National

Foundation stone of Syrma SGS’s laptop assembly line

• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw laid the foundation stone of a new laptop assembly line at Syrma SGS Technology's advanced facilities in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Train wheels manufacturing in India

• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced during a visit to the wheel manufacturing unit of Ramkrishna Forgings and Titagarh Rail Systems in Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu that India will start manufacturing train wheels under the Make in India initiative by partnering with private firms from 2026.

Make in India initiative

Idea and Innovation competition

• NCC Director General Lt. Gen. Gurbirpal Singh inaugurated the Idea and Innovation competition in New Delhi, highlighting it as a platform for young cadets to showcase their ideas.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

57th Annual Convention of Indian Water Works Association

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai inaugurated the 57th Annual Conference of the Indian Water Works Association on January 10, 2025, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, attended by over 400 water experts and engineers.

Regional conference on Drug Trafficking and National Security

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a regional conference on drug trafficking and national security in New Delhi and launch the Drug Abuse Fortnight drive, inaugurate the Bhopal office of the NCB and expand the Manas-2 helpline across the country.

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)

$100 billion export target for food & beverage industries

• Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has set an export target of $100 billion for the food and beverages, agriculture and marine industries within five years.

State News

Maa Ki Rasoi

• Uttar Pradesh CM inaugurated 'Maa Ki Rasoi', a community kitchen initiative run by Nandi Seva Sansthan in Prayagraj that provides a full meal for just Rs 9.

Uttar Pradesh

International

Sunita Williams’ return to spacewalks

• Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams will return to spacewalks after 12 years on January 16, alongside Nick Hague, to repair the NICER X-ray telescope aboard the International Space Station (ISS), where she has spent over eight months.

Sri Lanka’s first Hindi Certificate Course

• Sri Lanka launched its first Hindi certificate course through Open and Distance Learning at the Bharat Sri Lankan Hindi Sammelan held in Colombo during Vishwa Hindi Diwas on 10 January 2025.

Sri Lanka

AI Summit in France

• French President Emmanuel Macron said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in France from February 10 to 11.

France

India will host CSPOC in 2026

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced at the CSPOC Standing Committee meeting in Guernsey that India will host the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments of Commonwealth countries (CSPOC) in 2026.

Science and technology

India’s first robotic system performed telesurgeries

• SSI Mantra, India's first robotic system, successfully performed two robotic heart surgeries across a distance of 286 km through telesurgery when Dr Sudhir Srivastava operated from Gurugram while the surgeries took place at Manipal Hospital, Jaipur.

Art and Culture

First anniversary of Ram Lalla idol's consecration ceremony

• Uttar Pradesh is organising a three-day celebration starting January 11, 2025, marking the first anniversary of the consecration of the idol of Ram Lalla at the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Ram Temple

Awards

34th National Youth Parliament awards

• Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju presented the 34th National Youth Parliament Awards, 2023-24 to Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), with the national winner being PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Kharagpur.

National Youth Parliament Scheme

Dr Syed Anwar Khurshid

• Eminent Saudi Arabia-based Indian physician Dr Syed Anwar Khurshid has been honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2025.

Bhikharam Chandmal

• Bhikharam Chandmal, pioneers of Bikaner Bhujia and a key player in Indian snacks, won the "Best Branding Award" at IndusFood 2025.

Neeraj Chopra

• Neeraj Chopra has been declared the world's best male javelin thrower of 2024 by a renowned American track and field magazine.

Neeraj Chopra

Dr. Krishna Ella

• Dr. Krishna Ella, co-founder and executive chairman of Bharat Biotech, has been awarded the 2025 Bharat Fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) for his significant contributions to vaccine development and scientific advancements.

Indian National Science Academy

Appointments

Nicolás Maduro

• Nicolás Maduro has been sworn in for a third six-year term as Venezuela's president, despite disputed elections widely criticized by the opposition and international community.

Venezuela

Economy

Delhi’s per capita income

• According to the Annual Statistical Handbook of Delhi, Delhi's per capita income will be Rs 4,61,910 in 2023-24, third after Goa and Sikkim and more than double the national average of Rs 1,84,205.

Environment

First year above 1.5C of global warming

• The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed that 2024 was the first full year in which global temperatures were more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times.

Uttarayan Kautik Fair

• Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the Uttarayan Kautik Fair at Khatima's TDC ground, organized by the Kumaon Cultural Upliftment Forum.

Uttarakhand:

Bharat Climate Forum

• The Bharat Climate Forum, a national platform aimed at uniting stakeholders from policy, industry, finance, and research, was launched on 10 January 2025 to accelerate cleantech manufacturing in India.

Sports

Smriti Mandhana

• Smriti Mandhana became the fastest and second Indian woman to reach 4000 runs in One Day Internationals.

Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy

• Tamil Nadu defeated Gujarat to win the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy after a gap of 33 years.

Tamil Nadu