Jan 2026

Who has become the first country to formally recognize Somaliland?

Israel

• Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullah - 1991 self Independence declaration
• Capital - Hargeisa, Former British protectorate
• Somalia - Mogadishu, Former Italian colony
• Shilling Is currency of both

Gujarat has regained the status of tiger state after how many years?

33 years

• by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
• 1 Tiger at Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary in Dahod district, came from MP
• Total Estimated Tiger Population (2022) -3,682 tigers, MP (785), Karn., UtK.,MH

Who has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General (ASG) by the Central Government recently?

Devinder Pal Singh, Ravindra Kumar, Anil Kaushik

• term of three years
• provide legal advice to the Government of India and represent it in the courts
• Tushar Mehta is currently the Solicitor General of India (second-highest law officer)
• Attorney General of India - R. Venkataramani

Where have Indian archaeologists discovered the country's largest circular stone labyrinth?

Maharashtra

• at Boramani grasslands of Solapur district
• 2000 year old
• 15 concentric stone circles which is the highest number ever recorded in India
• This labyrinth belongs to the Satavahana dynasty

The Param Rudra supercomputer was inaugurated in which institute?

IIT Patna

• The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) - 2015
• Bihar's first supercomputer
• India's First Supercomputer - PARAM 8000, 1991, Dr. Vijay Bhatkar (US refused to sell India a "Cray" supercomputer)
• India have 37 Supercomputer & Param Rudra is new Series launched
• AIRAWAT-PSAI is fastest Indian Computer

Russia has set a target to complete its plan to build a automated nuclear power plant on the moon by which year?

2036

• Roscosmos (Russia's space agency) and NPO Lavochkin (Russian aerospace company)
• part of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), a joint base led by Russia and China

The Great Sanctions Hack- Why Economic Sanctions Don't Work the Way We Expect, The Book Is Written By Whom?

Urjit Patel

• 24th Governor of the RBI 2016-18
• Executive Director at IMF (Sep. 2025)
• Shaktikanta Das 25th Governor 2018–24
• Sanjay Malhotra 26th Governor 2024

Who has become the chairperson of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes Commission?

PV Sindhu

• President for the 2026-2029 term
• silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in Tokyo 2020
• BWF - 1934, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• President (First Woman), Indian Olympic Association (IOA) - PT Usha
• First Indian President, Olympic Council of Asia - Randhir Singh

Where has the Atal Canteen been started?

Delhi

• by CM & Manohar Lal
• 45 atal canteen, food for ₹5
• Delhi - Governor– Vinai Kumar Saxena

Parvati-Arga Bird Sanctuary is located in which state which has been declared as an eco-sensitive zone?

Uttar Pradesh

• Gonda district, Its a Ramsar Site
• Two oxbow lakes - Parvati and Arga
• First forest university - Gorakhpur, UP
• Kalyan Singh Nagar will become the 76th district in Uttar Pradesh

Which company has developed India's first indigenous MRI scanner?

VoxelGrids

• 1.5 Tesla capacity
• Set up at the Chandrapur Cancer Care Foundation - Nagpur, MH
• not use liquid helium & 40% cheaper
• DHRUV64 India's first fully indigenous microprocessor

Who has won the women's singles title at the 87th Senior National Badminton Championships 2025?

Surya Tamiri

• Ritwik Sanjeevi (Tamil Nadu) in Men's
• held in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
• Men's Doubles - Hariharan Amaskarunan and R. Ruban Kum
• Women's doubles - Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Bhat

Which state government has announced the inclusion of Khasi and Garo languages in the curriculum?

Meghalaya

• Mandatory APAAR ID - The One Nation, One Student ID to track academic credits digitally via DigiLocker
• AI and Computational Thinking (CT) will be mandatory from Class 3 (2026-27)

President Droupadi Murmu has travelled on which submarine?

INS Waghsheer

• it's a Kalvari-class submarine
• from Karwar Naval Harbour in Karnataka accompanied by Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi (Chief of Naval Staff)
• Second president after APJ Kalam to travel in submarine
• Murmu also traveled in Sukhoi-30 MKI (Apr, 2023) & Rafale (Oct, 2025)

Whose bronze statue has been unveiled in Ayodhya recently?

