UPSC Current Affairs 19 January 2026 — PIB

• List of Outcomes: Visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE to India
• Joint Statement: Visit of President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to India
• ECI to host IICDEM-2026 from Jan 21st to 23rd
• Progress of Area Coverage under Rabi Crops as on 16th January 2026
• Signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Digital India BHASHINI Division and National Health Authority
• Over 3.96 Lakh MSME loan applications amounting to more than ₹52,300 crore Sanctioned by PSBs under new Credit Assessment Model based on digital credit underwriting programmes between 1st April and 31st December, 2025
• CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS IN THE POWER SECTOR LAUNCHED AT IIT DELHI
• Research Development Innovation (RDI) funding for industry-backed projects to start by the end of this month: Dr Jitendra Singh
• 28th Commonwealth Speakers’ Conference Strengthening Parliamentary Dialogue
• Border Roads Organisation: Connecting Places, Connecting People
• 86TH ALL INDIA PRESIDING OFFICERS’ CONFERENCE (AIPOC) INAUGURATED IN LUCKNOW; LOK SABHA SPEAKER ADDRESSES THE PRESIDING OFFICERS OF STATE LEGISLATURES
• Cooperative Election Authority holds consultative meeting with Multi-State Railway Employees’ Cooperative Societies to align Bye-Laws with MSCS (Amendment) Act, 2023
• INS SUDARSHINI TO EMBARK ON TRANSOCEANIC SAIL EXPEDITION - LOKAYAN 26
• Union Environment Minister chairs 88th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wild Life, in New Delhi
• DFS Secretary Highlights India’s Insurance Growth at IFSCA–IRDAI–GIFT City Global Reinsurance Summit
• PM-SETU Rollout Gains Momentum as MSDE Holds Industry Consultation in Pune