Pausha Krishna Paksha, Chaturdashi

पौष कृ'ण प), चतद

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Daily CA
10th Jan 2024
QUESTION OF THE DAY (9th Jan)
The book 'Why Bharat Matters’ is written by?
'"हाई भारत मैटस.' प1
ु तक 3कसके 5वारा 7लखी गई है ?

a) S Jaishankar
b) Sarbanand Sonowal
c) Hardeep Singh Puri
d) Manmohan Singh
10 Jan World Hindi Day On 10th January 1975, the first-ever World
!व#व %हंद) %दवस Hindi Conference took place in Maharashtra’s
Nagpur

celebrated since 2006.

Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

adopted it.
General VK Singh releases book ‘Sanskriti ke Ayaam’
written by Manorama Mishra

Ø General V.K. Singh (Retd.) is the Union

Ministers of State (MoS), Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry
of Civil Aviation (MoCA)

Ø Published by the National Book Trust, India

functioning under the Ministry of Education
(MoE).

Ø The book speaks about Indian knowledge,

tradition and culture.
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Launches Book “Ram Mandir
Rashtra Mandir Ek Sajhi Virast : Kuchh Ansuni Baten”

• Co-authored by Geeta Singh and Arif

Khan Bharti

• with a foreword by RSS Chief Mohan

Bhagwat
 Recent Important Books
• Breaking the Mould: Reimagining
India’s Economic Future by Raghuram
Rajan and Rohit Lamba

• The Babri Masjid Ram Mandir

Dilemma: An Acid Test for India's
Constitution," authored by Madhav
Godbole
 Franz Beckenbauer football player of Germany passed
away at 78/!ांज बेकनबॉयर फुटबॉल 0खलाड़ी का 78 वष6 क7 आयु म: ;नधन हो
गया

Ø One of the greatest football player of all

time

Ø Known in Germany as “the Kaiser”

meaning “the Emperor”
 Mario Zagallo, Brazil’s World Cup winning player and
coach, dies at age 92/ =ाज़ील के ?व@व कप ?वजेता Bखलाड़ी और कोच
माGरयो ज़गालो का 92 वष. कL आयु मN Oनधन हो गया

• He was the first ever footballer to win

the FIFA World Cup trophy as both
player and coach

• The only person to ever win four World

Cup titles

• He won two World Cups as a player, one

as a coach and another as an assistant
coach for Brazil
Pandit Hariram Dwivedi, an eminent of Hindi Litterateur
from Varanasi Passes Away/!हंद% सा!ह)य के -.यात पं1डत ह3रराम 67ववेद%
का 9नधन

Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi has

expressed grief

Ø His notable poetry collections -

Anganaiya and Jeevandayini Ganga
(अंगनइया और जीवनदा=यनी गंगा)
President Droupadi Murmu presented National
Sports & Adventure Awards 2023/राRSपOत TौपदW ममु ू. ने
राRSWय खेल और साह7सक परु 1कार 2023 Yदान 3कए

At Rashtrapati Bhawan

The National Sports awards are the

highest sporting honours in India

The awards are administered by

the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
6 categories of National Sports Awards
1.Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023
2.Arjuna Award 2023
3.Dronacharya Award 2023
4.Major Dhyan Chand Award 2023
5.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad rolling Trophy (MAKA
Trophy) 2023
6.Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022
7.Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2023
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023

The award is given for outstanding performances

in sports spanning over a period of four years

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline

1. Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty Badminton

2. Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj Badminton

Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (Static)

• India’s highest sporting honour, established in 1991-92

• First Khel Ratna award - Vishwanathan Anand (Chess) as well as
Shri Geet Sethi (Billiards)
• youngest sportsperson to win the Khel Ratna - Pistol shooter
Abhinav Bindra (2001) when he was just 18.
• first Indian woman to receive the Khel Ratna - Olympic bronze
medal-winning weightlifter Karnam Malleswari (1994-95)
 Arjuna Award

• instituted in 1961
• It is awarded for consistent good performance over
a period of four years.
• 26 Sports persons received Arjuna Award for 2023
 Arjuna Award Winners

