Updated 31 January 2024
| The team which has won the first edition of FIH Hockey5s World Cup defeating India in the finals, in the tournament held from 24 to 27 January 2024, in Muscat, Oman | The Netherlands |
| The inaugural edition of India-Saudi Arabia Joint Military Exercise held at Mahajan, Rajasthan from 29th January to 10th February 2024 is named | SADA TANSEEQ |
| The former Chief Minister of Bihar, popularly known as Jan Nayak, who has been chosen to be awarded the Bharat Ratna | Shri Karpoori Thakur |
| The venue of 19th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held from 15 to 20 January 2024 | Kampala, Uganda |
| The exercise conducted by the Indian Air Force with French Air and Space Force (FASF) and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force over the Arabian Sea on 23 January 2024 was named | Exercise Desert Knight |
| The hospital of Uttar Pradesh which has been chosen for the 2024 Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar | 60 Parachute Field Hospital, Agra |
| The 11th edition of India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces exercise conducted at the Special Forces Training School in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh from 22nd January to 3rd February 2024 is named | Exercise Khanjar |
| The 2nd edition of India-Egypt Joint Special Forces exercise conducted at Anshas, Egypt from 22nd January to 1st February 2024 is named | Exercise Cyclone |
| The city in which the tallest statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (125 ft without pedestal and 206 ft with pedestal) was unveiled by AP CM Shri Jagan Mohan Reddy | Vijayawada |
| The lunar lander of Japan launched in September 2023, which has successfully soft-landed on the surface of moon is named | SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) |
| The city in which four-day aviation show named Wings India 24 was held from 18 January to 21 January with the theme Connecting India to the World in Amrit Kaal: Setting the Stage for India Civil Aviation @2047 | Hyderabad |
| The Indian cricketer who has become the first cricketer (male) to play in 150 T20 internationals (Harmanpreet Kaur was the first cricketer to achieve the feat) | Rohit Sharma |
| The venue of India International Science Festival 2023 conducted from 17 to 20 January 2024 | Faridabad |
| The first ever bilateral exercise by Indian Navy (IN) and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) which was conducted from 20 to 23 December 2023 has been named | Exercise Ayutthaya |
| The renowned Urdu poet, winner of Sahitya Akademi award in 2014, who passed away on 14 January 2024 | Munawwar Rana |
| The joint exercise held by the Coast Guards of India and Japan in the Bay of Bengal was named | Sahyog Kaijin |
| The venue of the Beach Games 2024, the first multi-sports beach games in India, held from 04 to 11 January 2024 | Diu |
| The first indigenously manufactured Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufactured by Adani Defence and Aerospace which was unveiled by Indian Navy Chief Admiral Hari Kumar is named | Drishti 10 Starliner |
| The member of Renaissance Party who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of France (the youngest till date at the age of 34) | Mr. Gabriel Attal |
| The state-of-the-art indigenous assault rifle developed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), a unit of DRDO, in collaboration with a private industry partner is named | Ugram |
| The organisation which has been awarded the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year 2023 Award | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| The venue of International Purple Fest 2024, India's first-of-its-kind inclusive festival that celebrates persons with disabilities, held from 08 to 13 January 2024 | Panaji, Goa |
| The Union Cabinet has named the international airport at Ayodhya as | Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhyadham |
| The India-UAE joint military exercise conducted in Mahajan, Rajasthan from 2nd to 15th January 2024 is named | Exercise Desert Cyclone |
| The place in Uttar Pradesh at which the first all-girls Sainik School was inaugurated by the Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh | Vrindavan, Mathura |
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year 2023: Pat Cummins (Australia)
ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year 2023: Usman Khawaja (Australia)
ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023: Virat Kohli (India)
ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023: Suryakumar Yadav (India)
ICC Emerging Men's Cricketer of the Year 2023: Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2023: Natalie Sciver Brunk (England)
ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023: Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka)
ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023: Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
ICC Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year 2023: Phoebe Litchfield (Australia)
ICC Umpire of the Year 2023: Richard Illingworth (England)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award: Zimbabwe
Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award - Men: Farokh Engineer, Ravi Shastri
Polly Umrigar Award - Best International Cricketer - Men: Shubman Gill (2022-23)
Best International Cricketer - Women: Deepti Sharma (2022-23)
Dilip Sardesai Award - Most Runs in Test Cricket: Yashasvi Jaiswal (2022-23)
Dilip Sardesai Award - Highest Wickets in Test Cricket: Ravichandran Ashwin (2022-23)
Highest Run-Getter in ODIs - Women: Jemimah Rodrigues (2022-23)
Highest Wicket-Taker in ODIs - Women: Devika Vaidya (2022-23)
Lala Amarnath Award - Best All-Rounder in Ranji Trophy: Saransh Jain (2022-23)
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, presented the Sports and Adventure Awards 2023 on January 9, 2024)
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Jannik Sinner (Italy) | Daniil Medvedev (Russia) |
| Women's Singles | Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) | Zheng Qinwen (China) |
| Men's Doubles | Rohan Bopanna (India) and Matthew Ebden (Australia) | Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (Italy) |
| Women's Doubles | Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) and Elise Mertens (Belgium) | Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) and Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) |
| Mixed's Doubles | Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) and Jan Zielinski (Poland) | Desirae Krawczyk (USA) and Neal Skupski (UK) |
Note: Rohan Bopanna became the oldest first-time world No. 1 at age of 43.
