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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla: Honoured with the Ashok Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, for his mission to the International Space Station. [Awards & Honours]
Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen: The European Council President and European Commission President, respectively, are the Chief Guests for India’s 77th Republic Day celebrations. [International Summits]
Padma Vibhushan 2026: Awarded to five personalities, including actor Dharmendra (posthumous), former Kerala CM V.S. Achuthanandan (posthumous), and former SC judge K.T. Thomas. [Awards & Honours]
Operation Sindoor: Mentioned by the President as a major success for India’s national security, involving precision strikes against terror infrastructure. [Defence]
Shibu Soren: The former Jharkhand Chief Minister and tribal leader has been posthumously named for the Padma Bhushan. [Appointments/Awards]
VB-GRAM G Act: The Union government’s new rural employment legislation that replaces the MGNREGA and proposes to increase guaranteed work from 100 to 125 days. [Government Schemes]
Vijay Amritraj: The tennis legend was conferred the Padma Bhushan for his contributions to the sport. [Sports/Awards]
Chandramouli Gaddamanugu: Aerospace scientist and director of the Akash missile system, awarded the Padma Shri for his role in Operation Sindoor. [Science & Tech/Defence]
India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA): Negotiations are reportedly nearing conclusion, aiming to boost bilateral trade which topped $136 billion last year. [Economy]
ExoMiner++: A new deep-learning AI model developed by NASA to identify exoplanets in telescope data from Kepler and TESS missions. [Science & Tech]
M. Jagadesh Kumar: The former Chairman of the UGC has been awarded the Padma Shri. [Appointments/Awards]
National Voters’ Day: Observed on January 25, marking 75 years since the commencement of India’s first general election in 1951. [Important Days]
Lakhpati Didi Scheme: The Centre has reiterated its target of creating three crore ‘Lakhpati Didis’ through economic empowerment of women in SHGs. [Government Schemes]
Gaurav Kumar and Sainyam: Winners of the National selection trials in the men’s and women’s 10m air pistol events, respectively. [Sports]
India’s Economic Status: President Murmu noted India is the world’s fastest-growing major economy and on course to become the world’s third-largest economy. [Economy]
Results
#1. Who received the Ashok Chakra in 2026 for a mission to the International Space Station?
#2. . Who are the Chief Guests for India’s 77th Republic Day?
#3. Which actor was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2026?
#4. What is the primary objective of ‘Operation Sindoor’?
#5. The proposed ‘VB-GRAM G Act’ is set to replace which scheme?
#6. Tennis star Vijay Amritraj was conferred with which award in 2026?
#7. Scientist Chandramouli Gaddamanugu is the director of which missile system
#8. India is finalizing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with which major entity?
#9. Which space agency developed the ‘ExoMiner++’ AI model?
#10. On which date is National Voters’ Day celebrated in India?
#11. The ‘Lakhpati Didi’ scheme targets economic empowerment through which groups?
#12. Former UGC Chairman M. Jagadesh Kumar received which 2026 Padma Award?
#13. Athletes Gaurav Kumar and Sainyam are associated with which sport?
#14. India is on track to become the world’s ____ largest economy?
#15. Shibu Soren (Padma Bhushan recipient) served as the CM of which state?
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