National Calendar of India (Saka Calendar):

Chaitra, Krishna Paksha Prathma

चै# मास, कृ+ण प., /0तपदा (4व6मी संवत ्)

Daily CA
24-26 March 2024
Sundays at 12 noon

Sundays at 7 PM
QUESTION OF THE DAY

What is the name of the highest civilian award of Bhutan?

भट
ू ान के सव*+च नाग.रक परु 2कार का 3या नाम है ?
a) Order of the Bhutanese Dragon
b) Order of the Brilliant Jade
c) Order of the Druk Gyalpo
d) Order of the Dragon King
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons (NPT) prevents the spread of nuclear weapons,
promotes disarmament and peaceful uses of energy.

9 countries possess nuclear weapons: the United States,

Russia, France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India,
Israel, and North Korea.
 Mumbai Wins Ranji Trophy 2024 After Beating Vidarbha/!वदभ%
को हराकर मंब
ु ई ने रणजी 5ॉफ8 2024 जीती

§ Mumbai won record extending 42nd Ranji Trophy title as they defeated
Vidharbha by 169 runs in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Ranji Trophy winners and runner-ups

Season Champion Runner-up
2023-24 Mumbai Vidharbha
2022-23 Saurashtra Bengal
1934-35 (first edition) Bombay Northern India
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 24 March - WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY

§ Theme 2024 - ‘Yes! We can end TB!’

§ On March 24, 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the

discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium
that causes tuberculosis.
 25 March - International Day of Solidarity with
Detained and Missing Staff Members/:हरासत म< =लए गए
और लापता Cटाफ सदCयF के साथ एकजट
ु ता का अंतरा%I5Jय :दवस

§ Marked each year on the anniversary of the abduction of

Alec Collett, a former journalist who was working for the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in 1985.

§ This is a day to mobilize action, demand justice and

strengthen the resolve to protect UN staff and peacekeepers
Important Days Revision
• 3 March – World Wildlife Day
• 4 March – National Safety Day
• 10 March – CISF Raising Day
• 14 March – Pi Day/Mathematics Day
• 15 March – World Consumer Rights Day
• 18 March – Ordnance Factories Day
• 18 March – Global Recycling Day
• 20 March – World Happiness Day
• 22 March – World Water Day
Sharath Kamal to be India’s flag-bearer at the 2024
Paris Olympics/शरथ कमल पेLरस ओलं!पक म< भारत के Nवजवाहक हFगे

• Flagbearer - Sharath Kamal (Veteran table tennis player

and CWG champion)
• Chef de Mission - Mary Kom (Six-time World boxing
Champion, 2012 London Olympics bronze medalist)
• Deputy Chef de Mission - Shiva Keshavan
§ India will be sending its largest-ever shooting contingent
to Paris with 19 quotas already.
Carlos Sainz wins Formula One Australian Grand
Prix /फ़ॉमलू% ा वन ऑC5े =लयन Rां Sी | कालTस सैVज़ जीत गए

§ Ferrari's Carlos Sainz (Spain)

§ Max Verstappen had won the first two F1 races of the season in Bahrain
and Saudi Arabia.
Election Commission Launches Saksham App/चनु ाव आयोग ने
सZम ऐप लॉVच \कया
§ To facilitate easier voting for Persons with Disabilities and to
avail facilities at Polling Stations.

§ In a bid to provide accessibility to all and leave no voter

behind, the Election Commission announced that the voters
above 85 years of age and Persons-with-Disabilities (pwd)
with 40 percent benchmark disability can vote from home.
 Govind Dholakia Appointed New Chairman of Surat
Diamond Bourse/गो!वंद ढोल\कया को सरू त डायमंड बोस% का नया अNयZ _नय`ु त
\कया गया

§ Dholakia was also recently nominated by the BJP

as a Rajya Sabha MP from the state.
§ Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) is India’s second
diamond trading hub that was inaugurated by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2023
§ It is the world’s largest and modern centre for
international diamond and jewellery business
• India's first Special Notified Zone (SNZ) for
diamond trading was set up at Bharat Diamond
Bourse in Mumbai in 2015.
 Simon Harris to be Ireland’s New Prime Minister

§ 37-year-old Simon Harris is set to become

Ireland’s youngest ever taoiseach (Prime
Minister)
 IAU approves ‘Statio Shiv Shakti’ as name for
Chandrayaan-3 landing site/IAU ने चं9यान-3 ल;<डंग साइट के नाम के
?प म@ '2टे Aटयो Cशव शि3त' को मंजरू H दH

§ International Astronomical Union (IAU) working group for Planetary

System Nomenclature has approved the name Statio Shiv Shakti for the
landing site of Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander.

