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KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES , 2023 - 6th Edition KHELO INDIA WINTER GAMES 2024 - 4th edition

Held in 4 cities of TN • LOGO- Thiruvalluvar

- Held in
- Chennai • Mascot- VEERMANGAI aka Rani Velu Nachiyar
- 1st phase: Leh, Ladakh ( 2- 6 feb)
- Coimbatore
- 2nd phase: Gulmarg, J&K ( 21-25 feb)
- Madurai • Total Sports : 26+1 ( where 1 is demo sport)
- Trichy • ( agar option me 27 ho to mark that ans.)
Date 19-31 Jan 2024 • Squash added for the 1st time . Mascot: SHEEN-e-SHE ( snow leopard)

MEDAL TALLY: MEDAL TALLY:

1st- Maharashtra: 57 Gold, Total 158 1st- INDIAN ARMY: 10 Gold, 5 Silver Total 68
2nd- Tamil Nadu: 38 Gold, Total 98 2nd- KARNATAKA: 9 Gold, Total 11
3rd - Haryana: 35 Gold, Total 103 3rd - MAHARASHTRA : 7Gold, Total 22

KHELO INDIA PARA GAMES 2023 - 1st edition KHELO INDIA UNIVERSE GAMES 2023 - 4th edition

‘Champions beyond limits Total no. Of Sports= 20

Started from Guwahati, Assam
Different events in different states of
Held in DELHI
Date: 10-17th Dec, 2023 North east, except Manipur
Mascot: UJJAWALA ( a sparrow) Mascot: ASHTALAKSHMI ( a Butterfly)

MEDAL TALLY: MEDAL TALLY:

1st- HARYANA : 40 Gold, Total 105 1st- CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY : Total 71
2nd- UP 2nd- LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNI : Total 42
3rd - TN 3rd - GURU NANAK UNI : Total 51

WINTER ASIAN GAMES 2025

BEACH GAMES 2024 - 1st edition

Held at Ghogla beach, DIU • To be held in , Harbin, China

Date: 4-11th Jan, 2024 • Slogan: Dream of Winter, Love among Asia
• Mascot: BINBIN & NINI
MEDAL TALLY:
1st- MP : Total 18, Gold 7
FIH HOCKEY 5s WORLD CUP: 1st edition
Mascot: PEARL ( a dolphin)
Held in Muscat, Oman.
5 players
Winner : Netherlands ( both men & wome)
ISSF SHOOTING WORLD CUP 1st : China
Runner Up : Malaysia ( men)
5th : INDIA ( 3G, 3S, 3 B)
India( women)
- Pitch smaller : 40m* 23.7m
OPENING AT : CAIRO, EGYPT
Important Names:
75th STRANDJA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT:
1. DIVYANSH SINGH PAWAR: Gold in 10m air rifle
2. RYTHM SANGWAN & UJJWAL MALIK: Gold in 10m air pistol ( mixed) • Total 8 medals
3. ARJUN BABUTA & SONAM MASKAR: silver in 10m rifle ( mixed) • AMIT PANGHAL : gold in men’s flyweight category
4. SONAM MASKAR : Silver in 10m air rifle
5. SARABJOT SINGH : Gold in 10m air pistol • SATISH KUMAR: Gold in 57 kg category

AUSTRALIAN OPEN :
• Title of 77th Santosh Trophy, 2023-24: Winner- Services
Runner Up: Goa
Men’s single category:
Winner: JANNIK SINNER (ITALY)

Men’s double category:

• FIFA men s player awards 2024: LIONEL MESSI
• Female: AITANA BONMATI ( Spain) ROHAN BOPANNA & MATHEW EBDEN

Has become Top in the world in men s double category at the age of 43

Women’s single category:

ARYNA SABALENKA (BELARUS)

ICC AWARDS: 2023

MEN s ODI CRICKETER : VIRAT KOHLI 💎 WOMEN

BEST CRICKETER , also

BEST CRICKETER , Also (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award) : NAI SCIVER-BRUNT
( Sir Garfield sobers trophy): PAT CUMMINS
Women s T20I Cricketer : HAYLEY MATHEWS
Men s T20I cricketer : SURYAKUMAR YADAV
Women s ODI Cricketer: CHAMARI ATTAPATTU
MEN s test cricketer: USMAN KHAWAJA

MEN s Emerging cricketer: RACHIN RAVINDRA

Australia s David Warner & Shaun Marsh - announced retirement

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• India’s flag bearer at the Paris Olympics 2024: Sharath Kamal+ PV Sindhu
• Chef de mission: Gagan Narang
• Torch bearer: Abhinav Bindra

• Puneri Paltan : won 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi league

• NAGESH TROPHY for the Blind in Men’s National T20 cricket tournament 2023-24:
win: Karnataka , runner up Andhra Pr., held at Nagpur.

