Civil Services Chronicle January 2026

1 India’s New AI Governance Guidelines

2 G20 Summit: High Ambition, Weak Cohesion

3 IMF Assessment of India’s National Accounts Data: Key Concerns and Implications

4 Impact of Digital Tradecraft on Terror Networks

5 Rethinking India’s Inflation Targeting Framework

6 Global Ethical Framework for Neurotechnology

7 Integrated and Scientific River Management in India

8 Deep-Tech Revolution: Transforming Global Agriculture

9 Soil Health Impacts of Climate Change & Fertilisers Misuse

10 Emerging Carbon Management Technologies: Strategic Solutions for a Net-Zero Future

11 Transformation of Food Systems: Balancing Food, Environment & Climate Crisis

1 National Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture 2025

2 SEBI Committee on Strengthening Ethical Governance and Conflict-of-Interest Framework

3 Accredited Investors Only Fund

4 RBI Guidelines on Digital Banking Channels

5 Capital Gains Accounts (Second Amendment) Scheme, 2025

6 ‘Tex-RAMPS’ Scheme

7 Credit Guarantee Scheme for Exporters

8 National Industrial Classification (NIC) 2025

9 Inland Vessels (Special Category Vessels: LNG/CNG, Battery, Methanol & Hydrogen Fuel) Rules, 2025

10 Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

11 Tier II Bonds

12 Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)

13 Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

14 SARAL SIMS

15 Ambaji Marble

16 KOYLA SHAKTI Dashboard and CLAMP Portal

1 Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025

2 Van Adhiniyam, 1980: Central Panel Recommends Uniform Penalty for Violations

3 Second Regional Open Digital Health Summit, 2025

4 National One Health Mission Assembly 2025

5 DigiArivu: Empowering Students through Tech

6 Co-Op Kumbh 2025

7 SC Strikes Down Key Provisions of the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021

8 SC Orders Nationwide Audit of Private Universities

9 Geological Survey of India (GSI)

10 Assam Accord 1985

11 Protected Area Permit (PAP)

12 India's Legal Aid and Awareness Initiatives

1 India-France Joint Defence Venture

2 India-Australia-Canada Launch ACITI Partnership

3 PM’s Visit Boosts India-Bhutan Cooperation

4 India-Bahrain: Ties Strengthen as India Reaffirms Support for Gaza Peace Plan

5 India-US: 10-Year Framework for Major Defence Partnership Signed

6 Bangladesh Requests India to Extradite Ousted Former PM

7 UN Security Council Backs US-Drafted Gaza Peace Plan

8 UN Rights Council Probes Atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur

9 7th NSA-level Meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave

10 Jakarta Becomes the World’s Most Populated City

11 India, Canada Formally Resume CEPA Talks

12 India, Nepal Sign LoE to Expand Rail-Based Transit Routes

13 India-Saudi Arabia Sign Bilateral Haj Agreement for 2026

14 India, Israel Sign Pact to Boost Defence Ties

15 International Migration Outlook

16 Ethiopia

17 Georgia

18 Botswana

1 Naval Communication Satellite CMS-03

2 INS Mahe Commissioned

3 INS Ikshak: Third Survey Vessel Large (SVL)

4 Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

5 Artificial “Transneuron”

6 Miniature TnpB-based Genome Editing Tool

7 ‘Project Suncatcher’

8 AGN J2245+3743

9 India’s First 500 km Quantum-Safe Network

10 Google Ironwood TPU

11 IndQA Benchmark

12 Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs)

