Current affairs compilation: January 2026
The whole month in one page, day by day. Use it for revision before Prelims.
Thursday, 1 January
5 items- DAC approved ₹3.84 lakh crore of capital acquisitions in 2025GS3 · Defence
- Credit guarantee for exporters: ₹3,141 crore sanctioned in the first monthGS3 · External sector
- Director KYC: annual filing replaced by once in three yearsGS2 · Governance
- India and Pakistan exchange prisoner listsGS2 · IR
- PFRDA lets banks set up their own NPS pension fundsGS3 · Financial markets
Friday, 2 January
4 items- Delhi’s cleanest year on record for particulates, barring 2020GS3 · Pollution
- ECMS third tranche: 22 proposals, ₹41,863 croreGS3 · Industry
- HSNS Cess on pan masala from 1 February 2026GS3 · Fiscal
- Indian Pharmacopoeia 2026 releasedGS2 · Health
Saturday, 3 January
2 items- ECINet app: index cards within 72 hoursGS2 · Elections
- Piprahwa relics exposition opens in DelhiGS1 · Culture
Sunday, 4 January
3 itemsMonday, 5 January
5 items- ICGS Samudra Pratap commissioned: first indigenously designed pollution control vesselGS3 · Defence / environment
- CSIR-NPL opens National Environmental Standard LaboratoryGS3 · S&T
- CSIR-NPL opens National Environmental Standard LaboratoryGS3 · S&T
- NBS rates for rabi 2025-26: ₹37,952 croreGS3 · Agriculture
- Railways spend 80.5% of capex by DecemberGS3 · Railways
Tuesday, 6 January
3 items- Railways electrify 99.2% of broad-gauge networkGS3 · Infrastructure
- FRA digital platform: all SIH finalists brought inGS2 · Tribal rights
- PPP pipeline: 852 projects worth over ₹17 lakh croreGS3 · Infrastructure
Wednesday, 7 January
4 items- NQAS certifications cross 50,000GS2 · Health
- Draft Pesticides Management Bill to replace 1968 ActGS3 · Agriculture
- ECI to host IICDEM 2026GS2 · Elections
- India Post and Rural Development sign MoU for SHGsGS2 · Rural development
Thursday, 8 January
3 items- NBA pays ₹68 lakh to Maharashtra BMCs for microbe useGS3 · Biodiversity
- SWAMIH fund: 61,000 stalled homes deliveredGS3 · Economy
- Tex-RAMPS: MoUs with 15 States on textile dataGS3 · Industry
Friday, 9 January
4 items- DRDO runs scramjet combustor for over 12 minutesGS3 · Defence technology
- CAQM shuts 16 industrial units in NCRGS3 · Pollution
- Fertiliser output hits 524.62 lakh tonnes; 73% from homeGS3 · Agriculture
- NSG’s National IED Data Management System launchedGS3 · Internal security
Saturday, 10 January
3 items- India–Oman CEPA: duty-free access on 98.08% of tariff linesGS2 · International relations / trade
- Goyal in Brussels to speed up India-EU FTAGS2 · IR
- Mines Chintan Shivir: critical mineral missionGS3 · Resources
Sunday, 11 January
2 itemsMonday, 12 January
4 items- German Chancellor Merz visits India; defence industry pactGS2 · International relations
- Fish output doubles in a decadeGS3 · Agriculture
- MPATGM hits a moving targetGS3 · Defence
- MPATGM hits a moving targetGS3 · Defence
Tuesday, 13 January
3 items- ADMM-Plus counter-terror experts meet in DelhiGS2 · IR
- MoSPI moves toward a chain-based IIPGS3 · Economy
- PFRDA committee on assured NPS payouts; Vatsalya guidelinesGS3 · Social security
Wednesday, 14 January
4 items- NITI Aayog releases Export Preparedness Index 2024GS3 · External sector / federalism
- WPI inflation at 0.83% in December 2025GS3 · Inflation
- Aravalli Green Wall: 2.7 million ha being greenedGS3 · Environment
- Indian and Japan Coast Guards hold 22nd high-level meetingGS2 · IR
Thursday, 15 January
4 items- PLFS monthly: LFPR at 56.1% in December 2025GS3 · Employment
- Exports Apr-Dec 2025: $634.26 billionGS3 · External sector
- IMD to install 200 weather stations in four metrosGS3 · Disaster
- NITI on converging MSME schemesGS3 · Industry
Friday, 16 January