• The Breakthrough Archer of the year 2023 by world Archery: Aditi Swami
• 1st Indian Pacer to achieve No.1 ranking in all 3 formats of cricket: JASPRIT BUMRAH
• Australia won 4th title at U-19 World Cup, defeated India.
• Most no. Of sixes - Rohit Sharma
• India’s biggest win against England in terms of runs in Rajkot ( 434 runs )
• BADMINTON ASIA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024:
India women’s team : Gold , defeated Thailand
( *Anmol Kharb)

• Quickest to score 10000 runs : Babar Azam ( surpassed Virat Kohli’s & Chris gayle)
• Jan Nicol Loftei- Eaton of Namibia , Hit the fastest century in just 33 balls, in T20 internationals
• Vamshhi Krrishna hit 6 sixes in an over during the Colonel CK Naidu Trophy. ( winner- Karnataka by defeating UP)
• Gold medal at The Zagreb Open 2023: Aman Sehrawat ( also youngest Olympian medallist)
• SUMIT NAGAL: Indian tennis player became 1st in 35 yrs to beat a seed at a Grand Slam
defeated Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) in Australia Open.
• IPL sponsorship rights for 5 yrs for $300 million: TATA GROUP
• 2nd Indian to win Gold at Asian Marathon championship : MAN SINGH
• BCCI’s ‘ Polly Umrigar’ Award , for being the Best International Cricketers : SHUBHMAN GILL & DEEPTI SHARMA

PM MODI

• PM Modi announced 4 astronauts for Gaganyaan mission:

- PRASANTH B. NAIR
- AJIT KRISHNAN
- ANGAD PRATAP
- SUBHANSHU SHUKLA
• Rocket: HLVM3

• PM launched INTERNATIONAL BIG CAT ALLIANCE (IBCA) , Hq: Delhi, INDIA

( Jaguar, Puma, Leopard, Lion, Tiger, Cheetah, Snow leopard)
• Inaugurated Fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam, TN
• laid foundation stone for TALABIRA THERMAL POWER PLANT: ODISHA
• Inaugurated permanent IIM CAMPUS AT SAMBALPUR,

• PM Surya Garh: Muft Bijli Yojana to provide free electricity to 1 cr households

• Inaugurated BAPS Temple (1st Hindu temple), in Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Inaugurated Sant Ravidas’s statue in Varanasi
• Inaugurated India’s longest cable stayed bridge aka SUDARSHAN SETU
Connects okha to Beyt, Dwarka
• Laid foundation stone for RANGPO : SIKKIM’s 1st railway station.
• *Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) technology used in 1st on grid solar
project dedicated by PM in Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
 ACHIEVEMENTS

GRAMMY AWARDS:
Shankar Mahadevan + Zakir Hussain + 2 others 69th FILMFARE AWARDS, 2024:

Best Global Music Album: SHAKTI - a fusion group for the ALBUM- ‘THIS MOMENT
- Best Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra(12th fail )
Zakir Hussain : Best Contemporary Instrumental Album ‘ AS WE SPEAK - Best Film: 12th Fail
& - Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
Best Global Music performance ‘ PASHTO - In critics category, : Vikrant Messy

• Padma Vibhushan 2023

- Best Actress : Alia Bhatt
• 5 times Grammy holder
- In critics category: Rani Mukherjee

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:

OSCAR AWARDS, 2024:

Best Director: Christopher Nolan ( Oppenheimer)

- Best Director: Christopher Nolan
- Best Film: Oppenheimer
(In drama category )
- Best Actor: Cillian Murphy ( Oppenheimer)
Best Actor: CILIAN MURPHY
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey jr
Best Actress: LILY GLADSTONE
- Best Actress : Emma Stone ( Poor things)
Best TV series: SUCCESION
- Best International film: Zone of Interest
Best Film : OPPENHEIMER

(In Music/ comedy category)

