Daily CA 20th - 21st Dec 24

Jul 14, 2026

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Daily CA highlights key news and general knowledge points for 20 December 2024, including sports achievements, FIFA awards, an antipesticide bodysuit initiative for farmers, development of a new ginger variety, state housing support in West Bengal, police recognition for drone innovation, and the commissioning of INS Nirdeshak. Includes a question about a Hollywood actor receiving a US Navy Distinguished Public Service Award and a briefing on Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

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Paush Krishna Paksh Panchami पौष माह कष्ण पक्ष पंचमी तिथि ृ Vikram Samvat-2081 Shaka Samvat-1946 Purnimanta - Paush Amanta - Margsheesh Daily CA 20th DECEMBER 2024 Revision points (YESTERDAY) ❑ India’s premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin announced his immediate retirement. Debut in 2010 ❑ According to the Google Year in Search 2024, cricketer Hardik Pandya was the most searched Indian sportsperson across the globe. ❑ Team Asia won the inaugural Waldner Cup 2024 Table Tennis tournament, defeating Team World. Manika Batra was the only Indian player ❑ Vinícius Júnior and Aitana Bonmati win FIFA best player of the year 2024 awards ❑ Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches India’s first-of-its-kind antipesticide bodysuit Kisan Kavach, Developed by BRIC-inStem, Bangalore, in collaboration with Sepio Health Pvt. Ltd. ❑ New ginger variety ‘IISR Surasa’ developed by ICAR-IISR ❑ West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched the“Banglar Bari” scheme, a total of ₹1.20 lakh will be given to a family for constructing a house. ❑ Karnataka Police Wins Inaugural FICCI Drone Award 2024 . ❑ INS Nirdeshak (Survey Ship Large) to be commissioned at Vizag Naval Dockyard , It is built by GRSE, Kolkata QUESTION OF THE DAY Which Hollywood star was recently felicitated with the US Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award? A. Leonardo DiCaprio B. Tom Cruise C. Robert Downey Jr. D. Brad Pitt ▪ Union Home Minister Amit Shah attends the 61st Raising Day function of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at Siliguri in West Bengal as Chief Guest ▪ SSB established as Special Service Bureau in May 1963, in the aftermath of the Chinese aggression in 1962 . ▪ In 2004, SSB received the President’s Colours in recognition of the keystone role in national security, since its inception. ▪ It is headquartered in New Delhi and three frontier headquarters are at Lucknow (UP), Patna (Bihar) and Guwahati (Assam). ▪ SSB jawans guard 2450-kilometre-long Indian border with Nepal and Bhutan. 20th December-SSB raising day ▪ ▪ 20 December-International Human Solidarity Day on 20 December 2002, established the World Solidarity Fund, which was set up in February 2003 as a trust fund of the United Nations Development Programme. UN General Assembly, on 22 December 2005 decided to proclaim 20 December of each year International Human Solidarity Day.

Jul 14, 2026

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