13 Odd Radio Circles (ORCs)

14 Capture Bags

15 Rare Earth Hypothesis

16 Moon Sphere of Influence (MSI)

17 Random Forest

18 Aatmanirbharta in Defence

1 Antarctic Ozone Hole Fifth-Smallest Since 1992

2 Global Cooling Demand Set to Triple by 2050

3 Grey Seal Milk Found to Be More Complex than Human Breast Milk

4 Moss Spores Survive Harsh Space Conditions

5 Gogabeel Lake in Bihar Added as India’s 94th Ramsar Site

6 IUCN Rates Khangchendzonga National Park as “Good”

7 Global Carbon Emissions to Rise Again in 2025

8 COP30 in Belém

9 Doha Political Declaration Adopted at World Social Summit 2025

10 India Joins Tropical Forest Forever Facility as Observer

11 Hayli Gubbi Volcano Erupts After 12,000 Years

12 Humboldt Penguins Reclassified as Endangered in Chile

13 India to Establish National Coral Reef Research Institute

14 New Trapdoor Spider Species Discovered in California

15 Maldives Becomes First Country to Enact Generational Tobacco Ban

16 Global Methane Status Report 2025

1 Fatima Bosch

2 James Watson

3 Sheikha Nasir Al Nuaimi

4 Palak Muchhal

5 Shiv Nadar

6 Sri Sri Ravishankar

7 Sunil Amrith

8 Sonali S. Jeet Iyengar

9 Aparajita Sarangi

10 Keerthy Suresh

11 Zohran Mamdani

12 B. Shivakumar

13 Sanjeev Kapoor

14 Sanjay Garg

15 “Saalumarada” Thimmakka

16 Dharmendra

17 Charles Coste

18 Manuel Frederick

19 Kim Yong-nam

20 Ramdarash Mishra

21 Kamini Kaushal

22 Sulakshana Pandit

23 Mudh-Nyoma Airbase

24 National Sample Survey (NSS)

25 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

26 Coal India Limited (CIL)

27 Sahkar Digi-Pay & Sahkar Digi-Loan Apps

28 Trade Intelligence & Analytics Portal

29 Exercise Maru Jwala

30 Operation Chhatru

31 Operation Muskaan

32 Exercise Poorvi Prachand Prakhar

33 Virus Outbreak Resistance Exercise

34 Operation Bullion Blaze

35 Operation Southern Spear

36 Important Days

37 Malabar Exercise 2025

38 Mitra Shakti Exercise 2025

39 VINBAX Exercise 2025

40 Garuda Exercise 2025

41 Ajeya Warrior 2025

42 Books & Authors

43 Booker Prize 2025

44 Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025

45 Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika National Award

46 Sakharov Prize 2025

47 Indira Gandhi Prize 2024

1 Traditional Lepcha Instruments from Sikkim Earn GI Tag Status

2 Ghoomar: Traditional Folk Dance of Rajasthan

3 Ramman Festival

4 Sirpur Archaeological Site

5 Chittaranjan Das

6 Lachit Borphukan

7 Baliyatra Festival

8 150 Years of Vande Mataram

9 Global Peace Prayer Festival

10 Sangai Festival

11 Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

1 International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women

2 Juvenile Justice and Children in Conflict with the Law

3 Custodial Violence & CCTVs: Supreme Court Flags Centre’s Non-compliance

4 Gender Neutrality in the POCSO Act, 2012: Ensuring Comprehensive Child Protection

5 Implementation of India’s New Labour Codes

6 Lancet Report on Ultra-processed Foods

7 National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0

8 10th Anniversary of Amrit Pharmacy

9 Hamara Shauchalay: Hamara Samman (HSHS)

10 Bnei Menashe Community

11 Passive Euthanasia

Uttar Pradesh

1 Mathura’s “Zari Poshaak” and Meerut’s “Bugle Instruments” Receive GI Tag

2 Uttar Pradesh’s First State Institute of Hotel Management

3 Development of Kaushambi as a Buddhist Pilgrimage Site

4 “Sounds of Kumbha” Nominated for the 68th Grammy Awards

5 Mission Shakti

6 Successful Test of Parachute Airdrop

