January 2026 Current Affairs Revision | Current Affairs Today | Kumar Gaurav Sir

Summary

The video has three main parts: a lesson on major constitutional amendments, a calendar review of important observance days, and a rapid-fire revision quiz on January 2026 current affairs.

1. Major constitutional amendments

The instructor explains that constitutional amendments are covered in Part XX, Article 368. He distinguishes a bill from an enacted law: a bill passes through Parliament and, after presidential assent, becomes an Act. He says 106 amendments had been enacted at the time of the lesson and discusses a proposed One Nation, One Election amendment bill.

Key amendments reviewed include:

• 1st Amendment (1951): Added the Ninth Schedule; associated with land reform.
• 7th Amendment (1956): Linked to the reorganisation of states.
• 21st Amendment (1967): Added Sindhi to the Eighth Schedule.
• 26th Amendment (1971): Abolished privy purses.
• 36th Amendment (1975): Made Sikkim a state.
• 42nd Amendment (1976), the “Mini-Constitution”: Added “socialist,” “secular,” and “integrity” to the Preamble; added Fundamental Duties and tribunal provisions; and moved subjects including education, forests, and wildlife from the State List to the Concurrent List.
• 44th Amendment (1978): Removed the right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights.
• 52nd Amendment (1985): Added the Tenth Schedule, establishing the anti-defection framework.
• 61st Amendment (1989): Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
• 69th Amendment (1991): Established the special constitutional arrangement for Delhi.
• 70th Amendment (1992): Included elected representatives from Delhi and Puducherry in presidential elections.
• 71st Amendment (1992): Added Nepali, Manipuri, and Konkani to the Eighth Schedule.
• 73rd and 74th Amendments (1992): Established the constitutional framework for rural panchayats and urban local bodies, respectively.
• 86th Amendment (2002): Made the right to education a Fundamental Right and added a related Fundamental Duty.
• 89th Amendment (2003): Created a separate National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
• 91st Amendment (2003): Set a limit on the size of the Council of Ministers.
• 92nd Amendment (2003): Added Bodo, Dogri, Maithili, and Santhali to the Eighth Schedule.
• 97th Amendment (2011): Addressed cooperative societies.
• 99th Amendment (2014): Created the NJAC; the instructor notes that the Supreme Court later struck it down.
• 100th Amendment (2015): Connected with the India–Bangladesh boundary agreement.
• 101st Amendment (2016): Introduced the constitutional basis for GST.
• 102nd and 105th Amendments: Discussed in connection with the National Commission for Backward Classes and states’ role in identifying OBC groups.
• 103rd Amendment (2019): Provided for 10% reservation for economically weaker sections.
• 104th Amendment: Extended legislative-seat reservations for SCs and STs and ended reserved representation for Anglo-Indians.
• 106th Amendment: The Nari Shakti Vandan Act, concerning women’s reservation in legislatures. The instructor says implementation is linked to a future delimitation process.

2. Important days and observances

The class gives a month-by-month date review for exam preparation. The dates highlighted include:

• January: 4 — Louis Braille Day; 9 — Pravasi Bharatiya Divas; 10 — World Hindi Day; 12 — National Youth Day; 15 — Army Day; 23 — Parakram Diwas; 24 — National Girl Child Day; 25 — National Voters’ Day; 26 — Republic Day; 30 — Martyrs’ Day.
• February: 2 — World Wetlands Day; 4 — World Cancer Day; 13 — National Women’s Day and World Radio Day; 14 — Pulwama Martyrs’ Day; 20 — World Day of Social Justice; 21 — International Mother Language Day; 28 — National Science Day.
• March: 3 — World Wildlife Day; 8 — International Women’s Day; 15 — World Consumer Rights Day; 20 — Happiness Day and Sparrow Day; 21 — Forests Day and Glacier Conservation Day; 22 — World Water Day; 23 — Martyrs’ Day and World Meteorological Day; 24 — World TB Day.
• April: 7 — World Health Day; 13 — Jallianwala Bagh remembrance; 14 — Ambedkar Jayanti; 18 — World Heritage Day; 21 — Civil Services Day; 22 — Earth Day; 23 — World Book and Copyright Day; 24 — National Panchayati Raj Day; 25 — World Malaria Day.
• May: 1 — Labour Day; 3 — World Press Freedom Day; 8 — World Red Cross Day; 11 — National Technology Day; 12 — World Nurses Day; 22 — International Biodiversity Day; 31 — World No Tobacco Day.
• June: 5 — World Environment Day; 7 — World Food Safety Day; 14 — World Blood Donor Day; 21 — International Yoga Day; 23 — International Olympic Day; 25 — “Constitution Murder Day,” as the instructor calls it; 29 — National Statistics Day.
• July: 1 — GST Day and National Doctors’ Day; 11 — World Population Day; 19 — bank nationalisation anniversary; 26 — Kargil Vijay Diwas; 28 — World Hepatitis Day; 29 — International Tiger Day.
• August: 9 — World Indigenous Peoples’ Day; 12 — International Youth Day; 15 — Independence Day; 29 — National Sports Day.
• September: 5 — Teachers’ Day; 8 — International Literacy Day; 14 — Hindi Day; 15 — Engineers’ Day; 16 — ozone-protection observance; 21 — World Peace Day; 27 — World Tourism Day; 28 — World Rabies Day; 29 — World Heart Day.
• October: 2 — International Day of Non-Violence; 8 — Indian Air Force Day; 11 — International Girl Child Day; 16 — World Food Day; 24 — United Nations Day and World Polio Day; 31 — National Unity Day.
• November: 3 — Biosphere Day; 7 — National Cancer Awareness Day; 9 — National Legal Services Day; 14 — Children’s Day; 15 — Tribal Pride Day; 21 — World Television Day; 26 — Constitution Day and National Milk Day.
• December: 1 — World AIDS Day; 2 — National Pollution Control Day; 4 — Indian Navy Day; 5 — World Soil Day; 10 — Human Rights Day; 14 — National Energy Conservation Day; 22 — National Mathematics Day; 23 — National Farmers’ Day; 24 — National Consumer Day; 25 — Good Governance Day; 26 — Veer Bal Diwas.

