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January 2024 (Bilingual)

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2. Awards
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4. Summits/Conference/Meetings
5. Defence News
6. Science & Tech/Space News
7. Sports News
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 APPOINTMENTS
• 16th Finance Commission Chairman - Arvind Panagariya

• Vice Chief of the Naval Staff - Vice Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi

• Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal - Daljit Singh Chaudhary

• Director General Naval Operations (DGNO) - AN Pramod

• Secretary of Railway Board - Aruna Nayar

• Indian Army's 1st Woman Subedar - Preeti Rajak

• Maharashtra’s First woman DGP - Rashmi Shukla

• Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh - Veera Rana

• Chief Secretary of Puducherry - Sharat Chauhan

• CMD of Power Grid Corporation - Ravindra Kumar Tyagi

• Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) - Anil Kumar Lahoti

• CEO of PepsiCo India - Jagrut Kotecha

• CEO of Adani Ports - Ashwani Gupta

• MD & CEO of National Asset Reconstruction Company - P Santhosh

• MD of Nivea India - Geetika Mehta

• CEO of Indian Olympic Association - Raghuram Iyer

• Executive Director of Asian Development Bank - Vikas Sheel

• US Representative On WHO Board - Vivek Murthy

• France’s Youngest PM - Gabriel Attal

• President Of Taiwan - William Lai

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 AWARDS
• M S Swaminathan Award - Prof B R Kamboj

• Assam Baibhav Award - Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi

• UP Gaurav Samman - Dr. Ritu and Naveen

• Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Awards - Farokh Engineer and Ravi Shastri

• ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting FY 2022-23 - REC Limited

• Best Environment Officer Award - Deepa Bhandare

• Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award - Savita Kanswal (Posthumously)

• Freedom of the City of London Award - Indian lawyer Ajit Mishra

• CII National Award for Excellence in Water Management - Hero MotoCorp

• Skytrax Awards "World’s Best Airport For 2023" - Singapore’s Changi Airport

GOLDEN GLOBES 2024

• Best Motion Picture (Drama) - Oppenheimer
• Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) - Poor Things
• Best Motion Picture (Animated) - "The Boy and the Heron"
• Best Actor (Motion Picture Drama) - Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer"
• Best Actress (Motion Picture Drama) - Lily Gladstone, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Best Actor (Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - Paul Giamatti, "The Holdovers"
• Best Actress (Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - Emma Stone, "Poor Things"
• Best Director (Motion Picture) - Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer"
• Best Original Song (Motion Picture) - "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie"
• Best Original Score (Motion Picture) - Ludwig Goransson, "Oppenheimer"

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75th Emmys Awards 2024
• Drama Series - Succession
• Comedy Series - The Bear
• Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Sarah Snook, Succession
• Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Kieran Culkin, Succession

Filmfare Awards 2024

• Best Film - 12th Fail
• Best Director - Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)
• Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (“Tere Vaaste” – Zara Hatke Zara Bachke)
• Lifetime Achievement Award - David Dhawan

Wings India 2024

Theme :- “Connecting India to the World in Amrit Kaal: Setting the Stage for India Civil Aviation
@2047”

• Best Airports of the Year - Bangalore and Delhi Airports

• Best Airline of the Year - Vistara-Tata SIA Airlines Ltd

Padma Vibhushan
• ART - Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali (Tamil Nadu)
• ART - Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi (Andhra Pradesh)
• ART - Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam (Tamil Nadu)
• Social Work - Shri Bindeshwar Pathak (Posthumous) Andhra Pradesh (Bihar)
• Public Affairs - Shri M Venkaiah Naidu (Andhra Pradesh)

Bharat Ratna 2024 - Karpoori Thakur Ji & Shri Lal Krishna Advani

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Best Marching Contingents & Tableaux Awards for Republic Day Parade 2024

Best Marching Contingent among the three services - Sikh Regiment Contingent

Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other Auxiliary forces - Delhi Police Women Marching
Contingent

Best three Tableaux (States/UTs)

• First - Odisha (Woman Empowerment in Viksit Bharat)
• Second - Gujrat (Dhordo : A Global Icon Of Gujarat’s Border Tourism)
• Third - Tamil Nadu (Kudavolai System in ancient Tamil Nadu – Mother of Democracy)

Best Tableau (Ministries/Departments) - Ministry of Culture "Bharat : Mother of Democracy"

Special Prize - Central Public Works Department (Central Vista -Viksit Bharat Ka Pratibimb)

Special memento - "Vande Bharatam" (Dance Group)

The online poll for the popular choice was conducted between January 25-27,
2024 on MyGov web page. The results are :-

Best Marching Contingent among the three services - Rajputana Rifles Regimental Marching
Contingent

Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other auxiliary forces - CRPF Woman Marching
Contingent

Best three Tableaux (States/UTs)

• First - Gujrat (Dhordo : A Global Icon Of Gujarat’s Border Tourism)
• Second - Uttar Pradesh (Viksit Bharat Samradh Virasat)
• Third - Andhra Pradesh (Transforming School Education in Andhra Pradesh - Making Students
Globally Competitive)

