| The Secretary of BCCI who has been selected as the Asian Cricket Council succeeding Nazmul Hasan of Bangladesh | Jay Shah |
| The train running between Howrah and Kalka which has been renamed Netaji Express as a tribute to freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose | Howrah-Kalka Mail |
| The well known playback singer and singer of religious songs and hymns who passed away on 22.01.2021 | Narendra Chanchal |
| The bilateral air exercise by Indian Air Force and French Air and Space Force to be conducted at Air Force Station, Jodhpur from 20.01.21 to 24.01.21 | Ex Desert Knight-21 |
| In order to honour Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Govt of India has decided to observe his birth anniversary on 23rd January every year as | Parakram Diwas |
| The permanent representative of Fiji to the United Nations who has been elected as the President of the UN Human Rights Council for 2021 | Nazhat Shameem Khan |
| The bike-based casualty vehicle developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences of DRDO and handed over to CRPF is named | Rakshita |
| The city in which Elon Musk owned electric vehicle company Tesla has opened its first centre in India | Bengaluru |
| The rank of India in the Henley Passport Index 2021, which is topped by Japan and Singapore | 85 |
| India's first indigenous 9mm machine pistol jointly developed by DRDO and Indian Army in a record time of 4 months is named | Asmi |
| The theme of National Youth Day observed on 12.01.2021 (Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda) | Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building |
| India's first cow dung paint with anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties launched by Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari is named | Khadi Prakritik Paint |
| The second edition of biennial pan-India coastal defence exercise to be conducted on 12 and 13 January 2021 involving 13 coastal states and UTs is named | Sea Vigil-21 |
| The veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Gujarat and Union External Affairs Minister who passed away on 09.01.2021 | Shri Madhav Singh Solanki |
| The theme of 16th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas observed in virtual format on 09 Jan 2021 | Contributing to Atmanirbhar Bharat |
| The place in Haryana from where the world's first double stack long-haul container train started its journey to New Kishanganj in Rajasthan | New Ateli |
| The place in Jammu and Kashmir where Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament being held from 06.01.2021 | Chiktan |
| The renowned santoor player who has been conferred the Tansen Samman 2020 by Madhya Pradesh government | Satish Vyas |
| The place in Uttarakhand where India's first pollinator park was inaugurated by renowned butterfly expert Peter Smetacek | Haldwani |
| The Russian ice-breaking cargo vessel which has been chartered to take the 40th Indian expedition team to Antarctica on 05 Jan 2021 from Goa | MV Vasiliy Golovnin |
| The former Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar and veteran Congress leader who passed away on 02.01.2021 | Shri Buta Singh |
| The new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Railway Board who has taken over from Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav | Shri Suneet Sharma |
| The former Indian hockey player and part of 1975 World Cup winning team who passed away on 31.12.2020 | Michael Kindo |
| The legendary mountaineer and decorated army officer (nicknamed Bull) who passed away on 31.12.2020 | Colonel Narendra Kumar |
President :Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born 20.11.1942)
46th President of United States of America
Sworn in by: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Political party: Democratic Party
Served as Vice-President from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama
Oldest sitting President of the USA
Vice-President: Kamala Harris (born 20.10.1964)
49th Vice-President of the USA
First female, first African-American and first Asian-American to become the Vice-President
Highlights
Venue: Goa
Opening Film: Another Round by Thomas Vinterberg
Closing Film: Wife of a Spy by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Best Film (Golden Peacock) Award: Into the Darkness directed by Anders Refn
Best Director Award (Silver Peacock): Chen-Nien Ko for ‘The Silent Forest’
Best Actor (Male) (Silver Peacock): Tzu-Chuan Liu for The Silent Forest
Best Actor (Female) (Silver Peacock): Zofia Stafiej for I Never Cry
Special Jury Award (Silver Peacock): Kamin Kalev for February
The ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal: 200 Meters by Ameen Nayfeh
Lifetime Achievement award: Vittorio Stonraro (Italian cinematographer)
Country in focus: Bangladesh
Indian Personality of the Year: Biswajeet Chatterjee
IFFI 51 Special Mention Award: Kripal Kalita for Assamese film Bridge.
Best Debut Director: Brazilian Director Cássio Pereira dos Santos, for Valentina
Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society : Institutional category
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Bhandari : Individual category
Born :11.03.1927; Death : 19.01.2021
Renowned Oncologist and Chairperson of Adyar Cancer Instittute
Awards
Ramon Magsaysay Award (2005)
Padma Vibhushan (2016)
Padma Bhushan (2006)
Padma Shri (1986)
Released by NITI Aayog
Edition: Second
| Major States | |
|---|---|
| Rank | State |
| 1. | Karnataka |
| 2. | Maharashtra |
| UT and City States | |
| 1. | Delhi |
| 2. | Chandigarh |
| NE and Hill States | |
| 1. | Himachal Pradesh |
| 2. | Uttarakhand |
Public Affairs: Shri Shinzo Abe
Art: Shri SP Balasubramaniam (Posthumous)
Medicine: Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde
Science and Engineering: Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous)
Others-Spiritualism: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Other-Archaeology: Shri B.B. Lal
Art: Shri Sudarhshan Sahoo
Art: Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra
Public Affairs: Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous)
Literature and Education: Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara
Public Affairs: Ms. Sumitra Mahajan
Civil Service: Shri Nripendra Misra
Public Affairs: Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous)
Public Affairs: Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous)
Others-Spiritualism: Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous)
Trade and Industry: Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff
Public Affairs: Shri Tarlochan Singh
Padma Shri