Brazil defender Dani Alves was taken into custody on  Jan 20 in Spain over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December, police said.

The 39-year-old player was summoned to a Barcelona police station where he was "taken into custody" and will now be questioned by a judge, said a spokesperson for Catalonia's regional police force, the Mossos d'Esquadra.

Catalan police received a complaint on January 2 from a woman who said Alves had touched her inappropriately, police said.

The alleged sexual assault took place at a popular Barcelona nightclub overnight December 30-31, according to Spanish media reports.

Q1. Name the Videocon Group founder who has been granted interim bail by the Bombay High Court on Jan 20 , nearly a month after he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ICICI Bank-Videocon loan fraud case ?

1. Rama Dhoot
2. Anirudh Dhoot
3. Venugopal Dhoot
4. Rajkumar Dhoot
5. None of These

Q2. According to the RBI India to be USD 3.7 trillion economy  and fifth largest economy in the world in

1. 2023
2. 2024
3. 2025
4. 2026
5. None of These

Q3. Name the former Supreme Court judge who has been appointed by the  Delhi High Court as an administrator to oversee the utilization of funds for the upcoming International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup scheduled to be held in India in March ?

1. Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari
2. Justice Vikram Nath
3. Justice Hrishikesh Roy
4. Justice Arjan Kumar
5. None of These

Q4. Who among the following has becomes youngest male batter to smash double ton in 1st ODI against New Zealand ?

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Shubman Gill
3. Ishan Kishan
4. Sury Kumar Yadav
5. None of These

Q5. Taking cognisance of allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Indian Olympic Association on Jan 20  formed a seven-member committee to probe the charges headed by

1. Alaknanda Ashok
2. Dola Banerjee
3. M C Mary Kom
4. Yogeshwar Dutt
5. None of These

Answers

1------------------3   Venugopal Dhoot

2------------------1   2023

3------------------4  Justice Arjan Kumar

4------------------2   Shubman Gill

5------------------3   M C Mary Kom 

Opposition Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh on  Jan 19 demanded the sacking of Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Braj Bhushan Sharan Singh, and an FIR against him, over allegations that he sexually exploited players.

World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, one of the country's top wrestlers, has alleged that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Singh has been sexually exploiting women wrestlers for years, a charge vehemently rejected by the BJP leader.

Singh, 66, an MP from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh, was elected unopposed as the president of the WFI for a third consecutive term in February 2019.

Rio Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, world championship Sarita Mor, Sangeeta Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik, Satyawart Malik, Jitender Kinha, Amit Dhankar and CWG medallist Sumit Malik were among 30 wrestlers who assembled at the famous protest site.Opposition Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh on  Jan 19 demanded the sacking of Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Braj Bhushan Sharan Singh, and an FIR against him, over allegations that he sexually exploited players.

World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat, one of the country's top wrestlers, has alleged that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Singh has been sexually exploiting women wrestlers for years, a charge vehemently rejected by the BJP leader.

Singh, 66, an MP from Kaiserganj in Uttar Pradesh, was elected unopposed as the president of the WFI for a third consecutive term in February 2019.

Rio Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, world championship Sarita Mor, Sangeeta Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik, Satyawart Malik, Jitender Kinha, Amit Dhankar and CWG medallist Sumit Malik were among 30 wrestlers who assembled at the famous protest site.

Pankaj Kumar Singh, a former Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF), has been appointed as India's Deputy National Security Advisor (Dy NSA) in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS).

The Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for Assembly elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura on  Jan 18 at a press conference.

Assembly polls will be held in Tripura on February 16 and in Nagaland and Meghalaya on February 27, with the counting of votes scheduled for March 2, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced.

The five-year term of assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura will end on March 12, March 15 and March 22, respectively, and before that period, new assemblies have to be constituted.

The three state assemblies have a strength of 60 members each.

One person was killed and dozens injured  on Jan 19 when a stampede broke out outside a football stadium in Iraq hours before the Gulf Cup final.

Long banned from hosting international football matches, war-torn Iraq had been counting on its hosting of the Gulf Cup to burnish its image but it had already been forced to apologise for organisational lapses.

Thousands of fans without tickets had gathered outside the stadium in Iraq's main southern city of Basra since dawn in the hope of watching the final between Iraq and Oman, which was due to kick off at 7:00 pm (1600 GMT).

Former US president Donald Trump is urging Facebook to reinstate his account two years after it was deactivated, his aides said  on Jan 18, as he gears up for a third bid for the White House.

The social media giant banned Trump a day after the January 6, 2021 insurrection, when a mob of his supporters tried to halt the certification of his election defeat to Joe Biden by storming the US Capitol in Washington.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country on Jan 19  by announcing she would resign from office in a matter of weeks.

The 42-year-old -- who steered the country through natural disasters, the Covid pandemic, and its worst-ever terror attack -- said she no longer had "enough in the tank".

Ardern said she would step down no later than February 7, less than three years after winning a landslide election to secure her second term in office.

She also announced that New Zealand’s next general elections would be held on October 14, and that she would remain a lawmaker until then.

It's unclear who will take over as prime minister until the election. Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson announced he wouldn't be contesting for the leadership of the Labour Party, throwing the competition open.