Best Tableau (Central Ministries/Departments) - Vibrant Villages (Ministry of Home Affairs)

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 India's Rank in Various Reports & Index
• Henley Passport Index - 80th
• Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 - 93rd

SWACHH SURVEKSHAN AWARDS 2023

Theme - “Waste to Wealth”

Best Performing States

• Maharashtra (1st)
• Madhya Pradesh (2nd)
• Chattisgarh (3rd)

Cleanest City
• Indore & Surat (Rank 1)
• Navi Mumbai (Rank 3)

Cleanest Ganga Town

• Varanasi (Rank 1)
• Prayagraj (Rank 2)

Cleanest Cantonment Board - MHOW Cantonment Board

Best SafaiMitra Surakshit Sheher – Chandigarh

SUMMITS/CONFERENCE/MEETINGS
• 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit - Gandhinagar
Chief Guest - Czech Republic's PM Petr Fiala

• 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum(WEF), also known as “Davos Summit
2024” - Swiss Alpine School, Davos in Switzerland
Theme - “Rebuilding Trust".

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 DEFENCE NEWS
• Desert Cyclone 2024, the 1st edition of the India-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Joint Military
Exercise commenced in Mahajan, Rajasthan.

• The Indian Coast Guard & Japan Coast Guard conducted a 5-day Annual Joint Exercise "Sahyog
Kaijin" off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

• The Indian Navy and Royal Thai Navy conducted a maiden bilateral exercise, named 'Ex-
Ayutthaya' and the 36th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) was
also conducted along with the Ex-Ayutthaya.

• 11th edition of India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise "Khanjar 2024”, commenced at
Special Forces Training School in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.

• “Exercise Desert Knight”, a Trilateral Air Force Exercise, was conducted between the Indian Air
Force (IAF) along with the French Air and Space Force (FASF) and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) Air Force on 23rd January 2024. The joint exercise was hosted at the Al Dhafra air base in
the UAE.

• The inaugural edition of the India-Saudi Arabia joint military exercise, "SADA TANSEEQ"
commenced at Mahajan, Rajasthan.

• Indian Army Declares 2024 as the “Year of Technology Absorption” for Transformative
Change.

• Haldia Petrochemicals Becomes India’s First BSI Certified ISO 27001:2022 Petrochemical Firm.

• DRDO launches Assault Rifle "Ugram" for Indian Army.

• Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar has flagged off the First indigenously manufactured
"Drishti 10 Starliner" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the Navy.

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 SCIENCE & TECH/SPACE NEWS
• CoRover.ai, a Human-Centric conversational AI platform unveils India's First indigenous
Generative AI Large Language Model (LLM), "BharatGPT". BharatGPT is integrated for voice
modality in more than 14 Indian languages & 22 languages for text modality, in partnership
with BHASHNI, a National Language Translation Mission (NLTM) under The Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

• The Indian Army has indigenously developed an end-to-end secure mobile ecosystem called
"SAMBHAV" (Secure Army Mobile Bharat Version) to enhance national defence capabilities.

• ISRO launches PSLV-C58/XPoSat, India’s 1st X-ray Polarimeter Satellite to study Black Holes &
Neutron Stars in Space.

• GlobalSpace Technologies launches "GoRoga", India’s 1st Anti-Stress Wearable.

• China’s OrienSpace Launches its Maiden Rocket Gravity-1.

SPORTS NEWS
Pubity Sport Men’s Athlete of Year 2023 Award - Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli

BCCI Awards 2024 "Best International Cricketers of 2022-23" - Shubman Gill and
Deepti Sharma

FIFA Best Awards 2023

• Men's Player - Lionel Messi
• Women's Player - Aitana Bonmati
• Men's Coach - Pep Guardiola
• Women's Coach - Sarina Wiegman
• Men's Goalkeeper - Ederson
• Women's Goalkeeper - Mary Earps
• Puskas Award - Guilherme Madruga

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ICC Awards 2023
• Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year - Pat Cummins (Australia)
• Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Nat Sciver-Brunt
(England)
• ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Virat Kohli (India)
• ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)
• ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Suryakumar Yadav (India)
• ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
• ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Bas De Leede (Netherlands)
• ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Queentor Abel (Kenya)
• ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)
• ICC Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Phoebe Litchfield (Australia)
• ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year 2023 - Usman Khawaja (Australia)
• ICC Umpire of the Year 2023 - Richard Illingworth (England)
• ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2023 - Zimbabwe Team (for consoling opposition WC Qualifier)

Australian Open 2024

• Men's singles - Jannick Sinner (Italy) defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
• Women's Singles - Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) defeated Zheng Qianwen (China)

FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship 2023

• Magnus Carlsen wins Gold Medal & Trophy in Men's Event.
• Koneru Humpy wins silver in Women’s Event.

World Blitz Chess Championships 2023

• Magnus Carlsen won the title in Men's Event.
• Russia’s Valentina Gunina won the title in Women’s Event.

