Defence
- Defence Minister inaugurated the induction ceremony of Su-30 fighter squadron at the Air Force Station in – Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Economy
- According to the Global Investment Trend Monitor report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2019 - the United States ($140 billion).
- According to the Global Investment Trend Monitor report of UNCTAD, India has attracted this much FDI in 2019 - around $49 billion.
- According to ‘World Economic Outlook’ report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India's growth in 2019 - 4.8 percent.
International
- The High-level roundtable of UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) on the theme ‘Access for all: Leveraging Innovations, Investments and Partnerships for Health’ at World Economic Forum in -Davos, Switzerland.
- World's largest cricket stadium - Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
National
- The government has set the target of providing a house to all poor households of the country, before - 75th Independence Day of India.
- On 21 January, the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) organized the ICC Banking and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) summit 2020 in - Guwahati.
- Winner of the CIO Choice Awards 2020 for the most trusted brand in eight categories - Dell Technologies.
- The 10th round of National Deworming Day is scheduled to be held on – 10 February 2020.
- Revamped and upgraded Police network services in India - POLNET 2.0.
- The National Tribal Youth Exchange Programme launched on 20 January 2020 in - Puducherry.
Persons in News
- New Managing director in the State Bank of India - Challa Sreenivasulu Setty.
- Author of the book "India at 75: Then and Now" - Bimal Jalan.
- New managing director and chief executive officer in Bank of India (BoI) - Atanu Kumar Das.
- New Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Bank of Baroda - Sanjiv Chadha.
- New MD and CEO in Canara Bank - Lingam Venkata Prabhakar.
- Indian recipient of Crystal Award at World Economic Forum in Davos - Deepika Padukone.
Sports
- Winner of the 4th edition of the Diplomat Cup Cricket Championship in Sharjah, Dubai - India.
- New president of Mohun Bagan Football club - Swapan Sadhan (Tutu) Bose.
- Indian shooters who won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at Meyton Cup in Innsbruck, Austria - Divyansh Singh Pawar (men's) and Apurvi Chandela (women's).
State Current Affairs
- Statehood Day of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura – 21 January.
- Proposed three capitals for the state of Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam (Executive), Amaravati (Legislative) and Kurnool (Judicial).
- National Girl Child Day will be celebrated on 24 January in Madhya Pradesh on the theme of - “Aware girl child-able Madhya Pradesh" (Jagruk Balika-Samarth Madhya Pradesh).
- Pangsau Pass International Fest began in - Arunachal Pradesh.
- Winner of the "Champion of Change Award-2019" of Jharkhand government - Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
General Knowledge
- PRAGATI project - Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation.
- Manipur – Statehood: 20 January 1972; Capital: Imphal.
- Meghalaya – Statehood: 21 January 1972; Capital: Shillong.
- Tripura – Statehood: 21 January 1972; Capital: Agartala.
- FPO (in Trade) - Follow-on Public Offering
- Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) was established in the year - 1972.
