January 2026 Monthly Current Affairs Magazine (English)

ReadingRoomz January 2026 Current Affairs Magazine

Are you preparing for APPSC Group-1, Group-2, DSC, or SI exams? The ReadingRoomz January 2026 Current Affairs Magazine is your all-in-one monthly companion designed to save time, boost revision speed, and sharpen your exam performance. Packed with structured summaries, key facts, exam notes, and 141 practice MCQs with a complete answer key, this magazine ensures you never miss a critical current event that could appear in your next exam.

What’s Inside?

International Current Affairs:

• USA Arrests Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — Narco-Terrorism Charges
• U.S. Remarks on Greenland — Arctic Sovereignty Debate with Denmark
• USA Withdraws from International Solar Alliance (ISA)
• USA Withdraws from UNFCCC — Climate Treaty Exit
• International Kite Festival 2026 — India-Germany Defence MoU, Ahmedabad
• Board of Peace — WEF Davos Initiative
• Syria’s Kurdish Regions (Rojava) — Fresh Clashes and Geopolitical Tensions
• and more

National Current Affairs:

• Department of Food & Public Distribution — PMGKAY, Anna Chakra, ONORC, Ethanol Blending
• BSNL Nationwide VoWiFi (Wi-Fi Calling) Launch
• Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls
• Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat (BVMB) — Child Marriage-Free India by 2030
• NHAI Guinness World Records — Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada Economic Corridor
• Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminals (306 GCTs approved)
• Inter-Departmental Panel to Tackle ‘Digital Arrest’ Scams
• GeM’s Womaniya Initiative — 7 Years, Rs.80,000 Crore Orders
• Neolithic Relics at Lakkundi, Karnataka — UNESCO World Heritage Push
• and more

AP State Current Affairs:

• Guntur Chilli — Official Mascot of SARAS Exhibition 2026
• AP Land Administration Reforms — Section 22-A Relief for Farmers
• Bhogapuram Greenfield International Airport — Validation Flight Completed
• Natural Gas Blowout at ONGC Well — Konaseema District
• Net-Zero Residential School — First of Its Kind in AP (Krishna District)
• TATA Power 10-GW Ingot & Wafer Facility at Nellore — Rs.6,675 Crore
• AP Cabinet Approvals — APLINC, Space City Tirupati, Hansa-3 Aircraft, Pumped Storage
• Indigenous Air Taxi — Magnumwings, Guntur
• 3rd Indian Lighthouse Festival — Visakhapatnam
• Kakinada Declared ‘Green Hydrogen Valley of India’ — Rs.15,600 Crore AM Green Complex
• AP Attracts 25% of India’s FDI at WEF Davos 2026
• AP FIRST — Futuristic Innovation & Research Centre at Tirupati
• Free Power for Weavers from April 2026
• Amaravati Avakaya Festival 2026
• Early 8th Century Telugu Inscription Discovered in Prakasam District
• Cocoa Conclave 2026 — Eluru District
• Divi Pump Scheme (Puligadda) — Historic Irrigation Heritage
• and more

Polity & Governance:

• NATGRID — Expanded Access to State Police Officers, Integration with NPR
• Malayalam Language Bill, 2025 — Kerala’s Official Language Framework
• The Palermo Protocol (2000) — Child Trafficking Framework and SC Guidelines
• Gubernatorial Walkouts — Constitutional Limits on Governors (Articles 176, 356)
• Groundwater Contamination in AP — CGWB Report 2025

Economy:

• New GST Slabs for Tobacco — 40% Slab for Tobacco Products from February 1
• Three-Year PPP Project Pipeline — Rs.17 Lakh Crore; AP Ranked First
• Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2022-23 & 2023-24 — Engel’s Law Confirmation
• Growth Forecasts — UN DESA (7.2%), World Bank (7.2%), IMF (7.3%) for FY 2025-26

Science & Technology:

• First 3D Imaging of Popocatépetl Volcano — Seismic Tomography
• Remote Sensing Technology — NDVI, GRACE Mission, SAR Applications
• Contact Binary Stars — ARIES Research on W UMa-Type Stars
• Bio-Bitumen via Pyrolysis — CSIR Innovation, Trial on NH-40
• PSLV-C62 Failure — Roll Rate Disturbance; Two Consecutive ISRO Setbacks
• Coconut Root Wilt Disease — Phytoplasma Threat to South India
• Soft Matter Physics and Rheology
• Gravitons — Detecting the Quantum of Gravity
• 30 GHz Spectrum for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communication
• Schizophrenia and Bone Health — Shared Genetic Patterns

Environment:

• 2026 — International Year for Rangelands and Pastoralists
• Biomaterials — Drop-in, Drop-out, and Novel Types
• Jabarkhet Nature Reserve — Uttarakhand’s First Private Reserve
• Spina Bifida — Neural Tube Defect; Folic Acid Prevention
• Balaram Ambaji Wildlife Sanctuary — Guidelines for Religious Structures
• India’s First Open-Sea Marine Fish Farming — Andaman Sea
• Darwin’s Bark Spider Silk — Toughest Biological Material
• Forever Chemicals (PFAS) — New Replacement Chemicals in Human Blood
• Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026 — Four-Stream Segregation Mandated

Defence:

