- president droupadi murumu conferrred the pravasi bharatiya samman award to the 27 recipient at the 18th edition of the convention in Bhubaneshwar , odisha on jan 2025 .
- the 18th Bharathiya divas convention was held in Bhubaneshwar on 8 – 10th jan 2025 .
- since 2003 ; 9th january has been observed as pravasi divas in india to mark the return of mahatma gandhi to india on this day 1915 from south africa .
- pravasi bharathiya samman awards is the government of india instituted the pravasi bharatiya samman to honour non-resident Indians (NRI).
- the winner of the award is selected by a jury cum awards committee.
- the committee is headed by the vice_president of the india and minister for external affairs is the vice_president of the committee.
- the award is conferred by the president of india on the las day of the pravasi bharatiya divas convention .
- the infosy science foundation celebrated outstanding achievements in research and innovation by awarding the infosys prize 2024 to six scholars during a felicitation ceremony.
- the infosys science foundation established the award in 2009 the award includes a gold medal a citation and cash prize of rs : 1,00,000
- bangalore medical college and research institute will hast the indian council of medical research’s first infectious disease research and diagnostic laboratory in south india.
- the will be a part of seven proposed IRDLs being set to across the country .
- the indian genomic date set unveiled and union minister Dr.jitendra singh launched the “framework for exchange of date protocols (FeED)” and the indian biological date centre portals , making 10,000 whole genome samples accessible to researchers across indian and the globe .
- A groundbreaking step for public health.
- prayagraj’s railway stations have been transformed into Centres highlighting indian art and heritage .
- the walls now feature artworks that depict themes such as the ramayana , krishna leela , loed buddha shiva bhakti , ganga aarti and woman empowerment.
- the Defence research and development Organisation has introduced the HIMKAVACH multi-layer- clothing system, specially designed to provide optimal protection in extreme cold weather conditions for temperature range of +20*C to -60*C.
- india has joined the united nations committee of experts on big Data and science for the official statistics.
- India’s neeraj chopra has been named the best javelin thrower of 2024 by the respected US-based sports magazine track and field news.
- chopra had secured a silver medal at the paris 2024 olympics.
- former bangladesh one day captain Tamim lqbal has announced his retirement from international cricket .