January 2026 Current Affairs
January 2026 TNPSC current affairs in one place: 27 daily updates with 385 stories. Use the day-by-day highlights to revise quickly, and the lists of important days, reports and indices, and awards for quick fact checks. Every item links to the full daily update.
27 daily updates National 124Tamil Nadu 74International 61Sports 57Economy 20States 7
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Important days5
- 3 JanuaryInternational Mind-Body Wellness Day - January 3
- 4 JanuaryWorld Braille Day
- 10 JanuaryWorld Hindi Day – January 10
- 12 JanuaryJanuary 12 – National Youth Day
- 21 JanuaryJanuary 22 – National Polio Day
Reports and indices5
- 14 JanuaryBloomberg Defers Inclusion of India in Global Bond Index
- 14 JanuaryWorld Bank Raises India’s FY26 Growth Forecast
- 15 JanuaryNITI Aayog Export Preparedness Index 2024
- 15 January2025 Among Hottest Years on Record: WMO
- 25 JanuaryAbandonment of Indian Seafarers on the Rise for Second Consecutive Year
Awards, personalities and events28
- 1 JanuaryKhaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s First Woman Prime Minister, Passes Away
- 2 JanuarySreekumar G. Pillai Appointed Director of IGCAR
- 2 JanuaryIAF Leadership Appointments and BRO Director General
- 2 JanuaryTarun Garg Appointed MD & CEO of Hyundai Motor India
- 2 JanuaryNew Chief Justices for Meghalaya and Patna High Courts
- 3 JanuaryAwards at the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman
- 6 JanuaryFormer Billiards World Champion Manoj Kothari Passes Away
- 7 JanuaryFormer Union Minister Suresh Kalmadi Passes Away
- 9 JanuaryEcologist Madhav Gadgil Passes Away
- 14 JanuaryTamil Nadu Government Announces Anna and Other State Awards
- 17 JanuaryTamil Development Department Awards on Thiruvalluvar Day
- 18 JanuaryAnil Kumar Singh Appointed Director (Commercial) of NALCO
- 18 JanuaryNational Award for Kerala’s Education Technology Body
- 18 JanuaryUttarakhand Recognised as ‘Leader’ in Startup India Ranking
- 21 JanuaryCity Union Bank Bags Six Awards at IBA Technology Awards
- 22 JanuaryIndira Gandhi Prize Awarded to Graça Machel (2025)
- 22 JanuarySunita Williams Retires from NASA
- 26 JanuaryVeteran Journalist Mark Tully Passes Away
- 26 January‘Senthamizh’ Award for Varanasi Commissioner Rajalingam
- 26 JanuaryThanjavur District Wins National Best Election Award
- 26 JanuaryVijay Amritraj Awarded Padma Bhushan; Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur Get Padma Shri
- 26 JanuaryPresident’s Medal for IPS Officer Sabra Sharma
- 26 JanuaryPresident’s Medals for Tamil Nadu Police Officers
- 26 JanuaryAshoka Chakra for Subhanshu Shukla
- 26 January13 from Tamil Nadu among 131 Padma Award Recipients
- 27 JanuaryAnna Medals and State Awards at Republic Day Function
- 31 JanuaryTripura Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen passes away
- 31 JanuaryPresident confers Bal Puraskar on 20 children
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