•  Smriti Mandhana (India) has been conferred with Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021.

•  Apart from her, Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) has been conferred with Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year.

• Suriya's hard-hitting Tamil socio-drama ‘Jai Bhim’ has been nominated for best feature film in Oscar 2022.

• It is inspired by a real-life incident from the 1990s in Tamil Nadu.

• Jai Bhim is the fourth Indian film to get nominated for Oscars after Mother India, Salaam Bombay, and Lagaan.

• Lucknow team roped-in KL Rahul as their captain and also roped in Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis and leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.

• Lucknow's IPL franchise has been renamed Lucknow Super Giants ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction.

• Vinodanand Jha (1983-batch retired IRS officer) has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Adjudicating Authority, for a period of 5 years.

* Food-delivery giant Swiggy has raised $700 million in Invesco-led new funding, which, according to sources, has made the outfit a decacorn, almost doubling its valuation to $10.7 billion.

* Swiggy’s latest valuation is almost double that of Zomato before the latter went for its initial public offering. Zomato was valued at $5.4 billion before its IPO.

• Industrialist Ratan Tata will be bestowed with the highest civilian award of Assam 'Asom Baibhav'.

• Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi will confer the award to the former chairman of Tata sons on 24 January, 2022.

• The Assam government is conferring 'Asom Baibhav' to Ratan Tata for his contribution to setting up cancer treatment facilities in the state.

• Tata Trusts had signed an MoU with the Assam government in 2018, giving a formal share to this project.

• Two-time Olympic medalist, P.V. Sindhu has won the Women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International tournament.

• Sindhu defeated compatriot Malvika Bansod 21-13, 21-16 in the summit clash in Lucknow.

• Earlier in the day, the Men’s singles final of the tournament was declared as a ‘No Match’ after one of the finalists tested positive for Covid-19.

• The all-French clash was scheduled between Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout.

• Content creator and actress, Prajakta Koli has become the first UNDP India Youth Climate Champion.

• The title has been conferred to her following her contribution towards mental health, women's rights and girl child education through various global social campaigns

• UNDP aims to eliminate poverty, achieve sustainable growth and scale up human development in countries where it is required the most.

• She is a global ambassador for YouTube's 'Creators For Change' initiative.

• Country's first state-of-the-art, high-performance para-badminton academy with advanced equipment and facilities has been set up in Lucknow.

• The centre has been launched by Dronacharya awardee and head national coach of Indian para-badminton team, Gaurav Khanna, in association with Ageas Federal Life Insurance.

• Khanna also unveiled the Ageas Federal ‘Quest for Fearless Shuttlers’ programme to spot and nurture new talent for the 2028 and 2032 Paralympics.

• After the Summer Olympic Games, the French capital city of Paris will host the Paralympics. Paris 2024 will be the largest event ever organised in the country and it promises to be an inclusive, interactive and sustainable celebration of sport.