<ol> <li>World Braile Day is celebrated on January 4th, the theme was-"Celebrating Accessibility and Inclusion for the Visually Impaired".</li> <li>World Birds' Day is celebrated on January 5th.</li> <li>World War Orphan Day is celebrated on January 6th.</li> <li>Earth Rotation Day is observed on January 8th.</li> <li>Non- Resident Indian Day is celebrated on January 9th.</li> <li><a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://education.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/education/childrens-corner/important-days/world-hindi-day?lgn=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-page-id="416969">World Hindi Day</a> is celebrated on January 10th, the theme is-"Hindi: A Global Voice of Unity and Cultural Pride"</li> <li>National Human Trafficing Awareness Day is observed on January 11th.</li> <li><a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://socialwelfare.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/social-welfare/youth-development/national-youth-day?lgn=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-page-id="422581">National Youth Day</a> is celebrated on January 12th, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.</li> <li>Indian Army Day is celebrated on January 15th.</li> <li><a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://socialwelfare.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/social-welfare/entrepreneurship/important-days/national-startup-day?lgn=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-page-id="417034">National Startup Day</a> is celebrated on January 16th.</li> <li>Penguin Awareness Day is celebrated on January 20th.</li> <li><a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://socialwelfare.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/social-welfare/women-and-child-development/child-development-1/girl-child-welfare/national-girl-child-day?lgn=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-page-id="1946">National Girl Child Day</a> is celebrated on January 24th.</li> <li>National Voters' Day is observed on January 25th.</li> <li>Bhitul Kumar appointed as new Director General of CRPF.</li> <li>K.Vijayanand apointed as new Chief Secretary of <a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://education.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/education/childrens-corner/places-to-visit/must-see-monuments-in-india/andhra-pradesh?lgn=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-page-id="23545">Andhra Pradesh</a>.</li> <li>Bhuvanesh Kumar takes charge as CEO of <a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://aadhaar.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/aadhaar/unique-identification-authority-of-india?lgn=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-page-id="421388">Unique Identification Authority Of India</a> (UIDAI).</li> <li>Maneesh Singhal appointed as new Secretary General of ASSOCHAM.</li> <li>Air Mershal Jitendra Mishra takes charge of IAF's Western Air Command.</li> <li>Faiz Ahmed Kidwai appointed as new Director General of DGCA.</li> <li>Jyoti Sharma appointed as new CEO of Nasscom Foundation.</li> <li>S.N. Sabat appointed as the chairman of UPSSSC (<a title="External website that opens in new window" href="https://education.vikaspedia.in/viewcontent/education/childrens-corner/places-to-visit/must-see-monuments-in-india/uttar-pradesh?lgn=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-page-id="23647">Uttar Pradesh</a> Subordinate Services Selection Commission).</li> <li>Doctor- Scientist Bharti Kulkarni takes charge as the new Director of ICMR- National Institute of Nutrition (NIN).</li> <li>IAS Ajimul Haque appointed as CEO of Delhi Waqf Board.</li> <li>Dr. V. Narayanan appointed as new Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, ISRO.</li> <li>Sanjeev Kumar Sharma appointed as CFO of Signature Global.</li> <li> Ashish Naithani appointed as new judge of Uttarakhand High Court.</li> <li> </li> </ol>