- makar sankranthi 2025 – january 14 as the sun moves north , bringing longer days and warmer night india prepares to celebrate makar sankranti .
- A significant shift in the astrological and agricultural cycles and in observed throughout india to workship lord surya , the sun god when the sun enters makara from the Dhanu rashi .
- 45 -day maha kumbh from 13th january to 26th February 2025 .
- biggest gathering of human beings in the world ,starting with the “shahi snan ” on paush purnima at the sangam the confluence of the ganga , yamuna and mystical saraswati rivers .
- te world ” kumbh” comes from the root “kumbh mela is held every 6th year.
- prime minister narendra modi , inaugurated the strategic z-morh tunnel the sonamang area in the ganderbal district of jammu and kashmir .
- cm omar abduilah and LG manoj sinha , union minister nitin gadhkari are also present .
- In madhya pradesh , a unique rangoli has been made at shaurya smarak in bhopal on swami vivekananda’s birth anniversary and national youth day , enters golden book of world records as the world’s largest 3D rangoli .
- To remember the occasion when general (later field marshal)km cariappa took over the command of the indian army from general sir francis butcher , the last british commander in chief in 1949 and became the first indian commander in chief of independent india .
- pune is set to host the 77th india army day parade for the first time 0n 15th january 2025 .
- shri Palle gang Reddy as its first chairperson . the headquarters of the board has been set up at Nizamabad , Telangana .
- Turmeric is also known as golden spice .
Odisha becomes the 34th state to implement ayushman bharat pradhan mantri jan arogya yojana scheme :
- Odisha became the 34th to implement the ayushman bharat pradhan mantri jan arogya yojana after the national health entered into a memorandum of understanding with the department of heath and family welfare , govenment of Odisha.
- current CEC rajiv kumar demits office on february 18 .
- The election commission comprises CEC and two election commissioners – gyanesg kumar and sukhbir singh sandhu at present .
- The Defence research and development Organisation announced that the indigenously – developed third – generation fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile ‘Nag MK 2’ and the entire system was ready for induction into the army .