• National

National (21st January -26th January)

• Inter-state bridge in J-K to be inaugurated
• Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu Presented Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards and SAGY Awards
• PM Modi inaugurates Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose museum at Red Fort
• Piyush Goyal Named Interim Finance Minister
• South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa to be Chief Guest at 2019 R-Day Parade

• International

International (21st January -26th January)

• Rio de Janeiro will be World Capital of Architecture for 2020: UNESCO
• Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven Reelected For Second Term
• Nigeria’s new outbreak of Lassa fever kills 16
• Venezuela Breaks Off Diplomatic Ties with the US
• Sultan Abdullah named as King of Malaysia
• Pak declares Sugarcane juice as national drink

• Economy and Business

Economy and Business (21st January -26th January)

• Nepal’s Central Bank Announces Ban of Indian Notes Above Rs100
• WEF’s annual meeting begins in Davos
• BSNL, French firm join hands to offer data services through SMS

• Sports

Sports (21st January -26th January)

• Ankita Raina wins ITF’s tournament in Singapore
• Virat Kohli named Captain of ICC’s Test, ODI teams of Year
• BCCI announces a bonus of Rs 20 lakh each for senior selection committee members
• Mohammed Shami becomes the fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 ODI wickets
• Johan Botha retires from all forms of cricket

• Awards

Awards (21st January -26th January)

• Ranjani Murali wins ‘Woman’s Voice Award’
• President Ram Nath Kovind Confers Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2019
• Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani to be conferred with Ashok Chakra
• Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupen Hazarika awarded Bharat Ratna
• Government institutes Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar

• Appointments

Appointments (21st January -26th January)

• RBI Approves Appointment of V Vaidyanathan as MD, CEO of IDFC First Bank
• Ravneet Gill To Replace Rana Kapoor as Yes Bank MD and CEO
• PNB: Agyey Kumar joins as Executive Director
• Parthasarathi Mukherjee to head Lakshmi Vilas Bank for another two years
• Karthyani appointed as Goodwill Ambassador
• Ronojoy Dutta named new Indigo CEO

• Important Days

Important Days (21st January -26th January)

• National Girl Child Day being observed on 24^th January
• National Voters’ Day celebrated across the country on 25^th January

• Science and Tech

Science and Tech (21st January -26th January)

• ISRO’s first mission of 2019 to put military satellite Microsat-R in space
• Technology Mission Centre launched by govt
• Opportunity rover completes 15 years on Mars

• Defence

Defence (21st January -26th January)

• Indian Navy begins coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast
• Israel, US successfully test ‘Arrow 3’ system
• IAFTX 2019: India Africa Field Training Exercise Held in Pune
• Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba commissions new Naval Air Base INS Kohassa

• Obituaries

Obituaries (21st January -26th January)

• Lingayat seer Shivakumara Swami passes away
• Nagendra Jamatia passed away
• Former India hockey player Raghbir Bhola passes away
• Senior journalist Gopinath Kochattil passes away
• Krishna Sobti, a legendary Hindi writer, passes away

• States

States (21st January -26th January)

• ASI finds 2,300-year-old artefacts in Odisha
• Odisha Government hikes Old-Age Pension
• Arunachal Government declares Pakke Hornbill fest as ‘State Festival’
• ‘Joymati Bahini’ launched in Guwahati
• Bihar top state in terms of GDP growth in FY18: Crisil report
• D N Chakraborty gets journalism award

• Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous (21st January -26th January)

• UK Sinha-Headed Working Group to Suggest Suitable Framework
• Jallikattu event enters world record
• JNPT Becomes Only Indian Port to Be Listed Amongst World’s Top 30 Container Ports
• India-set short film ‘Period. End of Sentence’ gets Oscars nomination
• Government launches new norms for JSS

• Agreements

Agreements (21st January -26th January)

• India & China sign protocol for tobacco export
• Cabinet approves MoU between India and Kuwait for cooperation on the recruitment of domestic workers