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline

1. Shri Ojas Pravin Deotale Archery
2. Ms Aditi Gopichand Swami Archery
3. Shri Sreeshankar M Athletics
4. Ms Parul Chaudhary Athletics
5. Shri Mohameed Hussamuddin Boxing
6. Ms R Vaishali Chess
7. Shri Mohammed Shami Cricket
8. Shri Anush Agarwalla Equestrian
9. Ms Divyakriti Singh Equestrian Dressage
10. Ms Diksha Dagar Golf
 Arjuna Award Winners
S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline
11. Shri Krishan Bahadur Pathak Hockey
12. Ms Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu Hockey
13. Shri Pawan Kumar Kabaddi
14. Ms Ritu Negi Kabaddi
15. Ms Nasreen Kho-Kho
16. Ms Pinki Lawn Bowls
17. Shri Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar Shooting
18. Ms Esha Singh Shooting
19. Shri Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu Squash
20. Ms Ayhika Mukherjee Table Tennis
 Arjuna Award Winners

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline

21. Shri Sunil Kumar Wrestling

22. Ms Antim Wrestling

23. Ms Naorem Roshibina Devi Wushu

24. Ms Sheetal Devi Para Archery

25. Shri Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy Blind Cricket

26. Ms Prachi Yadav Para Canoeing

 Dronacharya Award
• Instituted in 1985, is India’s highest sports honour for
coaches
• Regular Category (5):

Name of the Coach Discipline

Shri Lalit Kumar Wrestling

Shri R. B. Ramesh Chess
Shri Mahaveer Prasad Saini Para Athletics

Shri Shivendra Singh Hockey

Shri Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar Mallakhamb
 Dronacharya Award
• Lifetime Category (3):

S.No. Name of the Coach Discipline

1. Shri Jaskirat Singh Grewal Golf

2. Shri Bhaskaran E Kabaddi

3. Shri Jayanta Kumar Pushilal Table Tennis

 Major Dhyan Chand Award 2023
• since 2002
• India’s highest honour for lifetime achievements in sports

S. No. Name of the sportsperson Discipline

1. Ms Manjusha Kanwar Badminton

2. Shri Vineet Kumar Sharma Hockey

3. Ms Kavitha Selvaraj Kabaddi

 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy (MAKA)
• The oldest National Sports Award in India,
• instituted in 1956–1957
• It is given to an institution or university for top performance in inter-
university tournaments over the last one year

1. Guru Nanak Dev University, Overall winner university

Amritsar
st
2. Lovely Professional University, 1 runner up University
Punjab
nd
3. Kurukshetra University, 2 runner up University
Kurukshetra
 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2022

• National Adventure Awards now known as the Tenzing Norgay

National Adventure Award
• First presented for the year 1994 in 1995

1. Late Savita Kanswal Land Adventure

2. Tulsi Chaitanya Mothukuri Water adventure

3. Anshu Kumar Tiwari Air Adventure

4. Parveen Singh Lifetime

 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
• since 2009

• Awarded to organisations or corporates (both private and

public) and individuals for playing a role in the area of sports
promotion and development over the last three years

S. No. Category Entity awarded

1. Identification and nurturing of Jain Deemed to be University,
budding / young talent Bengaluru

2. Encouragement to sports through Odisha Mining Corporate

Corporate Social Responsibility Limited
RICHA20
In Madhya Pradesh ‘Prabodhan Karykram’ to be
organized for members of 16th Assembly/ 16वीं
'वधानसभा के सद0य2 के 3लए '7बोधन काय:;म' आयोिजत
Aकया जाएगा

Ø In the two -day training programme, Lok Sabha Speaker Om

Birla will address the members of the Assembly
Madhya Pradesh Static Information

Assembly Speaker- Narendra Singh Tomar

Chief Minister - Dr Mohan Yadav
Governor: Mangubhai Patel
Capital- Bhopal

State Bird- Paradise Flycatcher

State Animal- Swamp Deer (Barasingha)
State Tree- Banyan Tree
State Flower- Madonna Lilly
State Fish- Mahasheer
PM Modi Launches 'Swachh Mandir' Campaign/पीएम मोद%
ने शA
ु Bकया 'DवEछ मं!दर' अHभयान

Ø aim - to make pilgrimage sites

pristine.

