- celebrated once in two years on 9th january. the day was chosen to mark of mahatma gandhi to india on 9 january 1915 to india.
- the first pravasi bhartiya divas convention was Organised in 2003 in new delhi from 9 -11 january 2003.
- it was organised annually but since 2015 , it has been organised once every two years.
- the 18th edition of the pravasi bharatiya diva convention is scheduled to be held from 8 – 10 january 2025 at bhubaneswar , odisha
- theme : diaspora’s contribution to a viksit bharat .
- v.narayan is set to succeeds s.somanath as the next chairman of ISRO and also as the secretary of the department of space .
- Dr.V.Narayanan is currently the director of liquid propulsion system centre .Thiruvananthapuram , he will take over as ISRO chief on january 14.
- joined the space agency in 1984.
- author : amitabh kant
- he has served as the CEO of national institution for transforming india (NITI Aayog)
- india G20 presidency 2023 : india hosted the G20 leaders summit 2023 for the first time in history – in september 2023.
- theme of india’s G20 presidency : “vasudhalva kutumbakam” or “one earth – one family – one future.
- author – meenakshi ahamed.
- book by subhash ghal and suveen sinha .
- union railways minister ashwini vaishnaw and MoS for ministry of information and broadcasting L. murugan launched the official calender of the government of india at the rail bhawan .
- the calendar begins with moto of welfare of all
- following the pilot programme initiated by the ministry of road transport and highways in chandigarh on march 14 , 2024 , the scheme will now be applicable to road accident victims nationwide by march .
- to provide cashless treatment for road accident victims nationwide under which they will be entitled to a maximum amount of 1.5 lakh per accident per person , for a maximum period of 7 days from date of the accident.
- the scheme will be applicable to all road accidents caused by motor vehicles on any category of road.
- he will lay the foundation stone for NTPC green energy limited’s green hydrogen hub project at pudimadaka near visakhapatnam.
- this will be the first green hydrogen hub under the national green hydrogen mission.
- foundation stone laying of south coast railway headquarters at visakhapatnam.
- the rural town of thatchankurichi in pudukottai district played host to tamil nadu’s first jallikattu event of 2025 , marking the beginning of the bull-taming festival season in the state .
- jallikattu also known as eruthazhuvuthal , is a bull – taming sport traditionally played in tamil nadu as part of the pongal harvest festival
- A traditional over 2000 years ols , jallikattu is a competition well as an event to honour bull owners.
- odisha chief minister mohan charan majhi inaugurated the 11-day famous adi mela and launched the shahid madho singh haat kharcha scheme
- the scheme provides a one – time incentive of 5,000 for ST students enrolling in class IX and class XI .
- it is designed to encourage higher enrolment and completion rates for secondary and higher secondary education.
railway unvelis vande bharat , specially designed for winner in j & k , for katra - srinager routr :
- this semi-high-speed train will operate between shri mate vaishno devi katra and srinager railway stattion .
- the northern railway zone will be responsible for its maintenance and operation .
- the Karnataka forest department has launched the garudakshi online FIR system to curb forest encroachment , illegal tree-falling , poaching and unauthorised entry into forest areas
- developed in collaboration with the wildlife trust of india.
- Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K.Stalin on sunday announced a $1 million prize for experts or organisation that succeed in deciphering the script of the indus valley civilisation for everyone to understand.
- the moves aimed to highlight the direct link between significant environmental contributions of forest like clean air water conservation , biodiversity and the state’s economis progress.
- the assam government launched the first phase of its flagship education evaluation programme , gunotsav 2025.
- The exercise is aimed at evaluating the performance of nearly 14.11 lakh students of the state.
- the theme – ensuring quality education.
- brazil , which olds the presidency of the BRICS in 2025
- indonesia president – president prabowo subianto
- BRICS has been expanding its membership in recent years . alongside indonesia the bloc also includes egypt , ethiopla , iran , and the united arab emirates .