Daily Current Affairs Today 12 January 2026 for SSC And Railway Exams

Daily Current Affairs play a very important role in SSC and Railway exam preparation. Questions from national events, international relations, environment, science, defence, and government schemes are asked regularly. Reading Daily Current Affairs helps students stay updated and improves their confidence in the General Awareness section of SSC GD, SSC CGL, CHSL, RRB Group D, NTPC, ALP,  and Railway Exams. Below is a detailed and easy explanation of the Top 10 Daily Current Affairs for 12 January 2026 for quick learning and revision.

Top 10 Daily Current Affairs Today 12 January 2026

Here are the Top Daily Current Affairs you must know for 12 January 2026, explained clearly for quick understanding and revision:

Russia Strikes Western Ukraine with Oreshnik Missile

• Russia attacked Western Ukraine

• Weapon used: Oreshnik Ballistic Missile

• One of Russia’s most advanced weapons

• Russia–Ukraine war began: 2022

• NATO support to Ukraine against Russia

• USSR breakup: 1991 (15 countries formed)

• Ukraine considers Russia’s action as aggression

• Missile Details:

• Range: ~5500 km

• Speed: Hypersonic (10–15 Mach)

• Payload: Nuclear-capable

• Launched from: Poland border

• Crimea:

• Annexed by Russia in 2014

• Internationally part of Ukraine

• Baltic States are NATO members

India & Australia Invited to G7 Talks

• Focus Areas:

• Critical minerals

• Economic cooperation

• G7 2026 Host: France (Summit at Évian-les-Bains)

• G7 Members:

• USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada

• Objective:

• Reduce China dependency

• Special Mention:

• Doomsday Plane (100 people capacity)

World Hindi Day (Vishwa Hindi Diwas)

• Celebrated on: 10 January

• First celebrated: 10 January 2006

• Objective:

• Promote Hindi at global level

• First World Hindi Conference:

• 1975, Nagpur

• PM: Indira Gandhi

• Hindi Diwas in India:

• 14 September

• Constitutional Status:

• Article 343

• UN Languages:

• English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Mandarin

• Demand: Hindi to be added as UN language

• First Hindi Typist at UN:

• A. B. Vajpayee

• Classical Languages in India: 11

• Total Scheduled Languages: 22

• National Youth Day: 12 January

• Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

• 1893 Chicago Speech:

• “Brothers and Sisters of America”

Also Read:

• SSC Monthly Current Affairs
• SSC Weekly Current Affairs

India–UAE Polar Cooperation

• India acts as Emirati Scientific Partner

• UAE joined Indian Antarctic Mission

• India’s Antarctic Programme started: 1981

• Bharati Station commissioned: 2012

• Maitri Station commissioned: 1988

• Research supported by Ministry of Earth Sciences

• National Centre for Polar & Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa

M-STrIPES App to Drive Tiger Census in Anamalai TR

• Full Form: Monitoring System for Tigers – Intensive Protection & Ecological Status

• App developed by: NTCA

• Location:

• Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu

• Region:

• Anamalai Hills

• Palghat Gap

• Focus:

• Tiger population

• Habitat monitoring

• Supports:

• GPS-based monitoring

• Man–animal conflict management

Joint Military ‘Gulf Shield’ Exercise 2025

• Conducted in: Saudi Arabia

• Organised by:

• Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

• GCC Headquarters: Riyadh

• GCC Formed: 1981

• Participants:

• Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar

• Objective:

• Regional security & defence cooperation

MP’s Ratapani Tiger Reserve Named After Dr. Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar

• Ratapani TR located in: Madhya Pradesh

• Archaeologist:

• Dr. V. S. Wakankar

• Discoveries:

• Bhimbetka Caves (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

• Ratapani Highlights:

• Dams: Bansagar & Ratapani

• Chambal River region

• Striped cat species found

• Wakankar:

• Discovered Bhimbetka in 1957

EV Vehicle Factory Inaugurated in Lucknow

• Inaugurated by:

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

• Location:

• Sarojini Nagar, Lucknow

• Company:

• Ashok Leyland

• Focus:

• Electric vehicles

• Defence & heavy industries

• Union Minister:

• HD Kumaraswamy (Heavy Industries)

National Workshop on MISHTI Held

• Venue:

• Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

• MISHTI:

• Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes

• Announced in:

• Union Budget 2023–24

• Ministry:

• MoEFCC

• Mangroves Area in India:

• ~ 4,992 sq km

• Linked with:

• COP28 – UAE

• COP29 – Baku

• COP30 – Brazil

Syria Declares Ceasefire in Aleppo After Turkish Clash

• Conflict location: Aleppo, Syria

• Kurdish groups involved

• Turkey vs Kurdish forces clash

• Aleppo is a major city of Syria

• Around 1,00,000 civilians migrated

• Aleppo–Damascus region affected

• Ceasefire declared to control violence

Tamil Nadu Launches India’s First “Deep Tech Startup Policy”

• State: Tamil Nadu

• Achievement:

• India’s first Deep Tech Startup Policy

• Objective:

• Promote deep technology startups

• Support innovation-driven enterprises

MeitY Launches PARAM Shakti Supercomputer

• Ministry:

• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

• Supercomputer Name:

• PARAM Shakti

• Installed at:

• IIT Madras

• Purpose:

• High-performance computing

• Advanced research & development

• Part of:

• PARAM series