22nd January 2026 Current Affairs MCQ Quiz

India and the UAE are already close trade partners, and during Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan''s visit they agreed to push bilateral trade past USD 200 billion by 2032 — backed by fresh deals in energy, defence and space.

Quantum tech is the next frontier in defence. CDS General Anil Chauhan unveiled this framework to guide how the armed forces adopt quantum computing, sensing and secure communications in the years ahead.

India is home to roughly 90% of the world''s Indian Skimmers, so protecting the river sandbars they nest on along the Ganga and Chambal is a really big deal for this Endangered species.

Vidarbha finally got their hands on the title after years of knocking on the door. Opener Atharva Taide''s blazing 128 set up a total of 317 that proved too much for Saurashtra to chase down.

Saina Nehwal called time on a glittering 20-year career, citing chronic knee problems. She was the trailblazer who put Indian badminton on the world map, peaking as World No. 1 in 2015.

Often called the ''Nobel Prize for the environment'', the Tyler Prize honoured Toby Kiers for mapping the underground fungal networks that connect plants and store carbon — a hidden world that''s vital to healthy ecosystems.

Milano Cortina 2026 runs from 6 to 22 February, spreading events across northern Italy. Cortina has a long winter-sports history, while Milan brings the big-city stage to the Games.

Mangaluru topped the list of Indian cities and sat 46th globally with a score of 74.4. It edged out the likes of Ahmedabad and Jaipur to claim the ''safest Indian city'' tag.

Moody''s raised its forecast to 7.3% for FY26, up from 6.5% the previous year. Strong domestic demand and steady investment kept India among the fastest-growing major economies.

DOSTI is a long-running trilateral coast guard exercise between India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. This edition''s harbour phase took place in Male, strengthening maritime cooperation in the region.

TCS held on to the No. 2 spot among IT services brands for the fifth year running, valued at about USD 21.2 billion — trailing only Accenture, with Infosys close behind in third.

The find appeared in the taxonomy journal Zootaxa. Metadon ghorpadei was spotted on the Delhi Ridge and Metadon reemeri in the Western Ghats — the first new Indian species of this genus in over a century.

The 56th Annual Meeting at Davos (19–23 January 2026) gathered under the theme ''A Spirit of Dialogue'', urging cooperation in a contested world. Nearly 65 heads of state and government attended.

The ILO pegged global unemployment at around 4.9% for 2026, affecting roughly 186 million workers. It also flagged a far larger ''jobs gap'' once discouraged and underemployed workers are counted.

England''s Joe Root sat at the top of the ICC Men''s Test batting rankings in January 2026. The prolific run-machine has long been one of the most consistent batters in the format.

The zero-to-one-kilometre belt around Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, spread across Rajsamand, Pali and Udaipur districts, was notified as an Eco-Sensitive Zone — curbing mining, brick kilns and new resorts to protect the habitat.

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams hung up her boots effective 27 December 2025. Across three missions she logged 608 days in space and holds the most spacewalk time of any female astronaut.

France was the trailblazer here, legislating a formal ''right to disconnect'' back in 2017. The idea is that work-life balance should be protected by law, so employees aren''t expected to be ''on'' around the clock.

Union Minister Manohar Lal opened the Centre at IIT Delhi. Working with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and Grid India, it focuses on regulatory research and building capacity for the power sector.

Bengali author Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay won the Saraswati Samman 2025 for his novel ''Hara Parbati Katha''. Instituted by the K.K. Birla Foundation, it''s one of India''s top literary honours.