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ICC has announced the 'Player of the Month' award for the month of December 2023. Australia captain Pat Cummins has won the Best Male Cricketer award. India's Deepti Sharma received the award for the best female cricketer. Every month the ICC honors the best performing players in international cricket with the 'Player of the Month' award.

Indian young chess player Rameshbabu Praggnanand has defeated world chess champion Ding Liren in the 'Tata Steel Masters' held in Netherlands. With this victory, Praggnananda became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to defeat the defending champion. He has also become India's new number one chess player by defeating Anand in terms of live ratings.

Port Blair, 14 January. Accordingly, the eighth Armed Forces Ex-Servicemen Day was celebrated.

In Telangana, the 6th International Kite and Sweets Festival began at the Parade Ground, Secunderabad. In Telangana, the 6th International Kite and Sweets Festival began at the Parade Ground, Secunderabad last evening. Along with 50 participants from India, 37 kite flyers from sixteen countries are participating in this three-day festival.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Government of Telangana are setting up the 19th center of WEF's Fourth Industrial Revolution Network (4IR) in Hyderabad, which will be launched in February 2024. It will be the world's first thematic center dedicated to health technology and life sciences. The center aims to strengthen a strategic partnership between Telangana and WEF to enhance healthcare technology in line with the broader vision of both the entities. The launch during BioAsia 2024 positions Hyderabad as a global healthcare hub, with an emphasis on collaboration for better living standards and global recognition for Telangana in the 4IR network.

Recently Tamil Nadu achieved the title of ‘Best Performing’ state in the 2022 Startup India State Startup Ranking. The state's strategic efforts include the revival of its nodal startup agency, StartupTN, and budget allocation for the launch of new funds such as Tamil Nadu Startup Seed Fund (TANSEED), Emerging Sector Seed Fund and Tamil Nadu SC in 2021.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is going to set up its Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) focused on healthcare and life sciences in Hyderabad, Telangana. C4IR Telangana will be an autonomous, non-profit organization and will be the only organization of the World Economic Forum in India. A cooperation agreement was signed between the Telangana government and WEF at the Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Rear Admiral Shantanu Jha has been appointed as the Chief Staff Officer (Operations) at Headquarters Eastern Naval Command. The Rear Admiral is a graduate of the National Defense Academy and a navigation and guidance expert. Eastern Naval Command is one of the three command-level centres of the Indian Navy. Its headquarters is in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has selected Sue Redfern as the first female neutral umpire for a bilateral series. She has been named for the upcoming ICC Women's Championship and T20I matches between Australia and South Africa. Redfearn has played for England and has experience of officiating in several World Cups.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma has scored his fifth century in T20 International. With this, he has also become the batsman who has scored most centuries in T20 International. Rohit scored this century in the third and final T20 match against Afghanistan at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Rohit played a blazing century inning of 121 runs in 69 balls in which he hit 11 fours and 8 sixes. In this matter, he left behind Suryakumar Yadav and Glenn Maxwell, who have 4-4 centuries in their names.