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2019
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Learning for Lasting Peace
First Observed in: 2019
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Recognizing the Extraordinary Courage of Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust
First Observed in: 2006
Designated by : World Health Organisation
Theme: United for Dignity
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)
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 to ‘Vande Bharatam’ – Dance Group
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):
Best Tableau (Central Ministries/Departments) – Vibrant Villages (Ministry of Home Affairs)
All India clean City Rank 1: Indore and Surat
All India Clean City Rank 3: Navi Mumbai
All India Clean City Rank 1, 2 & 3 (population < 1 lakh): Sasvad, Patan and Lonavala
Cleanest Cantonment Board: Mhow Cantonment Board
Best Safai Mitra Surakshit Sheher: Chandigarh
Cleanest Ganga Town Rank 1: Varanasi
Red Ant Chutney from Odisha's Mayurbhanj district
Kachchhi Kharek, the indigenous date variety from Kutch in Gujarat
Also named Mumbai Trans Harbour Link and Sewri–Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link
Construction started: 24 April 2018
Inaugurated on: 12 January 2024
Length: 21.8 km
It is the longest sea bridge in India and the 12th longest sea bridge in the world.
Launch date: 01.01.2024
Launch vehicle: PSLV-C58
Launched from: Sriharikota
XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) is the first dedicated scientific satellite from ISRO to carry out research in space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray emission from celestial sources. It carries two payloads namely POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays) and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing). POLIX is realized by Raman Research Institute and XSPECT is by Space Astronomy Group of URSC.
Awarded by: Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
Ceremony held on: January 7, 2024
Ceremony held at: Beverly Hills, California
Best Motion Picture (Drama): Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan
Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Best Motion Picture (Animated): The Boy and the Heron directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Best Motion Picture (Non-English): Anatomy of a Fall (France) directed by Justine Triet
Best Actor (Drama): Cilian Murphy for Oppenheimer
Best Actress (Drama): Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Oppenheimer
Multiple Wins: Oppenheimer 5 awards
Most nominations were received for: Barbie (9 nominations)
Launch date: 08.01.2024
Launch vehicle: Vulcan Centaur
Launched by: United Launch Alliance. USA
Launched from: Cape Canaveral
Peregrine Lunar Lander flight 01, is an American lunar lander built by Astrobotic Technology, selected as a part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). It is the first US-built lunar lander launched since the crewed Lunar Module from the Apollo program.
Four Stars of Destiny by General Manoj Mukund Naravane
Art : Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali
Art : Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi
Public Affairs :Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
Social Work :Shri Bindeshwar Pathak (Posthumous)
Art :Ms. Padma Subramanyam
Public Affairs : Ms. M. Fatima Beevi (Posthumous)
Literature & Education (Journalism) : Shri Hormusji N. Cama
Art : Shri Mithun Chakraborty
Trade and Industry : Shri Sitaram Jindal
Trade and Industry : Shri Young Liu
Medicine : Shri Ashwin Balachand Mehta
Public Affairs : Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee (Posthumous)
Public Affairs : Shri Ram Naik
Medicine : Shri Tejas Madhusudan Patel
Public Affairs : Shri Olanchery Rajagopal
Art : Shri Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt
Others (Spiritualism) : Shri Togdan Rinpoche (Posthumous)
Art : Shri Pyarelal Sharma
Medicine : Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur
Art : Ms. Usha Uthup
Art : Shri Vijaykanth (Posthumous)
Literature and Education (Journalism) : Shri Kundan Vyas