Weekly Current Affairs Digest

सप्ताह के लिए समेकित संशोधन कैप्सूल और सारांश:Consolidated revision capsules and summaries for the week: 2026-w01

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पुरस्कार और सम्मानAwards & Honors

Gallantry Awards 2026 (15 Jan — Army Day) — Ashok Chakra: Group Capt Sudhanshu Shukla (1st Indian on ISS); Kirti Chakra: 3; Shaurya Chakra: 13; Total: 70 recipients.

Dance Kala Nidhi Award — Urmila Satyanarayan (19th Dance Festival, Chennai Music Academy) for Bharatanatyam.

Major Swati Shanta Kumar — UN Secretary-General's Award (South Sudan project).

रक्षाDefence

SAHAS SHAKTI Exercise — Indian Army exercise in Dhingi Hills (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa).

Dosti-17 — Trilateral Coast Guard exercise: India, Sri Lanka, Maldives.

Sanjha Shakti — Military-Civilian Fusion Exercise, Pune.

INS Sankalp (Coast Guard Ship) — visited Port Louis, Mauritius as part of overseas deployment.

अर्थव्यवस्थाEconomy

Akasa Air — became the 5th Indian airline to join IATA.

UP — Largest EV Market: 1.28 million e-two-wheelers = 57% of India's EV sales.

AIF Assets — Rs 28,000 cr to Rs 15 lakh cr in 10 years (CAGR 49%).

Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024 — released; key metric in economic evaluation.

पर्यावरणEnvironment

Tiger Stripe butterfly — declared State Butterfly of Chandigarh.

M-STrIPES App — Tiger census initiated from Annamalai Tiger Reserve.

Bor Tiger Project (Maharashtra) — two new safari gates inaugurated; smallest tiger reserve in India.

Assam–MP Wildlife Exchange Agreement — Assam to MP (50 wild buffaloes, 1 rhino, 3 king cobras) and MP to Assam (1 pair of tigers, 6 crocodiles). Historic wild buffalo habitat: Kanha Tiger Reserve.

सरकारी योजनाएंGovernment Schemes

Maritime Development Fund — Rs 25,000 crore.

SBFAS — Rs 24,736 crore (till 2036). SDS — Rs 19,989 crore.

M-STrIPES App — national tiger census tool.

Karni Fries Cattle Breed — Tharparkar × Holstein Friesian; ~3,000 kg milk in 10 months.

अंतरराष्ट्रीय मामलेInternational Affairs

Cyprus EU Presidency — Jan–June 2026. Theme: "A Sovereign Union Open to the World". Capital: Nicosia (succeeding Denmark).

Henley Passport Index 2026 — Singapore 1st; India 80th (55 destinations, tied with Algeria; down from 57 in 2025).

UN 2026 — International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.

CBAM — EU began enforcing Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism from Jan 2026 on carbon-intensive imports (steel, aluminium), impacting Indian exporters.

राष्ट्रीय मामलेNational Affairs

India GDP — 4th largest economy globally (USD 4.18 trillion), surpassing Japan. Projected 3rd by 2030 (~USD 7.3 trillion).

Constitution in Santhali — Released using Ol Chiki script on its centenary.

Granth Kutir — inaugurated at Rashtrapati Bhavan to preserve literary heritage.

VBYLD 2026 (Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue) — held Jan 9–12; 50 lakh youth participated; Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the event.

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकीScience & Tech

200 Automatic Weather Stations — announced by MoES on IMD's 151st Foundation Day (15 Jan 2026), across 4 metro cities.

NIDMS — NSG launched National IED Data Management System to improve counter-IED investigations.

C2S Programme — MeitY's Chips to Startup programme showed success in semiconductor skill-building and foundry access.

Ultracold Atoms — Role in stabilizing Atomic Clocks and Cold-atom gravimeters for underground detection.

खेलकूदSports

Pawan Kalyan — inducted into Japan's ancient sword martial art Kejutsu.

राज्य समाचारState News

Magh Mela 2026, Prayagraj — 21 crore+ pilgrims.

Saksam Valley (J&K) — China building CPEC road; strategic concern for India.

Defence Minister — inaugurated EV manufacturing unit in Lucknow.

CM Yogi Adityanath — directed relief for cold-wave affected citizens.

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