In Tennis, the top-seeded Indian team of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni came from behind to win the Bangkok Open title, as they beat Christopher Rungkat and Akira Santillan at Nonthaburi, Thailand. This win is likely to give the 28-year-old Yuki his career-high doubles rank of 90 while the big-serving Myneni, 35, should also touch a career-best 74 in the ATP doubles.
The 53rd edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will begins at Davos in Switzerland. The meeting will continue till 20th January. The theme for this year’s WEF meeting is 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World'. World leaders are expected to share their insights on the prevalent economic conditions across the globe.
WEF founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab
Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top destination for mobile gamers, followed by Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar and West Bengal, according to India Mobile Gaming Report 2022 by gaming platform Mobile Premier League released. Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Himachal Pradesh have seen the highest increase in mobile gamers in 2022 compared to 2021.
The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced that India’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) of online gaming will be set up in Shillong, Meghalaya by March 2023. The CoE will be set up under Digital India Startup Hub through the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI).
The STPI set up in 1991 as an autonomous society in field of Science and Tech under MeitY
Vidisha, an aspirational district of Madhya Pradesh became the first ever district in India for on ground deployment of innovative 5G use cases offered by startups - a joint initiative by Vidisha District Administration and Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), Department of Telecommunications under the guidance of Additional Secretary (Telecom) & Administrator USOF
In 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced January 16 as the National Startup Day, to celebrate the spirit of the Indian startup ecosystem. The importance of January 16 is that it was the founding day of the Startup India initiative. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade also organised the Startup India Innovation Week from January 10-16.
2022 celebrates the seventh anniversary of the Startup India initiative.
ReNew Power is investing Rs 2,000 crore to set up solar cell and module manufacturing units in Gujarat and Rajasthan. A solar cell and module manufacturing unit with an annual capacity of 2 gigawatt (GW) is being set up in Gujarat. Another unit for manufacturing of only solar modules is being set up in Rajasthan with a 4 GW annual capacity.
The trade between India and China touched record high of USD 135.98 billion in 2022.
The trade deficit for India stood at USD 101.02 billion.
Data showed that India’s total exports to China in 2022 was USD 17.48 billion, a year-on-year decline of 37.9%.
Meanwhile, there has India’s import from China in 2022 climbed to $118.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21%.
The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth (SPIC MACAY)organized its very popular ‘Music in the Park’ series this year under the name ‘Shruti Amrut’ in collaboration with Ministry of Culture & New Delhi Municipal Council.
SPIC MACAY is a voluntary youth movement that promotes tangible & intangible aspects of Indian & world heritage.
SPIC MACAY movement was started in 1977.
Prince Harry’s memoir, titled Spare, has become the UK’s fastest selling non-fiction book ever. The Duke of Sussex’s autobiography was officially released on January 10. Its publishers said on Tuesday that they had sold 400,000 copies so far across hardback, e-book and audio formats.
Indian-origin Manpreet Monica Singh has been sworn in as a Harris county judge, becoming the first female Sikh judge in the US.
She was sworn in as a judge of the Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 in Texas.
Indian-American Judge Ravi Sandill, the state's first South Asian judge, presided over the ceremony.
Nutrition company Herbalife Nutrition India Private Limited is partnering with international women’s cricketer, Smriti Mandhana as a ‘nutrition sponsor’. The company said it has about 150 sponsored teams and athletes around the world.
She is the fifth Indian athlete and the second cricketer to join the company including Virat Kohli, Mary Kom, Lakshya Sen, and Manika Batra.
The 21st Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) kicked off on Jan 14 in the Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. The festival was inaugurated at the National Museum auditorium by Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen. The biggest film festival of Bangladesh will show 252 films from 71 countries during the festival between 14-22 January at multiple venues in Dhaka.
Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh has said the entire country will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network by 2025 to predict extreme weather events more accurately. He was delivering the keynote address on the occasion of 148th Foundation Day of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in New Delhi.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji ( Strobilanthes kunthiana) under Schedule III of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, including it on the list of protected plants.
Those who uproot or destroy the plant will invite a fine of ₹25,000 and 3 years’ imprisonment. Cultivation of Neelakurinji and its possession is not allowed.
The plant was endemic to a small stretch in Western Ghats.
The latest edition of the Rural Health Statistics 2021-22 shows that India is facing a shortfall of 83.2% of surgeons, 74.2% of obstetricians & gynaecologists, 79.1% of physicians and 81.6% of paediatricians.
There has been an over 50% rise in the number of allopathy doctors in primary health centers since the launch of the National Rural Health Mission in 2005.
Since 1992, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has published this annual report.
The World Economic Forum taking place in Davos, Switzerland released the 18th edition of the Global Risk Report 2023 based on the 2022-2023 Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) that reveals the cost of living crisis, food supply crisis, energy supply crisis, rising inflation and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are the major risks, the world is witnessing currently.
WEF Global Risks Report ranked the ‘cost of living crisis’ in first place among all.
Captain Surbhi Jakhmola of the Indian Army's 117 Engineer Regiment will be the first woman officer to be posted on a foreign assignment at the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
The officer will be sent to Bhutan as part of Project Dantak.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is an executive road construction force in India that supports the Indian armed forces.
BRO was transferred entirely to the ministry of defence in 2015.
R’Bonney Gabriel from the USA is Miss Universe 2022. At the grand finale of the 71st Miss Universe contest, which took place on Jan 15, Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Sandhu crowned the diva. In the 71st edition of the competition, Venezuela’s Amanda Dudamel took second place, followed by Dominican Republic’s Andreina Martinez as the second runner-up.