🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS — 26 JANUARY 2026
🔆 REGULATORY / RBI
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Forex Reserves Surge
✅ India’s forex reserves rise by
$14 bn (week ending 16 Jan 2026)
✅ Highest weekly rise in
10 months
📍 Key Figures:
✅ Total reserves:
$701.3 bn (13-week high)
✅ Previous week: $687 bn
✅ Record high: $705 bn (Sept 2024)
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Components
✅ FCA: +$9.6 bn → $560 bn
✅ Gold: +$4.6 bn
✅ SDR: −$35 mn → $18.7 bn
✅ IMF reserve position: −$73 mn → $4.6 bn
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Reason for Increase
✅ $10 bn buy/sell swap settlement
✅ Revaluation gains (gold prices & dollar assets)
🔆 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
📍
WEF Report on AI & Jobs
✅ WEF white paper:
“Four Futures for Jobs in the New Economy”
📍 Key Findings:
✅ 54% executives expect job displacement
✅ Only 24% expect new job creation
📍 Four AI Futures:
✅ Supercharged Progress
✅ Co-Pilot Economy
✅ Age of Displacement
✅ Stalled Progress
📍
UNESCO – Vietnam
✅ UNESCO announces
$740,000 emergency aid
📍 Purpose:
✅ Protect cultural heritage & education
📍 Affected by typhoons:
✅ Wipha, Bualoi, Matmo
📍 Heritage sites:
✅ Hue, Hoi An
🔆 NATIONAL AFFAIRS
📍
Padma Shri – Unsung Heroes
✅ 45 citizens awarded Padma Shri (Republic Day 2026)
✅ Recognised for grassroots contributions
📍
Republic Day 2026
✅ Chief Guests:
➡ Antonio Costa (European Council)
➡ Ursula von der Leyen (European Commission)
📍 Theme:
✅
150 Years of Vande Mataram
📍
Federated Intelligence Hackathon
✅ Organised by National Health Authority
📍 Venue: IIT Kanpur
📍 Focus:
✅ Health AI digital public goods
✅ Privacy-preserving federated AI
📍
Veer Gatha 5.0
✅ Awards ceremony held in New Delhi
📍 Initiative of:
✅ Ministry of Defence + Ministry of Education
📍 Winners:
✅ ₹10,000 prize
✅ Invitation to Republic Day Parade
📍
Cultural Heritage
✅ President inaugurates
Granth Kutir at Rashtrapati Bhavan
📍 Features:
✅ Manuscripts & rare books
✅ 11 classical Indian languages
📍 Linked to:
✅ Gyan Bharatam Mission
📍
Renewable Energy Storage
✅ India targets
100 GW pumped hydro storage by 2047
📍 Purpose:
✅ Renewable energy integration
✅ Grid stability
📍
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
✅ Digital Climate Atlas (ACASA-India) launched
📍 NICRA completes
15 years
📍 Coverage:
✅ 200+ locations
✅ 151 climate-vulnerable districts
📍
Railway Safety Tech
✅ Indian Railways deploys humanoid robot
ASC ARJUN
📍 Location: Visakhapatnam station
📍 Functions:
✅ Crowd monitoring
✅ Multilingual announcements
✅ Passenger assistance
📍
EdTech Startup
✅ AI-first edtech startup
Fermi.ai launched
📍 Founders:
✅ Peeyush Ranjan
✅ Mukesh Bansal
📍 Focus:
✅ Conceptual STEM learning
🔆 DEFENCE
📍
Indian Navy – Indonesia Visit
✅ Training squadron visits Indonesia
📍 Linked to:
✅ Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
✅ MAHASAGAR vision
🔆 MoUs
📍
Renewable Energy Investment
✅ INOXGFL signs ₹17,000 cr MoUs
📍 States:
➡ Uttar Pradesh
➡ Assam
➡ Kerala
📍 Signed at:
✅ WEF Davos Summit
🔆 STATES
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Andhra Pradesh
✅ Venkaiah Naidu launches
Sujana Health on Wheels
📍 Purpose:
✅ Doorstep healthcare via mobile vans
🔆 SCHEMES
📍
PM SVANidhi Credit Card
✅ Launched for street vendors
📍 Features:
✅ RuPay credit card
✅ Limit: ₹30,000
✅ Revolving credit
📍 Objective:
✅ Financial inclusion
✅ Reduce informal borrowing
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍
24 January
✅ National Girl Child Day
✅ International Day of Education
📍
25 January
✅ National Voters’ Day
🔆 OBITUARY
📍
Journalism
✅ Veteran journalist
Mark Tully passes away at 90
🔆 AWARDS
📍
Padma Awards 2026
✅ Total awards:
131
📍 Padma Vibhushan: 5
📍 Padma Bhushan: 13
📍 Padma Shri: 113
📍 Notable awardees:
✅ Uday Kotak
✅ Dharmendra
✅ Rohit Sharma
📍
UP Gaurav Samman 2026
✅ Shubhanshu Shukla
✅ Alakh Pandey
✅ Dr Hariom Panwar
✅ Rashmi Arya
✅ Dr Sudhanshu Singh
🔆 SPORTS
📍
ICC T20 World Cup 2026
✅ Scotland replaces Bangladesh
📍 Reason:
✅ Bangladesh declined participation
📍 ICC applied governance & qualification rules
📍
Tennis
✅ Novak Djokovic achieves
400 Grand Slam match wins
📍 First player in history
📍 Achieved at:
✅ Australian Open
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