National

Report on Gender-Inclusive Framework

• Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) released a report on 'Engendering Land Ports in India' in New Delhi. 
• The main objective of the report is to develop a framework for gender inclusive cross border trade and tourism through land Ports in the country.

National Kala Utsav

• Union Education Minister inaugurated National Kala Utsav at National Bal Bhawan in New Delhi. 
• National Kala Utsav is an initiative to promote arts in learning and education as well as to nurture and showcase the talent of school students.

International

Bhutan Parliamentary Elections

• Former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay’s People’s Democratic Party has won most seats in Bhutan’s parliamentary elections and will form a new government.

France’s youngest Prime Minister

• Gabriel Attal has been named the next Prime Minister of France, as Emmanuel Macron aims to revive his presidency with a new government. 
• Gabriel Attal is currently working as an education minister. 
• French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne is set to step down after less than two years into her tenure.

Defence

Exercise Sea Dragon-24

• Indian Navy's P8I aircraft landed at Guam, a US island territory in Western Pacific, to participate in Exercise Sea Dragon - 24. 
• The exercise aims to enhance synergy and interoperability amongst participating navies from US, Australia, South Korea and Japan through professional interactions on ground and in air.

Sports

Asian Shooting Championship

• Mehuli Ghosh and Rudrankksh Patil won a mixed air rifle gold, with a 16-10 victory over China in the Asian shooting championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Person in News

Sheetal Devi

• Para archer and sports bigwig, Sheetal Devi from Jammu and Kashmir was conferred with Arjuna Award by President Droupadi Murmu. 
• The Indian Para-archer became the first Indian woman to win 2 gold medals at the Asian Para Games.

Ustad Rashid Khan

• Music maestro and classical vocalist, Padma Bhushan awardee Ustaad Rashid Khan died in Kolkata.

Miscellaneous

World Hindi Day

• World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10 every year. 
• In 1949, Hindi was spoken for the first time in the United Nations General Assembly. 
• On this day in 2006, the First World Hindi Conference was held in Nagpur with the aim to promote the language worldwide and since then, every year 10th January is being observed as the World Hindi Day.

2023 Confirmed as Warmest Year

• European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service released its 2023 Global Climate Highlights report. 
• The year 2023 has been confirmed as the warmest on record, driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by the natural El Nino weather event.