inaugurate the 72nd National Volleyball Tournament via video conferencing.
Smart Green Aquaculture Farm & RAS Facility inaugurated by Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) .
Rajasthan Regional AI Impact Conference 2026 to be held in Jaipur ahead of India AI Impact Summit 2026 .
IndiaAI + MeitY + Assam Govt + IIT Guwahati to organise Human Capital Working Group Meeting at IIT Guwahati.
NTPC WR-I (Mumbai) signed MoA with GCRI for upgrading radiotherapy services .
ICICI Bank launched Capital Gains Account Scheme (CGAS), 1988 (effective 1 Jan 2026 ) under IT Act, 1961.
PFRDA approved major reforms to strengthen governance & sustainability of NPS .
UPI hit record 21.63 billion transactions in December 2025 (NPCI data).
100% Australian tariff lines to become zero-duty for Indian exports from 1 Jan 2026 , announced by Piyush Goyal .
IOC purchased first crude oil cargo from Colombia (Ecopetrol), diversifying imports away from Russia.
Justice Mahesh Sharadchandra Sonak appointed Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court under Article 217(1).
Rakesh Aggarwal (IPS, 1994 batch) given additional charge as DG, NIA .
RBL Bank appointed Jaideep Iyer as Executive Director and Deepak Ruiya as interim CFO .
Indian Army launched ‘Radio Sangam’ , a community radio station near LoC in Rajouri, J&K .
Indian Army declared 2026 as the ‘Year of Networking & Data Centricity’ , aligning with future-ready force vision.
Defence, Space & International Affairs
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China commissioned a new upgraded guided missile destroyer , accelerating naval expansion.
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SpaceX launched COSMO-SkyMed SG-FM3 satellite for Italy using Falcon-9 from California.
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India & Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations , continuing CBMs under bilateral agreements.
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India to assume chairship of International IDEA for the first time (2026).
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IITM Global Research Foundation launched by Dr. S. Jaishankar at IIT-Madras, aiming at global academic expansion.
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First CRISPR gene-therapy injection (CASGEVY) for hemoglobinopathies administered in UAE.
Important Day
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World Day of War Orphans 2026 – 6 January
Highlights the
Month: Current Affairs - January 07, 2026
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