Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20 March 2019

Lakshya Sen and Riya Mookerjee broke into the top-100 among Men’s and Women’s singles players in the latest World Badminton Rankings. Lakshya Sen is placed 76th while Riya Mookerjee is placed at 94th. In the women's singles rankings, P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal are at 6th and 9th position respectively. Kidambi Srikanth is the best placed Indian in the men's rankings at 7th.

Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck (76-year-old) has become the first woman to win the Abel prize, sometimes called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for the impact of her work on "analysis, geometry and mathematical physics".

Abu Dhabi Cricket, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports Council and the Department of Culture and Tourism-Abu Dhabi, has signed a five-year agreement with the organisers of the T10 Cricket League. The shortest form of the game will now be played exclusively at Zayed Cricket Stadium. The first match of the T10 League 2019 will be held on October 23.

In Judo, Sonu Kumar from Rohtak, Haryana won the gold medal by winning all three bouts. Muskan bagged a silver each in squat and bench press. She also won a gold in deadlifting. India has sent a 378-strong contingent that is participating in the 15th edition of the Games. The closing ceremony of Special Olympics World Games is scheduled for March 21.

The British Army has announced that it would create a new Specialised Infantry Battalion by recruiting more than 800 Nepalese Gurkha servicepersons.

Ministry of Steel organised a two-day Vigilance Conclave in New Delhi which concluded on 19th March 2019.

Jammu and Kashmir's Irfan Ramzan Sheikh, who fought off three armed terrorists in 2017, when he was 14 years old, was awarded Shaurya Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind. Sheikh fought off the terrorists who wanted to kill his father and didn't let them enter his house.

International Day of Happiness is celebrated every year on March 20. The theme for IDH 2019 is ‘Happier Together’.

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev announced his resignation after nearly 30 years in power. He had ruled the country since it emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

Gopi Thonakal is an Indian athlete who has qualified to represent India at World Athletics Championships 2019 in the marathon event. He is also in the Indian Army.