Queen Hyo Hwang-ok

• At Indo-Korean Memorial Park, Saryu River Bank
• The Queen of Korea is known as Princess Suriratna in India
• Historical belief, she went from Ayodhya to Korea in 48 AD

Biswa Bandhu Sen has recently passed away. He was the Speaker of which state’s Legislative Assembly?

Tripura

• Shivraj Patil - Indian Politician
• Prafulla Baruah - Indian Journalist
• Palpu Pushpangadan - Indian Botanist

Who inaugurated the Anti-Terror Conference in New Delhi?

Home Minister Amit Shah

• by National Investigation Agency (NIA)
• Launched Weapon Database & Organised Crime Network Database
• NIA - 2009 Sadanand Date

How many children were awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) in 2025?

20 Children

• Less than 18 years old, 2 given Posthumously

Where is the 150th edition of the Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan held?

Jalandhar

• Devi Talab Mandir
• Established- 1875 by Baba Harivallabh in memory of his guru, Swami Tuljagiri
• world's oldest festival of Hindustani Classical Music
• Doaba Chowk was recently renamed Shree Baba Harivallabh Chowk

Khaleda Zia was the first woman Prime Minister of which country who has passed away?

Bangladesh

• 1991 to 1996 & 2001 to 2006 (Bangladesh Nationalist Party)
• wife of former President of Bangladesh and founder of BNP Ziaur Rahman
• Empress Sorikit - Queen Mother of Thailand

Where has the Sharad Chandra Pawar Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence been established?

Baramati, Pune

• Inaugurated by Gautam Adani
• AI-Driven Green Data Center in Telangana by Adani Group (48MW)
• Dharmendra Pradhan - first overseas Atal Innovation Centre in the UAE

Which rare creature has been spotted for the first time in Kakoi Reserve Forest (Assam) recently?

Clouded Leopard

• Endangered category on the IUCN Red List
• also live in Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri
• IUCN) officially recognized the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) as Vulnerable

Which state has launched the e-Swasthya Samvad digital platform?

Rajasthan

• directly connect health officials with doctors and the public for faster healthcare decision-making.
• Raj. CM- Bhajanlal Sharma

China Launched which mission on Taiwan?

Justice Mission 2025

• China's People's Liberation Army (PLA)
• 8th 'Shakti' Exercise-2025 - India-France
• 4th 'Tiger Triumph' 2025 - India-US

Which country has announced to build a multi-layer anti-drone "wall" on its eastern border?

Poland

• Capital -.Warsaw
• to counter the growing drone threats from Russia and Belarus

India's first PPP (Public-Private Partnership) model medical college has been opened in which state?

Madhya Pradesh

• Tribal districts of Dhar and Betul in MP
• India's first Make-in-India 'Green Hydrogen Plant' launched - Kandla, Gujarat
• India's first indigenous diving support ship INS Nistar inducted into the Navy

Who has become the world's richest Indian-origin professional manager?

Jayshree Ullal

• CEO of Arista Networks and has a net worth estimated at ₹50,170 crore
• surpassed Sundar Pichai (Google) and Satya Nadella (Microsoft)

Which awards have been banned by the Bombay High Court from being prefixed to the name?

Bharat Ratna and all Padma Awards

• The judgment cites the landmark Balaji Raghavan case of 1995
• According to Article 18 of the Constitution, titles are prohibited in India

Where was the test of the Pinaka LRGR-120 rocket conducted?

Chandipur, Odisha

• Long Range Guided Rocket, 120KM
• Developed by DRDO
• Chairman of DRDO is Dr. Samir V. Kamat

The Environment Ministry has approved the Dulhasti Stage-II hydroelectric project. On which river is it being built?

Chenab

• 260 MW, ₹3,277 crore
• Chenab Rail Bridge - the tallest railway arch bridge in the world, standing 359 meters

Which country will host the UN Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD COP17) in 2026?

Armenia

• at Capital Yerevan
• Slogan- Taking action for nature
• KMGBF (Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework) Dec. 2022 at CBD COP15 (China&Canada)

Recently S. Krishnaswamy has passed away. He was associated with which field?

