National current affairs for UPSC and UKPSC aspirants. Each article explains a PIB release, scheme, report or event, and picks out the facts that matter for the exam.
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Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the Drug-Free Campus Campaign at the University of Delhi on 13 January 2026. Notably, he also launched an e-pledge platform and a mobile app. Both come under the Nasha Mukt Parisar Abhiyaan. Also, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended the event. So, the campaign carries the anti-drug drive into higher […]
Read MoreIndia hosted the 28th CSPOC in New Delhi from 14 to 16 January 2026. CSPOC stands for the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth. Notably, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla chaired the conference. Also, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated it on 15 January. So, India hosted the forum for the first time […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched the PANKHUDI portal. Union Minister Annpurna Devi launched it in New Delhi on 8 January 2026. Notably, it is a single-window digital platform for partnerships. Also, it lets individuals, NRIs, NGOs, institutions and companies support women and children. So, it aims to bring transparency, accountability and […]
Read MoreIndia met nearly 73% of its total fertiliser requirement in 2025 through domestic fertiliser production. The Government of India shared this figure in an official statement on 9 January 2026. Moreover, total output of urea, DAP, NPK complexes and SSP reached an all-time high of 524.62 lakh tonnes. The government called it “a significant milestone […]
Read MoreThe Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat campaign completed one year on 27 November 2025. To mark it, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) launched a 100-day intensive awareness campaign. Union Minister Annpurna Devi launched the drive at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 4 December 2025. The campaign runs from 27 November 2025 to 8 […]
Read MorePrime Minister Narendra Modi visited Somnath in Gujarat on 10-11 January 2026 for the Somnath Swabhiman Parv. The four-day Parv ran from 8 to 11 January 2026. Notably, it marked 1,000 years since Mahmud of Ghazni attacked the temple in 1026. It also marked 75 years since the rebuilt temple opened to devotees in 1951. […]
Read MoreThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) announced a hypersonic milestone on 9 January 2026. Its Hyderabad lab, DRDL, carried out a long-duration scramjet combustor test on the ground. Notably, the actively cooled, full-scale combustor ran for over 12 minutes. The test took place at DRDL’s Scramjet Connect Pipe Test (SCPT) facility. The Defence Ministry […]
Read MoreIndia has overtaken China to become the world’s largest rice producer. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced this at an event in New Delhi on 4 January 2026. Notably, India’s rice output stands at 150.18 million tonnes, against China’s 145.28 million tonnes. At the same event, he released 184 improved varieties of 25 field […]
Read MoreThe world observes World Braille Day every year on 4 January. The date marks the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the French inventor of the script. On this occasion in 2026, PIB released a backgrounder on India’s Braille ecosystem. Notably, India uploaded Draft Bharati Braille 2.1 on 4 January 2026 for public comments. Hence, the […]
Read MoreIndia hosted the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, in February 2026. It was the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) organised it under the IndiaAI Mission. Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced India’s hosting at the AI Action Summit […]
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