- Google doodle celebrates the 97th birth anniversary of k.d . Jadhav
- google on 15 January 2023 celebrated the 97th anniversary of India wrestler khashba dada saheb Jadhav is also known as a pocket dynamo with a doodle
- he became independent India's first athlete to win an Olympic medal at the 1952 summer Olympics held in Helsinki
- in 2000 khashada dada saheb Jadhav received the arjuna award posthumously in recognition of his contributions to wrestling......Read more
2. PM Narendra Modi announces aarogya Maitri for medical supplies
- prime minister Narendra Modi announced a new Aarogya Maitri project for developing nations on 13th January 2023
- under this project, India will provide essential medical supplies to any of the developing countries affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crises
- during the covid pandemic, India's vaccine Maitri initiative supplied vaccines made in India to over 100 countries....Read more
3. Indian railway to run Bharat Gaurav train between Ayodhya and Janakpuri
- Indian railways has announced on 14 Jan 2023 to run the Bharat Gaurav deluxe ac tourist train
- it aims to strengthen relations between India and Nepal and promote ties between the two countries
- the train will depart from Delhi on 17 Feb 2023 and will cover Ayodhya and Janakpur Dham Nepal as well as pilgrimage and heritage sites at Nandigram Sitamarhi Varanasi and Prayag........Read more
4. union minister dr Jitendra Singh launches geospatial hackathon''
- union minister of state science $ technology dr Jitendra Singh on 14 Jan 2023 launched a geospatial hackathon to promote innovation and start-ups in India's geospatial ecosystem
- it will foster partnerships between the public and private geospatial sectors
- the geospatial hackathon will end on march 10,2023 and will have two sets of challenges research challenge and a startup challenge....Read more
- India announced on 15 January 2023 the donation of 12,500 doses of pentavalent vaccines to Cuba
- the pentavalent vaccine provides protection to a child from five life-threatening diseases diphtheria pertussis tetanus hepatitis b and hib
- it was announced during the minister of state for external affairs Meenakshi Lekhi's official visit to cuba from January 12 to 14 2023......Read more
5. Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel crowned the new miss universe
- R'bonney Gabriel was named the winner of the 71st annual miss universe pageant on 15 January 2023
- in second place was miss Venezuela Amanda Dudamel followed by miss Dominican republic and retina Martinez
- she is also the first Filipina American to win miss USA......Read more
6. Virat Kohli becomes fifth highest run scorer in ODI cricket
- Indian cricketer Virat Kohli became the fifth-highest run scorer in the history of ODI cricket on 15 January 2023
- he scored this during India's third and final ODI of the series against Shri Lanka in Kerala
- Virat had 12,652 runs in 268 ODIs at an average of 57.78 with 45 tons and 65 half century.......
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7. world economic forum 2023 summit to begin on January 16
- the 53rd edition of the annual world economic forum summit would be held in Davos Switzerland from January 16 to 20 2023
- a delegation of India minister union ministers including Ashwini Vaishnav Mansukh Mandaviya Smriti Irani and RK Singh would be present during the event
- the theme of the world economic forum (WEF) 2023 meeting is cooperation in a fragmented world......Read more
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