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The Kerala Government officially renamed Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kannur district as Aralam Butterfly Sanctuary , becoming the first butterfly sanctuary in Kerala .
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National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) created four Guinness World Records during the construction of the Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada Economic Corridor .
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched the ‘PARAM SHAKTI’ supercomputing facility at Indian Institute of Technology Madras , Chennai.
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Keyi Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh was declared India’s first Bio-Happy District , integrating biodiversity conservation with community well-being.
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Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched a new Aadhaar mascot named ‘Udai (उदय)’ to enhance citizen communication and awareness.
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C. P. Radhakrishnan , Vice-President of India, inaugurated the 3rd International Conference on Indian Languages in New Delhi .
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Gujarat Government launched a mobile cancer screening unit ‘Asha Van’ in Gandhinagar , inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel .
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Major Swathi Shantha Kumar of the Indian Army received the UN Secretary-General’s Award 2025 (Gender Category) .
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Morgan Stanley projected India’s real GDP growth at 7.6% (YoY) for FY26 , higher than the NSO estimate of 7.4% .
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PhonePe Payment Gateway launched ‘PhonePe PG Bolt’ to enable faster Visa and Mastercard credit and debit card transactions .
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PayG , an Indian payment gateway firm, received Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approval to operate as Payment Aggregator-Physical (PA-P) and Payment Aggregator-Cross Border (PA-CB) .
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Choice Wealth Private Limited , a subsidiary of Choice International Limited , received a contract from India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to launch a comprehensive digital investment platform .
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Malaysia temporarily blocked access to Grok , a generative AI chatbot developed by xAI , citing misuse concerns.
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Justice Soumen Sen was sworn in as the 40th Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court at Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram .
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The Indian Army placed a ₹168-crore order with NewSpace Research & Technologies (NRT) for the Medium Altitude Persistent Surveillance System (MAPSS) UAV.
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The Indian Army launched ‘Depot Integration Management Edition (DIME)’ , a digital platform to modernise logistics and inventory management .
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a long-duration ground test of an actively cooled scramjet engine , advancing India’s hypersonic missile programme .
Month: Current Affairs - January 13, 2026
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