Appointments
- 39th President of Brazil – Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Business, Banking, Finance and Economy
- RBI launches Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025
- SBI, ICICI, HDFC Bank continue to be systemically important banks (D-SIBs)
- IRDAI makes KYC details mandatory while purchasing insurance from Jan 1,2023
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
- The 21st edition bilateral naval exercise held between the navies of India and France from 16 to 21 January 23 on the Western Seaboard is named – Exercise Varuna
- Croatia adopted euro, enters borderless Europe club
- India’s Second Largest Cable Stayed Bridge Opens On Zuari River In Goa
- The place in Odisha where a new stadium named Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium was
inaugurated its CM Shri Naveen Patnaik – Rourkela - Gujarat got first IVF unit for animals in India
- Tata Power sets up India’s 1st solar plant for housing society in Mumbai
- A new book written Shashi Tharoor: ‘Ambedkar: A Life’
AWARDS AND REWARDS
- Odisha Wins World Habitat Awards 2023 For Jaga Mission
- Kerala Govt’s Year of Enterprises project got recognition for ‘best practice model’ to promote MSMEs
- The contestant from USA who has been crowned Miss Universe 2022 at the beauty pageant held in New
Orleans, Louisiana – Ms. R’Bonney Gabriel - 2023 Republic Day
Chief Guest: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi - Padma Vibhushan
Art: Shri Zakir Hussain
Architecture: Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous)
Public Affairs: Shri S.M. Krishna
Medicine: Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)
Science & Engineering: Shri Srinivas Varadhan (USA)
Public Affairs: Shri Mulayam Singh (Posthumous)
SPORTS
- Ronaldo signed for Al Nassr in deal worth more than €200m
- Mohmmad Siraj became the top-ranked bowler in ODIs
- The chess player from Tamil Nadu who has become 79th Indian Grandmaster – M. Pranesh
- 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup
Venues: Kalinga Stadium (Bhubaneswar) & Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium (Rourkela)
Winners: Germany (3rd title)
Runners-up: Belgium