Documentary Filmmaking

• Documentary - Indus Valley To Indira Gandhi 1976
• Book - Voyages Retraced - India's Influence in East Asia 2025
• English cricket - Hugh Morris

Where was the ‘5th National Conference of Chief Secretaries' held?

New Delhi

• Theme - Human Capital for Viksit Bharat
• Key forces - Education, Skill development and Sports
• Current Cabinet Secretary- Dr. T.V. Somanathan (Chief of all Secretaries)
• Anu Garg - First woman Chief Secretary of Odisha
• Ashish Kundra - Ladakh

Which organization recognized 24 tsunami prone coastal villages of Odisha as Tsunami Ready?

UNESCO-IOC

• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
• UNESCO - Paris, Khaled El-enan
• 2nd UNESCO-IOC Global Tsunami Symposium took place in Banda Aceh, Indonesia in Nov.

Recently, where has a 2000-year-old Buddhist site been discovered?

Baramulla, JK

• Department of Archaeology and University of Kashmir
• Part of Kushan Empire
• 1,000 year old Chola era sculptures discovered - Villupuram, Tamil Nadu
• 4,000-year-old Dilmun temple discovered in Kuwait

In which country is the famous Bezymianny Volcano located?

Russia

• on Kamchatka Peninsula of russia
• Hayli Gubbi Volcano (Ethiopia) - Erupted after 12000 years in Nov. 2025
• Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki - Indonesia Erupted in Oct. 2025

Which country has become the fourth largest economy in the world?

India

• 4.18 trillion (about ₹ 350 lakh crore)
• 7.3 trillion (₹ 655 lakh crore) 2030
• RBI has raised forecast from 6.8% to 7.3%
• USA- 30, China- 19.6, Germ.- 5

Who has become the first country to shut down the traditional postal service?

Denmark

• 400 Year old system
• Denmark, Norway and Australia Banned social media for people uder 15
• India re-elected in leadership councils of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) at Dubai Sep. 2025

Where is the first flight of the civilian version of the new generation Dhruv helicopter loaded from?

Bengluru

• Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu
• Dhruva-NG by HAL
• civilian version of the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH)
• Sarla Aviation to build India’s first giga scale factory for electric air taxis (eVTOLs) at Anantapur Andhra Pradesh

The government has approved a new project for conservation of sand dunes including which bird species?

Indian Skimmer

• found in the Terai areas of Ganga
• Bird nests to be monitored in lower reaches of Chambal and Ganga
• Bannerghatta Biological Park (Karnataka) has imported eight capuchin monkeys from South Africa

Which country will abolish customs duty on
Indian exports from January 1, 2026?

Australia

• Canberra is Capital of Australia

Indian Naval Ship 'Kandinya' has sailed on its maiden sea voyage to which country?

Oman

• from Porbandar to Muscat
• built using traditional indigenous technology

Who has recentlywon the World Blitz Championship title?

Magnus Carlsen

• Record 9th time
• Arjun Erigais - Bronze

Who has recently become the highest wickettaker in women's T20 International cricket?

Deepti Sharma

• 152 Wickets
• Smriti Mandana second Indian player to complete 10,000 runs in Women's

Himachal Pradesh has recently approved the Green to Gold initiative under whose farming policy?

Industrial hemp

• Launched by HP CM Sukhvinder Sukhu
• legalizing and regulating industrial hemp cultivation
• To wipe out the illegal drug trade in regions like Kullu and Mandi

Who is the first hospital in the world to use the ITVISMA vaccine for the treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)?

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi

• vaccine is developed by pharma company Novartis

Which country will host the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit 2026?

India

• 16-20 Feb. New Delhi
• Organizer- Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY)
• Theme- Democratizing AI, Bridging the AI Divide

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in India is published by which ministry?

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)

• Nov. 25 - Industrial Production Growth Rate was 6.7%
• Manufacturing 77.6%, Mining 14.4%, Electricity 8.0%

Who has become the Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force?

