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233 stories for “Current Affairs” · January 2026
Clear filtersIndia and Pakistan exchanged lists of their nuclear installations on 1 January 2026 under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities (signed 31 Dec 1988, in force 27 Jan 1991...
The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) began charging for the carbon emitted in making imported steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, chemicals, paper, glass and power-related goods. Indian steel...
Bulgaria switched from its national currency, the lev, to the euro and became the 21st country in the Eurozone. It joined the European Union nearly 20 years ago. The euro is now used by more than 350 million people in Eu...
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched a nationwide Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) service that lets users make calls and send messages over a Wi-Fi network instead of mobile towers, using their existing mobile number a...
Assam plans to buy a proton therapy machine for cancer care at a cost of about ₹500 crore. That will make it the first state to offer this treatment in a government hospital. Proton therapy targets tumours with proton be...
Dong village in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district held the state's first New Year Sunrise Festival in 2026, on the theme 'First to Rise, First to Celebrate'. Dong is India's easternmost village and the first place in th...
Indian Railways completed the last high-speed trial of the Vande Bharat Sleeper train on the Kota-Nagda section, where it touched 180 km/h. Until now, Vande Bharat trains have been chair-car only. The sleeper version is...
The United Nations has named 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, to highlight healthy grazing lands and sustainable herding. 2026 is also the International Year of the Woman Farmer, which aims to...
About 21.18 lakh vehicles were registered in Tamil Nadu in 2025 through 147 Regional Transport and Unit Offices, 8.4% more than in 2024. Chennai, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Coimbatore, Madurai and Salem accounted for over...
Tamil Nadu's 2025 northeast monsoon (October-December) brought about 43 cm of rain against a normal of roughly 44 cm. That is slightly below normal and ends a six-year run of normal or surplus rainfall since 2019. Chenna...
Surat in Gujarat is close to becoming India's first fully slum-free city. The Surat Municipal Corporation rebuilt slum areas in place with permanent housing, mainly through the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, and moved thous...
A new Tamil edition of From Volga to Ganga by scholar Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) has been published. It is the seventh Tamil translation of the book. Theatre practitioner and teacher A. Mangai translated it, and Seer...
