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DAILY DOSE 10^th JAN – 2026 CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Port Infrastructure & Digital Governance – Tamil Nadu

• Centre launched ₹235 crore worth of port infrastructure and digital governance projects in Tamil Nadu.
• Projects aim to strengthen maritime capacity and support India’s maritime-led growth strategy.
• Launched by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal during “Viksit Bharat, Viksit Ports” programme in Chennai.
• Fund allocation:
  • ₹129.36 crore – Chennai Port Authority
  • ₹105.64 crore – Kamarajar Port Limited
• Key projects at Chennai Port:
  • Climate-resilient coastal revetment (850 m stretch)
  • New firefighting pump house at Oil Dock Area
  • Modernisation of Chennai Port Hospital
• At Kamarajar Port: New boundary wall foundation laid.
• E-Port Clearance Portal launched under One Nation–One Port Process.

📌 Topic: Government Schemes & Initiatives

2. Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Campaign

• Government aims to eliminate child marriage by 2030.
• Target: 10% reduction by 2026, complete eradication by 2030.
• Launched in November 2024 by Ministry of Women & Child Development.
• Balod district (Chhattisgarh) became India’s first child marriage-free district.
• No child marriage cases reported for 2 consecutive years across:
  • 436 Gram Panchayats
  • 9 Urban Local Bodies
• Surajpur district declared 75 Child Marriage-Free Panchayats (Sept 2025).
• NFHS-5 (2019–21):
  • 23% women (20–24 yrs) married before 18.
• PCMA Act, 2006:
  • Girl <18 years / Boy <21 years = Child Marriage.

📌 Topic: Reports & Indices

3. Uttarakhand Police Tops ICJS 2.0 Ranking

• Uttarakhand Police secured 1st rank nationally in ICJS 2.0.
• Score: 93.46, followed by Haryana & Assam.
• Achievements highlighted by IG Sunil Kumar Meena.
• Based on CCTNS/ICJS Progress Dashboard by NCRB.
• ICJS 2.0 integrates police, courts, prisons, prosecution, forensics by 2026.
• Uttarakhand achieved early integration ahead of schedule.
• SDRF Excellence:
  • 112-member team deployed at Prayagraj Mahakumbh 2025.
  • Awarded medals by UP Government.

📌 Topic: National News

4. India Commercially Produces Bio-Bitumen

• India becomes first country to commercially produce bio-bitumen.
• Announced by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
• Developed by CSIR through technological innovation.
• Bio-bitumen reduces crop residue burning pollution.
• Supports:
  • Viksit Bharat 2047
  • Waste to Wealth Mission
  • Atmanirbhar Bharat
• Strengthens clean & green highway development.

📌 Topic: Science & Technology

5. Renowned Ecologist Madhav Gadgil Passes Away

• Madhav Gadgil, eminent ecologist, passed away at 82 in Pune.
• Known for conservation work in Western Ghats.
• Awards:
  • UN Champions of the Earth (2024)
  • Padma Shri (1981)
  • Padma Bhushan (2006)
  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
• Gadgil Committee Report:
  • Recommended restrictions on mining, quarrying, roads.
• Advocate of people-centric conservation and traditional knowledge.

📌 Topic: Environment & Ecology

6. Inter-State Wildlife Exchange: MP–Assam

• MP & Assam approved wildlife exchange programme.
• Assam to send:
  • 50 wild water buffaloes
  • 1 pair of one-horned rhinos
  • 3 king cobras
• Animals to be acclimatised at Van Vihar National Park, Bhopal.
• Buffaloes reintroduced at Kanha Tiger Reserve.
• MP to give Assam:
  • 1 pair of tigers
  • 6 mugger crocodiles
• WII identified Kanha as most suitable site.
• Wild water buffalo was locally extinct in MP for over a century.

📌 Topic: Environment & Ecology

7. India’s GDP Growth Projection FY 2025–26

• GDP growth projected at 7.4% (MoSPI).
• FY 2024–25 growth: 6.5%.
• Services sector main growth driver.
• Sector-wise growth:
  • Financial & professional services: 9.9%
  • Trade, hotels, transport: 7.5%
  • Manufacturing & construction: 7%
  • Agriculture: 3.1%
• PFCE growth: 7%
• GFCF growth: 7.8%

📌 Topic: Indian Economy

8. 70th Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar 2025

• Presented by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi.
• 100 railway officials honoured.
• 26 shields awarded to best railway zones.
• Average railway accidents reduced to ~12, from 170 a decade ago.
• 2 sportspersons also awarded.
• One of the highest honours in Indian Railways.

📌 Topic: Awards & Prizes

9. Khelo India Beach Games 2026

• Tamil Nadu topped medal tally on Day 4.
• Medals: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze.
• Strong performance in:
  • Pencak Silat
  • Beach Volleyball
• Games held at Ghogla Beach, Diu.
• Over 1,100 athletes, 8 sports, 32 gold medals.
• Host UT Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu finished second.

📌 Topic: Sports

10. DRDO Scramjet Engine Ground Test

• DRDO successfully conducted long-duration ground test of scramjet engine.
• Test held at DRDL, Hyderabad.
• Runtime: 12+ minutes.
• Scramjet supports hypersonic cruise missiles (Mach 5+).
• India joins elite group of nations with hypersonic capabilities.
• Engines are air-breathing, using supersonic combustion.

📌 Topic: Science & Technology

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