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Highlights of 21 January 2026 Current Affairs
- India and the UAE agreed to scale up their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with a target to more than double bilateral trade to over USD 200 billion by 2032, alongside new trade corridors such as Bharat Mart and virtual platforms.
- Both countries decided to explore cooperation in advanced civil nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors and nuclear safety frameworks, enabled by India’s SHANTI Act, 2025.
- India and the UAE proposed the concept of digital and data embassies to ensure data sovereignty and protection against cyber threats, disasters, and geopolitical disruptions.
- Collaboration in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies was strengthened through plans for a supercomputing cluster under India’s AI India Mission to boost joint research and high-performance computing.
- A long-term energy partnership was reinforced with a 10-year LNG supply agreement under which ADNOC Gas will supply 0.5 MTPA of LNG to HPCL, enhancing India’s energy security.
- India expanded its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme by notifying the Greenhouse Gases Emission Intensity Target Amendment Rules, 2025, bringing new sectors like petroleum refining, textiles, and petrochemicals under mandatory compliance.
- Under the revised carbon framework, 208 industrial units will be required to reduce emission intensity by 3–7 percent by 2026–27, with tradable carbon credit certificates and penalties for non-compliance.
- China’s population declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, highlighting a deepening demographic winter marked by low fertility, an ageing population, and rising economic and fiscal pressures.
- The Environmental Protection Fund Rules, 2026 were notified to ensure transparent, audited, and outcome-based utilisation of pollution penalties for environmental monitoring, remediation, and institutional strengthening.
- India launched the Responsible Nations Index to assess countries beyond GDP on ethical governance, social well-being, environmental stewardship, and global responsibility, ranking India 16th globally ahead of the US and China.
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