9th January 2024 Daily Current Affairs
Honours & Awards
1. President Droupadi Murmu confers ‘Khel Ratna’ and ‘Arjuna’ award
- President Droupadi Murmu confers the ‘Khel Ratna’ and ‘Arjuna’ awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
- Mohammed Shami received the Arjuna Award from President Droupadi Murmu at the National Sports Awards.
- Chirag and Satwik were honored with the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award for their remarkable achievements in 2023.
Obituaries
2. Franz Beckenbauer football player passed away at 78
- Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78 in Germany.
- Known in football-obsessed Germany as “the Kaiser” meaning “the Emperor”, Beckenbauer played a central role in some of the country’s greatest sporting achievements.
- He collected 103 caps for West Germany, winning the 1972 European championship and then the World Cup on home soil.
- Franz Beckenbauer’s Bayern Munich team was the best club side in the world during the mid-1970s.
