• The team that won the 2016-2017 Ranji Trophy is - Gujarat
• Former Punjab CM Surjit Singh Barnala passed away recently. He had also served as the Governor of - Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand
• The author of the book titled ‘Jinnah Often Came to Our House,’ which was recently awarded with The Hindu Prize 2016, is - Kiran Doshi
• The Army Day is celebrated in India on - 15 January
• Digital Dakiya scheme inaugurated in Madhya Pradesh to - encourage cashless transactions
• It is in this city the first ever Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Dance festival was held –Hyderabad
• Australian Open 2017 tennis tournament began in – Melbourne
• Adoption Regulations, 2017 were notified by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to replace the - Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015
• It is with this country India signed an agreement for collaboration in third world countries – The USA
• The World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2017 was released by – International Labour Organisation
• The Commerce Ministry launched a mobile app named SEZ India under its broader - e-Governance initiative
• The film bagged the best film award at the 62nd Filmfare awards – Dangal
• This actor won the best actor award at the 62nd Filmfare awards – Aamir Khan for Dangal
• This actress bagged the 62nd Filmfare awards – Alia Bhatt for film Udta Punjab
• This film bagged the best film award in Critics award category at the 62nd Filmfare awards - Neerja
• He/they bagged the best actor (male) in Critics award category at the 62nd Filmfare awards - Manoj Bajpayee and Shahid Kapoor
• She bagged the best actor (female) in Critics award category at the 62nd Filmfare awards -Sonam Kapoor
• SpaceX, the American rocket company, on 14 January 2017 launched a Falcon 9 vehicle into space with 10 satellites of – Iridium, a global leader in mobile voice and data satellite communications
• A major international conference is being held in the French capital, Paris to try to kick-start peace talks between - Israel and the Palestinians