Nagesh Kapoor

• Founded- 8 Oct. 1932
• CAS- Amar Preet Singh
• Justice Vikram Nath - Executive Chairman of NALSA

Where has the Indian Railways conducted the last high-speed trial of the Vande Bharat sleeper train?

Kota-Nagda Rail Section

• Maximum Speed was 180 kmph
• NaMo Bharat Train India's fastest train (160 kmph)
• China's maglev test vehicle reached 700 km/h

The government has banned drugs containing nimesulide in what quantity?

100 mg

• under Section 26A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
• Nimesulide is a non-steroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID)
• Effects Lung and Kidney

According to the Amicus Growth Report, India ranks in the Rare Earth Reserve?

3rd

• India has 6.9 million tonnes of rare earth oxide (REO) (6–7% of total)
• China 44M, Brazil 21M

Kamya Karthikeyan has become the first Indian woman to reach which position?

South Pole

• 17 Years old
• youngest person to complete the Explorers Grand Slam
• climbing the highest peaks of seven continents and skiing at the North and South Poles
• She is Youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest

Where has 3D flex aqueous angiography been performed with iStent for the first time in India?

Army Hospital in Delhi Cantt

• Department of Ophthalmology

Which is the first nonbanking financial company in the maritime sector of the country to launch a loan disbursement service?

Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited (SMFCL)

• providing financial support to maritime projects

Who has been given the additional charge of Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA)?

Rakesh Agarwal

• Sadanand Vasant Date left the NIA to become the DGP of Maharashtra
• Year of Establishment 2008 (After Mumbai Attack)

Which country will host the World Police & Fire Games 2029 (WPFG 2029)?

India

• Rashtriya Raksha University of Guj.
• California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF) Is Organiser of WPFG
• 2025 - Us, 2027 - Australia

Which country has recently adopted the euro currency?

Bulgaria

• 21st member to adopt the euro currency
• The currency of Bulgaria was Lev
• Euro was first issued on January 1, 1999 and was adopted by 11 countries
• Capital of Bulgaria - Sofia

Who has become the Air Officer Command in Chief of the Training Command of the Indian Air Force?

Seethepalli Srinivas

• It is headquartered in Bengaluru
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Chair - Justice Prathiba M. Singh (For 2025-27)
• President of ASSOCHAM – Nirmal Minda

Where has Jallikattu 2026 begun?

Thachankurichi

• traditionally holds the first Jallikattu of the calendar year
• Kambala - Karnataka is similar Festival
• Assam Passed bill to Legalize Moh Juj

Kushavati has been made the third district of which state?

Goa

• North Goa, South Goa & Kushavati
• Quepem Will be Headquarter of Kushavati
• CM- Pramod Sawant
• 12th Amendment Act, 1962 Became Part of India
• 56th Amendment Act, 1987, Became State

Which country has implemented a new digital system to track the activities of foreign nationals?

Nepal

• India & Nepal Letter of Exchange (LoE) to expand rail freight movement via the Jogbani–Biratnagar link
• Exercise SURYAKIRAN-XIX (2025)- Ind&Nep held in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Air Marshal Tejinder Singh has taken charge of which command?

South Western Air Command

• Western Air Command – New Delhi
• Eastern Air Command – Shillong, Meghalay
• Central Air Command – Prayagraj
• Southern Air Command – Thiruva.
• South Western Air Command – Gandhinagar
• Maintenance Command – Nagpur

The Delhi government has decided to launch the grievance redressal system in collaboration with which institute?

IIT Kanpur

• Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS)
• Ai Ranks different gov. department
• citizen can give feedback rating, to gov. department

According to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, when will the first bullet train start?

15 Aug. 2027

• between Mumbai-Ahmedabad
• Speed - 320 km/h, 508KM
• The Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR)

With which country has India recently exchanged a list of nuclear installations?

Pakistan

• Exchange Data every year on 1 Jan.
• agreement was signed on Dec. 31, 1988 and came into force on Jan. 27, 1991
• Signed between Rajiv Gandhi & Benazir Bhutto

Mamadi Doumbouya has been recently elected as the President of which country?

