UPSC Current Affairs 25 January 2026 — PIB

• Padma Awards 2026 announced
• ECI Releases “2025: A Year of Initiatives & Innovations” on the Occasion of 16th National Voters’ Day 2026
• 77th Republic Day: President approves Gallantry awards to 70 Armed Forces personnel, including six posthumous
• PFRDA constitutes Committee for Strategic Asset Allocation and Risk Governance (SAARG)
• Union Minister of State Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel Felicitates Panchayat Leaders Invited as Special Guests for Republic Day 2026
• ECI celebrates 16th National Voters’ Day
• ECI Releases ‘Chunav ka Parv, Bihar ka Garv’ Publication on Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 at 16th National Voters’ Day 2026 Celebration
• Wings India 2026 to Showcase India’s Aviation Ascent as the World’s Fastest-Growing Civil Aviation Market
• 77th Republic Day: President approves 98 Mentioned-in-Despatches to Armed Forces & BRDB personnel, including five posthumous
• 77th Republic Day Parade: Kartavya Path set to unveil unique mix of 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’ and the nation’s progress & military might, immersed in rich cultural diversity and Jan Bhagidari
• Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia lays foundation stone of ₹450 crore ‘Matabari Tourism Circuit’ at Dumbur
• DRI busts mobile mephedrone lab in Sahyadri Ranges under “Operation Sahyadri Checkmate”; seizes nearly 22 kg mephedrone in different forms; five arrested
• Policy Leaders and Innovators deliberate future of Responsible Health AI as Federated Intelligence Hackathon Concludes at IIT Kanpur
• World Economic Forum 2026 Engagements Strengthen Global Partnerships for India’s Renewable Energy Transition: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
• Union Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan joins "Didis" at "Samriddh Didi se Samriddh Rashtra | Republic Day Felicitation Ceremony, 2026"
• From Waste to Wealth: CSIR-CRRI and JSW Steel, Salem Partner to Build Steel Slag Roads in Tamil Nadu
• The Journey of India as a Republic