• Naguvanahalli in Mysuru got a ‘tobacco-free’ tag and Suggenahalli Gram Panchayat in Ramanagaram district too had been declared tobacco-free.
• Peru faces food, fuel shortages in face of protests
• Myanmar opium farming booming after coup, reported UN’s drug office
• La Reina takes the honours in Wolf777 Bangalore Derby
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day observed on 27th January. The theme for 2023 is “Home and Belonging”
• FIDE world chess championship will be held at Astana of Kazakhstan
• International Customs Day 2023 observed on 26th January and theme for the year is ‘Nurturing the next generation: Promoting a culture of knowledge-sharing and professional pride in Customs.’
• Shamalbhai B Patel re-elected as chairman of Amul

2022 ICC Awards

• Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Nat Sciver (England)
• Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Nat Sciver (England)
• Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Tahlia McGrath (Australia)
• Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year: Renuka Singh Thakur (India)
• Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Year: Esha Rohit Oza (United Arab Emirates)

Men’s awards

• Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Mohammud Babar Azam(Pakistan)
• Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: Benjamin Ben Stokes(England)
• Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year : Mohammud Babar Azam(Pakistan)
• Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Suryakumar Ashok Yadav(India)
• Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year: Marco Jansen(South Africa)
• Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year: Gerhard Erasmus(Namibia)

Others  award

• Umpire of the Year: Richard Illingworth(England)
• Spirit of Cricket: Aasif Sheikh(Nepal)