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Daily Current Affairs: 09.04.2021 Daily Current Affairs: 09.04.2021 1-Former Gujarat DGP Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala has taken over from Ajit Singh as the head of the BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit. गुजरात के पूर् व डीजीपी श녍बीर हुसैन एस खंडर्ार्ाला भारतीय क्रिके ट बोड व की भ्रष्टाचार ननरोधक ईकाई के नये प्रमुख हⴂगे जो अजजत ससहं की जगह लᴂगे। 2-Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) has acquired 25 per cent stake of Vishwa Samudra Holdings in Krishnapatnam Port for Rs 2,800 crore. अडाणी पोर्टवस एंड स्पेशन इकनॉसमक जोन (एपीएसईजेड) ने कृ ष्णापर्टटनम बदं रगाह मᴂ वर्श्र् समुद्र होज्डं嵍स की 25 प्रनतशत हहस्सेदारी का 2,800 करोड़ 셁पये मᴂ अधधग्रहण क्रकया है। 3-Kosovo's parliament has elected former parliament speaker Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu as the country's new president. कोसोर्ो की संसद ने पूर् व संसद अध्यक्ष र्जोसा उस्मानी-सदरीउ को देश का नया राष्रपनत चुना है। 4-The Finance Ministry said banks have sanctioned Rs 25,586 crore to about 1,14,322 beneficiaries under the Stand Up India Scheme in the last five years for promoting entrepreneurship among women and SC & STs. वर्त्त मंत्रालय ने कहा क्रक बकℂ ⴂ ने वपछले पांच साल मᴂ महहलाओ ं और अनुसूधचत जानत तथा जनजानत के बीच उ饍यमशीलता को बढार्ा देने के सलए स्टℂड-अप इंडडया योजना के तहत लगभग 1,14,322 लाभाधथवयⴂ को 25,586 करोड़ 셁पये मंजूर क्रकए हℂ। 5-World number one Elavenil Valarivan was included in a 15-member Indian shooting contingent for the Tokyo Olympics at the expense of quota winner Chinki Yadav. दनु नया की नंबर एक ननशानेबाज इलार्ेननल र्लाररर्ान को कोटा हाससल करने र्ाली धचकं ी यादर् की जगह तो啍यो ओलंवपक के सलए चुने गये 15 सदस्यीय भारतीय टीम मᴂ शासमल क्रकया गया। 6-Diversified conglomerate GMR Group has launched a new business vertical - GMR Innovex - to support StartUps as well as innovations in aviation and other fields. वर्सभन्न क्षेत्रⴂ मᴂ व्यर्साय करने र्ाले जीएमआर समूह ने स्टाटवअप्स और अन्य क्षेत्रⴂ मᴂ इनोर्ेशन का समथवन करने के सलए एक नया बबजनेस र्हटवकल जीएमआर इनोर्े啍स श셂ु क्रकया है। 7-Delhi lifted the team championship with 195 points in the TATA Motors Junior & Sub- Junior (Cadet) Freestyle National Wrestling Championships. हद्ली ने टाटा मोटस व जूननयर एर्ं सब जूननयर (कै डटे ) फ्रीस्टाइल नेशनल रेससलगं चℂवपयनसशप मᴂ 195 अंकⴂ के साथ टीम चℂवपयनसशप अपने नाम की। 8-Renowned rifle shooting coach Sanjay Chakravarty, who is credited with mentoring the likes of 2012 London Olympic Games bronze medallist Gagan Narang, and Olympians such as Joydeep Karmakar, Suma Shirur and Anjali Bhagwat in his career spanning more than four decades, passed away in Mumbai. Chakravarty was 79. जाने-माने राइफल शूहटंग कोच संजय चिर्ती, जजन्हᴂ 2012 के लंदन ओलंवपक खेलⴂ के कांस्य पदक वर्जेता गगन नारंग और जॉयदीप परमाकर, सुमा सश셂र और अंजसल भागर्त जैसे ओलंवपक को तैयार करने का श्रेय हदया जाता है, का मुंबई मᴂ ननधन हो गया। चिर्ती 79 र्र्व के थे। 9-In Tennis, 26th seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland won the biggest title of his career beating 19-year-old Jannik Sinner of Italy in the Miami Open final. टेननस मᴂ पोलℂड के 26र्ᴂ र्रीय ह्यूबटव हकव ज ने समयामी ओपन के फाइनल मᴂ इटली के 19 र्र्ीय याननक ससनर को हराकर अपने कररयर का सबसे बड़ा खखताब जीता। 10-Former Union Environment Minister and MLA from Gujarat's Wankaner Digvijaysinh Zala passed away at the age of 88. पूर् व कᴂ द्रीय पयावर्रण मंत्री र् गजु रात के र्ांकानेर से वर्धायक हदज嵍र्जय ससहं ााला का 88 र्र्व की उम्र मᴂ ननधन हो गया। .
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