7 “Solar on Track” Project

8 Launch of Four New Vande Bharat Express Trains

9 Exhibition of Lord Buddha’s Sacred Relics in Sarnath

10 Greenfield Multimodal Logistic Hub

11 Directorate for Environment and Climate Change

12 Uttar Pradesh Accessible Trade (Ease of Doing Business) Amendment Ordinance 2025

Rajasthan

1 “Bhamashah of Schools” Scheme 2025

2 Jawai–Luni–Rann of Kutch River System

3 State-level Ghoomar Festival

4 Gadisar Lake

5 Expansion of Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary

6 “Khushi Shala” Programme

7 Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya

8 Six Cities Granted “Smart City” Status

9 FCM Pink Drive

10 New Gold, Copper, Nickel & Cobalt Deposits

Uttarakhand

1 Soapstone Mining in Bageshwar District

2 Establishment of Spiritual Economic Zones (SEZs)

3 Devbhoomi Family Scheme

4 India’s First Cable-Glass Bridge — “Bajrang Setu”

5 Sukhatal Lake

6 Asan River

Madhya Pradesh

1 GI Tag for “Panna Diamonds”

2 First State to Start Air Ambulance & Helicopter Tourism Services

3 State’s Second Food & Drug Testing Laboratory

4 Dharti Abba Tribal Village Utkarsh Campaign

Haryana

1 Tesla’s First Center in India

2 Operation Trackdown

3 Approval for Construction of Artificial Lake in Sirhaul

4 Shefali Verma Appointed Brand Ambassador of Haryana State Women’s Commission

Maharashtra

1 Approval for Maharashtra’s Leopard Birth Control Programme

2 First State to Partner with Starlink

3 Namo Tourism Information & Facilitation Centres

4 Leprosy Declared a Notifiable Disease in Maharashtra

Chhattisgarh

1 Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial and Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum

2 New Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Building

3 First Export Consignment of Fortified Rice Kernels to Costa Rica

Assam

1 Key Initiatives Approved by the Assam Cabinet

2 Assam’s First Technical & Vocational University

Bihar

1 Nitish Kumar Becomes Chief Minister for the 10th Time

2 Kalughat Intermodal Terminal

Karnataka

1 First State to Introduce Paid Menstrual Leave

2 KEO: An AI-Ready Personal Computer

Himachal Pradesh

1 Raulane Festival

Delhi

1 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to Become a Sports City

Odisha

1 India’s First End-to-End Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Manufacturing Unit

Punjab

1 First State to Implement the Revised BharatNet Scheme

Kerala

1 India’s First ‘Extreme Poverty-Free’ State

Gujarat

1 Ambaji White Marble Receives GI Tag

Andhra Pradesh

1 8th Namdapha Butterfly Festival

Meghalaya

1 Integrated Sohra Tourism Circuit

Sports Persons In News

1 Sheetal Devi

2 Sonia Raman

3 Rahul V.S.

4 Arshi Gupta

5 Rohan Bopanna

Sports Bits

1 Asian Youth Games 2025

2 Sekhon Indian Air Force Marathon 2025

3 World Para Powerlifting Championships 2025

4 South Asian (SAAF) Senior Athletics Championships 2025

5 Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Trophy 2025

Hockey

1 100 Years of Indian Hockey

Chess

1 Total Chess World Championship

Badminton

1 Badminton Asia U-17 and U-15 Championships 2025

2 Egypt International 2025

Shooting

1 ISSF World Championship 2025

Kabaddi

1 Pro Kabaddi League 2025

1 Info Bytes From Govt. News Services like PIB, AIR, etc

1 Indian Cinema in the Mirror of Motion Pictures

2 AI and the Unexpressed

3 The Progressive Role of CBFC

4 Centenary Special: Ritwik Ghatak, Salil Chowdhury, Raj Khosla, P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, and Guru Dutt

