Daily Current Affairs Quiz 26th January 2019

South Africa cricketer Johan Botha has announced his immediate retirement from all forms of cricket on 24 January 2019. He played for South Africa in five test matches, 78 one-day internationals, and 40 T20 Internationals from 2005 to 2012. He captained South Africa in 10 ODIs and took the team to the No. 1 ranking after they defeated Australia 4-1 in Australia in 2009.

Sultan Abdullah elected as New Malaysia King.

Coast Guards of India and Japan held their disaster control, search and rescue exercises off the coast of Yokohama in Japan on 23 January 2019. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship ICGS Shaunak is the main Indian ship taking part in the drills. The ICGS Shaunkak is an Offshore Patrol Vessel and is one of the largest ships in the Indian Coast Guard. Rajendra Singh is the Director General of ICG.

Sahitya Akademi Award Bengali Writer Atin Bandyopadhyay Passed Away.

Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) was awarded the best Strategic Performance (Financial Category) at the sixth edition of 'Governance Now PSU' Awards on 25 January 2019. The awards are given out in recognition of the efforts of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) who have played a key role in the country's growth. NRL is a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum, Oil India and Govt of Assam.

Maharshtra state welcomes the first time voters with a smashing number of 28 lakhs.

Assam government has conferred the 'Republic Day Journalism Award' 2019 to veteran journalist and former editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty on 26 January 2019. He has been honoured for his lifelong contribution to journalism in the state. He is the former Editor of Dainik Asom, Dainik Janambhumi and Ajir Batori group of newspaper.

India launched Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. With this launch, India has become the 16th country in the world to offer proton therapy for cancer.

On 25 January 2019, the Pakistan government declared sugarcane juice as the 'National Drink' of the country after a poll on Twitter. The government conducted a poll on Twitter at which people were asked to decide the national drink of Pakistan. Options including orange juice, sugarcane juice and carrot juice were given in the poll.

National Girl Child day celebrated on 25th January.