- the Khel rana is India’s highest sporting Honour in the national sports awards given annually by India’s ministry of youth affairs and sports
- khel ratna ceremony to be held on january 17 at the rashtrapati bhavan.
- olympic medallists manu bhaker,harmanpreet singh,chess world champion gukesh.D and para-athele praveen kumar have been named recipient of the prestigious major dhyan chand khel ratna.
- harmanpreet singh hockey team captain led the Indian hockey team to its second consecutive bronze medal at the Olympics at pairs 2024
- manu bhaker became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting .she is also the first Athelen from independent india to win two medals at a single Olympic games.
- Gukesh was crowned the 2024 world chess champion in Singapore ,becoming the youngest world chess champion and only the second Indian after viswanathan anand to win the title
- para-athlete praveen kumar secured gold in the men’s high jump T64 at the Paris Paralympics 2024 with a record jump of 2.08 meters setting a new Asian record.
- indian grandmaster vaishali rameshbabu clinches bronze at the world blitz chess championship 2024.
- norway’s manus carlsen and russia’s lan nepomniachtchi opted to share world blitz championship title after three sudden-death games failed to produce a winner.
- this is the first time in history that two player have shared the world blitz title
- Weat bengal clinched the title for a record 33nd time win against kerala in the final of the 78th edition at the GMC balayogi stadium,hyderbad.
- santosh trophy is india’s premier football competition for states and union territories.
country's first-ever "coastline-waders bird census" to be conducted in jamnager from january 3 to 5:
- in a first the gujarat government and bird conservation society of gujarat will conduct the census coastal and wader birds at the marine national park and marine sanctuary in jamnagar
- marine national park and sanctuary area is the home to around 300 species of resident and migratory birds.
- The marine national park and marine sanctuary in gujarat is indian first marine nationl park. spread across three districts of the state devbhoomi dwarka,jamnager and morbi.
- the Indian army is set to host the “know your army mela 2025 at golconda fort from january 3 to 5
- This initiative aims to bridge the gap between civillians and the armed forces by providing an experience into the indian army’s technological capabilities and operational readiness.
- army day : jan 15
- Air marshal jeetendra mishra succeeds air marshal pankaj mohan sinha who superannuated on 31 December 2024 after putting in more than 39 years of distinguished service in the IAF
- Manish singal appointed secretary general of ASSOCHAM
- bharati kulkarni is the new chief of ICMR- national institute of nutrition.
- the gujarat government approved the bifurcation of banaskantha district to create a new district.
- The new Vav-tharad district will have its headquarters in tharad town ,with the formation of this new of this new district , the number of districts in gujarat will reach 34.
- The new Vav-tharad district will comprise eight talukas and four municipalities,the new banaskantha district will have six talukas and two municipalities.
- tamil nadu chief minister M.K.Stalin inaugurated india’s first glass bridge over the sea in kanyakumari on 31st december 2024
- the glass bridge connects the vivekananda rock memorial and the 133-feet thiruvalluavar statue in the kanyakumari district.
- The glass bridges are made of laminated glass or toughened glass
- CM stalin also announced that his government would celebrate tha last week of every december as “thirukural week” to spread the poet’s teaching in the renowned work “thirukkural”
- Uttrakhand forest department has developed an ethnobotanaical garden at haldwani over one acre of land to showcase ecological and environmental knowledge in mahabharata and grown 37 plant species mentioned in the epic.
- The uttar pradesh government will organisze “sanskriti utsava” to commemorate the stste’s foundation day”uttar pradesh Diwas” between january 2 to january 26 , 2025
- the sanskriti utsava will commemorate “uttar pradesh diwas”
- the events theme is “uttar pradesh parv-hamari sanskriti-hamari penchaan”
- The Gurung community in nepal is celebrating tamu lhosar,marking the beginning of a new year.
- The festival is marked on the 15th of the nepali month of poush as sun rays reach early in the geography of gurung settlements