24th January 2026 Current Affairs MCQ Quiz

It's Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. PM Modi launched it on 22 January 2015 from Panipat, Haryana, to tackle the declining child sex ratio and make sure girls actually get to stay in school and thrive. National Girl Child Day on January 24 is the perfect occasion to remember it.

The RBI is really pushing for sustainable finance. By standardizing how these 'green deposits' are deployed, they're making sure the money you put into these schemes actually goes toward eco-friendly projects, rather than just being a label.

The 2026 Davos meeting ran from 19 to 23 January under the theme 'A Spirit of Dialogue'. With the world looking pretty divided, the forum leaned hard on the idea that talking things through is how we solve the big global problems.

It runs between Howrah in West Bengal and Kamakhya near Guwahati in Assam, covering about 968 km. Commercial operations started on 22 January 2026, marking India's first AC sleeper semi-high-speed train, a big leap for long-distance rail travel in the East.

It's the Wildlife Institute of India (WII). They were the national coordinator for India's snow leopard population assessment and have led the genetic research on the species, so this work is going to be vital for our conservation efforts up in the mountains.

Five people received the Padma Vibhushan in 2026, out of a total of 131 awardees (which also included 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri). Veteran actor Dharmendra was among the Padma Vibhushan honourees, awarded posthumously.

Ravneet Kaur heads the CCI as its first-ever woman Chairperson. It's a high-stakes position because the CCI is basically the watchdog ensuring big tech and major corporations don't create unfair monopolies in the Indian market.

Bengali author Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay won the 35th Saraswati Samman for his novel 'Hara Parbati Katha'. The award, instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation in 1991, honours outstanding literary work in any of the 22 scheduled languages of India.

For the first time, the EU's top leadership were the Chief Guests, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa. It was a landmark moment for India-EU ties, the theme that year being 150 Years of Vande Mataram.

National Voters' Day, first held in 2011, marks the foundation of the Election Commission of India, which was set up on 25 January 1950. The 2026 edition carried the theme 'My India, My Vote' to encourage young, first-time voters to enrol.

Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in the final to lift his first Australian Open trophy. It was his seventh major overall and made him the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam, winning all four major titles.

Think of PM-Vikas as a way to support our craftspeople. It’s all about training artisans in modern skills while keeping their traditional crafts alive and marketable.

It's Varuna! This exercise is a regular fixture in our naval calendar, and it’s basically just our way of showing how well our navies can work together in the Indian Ocean region.

2030 is the magic number. It's an ambitious goal, but the government is pouring a lot of investment into green hydrogen to hit that target and reduce our carbon footprint.

Parakram Diwas, or 'Day of Valour', marks the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack. In 2026 the nation observed his 129th birth anniversary, with main celebrations held at Sri Vijaya Puram in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The PSLV-C62 lost control during the third-stage burn, the same stage that had failed in the earlier PSLV-C61 mission of May 2025. It was the first time the reliable PSLV 'workhorse' suffered two consecutive failures, with 16 satellites lost.

Gaganyaan-1 (G1) is the first uncrewed test flight of the programme. It carries the humanoid robot Vyommitra and is meant to make sure all the safety and life-support systems work perfectly before we actually send our astronauts up there.

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beat Aryna Sabalenka in the final to claim her first Australian Open crown. It was the second Grand Slam singles title of her career, the first being Wimbledon in 2022.

The Data Protection Board of India is the body you need to know. They’re the ones who will handle complaints and investigations if a company mishandles your personal data.

Indore just won't give up the top spot! It has been ranked India's cleanest city for the eighth consecutive time, setting such a high standard for waste management that it's become the gold standard for other cities across the country.