Guinea

• He came to power via a military coup in 2021
• 7 Year Term Under the new constitution adopted in 2025
• Conakry Is Capital of Guinea
• Tanzania President- Samia Suluhu Hassan

Russia has deployed the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system in which country?

Belarus

• MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle)
• Capital - Minsk
• President - Alexander Lukashenko Since 1994 Longest Serving in Europe

Who received the Global Lifetime Achievement Award at the 13th Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Sports Award?

Novak Djokovic

• held at Dubai
• Novak Djokovic - Serbia
• Grand Slam tournaments – 24 (most by anyone)

The proposal to declare Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary as a tiger reserve has been approved, it belongs to which state?

Bihar

• Other Tiger Reserve in Bihar - Valmiki Tiger Reserve
• Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary - 1979
• National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) - 2005

The President of which country has been arrested by the United States?

Venezuela

• President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cecilia Flores
• charged with narco-terrorism and weapons charges
• Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as acting president
• From Capital- Caracas on Jan 3rd 2026

Which country has granted legal recognition to cryptocurrency mining and exchange?

Turkmenistan

• President Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a new law
• It's legal in india but Taxable, Banned in China, Pakistan & Saudia Arabia

Which state government has recently made it mandatory for school children to read newspapers?

Rajasthan

• Read 5 Minutes & Learn 5 Words from it

Where has the International Exhibition of the Holy Relics of Piprahwa related to Lord Buddha been held recently?

New Delhi

• Modi inaugurated the Mega International Exhibition at Rai Pithora Cultural Complex
• Exhibition title "Light and lotus

Where has the foundation stone of the Bhoramdev Corridor Development Project been laid recently?

Kabirdham, Chhattisgarh

• Under Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0 Scheme to promote tourism
• 1000 year old Bhoramdev Temple

Which big city is going to become slum-free according to the Gujarat government?

Surat

• Around 5.5 lakh houses planned to be built in Gujarat in the next five years
• India's First Big City to be slim free
• Chandigarh is First Slum free City/UT
• Odisha to be a Slum-Free State through its Jaga Mission

Who has launched Operation Milap under which more than 1,300 missing people have been traced?

Delhi Police

• Used Facial Recognition System (FRS) technology
• Operation Eagle Force (Nov 2025) - Against Nigerian Drug Cartel
• Abhaya Brigade - Bihar Women Safety Police Squad
• MahaCrimeOS Ai by Maharashtra and Microsoft to use against Cybercrime

India has become the world's largest rice producer, leaving behind which country?

China

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• India 152 million metric tons, China - 146, Bangladesh 37.5 MT
• UP (15%) Is highest Rice Producing State
• India International Rice Conference (BIRC 2025) Held at Delhi on 31 Oct.
• Sahyadri Sindhura - Red Rice, Karnataka

Who has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian women's hockey team?

Sjoerd Marijne

• He was Coach from 2017-2021, He's Dutch
• Captain - Salima Tete (Jharkhand)
• Olympic Best - 4th (1980 & 2020)
• Asia Cup champions - 2004, 2017

Who has been recently appointed as the Chairman and MD of Food Corporation of India (FCI)?

Rabindra Kumar Agarwal

• FCI Established in 1965 Under Food Corporation Act, 1964
• Gas Authority of India - Deepak Gupta
• Organisation Internationale des Constructors d'Automobiles (OICA) - Shailesh Chandra (TaTa Motors)

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved which drug to treat anaemia in adults suffering from thalassemia?

Mitapivet (Aqvesme)

• first oral pill for anemia caused by alpha or beta thalassemia
• before patients needed blood transfusions
• World Thalassemia Day is observed every year on May 8
• Cipla & Eli Lilly - Yurpeak (tirzepatide) for obesity and Type 2 diabetes (Dec. 2025)
• Liberia to adopt Indian Pharmacopoeia

Where has India's first government hospital based AI clinic been opened?

Greater Noida

• The Government Institute of Ayurvedic Sciences (GIMS)
• IIT Delhi - AILA (Artificially Intelligent Lab Assistant)

India has developed Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) with which new technology under Mission Mausam?

