💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Nitin Nabin: Formally took charge as the new National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [Succeeds J.P. Nadda’s era]. [Appointments] Amelia Valverde: Appointed as the new Head Coach of the Indian senior women’s football team. [Former Costa Rica coach]. [Appointments] Will Malajczuk: Smashed the fastest century in ICC U-19 World … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Ursula von der Leyen & António Costa: To be the Chief Guests at India’s Republic Day Parade 2026. [They represent the European Union’s institutional leadership, marking the first time a bloc is accorded this honour]. [International Summits] Nitin Nabin: Elected as the new National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Vande Bharat Sleeper: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first overnight sleeper Vande Bharat train connecting Kolkata and Guwahati. [Railways/Govt Schemes] Yoweri Museveni: Won a seventh term as the President of Uganda, securing 71.65% of the vote. [Appointments] EOS-N1: A surveillance satellite developed by DRDO, which was the primary payload of … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Antonio Costa & Ursula von der Leyen: Announced as the chief guests for India’s 77th Republic Day celebrations. [International Relations] Shaya Mohsen Zindani: Appointed as the new Prime Minister of Yemen, replacing Salim Saleh BinBuriek. [International Appointments] Project Insight 2.0: LTIMindtree secured a ₹3,000-crore contract from the CBDT to modernize India’s … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Summarized Facts from 15/1/26 newspaper: Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor: Appointed as the new Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). [Former Haryana DGP]. [Appointments] Praveen Kumar: Appointed as the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). [1993-batch IPS officer]. [Appointments] Rakesh Aggarwal: Appointed as the Director General of the … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Summarized Facts from 14/1/26 newspaper: Operation Sindoor: Identified by Army Chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi as an ongoing anti-terror operation along the Western front. [Defence] M.S. Sahoo: Appointed as the chairman of the 15-member expert panel set up by PFRDA to review assured payouts under the National Pension System (NPS). [Appointments] Indrapuri … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Summarized Facts from 13/1/26 newspaper: Sergio Gor: Assumed charge as the new U.S. Ambassador to India. [Invited India to join the ‘Pax Silica’ initiative for chips and AI]. [Appointments] MPATGM: DRDO successfully flight-tested this third-generation Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile. [Features top-attack capability; tested in Maharashtra]. [Defence] Friedrich Merz: German Chancellor … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Summarized Facts from 12/1/26 newspaper: Justice Surya Kant: Laid the foundation stone for the Gauhati High Court complex as the Chief Justice of India (CJI). [Appointments] Friedrich Merz: The German Chancellor visiting India to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad. [International Summits] PSLV-C62: ISRO’s mission scheduled to … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Summarized Facts from 11/1/26 newspaper: Delcy Rodriguez: Sworn in as the Acting President of Venezuela following the deposition of Nicolas Maduro. [International/Appointments] Tarique Rahman: Appointed as the new Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). [Appointments] VB-G RAM G: New rural employment law enacted to replace the MGNREGA scheme. [Government Schemes] … Read more
💡Quick Guide for Aspirants: Summarized Facts from 10/1/26 newspaper: Mufti Noor Ahmad Noor: Appointed as the Charge d’Affaires of the Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi. [First Taliban-appointed diplomat to take charge in India]. [Appointments] Oreshnik: Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine using this new hypersonic missile system. [Nuclear-capable ballistic missile deployed in Belarus]. [Defence] … Read more