Current Affairs One-liners — 12 January 2026

Mon, 12 Jan 2026

• German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz began his first official visit to India on 12 January 2026, holding talks with PM Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad that produced a joint statement and a list of outcomes including visa-free transit through Germany for Indian passport holders.
• DRDO successfully flight-tested its third-generation fire-and-forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) with top-attack capability against a moving target at KK Ranges, Ahilya Nagar, Maharashtra on 11 January 2026, the Defence Ministry said on 12 January.
• ISRO's PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission lifted off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on 12 January 2026 but failed to place its satellites in orbit after an anomaly near the end of the third (PS3) stage.
• Retail inflation based on the All India Consumer Price Index was 1.33% (provisional) in December 2025, MoSPI said on 12 January 2026, staying below the RBI's lower tolerance limit for a fourth straight month.
• The Union Government notified the National Sports Governance (National Sports Bodies) Rules, 2026 under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, the Sports Ministry said on 12 January 2026.
• India's fish production rose to 197.75 lakh tonnes in FY 2024-25 from 95.79 lakh tonnes in FY 2013-14, an increase of 106%, the Fisheries Ministry said on 12 January 2026.
• PM Narendra Modi addressed the concluding session of the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi on 12 January 2026, National Youth Day, which marks Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary.
• Scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow found evidence of an unusually strong Indian Summer Monsoon between about 1,060 and 1,725 CE in pollen preserved in Raja Rani Lake, Korba district, Chhattisgarh, the Science Ministry said on 12 January 2026.
• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) signed an MoU with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for collaboration in research, innovation and capacity building across the dairy sector, the Agriculture Ministry said on 12 January 2026.
• CBIC Special Secretary and Member (Customs) Surjit Bhujabal inaugurated the integration of the Indian Customs Electronic Gateway with the Land Port Management System (ICEGATE–LPMS) at the Integrated Check Post, Agartala, Tripura on 12 January 2026.
• Lucknow hosted the Uttar Pradesh Regional AI Impact Conference 2026 along with the Fourth Meeting of the AI for Economic Growth and Social Good Working Group on 12 January 2026, under the India AI Impact Summit framework.
• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) inaugurated its Regional Office in Raipur during the 2nd India International Rice Summit in Chhattisgarh, the Commerce Ministry said on 12 January 2026.