BHARAT RATNA:
Best Actor: PAUL GIAMATTI
Best Actress : EMMA STONE • L.K Advani
BEST TV series: THE BEAR • Karpuri Thakur ( aka Jannayak, 11th CM of Bihar)
BEST film : POOR THINGS • P.V. Narsimharao
• Chaudhary Charan singh
• M.S. Swaminathan ( father of Green rev)

🌟 PADMA VIBHUSHAN, 2024 (5):

77th BAFTA, 2024:

• hosted by DAVID TENNANT

• Best film: OPPENHEIMER
• Outstanding British film: THE ZONE OF INTEREST

75th EMMY AWARDS :

Best Actress (drama): SARAH SNOOK

Best actor ( drama): Kieran Culkin
Best Actor ( comedy) : JEREMY ALLEN WHITE
Outstanding drama: SUCCESSION
Outstanding Comedy: THE BEAR

• Miss World 2024: Krystyna Pyszkova • SARASWATI SAMMAN , 2023: PRABHA VERMA
• For Raudra Satwikam ( Malayalam)
• PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE, 2024: RIKEN YAMAMOTO ( Japan)

• P.V. Narsimharao Memorial Award for Philanthropy: RATAN TATA • ABEL PRIZE, 2024: Michael Talagrand , France ( for maths)
• YATIN BHASKAR DUGGAL ( Haryana): 1st prize at National Youth Parliament festival, 2024
• International Super Featherweight: Mandeep Jhangra • ⭐ ⭐ Sangeet kalanidhi award, 2024: T.M. Krishnan
• WHO awarded The Nelson Mandela award for Health Promotion , 2024: NIMHANS, BENGALURU
• ⭐ ⭐ Nritya kalanidhi award, 2024 : Neena Prasad
• DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD, 53rd recipient: WAHEEDA REHMAN
• Lakshminarayana International Award: Pyarelal Sharma
1st recipient: DEVIKA RANI
• SHASHI THAROOR: France’s highest civilian awards- ‘legion d’honneur
(also awarded to PM Modi & HCL chairman Roshni Nadar)
• Outstanding Business Woman of the year 2023 , award - Dr. BINA MODI
• M.S. Swaminathan award in Agronomy: Prof. B. R. Kamboj
• Tenzing Norgay Prize : Savita Kanswal (posthumously)
( 1st Indian female mountaineer to climb Nanda Devi & Mt. Everest in 16 days)

• ⭐ 60 Parachute Field Hospital, UP Subhash Chandra Bose Apada Prabandhan Puraskar.

• ⭐ VAYU SENA MANDAL AWARD : Squadron leader Nikita Malhotra.
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• NAYAB SINGH SAINI: new CM of Haryana

• NITISH KUMAR : 9th CM of Bihar. Using this to make correct page layout
• Chairperson of Lokpal: Ajay M. khanwilkar
- lokpal : 1+8 composition,
Tenure : 5yrs/ until 70 yrs of age
• UPSC Director: HANSHA MISHRA ( chairman : Manoj Soni)
• IFS Sanjay Verma: new UPSC member
• Youngest PM of IRELAND: Simon Harris
• C.P. RADHAKRISHNAN : New Governor of MAHARASHTRA
• 1st women DG of MAharashtra- RASHMI SHUKLA
• Chairperson of CBSE : RAHUL SINGH
• Chairman of NCSC( art. 330): KISHOR MAKWANA
• TAMAS SULYOK: New PM of Hungary
• Bichon : 27th district of Arunachal Pr, carved out from Kameng region
• Keyi Panyor: 26 th district , carved out from subansari.

• ASIF ALI ZARDARI: 14th President of Pakistani

• DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA ( javelin) : New President of Paralympic committee of India
• BSF’s 1st Female Sniper: SUMAN KUMARI
• 16th Finance Commission: chairman Arvind Pangarhiya ( March 2026)
Full time members of FC -Ajay Narayan Jha
-Annie George Mathew
- Manoj Panda
Advisor - Poonam Gupta

• President of Asian Cricket Council for 3rd term: JAY SHAH ( youngest ICC chairperson)
• ⭐ ⭐ CHIEF HYDROGRAPHER TO GoI : Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania

• Nangloi Mbumba: New president of Namibia ( after death of Hage Geingob)

