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6-7 January 2026 Current Affairs

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

    • China commissioned a new upgraded guided missile destroyer , accelerating naval expansion.

    • SpaceX launched COSMO-SkyMed SG-FM3 satellite for Italy using Falcon-9 from California.

    • India & Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations , continuing CBMs under bilateral agreements.

    • India to assume chairship of International IDEA for the first time (2026).

    • IITM Global Research Foundation launched by Dr. S. Jaishankar at IIT-Madras, aiming at global academic expansion.

    • First CRISPR gene-therapy injection (CASGEVY) for hemoglobinopathies administered in UAE.


    Important Day

    • World Day of War Orphans 2026 – 6 January
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