Ø Cleanliness campaign at all pilgrimage

sites from January 14 to 22
INS KABRA ARRIVES AT COLOMBO, SRI LANKA/ आईएनएस
काबरा कोलंबो, Cीलंका पहुंचा

Ø INS Kabra - Indian Navy's Fast Attack

Craft

Ø in reflection of growing maritime security

cooperation between the two sides.
keeping with the Prime Minister's vision
of SAGAR.
 U.S. Launches Peregrine-1 Lander to Moon in Historic Lunar Mission

• On January 8, 2024, the Peregrine-1 lunar

lander launched from Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station in Florida.
• The launch was the first private lunar mission
and the first American lunar launch in over 50
years.
• The lander is operated by the private
company Astrobotic.
• Scheduled to land on February 23, the mission
aims to study the Moon’s surface environment
in preparation for upcoming human missions.
 Tropical Cyclone ‘Alvaro’ hits Madagascar
• First Cyclone Of 2024
 Denmark announced the Green Fuels Alliance India
(GFAI) at GIM 2024
• At the Global Investors Meet (GIM) 2024, Denmark
unveiled the Green Fuels Alliance India
(GFAI), marking a significant move under the Green
Strategic Partnership (GSP) signed between India and
Denmark in 2020.

• The GFAI aims to accelerate collaboration in the

sustainable energy solutions sector, aligning with the
joint global objective of carbon neutrality.
 SHORT NEWS
• PM Modi Inaugurates Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show
2024 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

• FitRise-75 programme concludes at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

National Police Academy (SVP NPA) in Hyderabad

• Rajnath Singh approved a proposal to raise four more

National Cadet Corps (NCC) Units in the Union Territories
of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

• Gujarat has set target to become $500 billion economy by

2026-27: CM Patel
 SHORT NEWS
IIM Kozhikode and International Financial Services Centres
Authority (IFSCA) join hands to launch ‘FINN X’ accelerator
programme to boost startups in Fintech sector

SBI Research report reveals significant decline in

individual income inequality in the country in past 8
years
REVISION QUESTIONS
Which footballer holds the distinction of being the first
to win the FIFA World Cup trophy both as a player and as
a coach?
3कस फुटबॉलर को एक Bखलाड़ी और एक कोच के ^प मN फLफा
?व@व कप SॉफL जीतने वाले पहले Bखलाड़ी होने का गौरव Yा_त है ?

A) Mario Zagallo
B) Diego Maradona
C) Pele
D) Franz Beckenbauer

ans: a
Which players were honored with the Major Dhyan Chand
Khel Ratna award?
मेजर `यानचंद खेल रbन परु 1कार से 3कन Bखलाcड़यd को सeमाOनत
3कया गया?

A) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

B) Mohammed Shami and Sheetal Devi
C) Ms Prachi Yadav and Ms Esha Singh
D) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Ajay Kumar Reddy

Ans: a
Tropical Cyclone ‘Alvaro’ hit which country?
उRणकhटबंधीय चiवात 'अkवारो' 3कस दे श मN आया?

a) Mozambique
b) Madagascar
c) South Africa
d) Bangladesh
Ans a
Who authored the poetry collections "Anganaiya" and
"Jeevandayini Ganga”?
"अंगनाइया" और "जीवनदाOयनी गंगा" क?वता संoह 3कसने 7लखे?

A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Pandit Hariram Dwivedi
C) Munshi Premchand
D) T.S. Eliot

Ans: b
Which space agency recently launched Peregrine-1, the
moon lander mission?
हाल ह% म' (कस अंत.र0 एज'सी ने चं7मा ल8डर :मशन पेरे=ीन-1
लॉAच (कया?

a) JAXA
b) ESA
c) NASA
d) ISRO

Ans c
 QUESTION OF THE DAY

For 2023, how many sport persons received the Arjuna

Award?
2023 के 7लए, 3कतने Bखलाcड़यd को अजन
ु. परु 1कार 7मला?
a) 23
b) 24
c) 25
d) 26