4 items- ASEAN-India digital ministers adopt 2026 work planGS2 · IR
- Export incentives extended to postal shipmentsGS3 · External sector
- Republic Day 2026: EU leaders as chief guestsGS2 · IR
- Startup India turns tenGS3 · Economy
Saturday, 17 January
3 items- 2nd Global Buddhist Summit in DelhiGS1 · Culture
- ICGS Sankalp at Port LouisGS2 · IR
- IndiGo meltdown: DGCA fines ₹22.20 croreGS3 · Infrastructure
Sunday, 18 January
4 items- Chips to Start-up: 67,000 trained in chip designGS3 · Semiconductors
- First open-sea cage fish farm at North Bay, AndamanGS3 · Blue economy
- International Year of Cooperatives: the PACS numbersGS2 · Governance
- Kaziranga Elevated Corridor: 35 km over the parkGS3 · Environment
Monday, 19 January
4 items- India hosts 28th Commonwealth Speakers’ ConferenceGS2 · Parliament
- UAE President visits India; trade hits USD 100 billionGS2 · International relations
- Insurance premiums ₹11.93 lakh crore in 2024-25GS3 · Financial sector
- PSBs’ digital credit model: ₹52,300 crore to MSMEsGS3 · Banking
Tuesday, 20 January
4 items- CAQM revokes GRAP Stage IV in Delhi-NCRGS3 · Air pollution
- A 1792 CE Valmiki Ramayana manuscript giftedGS1 · Culture
- National Committee on Dam Safety meetsGS3 · Disaster
- NHA Chintan Shivir: MoUs with Bhashini, IISc, NABHGS2 · Health
Wednesday, 21 January
3 items- Cabinet extends Atal Pension Yojana to 2030-31GS2 · Social security
- Cabinet: ₹5,000 crore equity for SIDBIGS3 · MSME finance
- India-Myanmar trade committee: target USD 5 billionGS2 · IR
Thursday, 22 January
3 items- Carbon market: 208 more industries get targetsGS3 · Climate
- ECINET launched in 22 languagesGS2 · Elections
- Military Quantum Mission Policy FrameworkGS3 · Defence
Friday, 23 January
4 items- MoSPI on new GDP series; release on 27 FebruaryGS3 · Economy
- MPLADS guidelines under revisionGS2 · Governance
- MPLADS guidelines under revisionGS2 · Governance
- PLI white goods: 85 firms, ₹11,198 croreGS3 · Industry
Saturday, 24 January
2 items- UP Statehood DayGS2 · States
- Agarwood scheme in TripuraGS3 · NE
Sunday, 25 January
2 items- 16th National Voters’ Day: “My India, My Vote”GS2 · Elections
- Wings India 2026 in HyderabadGS3 · Aviation
Monday, 26 January
2 items- BRO clears Chatergala PassGS3 · Border infra
- India is Country Partner at Gulfood 2026GS3 · Agriculture
Tuesday, 27 January
5 items- India–EU FTA concludedGS2 · International relations / trade
- Nipah: two cases in West Bengal, 196 contacts tracedGS2 · Health
- National Household Income Survey from April 2026GS3 · Economy
- NITI on circular economy: vehicles, tyres, batteriesGS3 · Environment
- Smart fishing harbour at MayabunderGS3 · Fisheries
Wednesday, 28 January
6 items- IIP grows 7.8% in December 2025, a two-year highGS3 · Industry
- Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 notified: four-stream segregationGS3 · Pollution
- India-EU FTA: financial services chapter closedGS2 · IR
- Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0GS2 · Governance
- Trial rules eased: test licences in 45 daysGS2 · Health
- Uniform Consent Guidelines amendedGS3 · Environment
Thursday, 29 January
4 items- CPI 2024 series: 358 items on COICOP 2018GS3 · Inflation / statistics
- Designs Act changes; Hague accession proposedGS3 · IPR
- PAIMANA replaces OCMS for project trackingGS3 · Infrastructure
- Space economy $8.4 billion; 399 start-upsGS3 · Space
Friday, 30 January
3 itemsSaturday, 31 January
4 items- Lakshya Zero Dumpsite: 61% of legacy waste processedGS3 · Urban waste
- Two new Ramsar sites: Patna Bird Sanctuary (UP) and Chhari-Dhand (Gujarat)GS3 · Wetlands
- Second India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ MeetingGS2 · IR
- UMEED portal adds waqf survey and lease modulesGS2 · Governance