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Daily Current Affairs: 11 & 12 January 2026

Current affairs of 11 & 12 January 2026: Aditya-L1 Findings: How Solar Storms Squeeze Earth’s Magnetosphere; ReCAAP: India to Deepen Maritime Security Ties; PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1 Mission Countdown Begins at Sriharikota, and 20 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 23 topics

National Affairs

  1. MV Act Amendments Proposed: Behaviour-Linked Insurance and DL Rules
  2. ASI Monument Conservation Opened to Private Sector via NCF

Government Schemes

  1. Zero-Fatality Road Safety Drive in 100 High-Crash Districts

Banking & Finance

  1. Bank of Baroda Gets RBI Nod for Standalone PD Subsidiary
  2. Skydo Gets RBI Nod as Cross-Border Payment Aggregator
  3. FIU Tightens KYC and AML Rules for Crypto Exchanges
  4. RBI Regulatory Review Cell: Periodic Rule Clean-Up
  5. RBI Integrated Ombudsman Scheme: Special Grievance Drive
  6. Small Finance Banks in India: Features, Norms, SFB vs Payments Bank

International Affairs

  1. ReCAAP: India to Deepen Maritime Security Ties

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Digital Agriculture Mission Set for ₹7,500 Crore Expansion
  2. Orobanche Parasitic Weed Threatens India’s Mustard Crop
  3. Dairy Digitalisation: NDDB Issues 35.68 Crore Pashu Aadhaar IDs
  4. Fertilizer Security: Record 524.62 Lakh Tonnes Output in 2025
  5. India Rice Exports 2025: 21.55 Million Tonnes

Science & Technology

  1. Aditya-L1 Findings: How Solar Storms Squeeze Earth’s Magnetosphere
  2. PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1 Mission Countdown Begins at Sriharikota
  3. BAS-01: ISRO Seeks Industry to Build Space Station Module
  4. Smartphone Source Code Access Plan Under ITSAR Raises Concern
  5. AyulSat: India’s On-Orbit Refuelling Demonstration Mission

Defence & Security

  1. DIME: Indian Army’s Digital Logistics Platform
  2. MAPSS UAV: Army’s First Solar-Powered Drone Order

Reports & Indexes

  1. TERI Report on India’s Solar PV Manufacturing: Highlights

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

9. Small Finance Banks in India: Features, Norms, SFB vs Payments Bank

  • Small Finance Banks are RBI-authorised differentiated banks serving under-banked and unbanked sections.
  • They are public limited companies under the Companies Act, 2013, licensed under Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
  • Norms: CAR 15%, 25% rural branches, 50% of loans to MSMEs, net worth ₹100 crore rising to ₹200 crore in 5 years.
  • The Nachiket Mor Committee (2013) mooted the differentiated bank concept.
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