• HAL Dhruv NG — Civil Aviation Entry
• Operation Sindoor — Precise Strikes on Nine Terror Camps in Pakistan & PoK
• Ministry of Defence Year-End Review 2025 — Rs.1.51 Lakh Crore Production, Rs.23,622 Crore Exports
• DRDO Pralay Missile Salvo Launch — Quasi-Ballistic, 500 km Range
• DRDO MPATGM — Fire-and-Forget Man-Portable Anti-Tank Missile

Schemes & Programmes:

• YUVA AI FOR ALL — National AI Literacy Programme (Launched January 6, 2026)
• PRAGATI — 10 Years; Rs.85 Lakh Crore Projects Fast-Tracked
• Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Extended till 2030-31; 8.66 Crore Subscribers
• PANCHAM — Panchayat Assistance and Messaging Chatbot
• Rs.80 Crore Agarwood Value Chain Development Scheme — Tripura
• NITI Aayog Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0 — 112 Aspirational Districts, 513 Blocks

Awards & Honours:

• Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2025 — R.K. Shriramkumar
• C-DOT SKOCH Award 2025 — Cell Broadcast Solution
• Franz Edelman Award Finalist — Anna Chakra (DFPD)
• Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2026
• Jeevan Raksha Padak 2025 — 30 Awardees; 2 from Andhra Pradesh
• Padma Awards 2026 — 131 Awards; 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, 113 Padma Shri
• Gallantry Awards — Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Awarded Ashok Chakra
• Republic Day Parade 2026 Awards — Best Contingents and Tableaux

Rank & Reports:

• Disaster Risk & Climate Vulnerability in Asia — India 2nd in World Risk Index (after Philippines)
• NITI Aayog Export Preparedness Index (EPI) 2024 — AP Among Top Large States
• Responsible Nations Index 2026 — India Ranks 16th
• RBI Report — Kerala Most Aged State by 2036 (22.8% above 60)
• RBI Report — Union Government Health Spending Declining (0.29% of GDP)

Committees & Conferences:

• 28th CSPOC — Hosted by India; AI and Democracy in Focus
• IICDEM-2026 — 42 Election Management Bodies, 27 Countries
• SAARG Committee — PFRDA Investment Framework Review
• India Energy Week 2026 — Goa; 125 Countries; India 2nd in Global Refining Capacity

MoUs & Agreements:

• DoP + SIDBI — Contact Point Verification for Informal Micro Enterprises
• Indian Army + Elbit Systems — Suryastra (SURYA) Rocket Launcher, Rs.293 Crore
• AYUSHEXCIL + Zepto — AYUSH Digital Storefront
• AP + FICCI-FLO — Women Entrepreneurs’ Industrial Park
• India + Germany — Bilateral Defence Industrial Cooperation

Important Days — January 2026:

• National Youth Day (Jan 12), Army Day (Jan 15), National Startup Day (Jan 16), Statehood Day of Tripura/Manipur/Meghalaya (Jan 21), National Girl Child Day (Jan 24), National Voters’ Day (Jan 25), 77th Republic Day (Jan 26), India Energy Week (Jan 27-30), International Data Privacy Day (Jan 28)

Persons in News:

• Khaleda Zia — First Woman PM of Bangladesh Passes Away
• Madhav Gadgil — Renowned Ecologist and Western Ghats Expert Passes Away
• Mark Tully — Veteran BBC India Bureau Chief Passes Away
• Ajit Anantrao Pawar — Maharashtra Deputy CM Passes Away
• Aaryan Varshney — India’s 92nd Chess Grandmaster (Age 21)
• Amelia Valverde — Appointed Head Coach of India Women’s Football Team
• Praveen Vashista — New Vigilance Commissioner, CVC

Sports:

• Bhairav Battalions Debut at Army Day Parade 2026 — Jaipur
• Aaryan Varshney — 92nd Chess GM at Andranik Margaryan Memorial, Armenia

Books & Festivals:

• Khutbat-e-Modi: Lal Qila Ki Faseel Se — PM’s Independence Day Speeches (Urdu)
• Chalice of Ambrosia: Ram Janmabhoomi — Released by VP C.P. Radhakrishnan
• Suvasini Puja — Guinness Record at Tirupati (10,000 Married Women)
• International Kite Festival 2026 — Ahmedabad; Germany as Featured Country

Miscellaneous:

• SAMPANN Platform — DoT Digital Pension Management
• PANKHUDI Portal — Women & Child Development CSR Platform
• UIDAI Aadhaar Mascot ‘Udai’ — Launched via MyGov Competition
• GI-Tagged Kaladi — ODOP Initiative, Udhampur District
• Operation Sahyadri Checkmate — DRI Busts Mephedrone Lab

141 MCQs + Complete Answer Key

Consolidated practice questions covering all sections — ideal for last-minute revision and self-assessment. Questions are modeled on APPSC examination patterns including straightforward factual questions, statement-based questions, and application-oriented questions.

Why ReadingRoomz?

• Designed in alignment with the APPSC examination pattern
• Special emphasis on Andhra Pradesh state affairs — unique to APPSC exams
• Key facts highlighted for quick revision
• Enables self-assessment through MCQs with a full answer key
• Structured section-by-section format for systematic preparation

Who Is It Useful For?

• APPSC Group-1 Aspirants
• APPSC Group-2 Aspirants
• AP DSC & TET (Teacher Recruitment) Aspirants
• AP SI (Sub-Inspector) Aspirants
• AP Police Constable Aspirants
• Aspirants of other APPSC competitive exams

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