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Highlights of 20 January 2026 Current Affairs
- The Supreme Court issued interim directions to address the rising number of student suicides in higher educational institutions, based on recommendations of a National Task Force constituted in 2025.
- The Court highlighted that suicides are among the leading causes of death in the 15–29 age group, with around 13,000 student suicides reported in 2022, pointing to the scale of the crisis.
- Institutional deficits such as faculty shortages, weak grievance redressal systems, caste-based discrimination, and ragging were identified as major systemic contributors to student distress.
- Higher educational institutions were directed to mandatorily report every student suicide and submit annual data to regulatory authorities, with centralised maintenance of suicide data.
- The Supreme Court ordered that vacant posts of faculty and key administrators like Vice-Chancellors and Registrars be filled within four months to improve institutional accountability.
- India recorded a sharp rise in defence indigenisation, with indigenous defence production reaching ₹1.51 lakh crore and defence exports expanding to over 100 countries.
- The United States initiated the formation of a proposed ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza as part of a broader international plan for post-conflict governance and reconstruction, backed by a UN Security Council resolution.
- India launched the second nationwide estimation of riverine and estuarine dolphins under Project Dolphin, expanding coverage to include the Irrawaddy dolphin.
- The European Union considered invoking its Anti-Coercion Instrument, a trade defence mechanism designed to counter economic pressure from non-EU countries.
- The Andhra Pradesh government proposed developing a satellite launching facility on Hope Island, raising concerns due to its location within the ecologically sensitive Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.
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