Saturday, 4 February 2017

Daily Current Affairs Update --- 3rd & 4th February, 2017

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• India and Sri Lanka have signed an MOU to construct a new multi-ethnic tri-lingual secondary school in Polonnaruwa District of Sri Lanka.


•The National Rail Museum in New Delhi celebrated its 40th anniversary .


• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill 2017 in Lok Sabha.


• China has successfully tested a new version of a DF-5C missile that can carry up to 10 nuclear warheads.


• Pankaj Advani has won the Indian National Snooker Championship in Pune to register his 29th national title.


• Sanjeev Sanyal, former global strategist and Managing Director of Deutshe Bank, was today appointed as Principal Economic Adviser.


• India's Lakshya Sen has become the World No 1 Junior Badminton player.


• The most expensive silk saree was made by Chennai Silks and was sold for around Rs.40 lakh according to Guinness World Records.


• The Centre of Integrative Oncology is going to be inaugurated on 3 February 2017 at the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research (NICPR), Noida.


• National Stock Exchange selected IDFC chief Vikram Limaye as its new CEO and Managing Director .


• The 19th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav or International Drama Festival kicked off in New Delhi.


• Right to Information (RTI) Act has come into effect in Sri Lanka from February 3, 2017.


•  A premium digital marketing agency LIQVD ASIA collaborate with iKarmik.com, has launched India’s First Ever Online Exhibition gateway – ExFirst.com .


• Former Deputy CAG Suman Saxena, Mukulita Vijaywargiya and Navrang Saini have been appointed as whole-time members for 5 years or till completion of 65 years in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) .


• Today (4th February) is World Cancer Day.
Theme of World Cancer Day 2016-18 : 'We can. I can'


• Today (4th February) is Independence Day of Sri Lanka.


• West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced a "cremation/burial allowance" of ₹2,000 for people of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families in the state.


• Indian skipper Virat Kohli features on Cover Page of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Note : Kohli becomes only the third Asian origin player after Sachin Tendulkar and England all-rounder Moeen Ali to be featured on the cover of the magazine.


• Pedro Almodovar will head the jury at the 70th Cannes Film Festival which will be held from May 17 to 28 this year.


• The Union Ministry of Railways and Italy’s public sector rail company Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group (FS Group) has signed MoU for technical cooperation in rail sector especially in the area of safety and modernisation.


• India’s first Centre of Excellence in Automation Technology was inaugurated by the Gujarat Technological University at its campus at Vishwakarma Government Engineering College in Ahmedabad .


• Pranab Mukherjee opened the annual ‘Udyanotsav‘ of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 4, 2017. The Mughal Gardens will remain open for general public from February 4, 2017 to March 12, 2017.


• Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs inaugurated the programme on ‘Inner Strength and Disaster Resilience’ in New Delhi. The programme was organised by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).


• Centre Forms Six-Member Committee to Look into Haj Subsidy Issue. Jeddah Afzal Amanullah will be the head of the committee.


• Iran government banned the United States wrestlers from participating in the freestyle World Cup to be held in February 2017 as a counter-move against President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending visas for Iran.


• Former CBI Director Joginder Singh passed away after a prolonged illness in New Delhi. He was 77.



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