Current Affairs One-liners — 25 January 2026

Sun, 25 Jan 2026

• President Droupadi Murmu approved gallantry awards to 70 Armed Forces personnel, including six posthumous, with the Ashoka Chakra going to IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla.
• On the eve of Republic Day, the President approved 131 Padma Awards for 2026 — 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri.
• Veteran journalist Sir Mark Tully, long-time BBC correspondent and bureau chief in New Delhi, died at a New Delhi hospital on 25 January 2026, aged 90.
• The MHA announced Gallantry and Service Medals for 982 personnel, including 125 Medals for Gallantry.
• PFRDA constituted the Committee for Strategic Asset Allocation and Risk Governance (SAARG), chaired by Narayan Ramachandran, to modernise the NPS investment framework.
• DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia laid the foundation stone of the ₹450 crore Matabari Tourism Circuit at Narkel Kunja, Dumbur Lake, on 25 January 2026.
• The ECI released a publication on the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, which recorded the highest turnout since 1951 at 67.3% and women's participation of 71.8%.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat scheme at Doomdooma, Tinsukia, on 25 January 2026, giving ₹5,000 to each tea garden worker.
• The Election Commission celebrated the 16th National Voters' Day on 25 January 2026 in New Delhi with President Droupadi Murmu as Chief Guest.
• The Navy's First Training Squadron (INS Tir, Shardul, Sujata and ICGS Sarathi) departed Belawan, Indonesia, on 23 January 2026 after a three-day port call.
• The Ministry of Tourism is organising Bharat Parv 2026, a six-day cultural and tourism festival, at the Red Fort lawns in New Delhi from 26 to 31 January.
• In the 130th Mann Ki Baat, the first of 2026, aired on National Voters' Day, PM Modi urged a focus on 'Zero Defect, Zero Effect' and praised community river and water-body revival.