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Highlights of 12 January 2026 Current Affairs
- DRDO successfully ground-tested a full-scale, actively cooled scramjet engine for over 12 minutes, marking a major milestone in India’s hypersonic cruise missile development.
- With this achievement, India joins an elite group of nations—USA, Russia, China, Australia, and France—capable of advanced scramjet engine testing.
- Scramjet engines enable sustained hypersonic flight (Mach 5+), offering lighter, fuel-efficient, air-breathing propulsion crucial for next-generation missiles.
- Hypersonic weapons provide strategic advantages due to their extreme speed, lower flight altitude than ballistic missiles, and ability to evade conventional air defense systems.
- The launch of Param Shakti, a 3.1 Petaflop supercomputer at IIT Madras, strengthens India’s academic and R&D capabilities under the National Supercomputing Mission.
- Built using indigenous C-DAC RUDRA servers and open-source software, Param Shakti boosts research in aerospace, climate modeling, materials science, and drug discovery.
- India has formally objected to China’s infrastructure activities in the Shaksgam Valley, citing sovereignty concerns over the strategically sensitive Trans-Karakoram Tract.
- The National IED Data Management System (NIDMS) enhances India’s counter-terrorism capacity through centralized data analysis and inter-agency coordination.
- Establishment of the National Environmental Standard Laboratory (NESL) positions India as a global leader in environmental metrology and air pollution monitoring standards.
- India’s first engagement with the Weimar Triangle (France, Germany, Poland) signals deeper diplomatic, security, and economic engagement with key European powers.
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