The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, and INYAS jointly organized the “National Brainstorming Session on Empowering Young Scientists of India” on 24th and 25th January 2023 to assimilate ideas for enhancing the avenues of empowering young scientists of India in the current research ecosystem. The conclusions and recommendations of the brainstorming session will serve as inputs for a policy document being prepared by the Office of the PSA, GoI, to empower young scientists in India.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched a special mobile application for the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 to ensure that participating athletes, coaches, support staff, parents of athletes and officials from all states participating in the Games have access to all information about the Games, on a click of a button. This is the first time that a dedicated App has been launched for the Khelo India Youth Games.

A Round Table, ‘Reaching Out- India and the SCO,’ was organised along the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival in Mumbai. The session aimed to facilitate engagement between the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Indian Industry stakeholders, filmmakers and the Jury members of the Film Festival to explore possible avenues of collaboration between India and the SCO countries. Meeting was organized under the aegis of The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, the National Film Development Corporation, and the Film Facilitation Office, Invest India. 

The Ministry of Education, Government of India has released All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021. The Ministry has been conducting All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2011, covering all higher educational institutions located in Indian Territory and imparting higher education in the country. The survey collects detailed information on different parameters such as student enrollment, teacher’s data, infrastructural information, financial information etc.

The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), a think tank under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India launched the third batch of IICA Valuation Certificate Program (IVCP) – the Gold Standard in Valuation Education. IICA Valuation Certificate Program (IVCP) is a flagship course by IICA that has earned the distinction of ‘Gold Standard in Valuation Education’. Launched in 2019, 250+ participants from diverse backgrounds have registered for the course with average experience of 20+ years. 

The first International Financial Architecture Working Group meeting of G-20 under the chairmanship of India will be held in Chandigarh on 30-31 January 2023. The meeting will be inaugurated by the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Food Processing Industries Minister Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras.  The International Financial Architecture Working Group is one of the important working groups under the G-20 finance track, which focuses on strengthening the international financial architecture.

On January 30, 2023, India observed Martyrs’ Day or Shaheed Diwas to commemorate the death of Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated on this day in 1948. The day is observed as a day of non-violence and peace. The United Nations declared Gandhi's birthday, October 2nd, as the International Day of Non-violence in 2007.

The fifth edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2022 is commencing in Madhya Pradesh. Union Information and Broadcasting, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anurag Singh Thakur and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate this sports extravaganza in Bhopal. The Khelo India Youth Games was started in 2018. At that time the name of these games was Khelo India School Games.

India lifted the inaugural Under-19 Women's T-20 trophy, beating England by seven wickets in the final at the Senwes Park in Potchefstroom. Team India led by Shafali Verma chased down a modest target of 69 runs in 14 overs. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a cash reward of five crores rupees for the Indian women's team after they emerged as champions in the inaugural edition of the ICC Under-19 Women's T-20 World Cup in South Africa.

Beating the Retreat ceremony marking the culmination of four-day-long Republic Day celebrations was held at the historic Vijay Chowk in New Delhi.  President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were among those who witnessed the ceremony. Indian tunes based on classical ragas were played during the ceremony. Twenty-nine captivating and foot-tapping Indian tunes were played by the music bands of the Army, Navy, Air Force and State Police and Central Armed Police Force during Beating the Retreat ceremony.