawar ne Lok Bhavan, Mumbai mein Maharashtra ki pehli mahila Deputy CM ki shapath li, pati Ajit Pawar ke nidhan ke baad.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 India Must know

India ne New Delhi mein 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers' Meeting host ki; Delhi Declaration adopt

31 January 2026 ko New Delhi mein 2nd India-Arab Foreign Ministers' Meeting hui, co-chair India aur UAE; pehli meeting 2016 mein Bahrain mein hui thi.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Haryana Important

Vice-President ne 39th Surajkund International Atmanirbhar Crafts Mela ka udghatan kiya; Egypt partner country

31 January 2026 ko Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan ne Faridabad (Haryana) mein 39th Surajkund Crafts Mela khola; partner country Egypt, theme states UP aur Meghalaya.

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🏅 Tennis 📍 Kazakhstan Important

Elena Rybakina ne Aryna Sabalenka ko hara kar Australian Open 2026 women's singles jeeta

31 January 2026 ko Kazakhstan ki Elena Rybakina ne world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka ko 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 se haraya — pehla Australian Open, doosra Grand Slam.

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📊 Reports & Indices 📍 India

IIFT Times B-School Ranking 2026 mein number 1

Commerce Ministry ke under Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) ko Times B-School Ranking 2026 mein pehla sthan mila.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 India

MoS Savitri Thakur UN Commission for Social Development ke 64th session mein India ko lead karengi

WCD MoS Savitri Thakur New York mein UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) ke 64th session mein Indian delegation lead karengi.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Delhi

Red Fort par Bharat Parv 2026 khatam; theme 'Vande Mataram' ke 150 saal

Ministry of Tourism ka 6 din ka Bharat Parv 2026 Red Fort lawns, New Delhi mein 26-31 January 2026 tak chala aur 'Vande Mataram' ke 150 saal ko samarpit tha.

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🎓 Education 📍 Tamil Nadu

TN CM Stalin ne Karaikudi mein Government Law College aur TIDEL Neo Park ka udghatan kiya

31 January 2026 ko TN CM M. K. Stalin ne Kazhanivasal, Karaikudi (Sivaganga) mein ₹100.45 crore ka Government Law College (1,300 students) aur ₹28 crore ka TIDEL Neo Park khola.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Himachal Pradesh

Himachal CM ne 1 February 2026 se BPL survey ka chautha charan shuru karne ko kaha

31 January 2026 ko HP CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu ne BPL identification survey ka 4th phase 1 February 2026 se shuru karne ka nirdesh diya; pehle 3 phase mein 59,829 parivar jude.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Nagaland

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio ne purane manual birth-death certificates ka digitisation shuru kiya

31 January 2026 ko Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio ne Kohima mein purane manual janm-mrityu certificates ka digitisation launch kiya; state 100% online registration ki taraf.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Odisha

CCRAS aur Berhampur University ka MoU — rare Ayurvedic palm-leaf manuscripts digital honge

31 January 2026 ko CCRAS aur Berhampur University (Odisha) ne South Odisha Cultural Study Centre ki rare Ayurvedic manuscripts ko digitise karne par sahmati ki.

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