Daily Current Affairs Quiz 24 March 2019

Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagudi honoured with Vyas Samman 2018 for his collection of poems ‘Jitne Log Utne Prem’. The award is given annually to outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by Indian citizen which has been published in the last decade.

Sports news website ESPNcricinfo in a partnership with the IIT Madras launched a tool called ‘Superstats’ for analyzing cricket statistics on 20 March 2019. Superstats use data science to give a context to every event in a game, for forecasting and to explore the idea of assessing luck. It will analyse data to reveal trends and patterns during different periods of play.

The Indian and Myanmar’s armies have, in a coordinated operation, destroyed at least 10 camps belonging to an insurgent group in Myanmar, which had become a threat to India’s mega Kaladan Project in the neighbouring country. The military action carried out was codenamed Operation Sunrise.

Saina Nehwal was named ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ at the annual Telangana Sports Journalists Association (TSJA) Awards on 19 March 2019. P.V. Sindhu was given the ‘Outstanding Performer’ Award. P. Gopichand was presented the ‘Coach of the Year’ Award. The Indian badminton team was adjudged the ‘Team of the Year’. The Badminton Association of Telangana was named ‘Association of the Year’.

In a first-of-its-kind bus, the Delhi police inducted a Mobile Command and Control Vehicles (MCCV) with all modern equipment into service. The bus was built by Bengaluru-based firm Mistral at the cost of ?3.7 crore.

P. Gopichand was presented the ‘Coach of the Year’ Award.

In order to reduce the burden for the electric vehicle users who hunt for charging stations in the city Electric Vehicles Charging Stations, 112 EV charging Stations has been planned to be established in Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh.

Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagudi will be honoured with the Vyas Samman 2018 by the KK Birla Foundation for his collection of poems 'Jitne Log Utne Prem'.

Neomi Jehangir Rao, a prominent Indian-American lawyer, has been sworn in as U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals.

Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh was named in the Standing Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at its 38th General Assembly in Bangkok. He is part of a 10-member panel which has been nominated for a four-year term from 2019 to 2023. The OCA General Assembly was held in Bangkok on 2 and 3 March 2019.