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Highlights of 8 January 2026 Current Affairs
- Indian banks’ asset quality has strengthened sharply, with the Gross NPA ratio falling to about 2.1 percent by late 2025, the lowest level in decades, reflecting recovery from the twin balance sheet crisis of the previous decade.
- Strong regulatory reforms such as the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, SARFAESI Act, improved RBI supervision, and the use of Asset Reconstruction Companies have collectively restored credit discipline and reduced stressed assets.
- The Arctic is warming at more than twice the global average, with record-high surface air temperatures and accelerating phenomena such as Atlantification, greening of tundra, and permafrost thaw impacting ecosystems and indigenous livelihoods.
- Melting Arctic ice is reshaping global geopolitics by opening new shipping routes like the Northern Sea Route and increasing strategic competition, while platforms such as the Arctic Council remain crucial for cooperation and governance.
- India’s role in Arctic affairs is expanding through scientific research, observer status in the Arctic Council, the Himadri research station, and its Arctic Policy focused on climate and cryosphere studies.
- PRAGATI has emerged as a flagship example of technology-driven governance in India, enabling real-time monitoring of projects, high issue-resolution rates, and stronger Centre–State coordination.
- Long-pending infrastructure projects such as major rail links, bridges, and airports have been unlocked through PRAGATI’s accountability-driven and data-backed decision-making framework.
- NITI Aayog’s affordable housing framework proposes updated definitions, zoning reforms, transit-oriented development, rental housing policies, and mandatory EWS/LIG reservations to address urban housing shortages.
- India has strengthened energy security and refining capability with the commissioning of advanced residue upgradation and hydrocracking facilities, enabling cleaner fuel production and better use of heavy crude.
- Scientific and institutional advances, from understanding the Mpemba Effect through supercomputer simulations to new space instruments like ISRO’s Dust Experiment and initiatives by BIS, highlight India’s growing research, standards, and technological ecosystem.
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