Daily Current Affairs 2024, Date wise Current Affairs | Current Affairs in English and Hindi

Get the Daily and Latest Current Affairs 2024 on our website. These current affairs are Updated by our specialists and are relevant for all competitive tests UPSC, SSC, IAS, Railway-RRB, UPPSC, and Other State Government and Central Jobs/Exams.


Mary Kom, Sindhu, Mirabai, Keshavan elected in IOA Athletes’ Commission

Category : Sports
Published on: November 17 2022 Share on facebook

  • Olympic medallists MC Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu and Gagan Narang were among 10 eminent sportspersons elected as members of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Athletes Commission 
  • All the 10 elected members of the apex body, five men and as many women, won unopposed in the polls.
  • Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan, table tennis player Sharath Kamal, women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, fencer Bhavani Devi, rower Bajrang Lal and former shot putter Om Prakash Singh Karhana are the other six members of the elected panel.  All of them are Olympians.
  • Former World and Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra and former hockey captain Sardara Singh will also be part of the athlete’s commission as ex-officio members, for being members of the athlete’s commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) respectively.
Recent Post's
  • Sanjay Mashruwala, a key executive with Reliance since the time of founder Dhirubhai Ambani, has resigned as Managing Director of Reliance Jio.

    Read More....
  • Jonatan Christie of Indonesia secured the Asian badminton title by defeating his opponent 21-15, 21-16 in the men's singles final held in Ningbo, China.

    Read More....
  • Yuzvendra Chahal made history by becoming the first bowler to claim 200 wickets in the IPL during Rajasthan Royals' match against Mumbai Indians.

    Read More....
  • Irdai has eliminated the age limit of 65 years for purchasing health insurance policies, effective from April 1.

    Read More....
  • Nalin Prabhat, a senior IPS officer, has been appointed as the Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG), India's counter-terrorism force.

    Read More....
  • The Indian Navy conducted Exercise Poorvi Lehar on the East Coast to validate procedures for assessing its preparedness to meet Maritime Security challenges in the region.

    Read More....
  • IIT Delhi and the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) have signed an MoU to enhance research and innovation in medical devices.

    Read More....
  • Cognizant and Microsoft have announced an expanded partnership to promote the adoption of generative AI among enterprises.

    Read More....
  • In a historic event, seven members of Andaman's vulnerable Shompen tribe cast their votes for the first time for the Lok Sabha seat in the union territory.

    Read More....
  • Pavuluri Subba Rao, Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Ananth Technologies, has been honored with the Aryabhatta Award for his contribution to astronautics by the Aeronautical Society of India (ASI).

    Read More....