Daily Current Affairs – 02 January 2026

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The young squash player of Jaipur Divyanshi Jain claimed the Scottish open squash title in under 13 girls category at Edinburgh and it was her second international title within a month. She also won the final straight games 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 over India Shanya Prasaramupuriya. The report further states that Divyanshi is the No. 1 U-13 player with squash in India, the reason she was given the best seed in the competition. She also triumphed in the Kuala Lumpur Open...

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In Jaipur, Rajasthan, the Rajasthan DigiFest TiE Global Summit 2026 will take place on 4-6 January, and focus on offering startups and young entrepreneurs of the state an international platform in terms of funding and mentoring. According to the Chief Minister, the event will cement the position of Rajasthan as a big hub of IT and startup developments. The number of participants will exceed 10,000, which will comprise startups, investors, IT professionals, educational institutions and students, as well as higher...

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Rajasthan is also ramping up its solar power project in order to transform energy shortage into an energy surplus path by capitalizing on approximately 320 sunshine days annually. According to state update, the installed solar energy capacity of Rajasthan is 35,910 MW, which provides approximately 27 percent of the total solar capacity in India, and has increased by more than 18,000 MW in two years. Solar is even powering households by rooftop systems as well as assisting irrigation by using...

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Jaipur DISCOM is the first defective meter free distribution utility in the non agricultural consumer category in the state when replacing all defective meters in its 18 circles. With this impetus every single-phase urban and rural consumer and every three-phase non-agricultural consumer now possesses functional meters, the result of which is that it is now possible to bill as a direct consequence of actual consumption of electricity. During the previous two years, Jaipur DISCOM had changed 2,78,422 faulty meters. The...