1. Odisha's Swati Nayak has received the Norman Borlong Award for 2023. 2. APJ Abdul Kalam made 5 major missiles Agni Nag, Prithvi, Trishul and Akash 3. Satwik and chirag are those duo Indian players won gold medals in Indonesia Open Badminton Championship, Korean Open, Badminton Championship, Swiss Open Badminton Championship and 19th Asian Games 4. Lakshya Sen wins single men's badminton title at Canada Open 5. The Matri pipeline is built between India and Bangladesh which will be 131 km long. 6. Every year World Students Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and this time the theme was First Attempt in Learning (FAIL). 7. International Olympic Committee has added cricket to the Los Angeles Olympics to be held in 2028. 8. Jaya Verma Sinha has been appointed as the new woman chairperson of Railway Board. 9. S Kishore is the head of SSC 10. India's first hydrogen cell bus service has started in Leh (Ladakh). 11. world biggest railway platform is hubbali railway station 12. New Zealand is the first country in the world to ban smoking 13. India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier is INS Vikrant. 14. Modhera Village is India's first solar powered village. 15. New Zealand becomes the country to ban plastic bags 16.The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Conference was held on 9 January in Indore and the Chief Guest was Mohammad Irfan Ali, President of GUWA. 17.Shah rukh khan was appointed as the brand ambassador of ICC world cup 2023 18.Neeraj chopra was appointed as the friendship ambassador of Switzerland