§ The approval was given on March 19, 2024.

§ “Compound word from Indian mythology that depicts the masculine

(“Shiva”) and feminine (“Shakti”) duality of nature; Landing site of
Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander”
§ On August 26, 2023 PM Modi announced that the point where the
Moon lander of Chandrayaan-3 touched down on 23 August will now be
known as Shiv Shakti.
Scientists uncover Milky Way’s ancient building blocks,
Shakti and Shiva/वैaा_नकF ने आकाशगंगा के Sाचीन _नमा%ण खंड, शि`त और =शव
का पता लगाया
§ The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (Germany) have
identified two ancient streams of stars - named after the
Hindu deities Shakti and Shiva - that appear to be among
the Milky Way's earliest building blocks, offering new
insight into how our galaxy came together long ago.

§ These seem to be the remnants of the two galaxies that

merged between 12 and 13 billion years ago with an earlier
version of the Milky Way, contributing to its growth.
§ These structures were found using observations from the European
Space Agency's Gaia space telescope

§ Gaia, launched in 2013, is assembling the largest and most precise

three-dimensional map of the Milky Way.

§ The stars that make up Shiva and Shakti differ in composition from
most of the galaxy's other stars.

§ They are called "metal poor" because they possess lesser amounts
of heavier elements - iron, carbon, oxygen and others.
Bina Agarwal and James Boyce awarded the first
“Global Inequality Research Award” बीना अMवाल और जेOस
बॉयस को पहले "वैिQवक असमानता अनस
ु ंधान परु 2कार" से सOमाSनत Tकया गया

§ for their significant contributions to understanding global

inequalities.

§ The World Inequality Lab (WIL) and Sciences Po’s Center for
Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) have joined forces for the
first edition of the Global Inequality Research Award (or GiRA)

§ aims to recognize every two years researchers from all

disciplines who have made a significant contribution to the
understanding of global inequalities.
 Global ‘Earth Hour’ Event
§ The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India celebrated Earth Hour 2024 on
March 23 from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m., worldwide.
§ Started in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is an annual international event,
that has been held since 2007 on the last Saturday in March by WWF

§ Earth Hour encourages people worldwide to turn their lights off for 60
minutes to raise awareness about environmental issues
§ Lights at public places and prominent sites in various cities of India,
including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, were turned off.

§ 206 MW of electricity was saved on account of the Earth Hour in Delhi

as a whole.
REVISION QUESTIONS
Who won the Australian Grand Prix in Formula One 2024?
फॉमल
ूV ा वन म@ ऑ2Xे Cलयाई Mां Zी 2024 Tकसने जीता?

a) Max Verstappen
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Sebastian Vettel
d) Carlos Sainz
Ans: d
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Surat
Diamond Bourse (SDB)?
सरू त डायमंड बोस, (एसडीबी) के नए अ3य4 के 5प
म7 8कसे 9नय;ु त 8कया गया है ?

a) Narendra Modi
b) Savji Dholakia
c) Govind Dholakia
d) Karsanbhai Patel
Ans: c
What was the theme of World TB Day in 2024?
a) "Yes! We can end TB!"
b) "Ending TB: A Global Challenge"
c) "Fighting Together Against TB"
d) "TB Awareness for All"

Ans: a
Which institution/Ministry launched the
Saksham App?
a) Ministry of Education
b) Election Commission
c) Ministry of Health
d) Enforcement Directorate

Ans: b
Who is set to become Ireland's youngest ever Taoiseach
(Prime Minister)?
आयरलAड का अब तक का सबसे यव
ु ा ट"शेक (Cधान
मंEी) कौन बनने वाला है ?

a) Simon Harris
b) Leo Varadkar
c) Micheál Martin
d) Mary Lou McDonald
Ans: a
 QUESTION OF THE DAY
Who will be India's flag bearer at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games?
2024 पे.रस ओलं\पक खेल^ म@ भारत का _वजवाहक कौन होगा?

a) MC Mary Kom
b) Shiva Keshavan
c) Sharath Kamal
d) None of the above