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Highlights of 13 January 2026 Current Affairs
- ISRO’s PSLV-C62 mission failed to achieve precise Sun-Synchronous Orbit after an anomaly in the solid-fuel third stage disrupted the planned orbital injection of EOS-N1 and 15 co-passenger satellites.
- The mission marked the 64th flight of PSLV and the 9th dedicated commercial launch by NSIL, ISRO’s government-owned commercial arm established in 2019 to handle India’s space-based commercial activities.
- A special payload on the PSLV-C62 mission was Kestrel Initial Demonstrator, a Spanish re-entry vehicle prototype that was planned to separate from the main trajectory and splash down in the South Pacific.
- The Supreme Court urged the Union Government to consider adding a Romeo–Juliet clause in the POCSO Act to prevent criminalisation of consensual relationships between adolescents close in age.
- The Court observed that POCSO is frequently misused by families to oppose teenage relationships, leading to wrongful arrests and dilution of the law’s original child-protection purpose.
- China’s EAST nuclear fusion reactor achieved stable plasma at densities beyond the Greenwald limit, a major scientific breakthrough that brings controlled fusion energy closer to practical reality.
- India continues to contribute to fusion research through facilities like ADITYA and SST-1 at the Institute for Plasma Research and as a partner in the global ITER project in France.
- Global oceans absorbed a record 23 zettajoules of heat in 2025, pushing sea surface temperatures to about 0.5°C above the 1981–2010 average and intensifying marine heatwaves and extreme weather.
- ISRO moved closer to establishing the Bharatiya Antariksh Station by inviting industry participation for BAS-1 hardware, with the first module planned by 2028 and a full space station by 2035.
- India marked Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary on 12 January, remembering his role in spreading Indian spiritual thought globally and founding the Ramakrishna Mission to link spirituality with social service.
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