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This Evening Current Affairs Dose – 2 January 2026 covers the most important national, international, defence, economy, and infrastructure news strictly based on newspaper and official sources, curated for Prelims 2026.

🔹 Topics Covered Today:
• 🇮🇳 Indian Army designates 2026 as the “Year of Networking & Data Centricity” to strengthen data-driven warfare and real-time decision-making.
• 🚆 India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train announced between Guwahati (Kamakhya) and Howrah, marking the entry of sleeper services in the Vande Bharat ecosystem.
• 🇪🇺 Bulgaria adopts the Euro, becoming the 21st member nation of the Euro Area, effective from 1 January 2026.
• 🚄 India’s first Bullet Train (Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor) scheduled for phased launch from 15 August 2027.
• 🏛️ Assam becomes the first state to constitute the 8th State Pay Commission, a landmark step in state-level administrative reforms.
• 🌊 Goa to get its 3rd district – “Kushavati”, carved out of South Goa with Quepem as headquarters.
• 🚀 China’s hypersonic anti-ship missile YJ-20 (Eagle Strike-20) in news, highlighting developments in naval strike capabilities.

🎯 Exam Relevance:

✔ UPSC Prelims & Mains
✔ UPPCS / State PCS
✔ SSC / Railways
✔ Defence Exams (CDS, NDA, CAPF)

📚 Why watch/read this?
• Crisp facts
• Static + current linkage
• Prelims-ready one-liners
• Trusted newspaper-based content

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