9th January 2026 Current Affairs MCQ Quiz

Under Section 21A of the RBI Act, 1934, the RBI began acting as banker and debt manager for the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi from 9 January 2026, handling its accounts, cash balances and rupee-denominated public debt.

Held in New Delhi in February 2026 under the IndiaAI Mission, the India AI Impact Summit was the first in the global AI summit series (after Bletchley, Seoul and Paris) to be hosted by a Global South nation.

The 78th Army Day Parade on 15 January 2026 was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan — the first time the parade was conducted outside a cantonment area. It featured the new drone-enabled Bhairav Light Commando Battalions.

Named after a fierce form of Lord Shiva, the Bhairav Light Commando Battalions are fast, agile units trained for drone-enabled offensive and surveillance missions. They debuted at the 2026 Army Day Parade in Jaipur.

Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav led India's wicket-takers in 2025 with around 60 international wickets across Tests, ODIs and T20Is, finishing as the only Indian among the world's top five for the year.

ISRO is targeting the first quarter of 2027 for India's first crewed Gaganyaan flight, with uncrewed test flights (including G1) planned through 2026 beforehand.

On 12 January 2026, ISRO's PSLV-C62 — the agency's first launch of the year — placed the EOS-N1 earth observation satellite, along with 15 co-passenger satellites, into orbit.

On 17 January 2026, the Prime Minister flagged off a Vande Bharat Sleeper train between Howrah and Guwahati from Malda Town railway station, alongside projects worth about Rs 3,250 crore.

The Ministry of Education has decided to introduce Artificial Intelligence and Computational Thinking as mandatory subjects from Class 3, beginning in 2026-27, with curriculum support developed by IIT Madras.

The Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat (Child Marriage Free India) campaign targets a sharp reduction in child marriage prevalence, with the stated goal of making India free of child marriage by 2030.

Indore retained the title of India's cleanest city for the eighth straight time in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 awards, with Surat placed second and Navi Mumbai third.

PM-Suryodaya, implemented as the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, promotes rooftop solar for households — offering subsidies and up to 300 units of free electricity a month to cut power bills.

We're trying to de-dollarize a bit to avoid exchange rate shocks. The Dirham has become a very convenient middle ground for our oil deals.

The 56th WEF Annual Meeting at Davos (19-23 January 2026) convened under the theme 'A Spirit of Dialogue', centred on cooperation, growth and responsible innovation in a contested world.

Similipal, long known as a tiger reserve and biosphere reserve, was upgraded to become India's 107th National Park in 2025. It lies in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.

The India AI Impact Summit 2026, held in New Delhi, was organised under the IndiaAI Mission by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

Reliance Jio initiated an AI Classroom Program in January 2026 for schools in Haryana, providing AI-based digital tools to enhance teaching and learning for students and teachers.

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is one of the four Indian Air Force pilots selected for Gaganyaan, alongside Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan and Angad Pratap. Shukla also flew to the ISS on the Axiom-4 mission in 2025.

The International Solar Alliance is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, India. It is a treaty-based intergovernmental organisation that promotes the deployment of solar energy among its member nations.

France was the first country in the world to enshrine the 'right to disconnect' in law (effective 1 January 2017), giving employees the right to ignore work-related digital communications outside their working hours.