• New President of El Salvador: Nayib Bukele
• ⭐ ⭐ New Vigilance Commisioner: A S RAJEEV
• New BBC chairman - SAMIR SHAH
• 1st woman CM of Pak’s Punjab Provice: MARYAM NAWAZ
• 💯 ⭐ 1st woman ChiefJustice of Uttarakhand HC : Justice Ritu Bahri
• ⭐ ⭐ 1st ICC Female neutral Umpire: SUE REDFERN, England
• 1st Transgender Umpire : Mcgahey
• Vice Chief of Naval Staff: Vice admiral Dinesh kr. Tripathi
• ⭐ IAS SENTHIL PANDIAN : India’s envoy to WTO
• SATNAM SINGH SANDHU: ( Nominated in RS) - NEW RAILWAY BOARD SECRETARY
Not to confuse with JAYA VERMA SINHA ( 1st woman chairperson of Railway board)

• TRAI new chairman : ANIL KUMAR LAHOTI

• ⭐ 1st Women Subedar in the Indian Army: PREETI RAJAK
 States & Schemes Related

• Arjun Munda, agriculture minister unveils: SARATHI

• Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in 2019
• APAAR- Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry
- Amends act of 1955
Launched by Education Ministry, through UMANG app.
- To be implemented from March,2024
• Tamil Nadu Opposes one national & one election policy
- 6 communities from ( Afghanistan, Pak, Bangladesh)
- ( Sikh, Hindu, Christian, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis)
• State fruit of Assam: Kaji Nemu ( Citrus limon)
• Telangana bans hookah parlours.
• ELECTORAL BONDS SCHEME: 2018
• SWAYAM : Interest free loans up to ₹1lakh to unemployed youth
BJP>> Congress
Under 18-35 yrs age , Launched by Odisha gov.
SC struck down this BOND scheme as it violated Art19(1)(a) & RTI Act, 2005
• KIRTI Programme: launched by : M/o Sports
• Statue of U Tirot Sing, (freedom fighter of Khasi hills)- Dhaka,
( Khelo India rising talent identification)
• Punjab’s state icon for 2024 Lok Sabha elections: SHUBHMAN GILL
• ‘PM- SHRI’, a centrally sponsored scheme: launched in 2022 • ⭐ Artificial Reef Project: Kerala.
-Target to Develop 14,500 schools Coral bleaching: decolouration of corals due to global warming

• 'Neengal Nalama’ Scheme : TN • States to launch Caste Census- 1st Bihar

- to address grievances and awareness of public - 2nd Andhra Pr.
• Widow Remarriage Incentive Scheme: launched by JHARKHAND GOVT. • SAMBHAV : mobile app launched by Indian Army for secure
- ₹ 2 lakh incentive communication
• Vidhwa Uttejaka mandala: started by Vishnu Shastri Pandit, 1866 • India’s 1st graphene centre & COE in IIOT, KERALA
( Intelligent Internet of things) inaugurated- S. Krishnan
• Scheme UNNATI - Uttar Poorva transformative Industrialisation scheme,
- Launched by Mo commerce • ⭐ ⭐ SWAMITVA SCHEME: won gold prize in National
Award for e-governance 2023,
• ADITI Scheme: launched by Rajnath Singh -a central sector scheme of
Promoting funding startup in defence sector under iDEX, 25cr fund -M/o Panchayti Raj.
- launched on 24 april,2021
• Operation KAMDHENU - J&K
• NAMASTE : a centra sector scheme of MoHUA+ MoSJE (social justice & empowerment) • YOGYASHREE scheme: West Bengal
For mechanising sanitation ecosystem. • Sarak Surakhya Force launched by PUNJAB GOV
• India’s 1st driver less metro train : Bengaluru
• India’s 1st govt backed OTT platform: KERALA
• Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana: Himachal Pr.
18-59 yrs age women, ₹1500

• Mahtari Vandana Yojana 2024, Chhattisgarh. ( ₹1000 per month)

• Gharana Gharana Muft Ration Yojana: Punjab govt.
• VIDYANJALI SCHOLARSHIP programme: DHARMENDRA PRADHAN ( Education minister)
• PADDARI + PAHARI + KALI + GADDA BRAHMIN- new groups in J&K’s list of STs.
• also HATTI of Himachal Pr. Added to list of ST
• Haryana’s CM launched VAN MITRA, ( tree slanting)
• 100% saturation in Har Ghar Jal scheme( Jal jivan mission): Arunachal Pr.
• Union Cabinet approved up to 100% FDI in SPACE sector.
• Bagless school initiative for grade 1-12: MP
• 50th Khajuraho dance festival: MP
• UP to establish 1st Turtle Conservation Reserve, along Saryu river.
• Country’s 1st submarine tourism: Dwarka, GUJARAT.
• J&K’s Masarat Alam Faction officially declared as an Unlawful organisation
• Gujarat Sets Guinness world record for mass performance of Surya Namaskar
( 4000 people at 108 different locations, on 1st jan 2024)
• New pharma park: Lalitpur, UP.

