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♦ India is hosting the second phase of specialized capacity building program in cancer care for BIMSTEC countries. The External Affairs Ministry said in a statement that the specialised capacity building program in cancer care was inaugurated today at Tata Memorial Centre’s Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Vishakhapatnam. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced this initiative at the 6th BIMSTEC Summit. ♦ The initiative by the External Affairs Ministry is aimed towards capacity building in the region, with Indian expertise in critical areas of healthcare. The four-week-long training program is focused on the critical domains of cancer care in Onco-Pathology, Onco-Nursing, Palliative Medicine, Preventive Oncology and Radiation Oncology. It includes advanced hands-on workshops on cutting-edge diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. ♦ A total of 35 cancer care experts from BIMSTEC countries are participating in the program. This initiative is in line with India’s Neighbourhood First, Act East and MAHASAGAR policies. It will strengthen health cooperation further among the BIMSTEC countries.

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Indian scientists

♦ Indian scientists have developed the first supercomputer-powered simulation to capture the long-existing paradox of hot water freezing faster than cold water. The Ministry of Science and Technology informed that this phenomenon, technically called the Mpemba effect, had eluded scientists for a long time. ♦ According to the Ministry, researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research have used supercomputers to develop the first simulation of ice formation, proving the Mpemba effect of water.  ♦ The Ministry added that the simulation also demonstrates that the effect can appear during fluid-to-solid transitions in systems other than water. This research has been published in the Journal of Communication Physics.

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Sanjay Jaju

♦ WaveX, the startup accelerator initiative under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, has signed an agreement to strengthen innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship in media, entertainment, broadcasting and communication technologies. The agreement has been signed with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, to accelerate media technology entrepreneurship. Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Sanjay Jaju, was present at the signing of the agreement.  ♦ Under the agreement, IIT Delhi will provide strategic and operational guidance for incubator setup, facilitate engagement with other IITs and innovation hubs, and enable capacity-building initiatives for startups and incubation managers. Meanwhile, WaveX will provide financial support, policy guidance, and national visibility for the programme.

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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

♦ Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released 55 rare and valuable literary works, representing the country’s five classical languages on 6 January 2026. These are Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Odia. The books have been published by the Central Institute of Indian Languages.  ♦ The Minister also released 13 books along with a Tirukkural Sign Language series by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil.  ♦ The Minister also highlighted that last year (2025), the government recognised five more Indian languages as classical languages due to their ancient origins. These are Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Pali, and Prakrit.

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Indian Railways

♦ Indian Railways has become one of the most extensively electrified rail systems in the world. Nearly all of India’s 70,000 route-kilometre broad-gauge network is now powered by electricity. Till 2025, November over 99 percent of its entire network was already electrified, marking a major milestone.  ♦ The pace of electrification has risen sharply – from about one and a half kilometres per day between 2004 and 2014 to over 15 kilometres per day in the last six years.  ♦ Indian Railways has also expanded its use of renewable energy, with solar power capacity reaching nearly 900 megawatts by November last year, up from just under four megawatts in 2014. 

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Dubai will host the third international AYUSH conference

♦ Dubai will host the third international AYUSH conference and exhibition from February 15 to 17, 2026, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. This brings together practitioners, researchers, policymakers, industry representatives and students of traditional systems of medicine from more than 35 countries. ♦ The event is being organised by Science India Forum in association with the World Ayurveda Foundation, under the patronage of India’s ministry of AYUSH and the consulate general of India in Dubai, with support from the Global Homeopathic Foundation, the Emirates Ayurveda Graduates Association and other AYUSH organisations from America, Australia, the Far East, West Asia and Africa.  ♦ The conference is themed “Evidence based AYUSH interventions in mind-body health” and aims to promote AYUSH as a recognised healthcare system. It will include about 75 invited talks, 250 oral presentations, 200 poster sessions and a short film festival on AYUSH systems of medicine. More than 1,200 delegates are expected to attend.  ♦ Ayurveda, Unani, homeopathy and naturopathy have been approved medical systems in the UAE since 2002.

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Dr Jitendra Singh

♦ Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated two apex national facilities at the CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL), marking a significant milestone in India’s environmental governance and renewable energy ecosystem. Addressing the 80th Foundation Day celebrations of CSIR–NPL, the Minister inaugurated the world’s second National Environmental Standard Laboratory and the world’s fifth National Primary Standard Facility for Solar Cell Calibration.  ♦ Singh said the National Environmental Standard Laboratory would strengthen India’s environmental governance framework by enabling accurate, transparent and India-specific calibration and certification of air pollution monitoring systems.  ♦ The Minister said the National Primary Standard Facility for Solar Cell Calibration makes India part of an elite global league in solar metrology.  ♦ Developed in collaboration with Germany’s PTB, the facility uses a laser-based Differential Spectral Responsivity system with one of the lowest global uncertainties for reference solar cell calibration.

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మధ్య ఆఫ్రికా అధ్యక్షుడిగా టౌడెరా

మధ్య ఆఫ్రికా రిపబ్లిక్‌ దేశ అధ్యక్షుడిగా ఫస్టీన్‌ అర్చాంజ్‌ టౌడెరా మూడోసారి విజయం సాధించారు. 2025, డిసెంబరులో జరిగిన ఎన్నికల్లో దాదాపు 76 శాతం ఓట్లతో ఆయన నెగ్గినట్లు ఎన్నికల అధికారులు ప్రకటించారు. రెండో స్థానంలో ఉన్న అనిసెట్‌ జార్జెస్‌ అనే వ్యక్తికి 14 శాతం ఓట్లు వచ్చాయి. 

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2026-27లో భారత వృద్ధి 6.9%

వచ్చే ఆర్థిక సంవత్సరం (2026-27)లో భారత ఆర్థిక వ్యవస్థ 6.9% వృద్ధి చెందే అవకాశం ఉందని ఇండియా రేటింగ్స్‌ అండ్‌ రిసెర్చ్‌ (ఇండ్‌-రా) అంచనా వేసింది. జీఎస్‌టీ, ఆదాయపు పన్ను కోతలకు తోడు వివిధ దేశాలతో వాణిజ్య ఒప్పందాల లాంటివి మన దేశానికి ఆర్థిక ఉత్ప్రేరకాలుగా పని చేస్తాయని పేర్కొంది.

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ఏఈపీసీ ఛైర్మన్‌గా ఎ.శక్తివేల్

దుస్తుల ఎగుమతిదార్ల ప్రోత్సాహక మండలి (ఏఈపీసీ) ఛైర్మన్‌గా ఎ.శక్తివేల్‌ 2026, జనవరి 6న బాధ్యతలు స్వీకరించారు. సుధీర్‌ సెఖ్రి స్థానంలో ఆయన ఎన్నికయ్యారు. ఈ మండలికి శక్తివేల్‌ ఛైర్మన్‌ కావడం ఇది అయిదో సారి. స్వెటర్లను ఎగుమతి చేసే పాపీస్‌ నిట్వేర్‌ ప్రైవేట్‌ లిమిటెడ్‌ వ్యవస్థాపకులే శక్తివేల్‌.  తిరుప్పూర్‌ను ప్రపంచ నిట్వేర్‌ కేంద్రంగా మార్చడంలో ఆయన కీలక పాత్ర పోషించినట్లు ఏఈపీసీ తెలిపింది. 

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