5 Government’s Renewed Focus on Tourism

6 Rural India: Emerging Hub of Eco-Tourism

7 Homestays: The Future of India’s Tourism

8 Growing Livelihood Opportunities Through Rural Tourism

9 Vibrant Village Programme

10 Health and Wellness-based Tourism

11 Tourism Gives New Identity to Rural Culture

12 Myth, History and Narrative Tourism

13 Remembering Scientist Eknath Vasant Chitnis

14 Life Dissolving in Smog

15 Earth’s Guide in the Sky: International Space Station

16 Contribution of Rice in Developing Advanced Varieties

17 Essential Plastic Identification Codes for Healthy Lifestyle and Environment

18 Fortified Grains

19 India’s New Pamban Rail Bridge

20 Use of Drones in Fisheries

1 Current Affairs Based Model MCQs

1 Rules for Sustainable Harnessing of Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

2 Draft Seeds Bill, 2025

3 Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (Amendment) Rules, 2025

1 Water Budgeting in Aspirational Blocks

2 Global Tuberculosis Report 2025

3 The Land Gap Report 2025

4 Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2026

5 Global Carbon Budget 2025

6 Financial Sector Assessment Report 2025

1 Revised Guidelines for ‘Top Class Scholarship Scheme for SC Students’

2 Governance Issues and Corruption in the Execution of PMKVY

3 NFSA: Centre Removes Ineligible Beneficiaries

Geography Of India

Physical Setting And Geological Structure

1 India’s Strategic Location in the Global and Regional Contexts

2 Geological Evolution of the Indian Subcontinent

3 India’s Geological Uniqueness: Some Salient Aspects

4 Peninsular Block, Himalayan Region, and Indo-Gangetic Plains: Comparative Features

5 Major Physiographic Divisions of India

6 Coastal and Desert Landforms of India

Drainage Systems And Water Resources

1 Origin and Characteristics of Major River Systems

2 Integrated River Basin Governance

3 Interlinking of Rivers and their Ecological-Economic Trade-offs

4 Groundwater Stress Mapping

5 Urban Flooding and Drainage Mapping

6 Watershed Management and River Rejuvenation

7 River Basin Conflicts and Arbitration Mechanisms

8 Groundwater Depletion and Aquifer Stress

9 Hydro-geological Impacts of Climate Change on Indian Rivers and Deltas

10 Transboundary River Issues with Neighbours

Soils, Natural Vegetation And Ecosystems

1 Major Soil Types of India: Origin, Distribution & Fertility

2 Soil Degradation, Erosion & Conservation Techniques

3 Biodiversity Hotspots and Biosphere Reserves

4 Sustainable Forest Management

Economic And Resource Geography

1 Mineral Resources: Distribution and Major Producing Areas

2 Industrial Corridors

3 Logistics and Multi-Modal Infrastructure: Aspects of Economic Geography

4 Coastal and Blue Economy

5 Port-led Development

6 Renewable Energy in India

7 Critical Minerals: Key Elements & Their Uses

Geography, Environment And Policy Linkages

1 Eco-Sensitive Zones and Landscape-level Conservation

2 Desertification and Land Degradation

3 Wetlands, Ramsar Sites & Inland Hydrological Transformation

4 Urban Heat Islands & City Microclimates: Climate Adaptation Planning

5 Air Pollution in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, NCAP, GRAP, and Vehicular Emissions Hotspots

Climate Change And Regional Vulnerability

1 Monsoon Variability and ENSO-IOD Patterns

2 Jet Streams & Western Disturbances: Impacts of Climate Change

3 Changing Monsoon Behaviour due to Climate Change

4 Glacial Retreat and River Flow Changes: Implications for Hydropower & Water Security

5 Sea-level Rise, Coastal Erosion & Shoreline Mapping

6 Carbon Sinks, Carbon Markets & India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme

7 Climate-Smart Agriculture and Land-Use Transitions

8 Nature-based Solutions & Ecosystem-based Adaptation Initiatives

Disaster Resilience

1 Disaster Risk Mapping for Floods, Droughts & Landslides

2 Seismic Risk Zoning and Earthquake Preparedness

3 Cyclones: Coastal Preparedness, Early Warning Systems & AI-based Forecasting

4 Droughts: Arid Zone Mapping and Desertification Control Programmes

5 Climate-induced Disasters: Adaptive Planning & Climate Finance Integration

6 Flood-prone Cities & Urban Disaster Governance

7 Ecosystem Restoration and Landscape-level Adaptation Projects

Urban Geography And Sustainability

1 Solid Waste and Landfill Management

2 Plastic Waste Management

3 Air Quality Management: Implementation of NCAP

Human And Social Geography Dynamics

1 India’s Migration Dynamics

2 Urbanisation Trends and Sustainability of Cities

3 Tribal Development in India

4 Patterns of Regional Disparities and Spatial Development in India
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