The instructor also singles out Ayurveda Day on 23 September and an International Day of Hope on 12 July.

3. January 2026 current-affairs revision quiz

The second half is a rapid-fire set of multiple-choice questions covering international affairs, government initiatives, science and defence, sports, awards, and state-level news. Selected claims and answers presented in the quiz include:

• International affairs and organisations: France as host of the 2026 G7 summit; Bulgaria as the next country to adopt the euro; and Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia as incoming non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
• India and public administration: Rajasthan’s Swasthya Samvad digital platform; a government AI clinic in Greater Noida; a security hub in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; a national-level workshop on the MISHTI mangrove initiative in Andhra Pradesh; and Tamil Nadu’s deep-tech start-up policy.
• Infrastructure and technology: A Vande Bharat sleeper route between Guwahati and Howrah; a Param Shakti supercomputer launch at IIT Madras; and an indigenous DRDO portable water-purification system for soldiers.
• Space and environment: The Italian Earth-observation satellite Cosmo-SkyMed; the DEX dust experiment associated with XPoSat; and the quiz’s claim that a stingless bee in Peru was the first insect species to receive legal rights.
• Defence and security: The U.S. operation named Absolute Resolve; Sagar Bandhu in Sri Lanka; and the Bhairav Battalion, described as an Army unit with drone expertise.
• Sports and notable people: Novak Djokovic’s awards and records; Virat Kohli as the fastest to reach 28,000 runs; and Kamya Karthikeyan as the first Indian woman and youngest person to reach the South Pole, according to the quiz.
• Awards and appointments: The quiz mentions awards for Madhav Gadgil, Swati Shanta Kumar, Graça Machel, and Dharmendra, among others. It also names Nitin Nabin as BJP national president and Praveen Vashisht as Central Vigilance Commissioner.
• State-level news and culture: Assam’s Pay Commission and Bodo Bagurumba dance; Karnataka topping the Khelo India Beach Games points table; Telangana’s Sammakka-Saralamma festival; and Rajasthan’s Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary being declared an eco-sensitive zone.
• Other topics: India’s passport-index position, rice production, non-fossil-fuel capacity, the India–EU trade deal, the Economic Survey’s GDP-growth estimate, and the 2026 Republic Day parade.

The lesson is presented as a memory-based exam revision: associate each amendment or event with its year, article, schedule, institution, or location, then practise recalling it through short questions.

4. Class announcements

The instructor says a separate budget review would be delivered at 8 p.m., mentions an SSC and Railway seminar planned in Jaipur for 8 February, and announces that a class that had been postponed would take place on Tuesday.

Note on transcript reliability

The subtitles contain several apparent transcription mistakes and contradictions, including inconsistent references to the number of the proposed One Nation, One Election bill and some garbled article numbers. Treat the detailed quiz facts as claims made during the lesson and verify them against reliable sources before using them for an exam.

Speakers and sources featured

• Kumar Gaurav Sir — the instructor and presenter, associated in the video with Utkarsh Classes.
• No other clearly identifiable speaker or interview source appears in the subtitles.