Daily Current Affairs 8th May 2024

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This document provides daily current affairs information for May 8, 2024. It includes a question about the appointment of the President of the Goods & Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), with multiple-choice answers. It also details the 163rd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, highlighting his birthdate, literary achievements including the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali, his pen name, his role in writing national anthems for India and Bangladesh, his popular titles, death date, and notable works like Chitra and The Post Office.

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Vaisakha, Krishna Paksha Amavasya वै शाख माह कृष्ण पक्ष अमावस्या तिति (वक्रमी संवि्2081) Daily CA 8 May 2024 QUESTION OF THE DAY Who has been appointed as the President of the Goods & Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT)? a) Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra b) Justice Ramesh Mishra c) Justice Anil Kumar Mishra d) Justice Sunil Kumar Mishra • Daily CA – Parcham Telegram & App • Weekly, Monthly Magazine & Sawaal on [parchamclasses.in](parchamclasses.in) • Subscription on Parcham App Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (163rd birth anniversary) ▪ He was born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861. ▪ He was a world-renowned poet, litterateur, philosopher and Asia’s first and first nonEuropean Nobel laureate. ▪ Tagore’s most notable work of poetry is Gitanjali: Song Offerings, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 . ▪ He published his first poems aged 16 under the pen-name‘Bhanusimha’. ▪ Gave the national anthems for two countries, Jana Gana Mana for India and Amar Sonar Bangla for Bangladesh. ▪ Revered with titles such as ‘Gurudev’, ‘Kabiguru’, and‘Biswakabi’. ▪ He died on 7th August 1941 ▪ He wrote novels, plays, and short stories, including the plays Chitra and The Post Office. 8 May-World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day ▪ The theme- “I give with joy, and the joy I give is a reward.” ▪ To commemorate the birth of the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Henry Dunant. • Young Swiss businessman, Jean Henry Dunant was appalled by the condition of the wounded soldiers in Solferino , Italy in 1859 during the Franco-Austrian war. • He arranged relief services with the help of the local community immediately. He wrote the book 'Memory of Solferino' suggesting that a neutral organization be established to aid the wounded soldiers in times of war. • Just a year after the release of this book, an international conference was convened in Geneva to consider the suggestions of Henry Dunant and thus the Red Cross Movement was born. • International Red Cross Movement was established by Geneva Convention of 1864

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