• Maharashtra’s Atpadi Conservation Reserve: declared a new wildlife habitat for the CANID wild dog family.
• NACIN CAMPUS: Palasamudram, Sri Sathya Sai district, Andhra Pr,
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World Happiness report 2024: INDIA ranks126 Global Human Development Index 2022 ( UNDP):
China - 60
INDIA ranks 134/193 1st: Switzerland
1st: FINLAND Nepal- 93
Last: AFGHANISTAN Score: 0.644 ( Medium category) 2nd: Norway
Pakistani- 108
China - 75 3rd: Iceland
Bangladesh- 129
Nepal- 146
UN sustainable development solutions network
Pakistani- 164
Bangladesh- 129
Bhutan- 125

• The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2023: ( by Trasparency International) DPIIT s Startup Ranking, 2022
INDIA ranks 93rd , Bangladesh 149, Sri Lanka 115, Pakistani 133
Population >1Cr- category A
• Hydrogen Price Index to develop in GIFT CITY( Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Population <1Cr- Category B
GIFT- Gujarat International Finance Technical city
• Strongest currency: Kuwaiti Dinar
Best performer( Himachal Pr, category B)
• Swacch Survekshan 2023: City 1st rank - Indore (MP) & Surat (Guj)
Top performer
- 2nd rank :Navi Mumbai
Leaders
- Top Rank of states in swachh survekshan: MH> MP> CG
Aspiring leaders
- Bottom 3 cities: all of Bengal
Emerging startup ecosystems.

• ISRO becomes 4th globally to successfully launch a spacecraft that has entered the Sun’s final Orbit.
ADITYA - L1 mission / PSLV-C57
Launch: Sep 2nd, 2023 landed: 6th Jan, 2024
Satish Dhawan Space centre, Sriharikota

• Jio: strongest brand acc to Global 500 report of 2024

• India’s fastest Unicorn & 1st AI unicorn - OLA KRUTRIM
• 1st research IIT Satellite Campus in Ujjain: IIT INDORE

MIXED CAs

• India’s 1st inaugural DARK SKY PARK: Pench Tiger Reserve, Mp

• India’s 1st all girl Sainik School, Samvid Gurukulam, : VRINDAVAN (inaugurated by Rajnath Singh)
• GRUHA JYOTI scheme launched by: Telangana ( home loans)
• LABHA Scheme is launched by: Odisha (life insurance)
• CHIRANJEEVI Health Insurance Scheme: RAJASTHAN
• MY SCHOOL, MY PRIDE Campaign: HIMACHAL PR
• Ram Lala Darshan Scheme: CHHATTISGARH.
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 • 5 new Indian Wetlands- Ramsar sites
- Ankasamudra, Karnataka • ⭐ 32nd Member of NATO : SWEDEN
- Aghanashini, Karnataka - HQ: Brussels, Belgium.
- Magadikere conservation centre, Karnataka - STEADFAST DEFENDER: exercise been NATO countries
- Karaivetti bird sanctuary , TN
- Longwood shola , TN

latest sites: Nagi & Natki, Bihar

Total 85

• Sela Tunnel , longest twin tube tunnel , constructed in Arunachal Pr( Tawang to tezpur )
• Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla. Rail link - India’s longest railway tunnel (PIR PANJAL TUNNEL)
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa : author of ‘ The Conspiracy’
• India to have its own space station by 2035.
• 1st lab grown fish meat : KERALA
• National Museum of “Epigraphy “: Salar Jung, Hyderabad.
• UAE golden Visa: Anand kumar
• North India’s 1st human DNA bank : BHU
• Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad, India’s oldest loving test cricketer, passed at 95 yrs age
• Rachna Kumari, suspended for 12 yrs by AIU, for 2nd anti doping violation.
• 🌟 Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj, saint of Digambar Jain comm, died practising Sallekhana.
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis , PM of GREECE, to attend 9th Raisina Dialogue 2024’ in New Delhi
• 119th member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) :MALTA
• DURGA-2 developed by DRDO.
[DURGA- Directionally Unrestricted Ray Gun Array]
• Pankaj Udaas, a GHAZAL exponents, passed away at 75 yrs age
• World’s 1st Vedic clock: VIKRAMADITYA, unveiled in UJJAIN.
• SHAHPUR KANDI BARRAGE (DAM): to stop the flow of RAVI river, lakhanpur ,into Pakistan

