Current Affairs — January 2026

🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Jammu and Kashmir Important

Chawal ka pehla full rake — 42 wagons, 2,768 tonnes — rail se Anantnag pahuncha

22 January 2026 ko pehla full foodgrain rake Anantnag goods shed pahuncha.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Kerala Important

Vizhinjam port expansion: Phase II–IV ka kaam shuru, India ka sabse lamba container berth

24 January 2026 ko Sarbananda Sonowal ne Thiruvananthapuram mein capacity augmentation works ka udghatan kiya.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

UP Statehood Day: Amit Shah ne 'One District One Cuisine' aur Sardar Patel Industrial Area Scheme launch ki

24 January 2026, Lucknow; UP Gaurav Samman 2025–26 bhi diye gaye.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Tripura Important

Tripura mein ₹80 crore ki Agarwood Value Chain Development Scheme shuru

24 January 2026 ko Scindia ne North Fulkabari (Tripura) mein foundation stone rakha.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 India Important

18th Rozgar Mela: 61,000 se zyada appointment letters

24 January 2026 ko PM Modi ne video conference se 18th Rozgar Mela ko address kiya.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 India Important

Bharat Mandapam mein doosra Global Buddhist Summit shuru

24 January 2026 ko Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ne inaugural session ko address kiya.

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🎓 Education 📍 India

Veer Gatha 5.0: Super-100 winners sammanit; pehli baar international participation

24 January 2026 ko New Delhi mein felicitation; 1.92 crore+ students, 28,005 videshi CBSE students.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India

24 January ko National Girl Child Day manaya gaya

WCD Minister Annapurna Devi: 'Balika Devo Bhavah'.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India

National School Band Competition 2026: Jharkhand ke schools ne dono pipe band titles jeete

24 January 2026 ko National Bal Bhavan, New Delhi mein Grand Finale.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Kerala Must know

PM ne Thiruvananthapuram mein PM SVANidhi Credit Card launch kiya, 3 Amrit Bharat Express ko hari jhandi

23 January 2026: street vendors ke liye UPI-linked interest-free credit card.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India Must know

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2026: Sikkim SDMA aur Lt Col Seeta Ashok Shelke

Institutional: Sikkim SDMA; Individual: Lt Col Seeta Ashok Shelke. 271 nominations.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Maharashtra Important

Luke Mudgway ne pehla Bajaj Pune Grand Tour jeeta

23 January 2026 ko 4 stages, 437 km ke baad race khatam.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

PLI White Goods: fourth round mein 5 AC component makers select

Committed investment ₹863 crore; production ₹8,337 crore, 1,799 jobs by FY28.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Important

Parakram Diwas 2026: main celebration Andaman & Nicobar mein

Netaji ki 129th jayanti par PM Modi ne video conference se address kiya.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

Republic Day 2026: 'Operation Sindoor: Victory Through Jointness' tri-services tableau

77th Republic Day Parade ke liye tri-service tableau ka announcement.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

IICDEM 2026 khatam, Delhi Declaration 2026 adopt hua

23 January 2026 ko Bharat Mandapam mein EMBs ne unanimously Delhi Declaration adopt kiya.

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💹 Economy 📍 Jharkhand Important

NMDC ne Jharkhand ki Tokisud North mine se coal mining shuru ki

23 January 2026, Hazaribagh: NMDC ki coal mining mein formal entry.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

Railways ne Visakhapatnam station par humanoid robot 'ASC ARJUN' deploy kiya

Indian Railways network par apni tarah ka pehla; RPF ki madad ke liye.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

Kochi mein IWDC 3.0 ne ₹1,500 crore+ ke inland waterway projects identify kiye

23 January 2026, Sarbananda Sonowal ki chairmanship.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 India Important

President ne Rashtrapati Bhavan mein Granth Kutir ka udghatan kiya

23 January 2026: 11 classical languages ki ~2,300 books aur ~50 manuscripts.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

Road accidents kam karne ke liye V2V communication ko 30 GHz frequency allot

Gadkari: DoT ne vehicle-to-vehicle communication ke liye 30 GHz di.

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🛡️ 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.

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🌿 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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