President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Digital India Awards (DIA) on the winners of DIA-22 in New Delhi today. The Digital India Awards aims to inspire and motivate not only government entities but also start-ups and grassroots-level digital initiatives in fulfilling the Digital India vision.

Electronics and IT Ministry said, the government has envisioned the Digital India Programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur will launch the themes of the Y20 summit, logo, and website in New Delhi today in the curtain raiser event of Y20 Summit India. Panel discussions of young achievers will also take place in the second session of the event. It will be anchored around how India can harness its youth population to be a superpower and discuss the personal success stories of the panelists. AIR reports that India is playing a significant role in finding workable solutions at the international level to ensure holistic well-being embodying the idea of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.
 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address a public meeting in the Bishnupur district of Manipur this morning and also inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 21 development projects worth 1,311 crore rupees in Manipur. Mr. Shah arrived in Imphal yesterday evening. He will visit Heingang village this morning and inaugurate the Marjing Statue Complex, where a 122 feet tall statue of a polo player has been made. The village is situated under Heingang Assembly Constituency from where Chief Minister N. Biren Singh is an MLA.

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar today met Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation Satya Nadella in New Delhi. In a tweet, Dr. Jaishankar said, during the meeting, he discussed delivery, governance, and security in the digital domain.

The first infrastructure working group meeting of the G-20 series is going to be held in Kolkata from the 9th of January 2023. The three-day meeting will focus on financial inclusion and the theme of the meeting is “global partnership for financial inclusion”. The meeting aims at bringing the marginal people including small traders under the purview of the modern banking system, says Shree Chanchal Chand Sarkar, Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. 

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Communications, IT, and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will lunch the 5G service in Odisha today, January 5. 

It will be rolled out in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack from a special program in the capital Bhubaneswar in the forenoon. According to information, in order to provide 5G telecom service to consumers, Reliance Jio and Airtel have set up about five hundred Base Transceiver Stations, BTS in various cities and towns across the state. 

India and France will hold the 36th Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi today, January 5. The two sides will hold discussions on wide-ranging bilateral and global issues. 

National Security Advisor  Ajit Doval will lead the Indian delegation while the French delegation will be led by Diplomatic Advisor to the French President, Mr. Emmanuel Bonne.  Mr. Bonne will also call on other Indian dignitaries. 

The last edition of the Strategic Dialogue was held in November 2021 in Paris.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted BJP veteran Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi on his birthday today, January 5.

Describing him as a fine scholar and distinguished statesman, Mr. Modi said, his passion towards service, education and preserving Indian culture is exemplary. The Prime Minister added that Dr. Joshi's role in strengthening BJP is monumental and he prayed for his long and healthy life.

Guyana’s President Mohamed Irfaan Ali, US-based businessman Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, and DSB Group CEO Piyush Gupta are among 21 recipients of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA), announced on Monday.

On her 192nd birth anniversary, a look at the life of Savitribai Phule, India’s first woman teacher