| 1. | The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 2,600-crore initiative to promote RuPay and BHIM-UPI. |
| 2. | The DRDO created a UAV for operations in the Himalayan Frontier. |
| 3. | The Indian High Commission reached an agreement to establish a Hindi Chair at Sabaragamuwa University in Sri Lanka. |
| 4. | Russia will deploy a rescue ship to the International Space Station to retrieve the three crew members who have become stranded. |
| 5. | On January 12, PM Modi opened the 26th National Youth Festival in Hubli, Karnataka. |
| 6. | On January 13, PM will launch the Ganga Vilas Luxury Cruise. |
| 7. | The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana is the name of the new Integrated Food Security Scheme . |
| 8. | Home Minister Amit Shah published a book titled “Revolutionaries- The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom” at an event in New Delhi. |
| 9. | The Union Cabinet has approved the formation of three new multi-state cooperative societies. |
| 10. | Gabon’s new Prime Minister is Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze. |
| 11. | According to the Henley Passport Index 2023, India is placed 85th. |
| 12. | Virat Kohli equaled Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 20 ODI century on home soil. |
| 13. | Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar delivered the keynote lecture during the 83rd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference in Jaipur. |
| 14. | The DRDO carried out a training launch of the Prithvi-II Short-Range Ballistic Missile. |
| 15. | The first edition of the CareEdge States Ranking report will be published on January 11, 2023. |
| 16.. | Since FY2020-21, micro and small enterprises (MSEs) have secured 55.2% of the orders placed on the GeM (a public procurement website). |
| 17. | The World Bank has maintained India’s growth prediction at 6.9% in FY23 and 6.6% in FY24. |
| 18. | The Reserve Bank of India has published a list of six domestic credit rating companies. |
| 19. | The term of RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra has been extended by the centre for another year. |
| 20. | NPCI has approved UPI transactions for non-resident bank accounts linked to mobile numbers in ten different countries. |
| 21. | Hitachi Payment Services has acquired preliminary authorisation from the RBI to act as a payments aggregator. |
| 22. | The RBI has granted BharatPe preliminary approval to function as an online payment aggregator. |
| 23. | The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 2,600 crore scheme to promote RuPay and BHIM-UPI. |
| 24. | PM Modi inaugurates the 7th edition of the Global Investors Summit in Indore. |