3d-printing technology

• With help of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
• Delhi Ridge Board - to protect the lush green areas of the capital

Which Union Territory has recently launched its first sports policy?

Ladakh

• Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta
• Capital - Leh
• Nyoma Airbase - one of the world's highest airbases, at ladakh
• Mig La Pass in Ladakh - by BRO, highest motorable road (5913m

According to a report by Bank of Baroda, who has secured the first position in India's investment ranking?

Andhra Pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh (25.3%), Odisha (13.1%) and Maharashtra (12.8%)
• India's rank in the Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index - 104th

Recently the Indian Army has signed a defense deal with which country?

Israel

• Pune-based private defense manufacturing company NIBE
• Israel iron beam laser based defence system
• Ankathi Raju - DRDO's DRDL (Defence Research and Development Laboratory) Hyderabad

Who chaired the task force set up to improve India's sports governance?

Abhinav Bindra

• Beijing Olympics 2008 - Gold medal in Men’s 10m Air Rifle Event
• Project Mahadeva by Maharashtra for Football

Who was appointed as DG of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)?

Lav Agarwal

• Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992
• India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) - Javed Ashraf

Who has released the book 'Khutbat-e-Modi Red Fort Ki Faasil Se'?

Dharmendra Pradhan

• Modi's speeches on Independence Day celebrations from 2014 to 2025 translated into Urdu language
• Ready, Relevant and Urgent II - General Anil Chauha
• British Academy Book Award 2025 - Sunil Amrit for The Burning Earth - An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years

The expert committee of the Union Environment Ministry has approved the Kalai-II hydroelectric project in which state?

Arunachal Pradesh

• On the Lohit River (1,200 MW)
• Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC)
• Dorjilung Hydropower Project - Bhutan
• Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project - Arunachal Pradesh-Assam border

Where will human rabies be declared a notifiable disease recently?

Delhi

• Notifiable Disease - any condition that is required by law to be reported to gov.
• Glow Cas9 protein for gene editing - Bose Institute, Kolkata
• Stanford University and the Arch Institute - first Al-generated genome

Who has been awarded the IFFCO Literary Award 2025?

Maitreyi Pushpa

• Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO), 1967 (New Delhi)
• Vigyan Ratna Award 2025 - Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (Astrophysicist)
• Top Agri Food Pioneers 2025 award - Sanjeev Kapoor

Where does the KheloIndia Beach Games 2026 begin?

Diu

• Commonwealth Kho Kho Championship (March 2026) - India

Who will become the oldest woman to compete in the Australian Open main draw at the age of 45?

Venus Williams

• Venus Williams 7-Time Grand Slam Champion from usa
• Australia & Wimbledon - Jannik Sinner
• French & UA Open - Carlos Alcaraz

Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court?

MS Sonak

• 25 High Courts in India
• First High Court - Calcutta, Bombay & Madras High Court in 1962
• 25th High Court - Andhra Pradesh 2019
• The Allahabad High Court - highest number of judges
• President appoints High Court judges Under Article 217

Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the 72nd Senior National Volleyball Championship?

Varanasi

• Khelo India Beach Games at Diu
• Commonwealth Game KhoKho world cup to be held in India in March 2026

Which insect in Peru has been granted legal rights for the first time in the world?

Stunkless bees

• These are the first pests in the world to have such a status
• Peru Capital - Lima
• world's highest navigable lake Lake Titicaca & the Andes Mountains in Peru

Which year has been declared as the 'Year of Networking and Data-Centricity'?

2026

• Declared by Indian Army
• Army Day Observed on 15 January
• First Indian Army Chief - KM Cariappa
• Current - Upendra Dwivedi

Which new electronic business visa has been introduced by the Indian government for Chinese citizens?

e-B-4 Visa

• To Promote Investment
• K Visa launched by China to attract foreign talent
• BLS International to operate an Indian visa centre in China
• US decided to tighten H-1B visa rules

Where has the Uttar Pradesh government opened the first Braille library of state for visually impaired people?

Lucknow

• houses over 4,000 books covering 54 undergraduate and postgraduate courses
• Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU)
• was invented by Louis Braille in 1824
• 4th January is celebrated as Braille Day