• FIH Hockey 5s Women’s World Cup - Netherlands defeated India

• India’s Satwiksairaj and Chirag Wins Silver in Men’s Doubles of India Open Badminton 2024.
• Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the overall champion at the inaugural Beach Games 2024,
held at the pristine blue flag-certified Ghoghla Beach in Diu.
• South Africa host ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2024.
• England to host 2027 World Test Championship Final.
• Indian pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Ujjwal Malik won 1st gold medal at ISSF Shooting World
Cup 2024 in Cairo.
• Divyansh Singh Panwar Clinches ISSF World Cup Gold In 10m Air Rifle Event.

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 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
• 75th Republic Day Guest of Honour - France President Emmanuel Macron.

• Farsi will be a new classical language Under the New Education Policy 2020.

• Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi launched “Pradhanmantri Suryodaya Yojana”, a

government scheme to provide Rooftop Solar (RTS) power systems to 1 crore households.

• Union Minister of Environment Bhupendra Yadav releases India's First Snow Leopard
Population Assessment. Snow leopard population stand in India at 718 with Ladakh (477) ,
Uttarakhand (124) , Himachal Pradesh (51) , Arunachal Pradesh (36) , Sikkim (21) & J&K (9).

• The Maratha Military Landscapes of India have been chosen as India's nomination for the
UNESCO World Heritage List 2024-25.

• India to Chair & Host UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in July 2024.

• Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates “PRASADAM”, India’s 1st Healthy & Hygienic
Food Street, at MP.

• MeitY Secretary launches India's First Graphene Centre, IIoT CoE in Kerala.

• Himalayan Wolf Classified as "Vulnerable" on IUCN Red List.

• 9th India International Science Festival held in Faridabad, Haryana. IISF 2023 is held under the
central theme - "Science and Technology Public Outreach in Amrit Kaal".

• IREDA Declared 2024 as "Year of HR Development and Discipline".

• Ayodhya Airport Renamed As "Maharishi Valmiki International Airport".

• IICF To Build ‘Masjid Muhammed Bin Abdullah’ Mosque In Ayodhya.

• Krutrim becomes India’s first $1 billion AI startup.

• Five countries namely Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
has joined BRICS.

• Kyrgyzstan Declares Snow Leopard As National Symbol.

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• Assam launched India’s 1st 100% Electric Bike Taxi Service "Baayu".

• The Government of Goa has launched India’s First regenerative tourism model to redefine
tourism by promoting environmental restoration, cultural preservation, and community
empowerment.

• Gujarat has been recognised as the "Petro Capital" of India, due to the presence of the
Reliance Industry Limited’s Jamnagar refinery and ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL)’s state-
of-the-art petrochemical complex at Dahej in Bharuch district.

• Gujarat To Unveil India’s First Submarine Tourism In Dwarka.

• Himachal Pradesh (HP) Government has launched the ‘My School-My Pride’ campaign under
the ‘Apna Vidyalay’ programme, aligning with the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020.

• J&K becomes First UT to Implement PM Vishwakarma Yojana.

• The Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Maharashtra has become India's First Dark Sky park and is
the fifth in Asia.

• Uttar Pradesh(UP) is set to build India’s First Artificial intelligence (AI) city in Lucknow to
promote AI ecosystem.

• India inaugurated its First all-girls Sainik School in Vrindavan, UP.

• West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Launches "Yogyasree" Scheme for SC/ST students in West
Bengal.

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 GI Tags In News
Arunachal Pradesh
• Adi Kekir
• Handmade Carpets
• Wancho Craft

Gujarat
• Kachchhi Kharek (Agriculture)

Jammu & Kashmir

• Ramban Anardana

Odisha
• Dhenkanal Magji
• Dungaria Kondh Embroidered Shawl
• Gajapati Date Palm
• Koraput Kalajeera Rice
• Lanjia Saura Painting
• Mayurbhanj Kai Chutney
• Nayagarh Kanteimundi Brinjal

West Bengal
• Garad Saree
• Korial Saree
• Kalonunia Rice
• Sundarban Honey
• Tangail Saree

Ramsar Sites
The Theme of World Wetlands Day 2024 is "Wetlands and Human Wellbeing"
India Increased its tally of Ramsar Sites from 75 to 80.

5 New Sites Added are :-

1. Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu
2. Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve, Karnataka
3. Longwood Shola Reserve Forest, Tamil Nadu
4. Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve, Karnataka
5. Aghanashini Estuary, Karnataka

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 IMPORTANT DAYS & THEME
10 Jan - World Hindi Day
Theme 2024 - Hindi–Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence

14 Jan - Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day

15 Jan - Indian Army Day

Theme 2024 - "Celebrating 8 Years of Innovation."

19 Jan - National Disaster Response

21 Jan - National War Memorial

23 Jan - Parakram Diwas

24 Jan - National Girl Child Day

25 Jan - National Voters Day

Theme 2024 - Nothing Like Voting, I Vote For sure

26 Jan - Republic Day

Themes - “Viksit Bharat” and “Bharat – Loktantra ki Matruka”

28 Jan - World Leprosy Day

Theme 2024 – Beat Leprosy

30 Jan - Martyr’s Day India

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