Track Child Portal

• M/o women & child development launched
for child safety & welfare :
GHAR (Go home and Reunite)

• SAKHI app:developed for Gaganyaan mission. ( assist astronauts)

• Deal to Purchase Indian- Made Dornier Aircraft with GUYANA.
• 1st Indoor Athletics & Aquatic Centres : Odisha
• Headquarters of Indian Navy : New Delhi
• Numaligarh Refinery opens first overseas Office in BANGLADESH 🇧🇩
( TATIPAKA REFINERY- Andhra Pr., BINA REFINERY- MP)

• New 18th Wildlife sanctuary Of TN: Thanthai Periyar WS, in Erode district
• Paytm Payments Bank barred by RBI from onboarding new customers.
• OM BIRLA inaugurated *Panchayat se Parliament tak* program.
• NH- 66, connecting Mumbai to Goa, inaugurated a steel slag road section. 12 indicators

• ⭐ Title of discussion paper published by NITI Aayog : Multi-Dimensional Poverty in India since 2005-2006
analysing Multi-Dimensional Poverty ( MDP)
24.8 Cr Indians moved out of MDP index
in last 9 yrs

Mostly from UP>> Bihar>> MP

• Dr. S. Jaishankar declares Persian as India’s ew classical language acc to NEP, 2020
• A 206 ft, WORLD’s tallest statue of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar unveiled at VIJAYWADA, Andhra Pr

• India’s 1st indigenously developed Hepatitis A Vaccine, by Indian Immunologicals (IIL)launched in Hyderabad- HAVISURE’
• World’s 1st Melanistic Tiger Safari : Odisha Project tiger: 1973,
St. Petersburg declaration
29 July: International Tigers day
• 1st Carbon Neutral Sports City : Kochi Project Elephant: 1992
• 75th Republic Day theme- ‘Viksit Bharat’ & ‘ Bharat- Loktantra ki Matruka’
Chief guest: Emmanuel Macron ( France Pres)
Best Tableau: Odisha.
• 1st Yoga and Naturopathy Hospital in the Northeast- DIBRUGARH, Assam.
• 54th WEF annual meeting held at Davos, Switzerland, from Jan 15 -19th
• India to be part of world’s largest radio telescope project: Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), Hq: UK
• Russia to hold the Chairmanship of BRICS, from 1st Jan 2024
[Egypt, Ethiopia, UAE, Iran - 4 new BRICS MEMBERS] - Launched in 1961
- Belgrade, Serbia
- India, one of the founding member
• World’s Best Airport : Changi Airport, SINGAPORE
• EINSTEIN PROBE EP: a lotus shaped satellite launched by China, Jan 9,2024.
• World’s tallest Ram Mandir, approx 721 ft tall, to be constructed in Perth, Australia.

• 19th Non-aligned Movement summit- KAMPALA, UGANDA

• ⭐ India & Switzerland concluded Free trade Agreement after 16 years.

• Cyclone ‘ ALVARO’ hit Madagascar, named by Mozambique.
• World’s richest man, as per bay Forbes: Bernard Arnault (Louis Vuitton)
• Brand Ambassador of BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO- PINKY
• Joint Military exercise by India & UAE: DESERT CYCLONE
India& Kyrgyzstan - KHANJAR ( Baklo, HP)
India& Egypt - CYCLONE
India& Japan - SAHYOG KAIJIN ( coastguard)
⭐ India& Thailand- AYUTTHAYA( navy)
India & Saudi - SADA TANSEEQ ( at Mahajan field firing range, Rajasthan)

• C-130J : an Indian aircraft executed a night landing at Kargil

• DRISHTI 10 UAV- built by Adani defence ( medium altitude)
• UGRAM - fully indigenous Assam rifle developed by DRDO
• Topa Pir, a model village under SADBHAVNA PROGRAMME
• SARVASHAKTI ( to alleviate terrorist activities in Rajouri & poonch region)
• Gandhi: a life in three campaigns : authors NATWAR SINGH & MJ AKBAR
• POPULATION OF SNOW LEOPARDS IN INDIA : 718 ( No. 1 - Ladakh)
• 46th session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee host : NEW DELH, INDIA