Daily Current Affairs Update --- 5th February, 2017

• India is going to host a key meet on nuclear security in New Delhi next week.


• Anand Kumar Gupta has taken over the charge as Director commercial at National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC).


• AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala elected as the President of the legislature party.
Important Note : She is expected to take over as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on February 9.


• A penalty of equal amount will be levied for any cash transaction of over ₹3 lakh from April 1, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has announced .

°Note : A ban on cash transaction of over ₹3 lakh has been proposed in the Union Budget.


• England Test captain Alastair Cook has been honoured with Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).


• The Ministry of AYUSH has constituted a 16-member committee under the chairmanship of Dr. H.R. Nagendra, Chancellor, S-Vyasa University, to prepare a Yoga Protocol for Diabetes Control.


• In a move to encourage active participation in the assembly poll especially by women voters, the government of Goa conducted a unique experiment, which involved giving away 600 pink teddy bears to first time women voters across the state.


• The Qatar Airways has launched the World’s longest scheduled commercial service to ply between Doha to Auckland. The inaugural service of Flight QR920 took off on February 5, 2017 from Doha and will take 16 hours and 20 minutes to travel 14,535 kilometers to reach Auckland in New Zealand.


• KPMG India has appointed the former US government official Arun M Kumar as the Chairman and CEO to lead KPMG India operations.


• Google has announced to sell its Terra Bella business which includes a group of SkySat Earth imaging satellites to an imaging start-up, Planet Labs .


• Sports Minister Vijay Goel  laid the foundation stone of the India’s first Center of Excellence for Para Sports to help para athletes in showcasing their skills and talent further both at the national and international level in Gujarat for Rs 50 Cr.


• Basketball Federation of India announced that India will host FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball tournament in July 2017 in Bengaluru .
India also set to host the FIBA U-16 Women’s Asian Championship from October 22 to 28 in Hyderabad .


• Indian team defeated Malaysia 2-0 in Hong Kong to clinch the gold medal at the Asian Junior Squash championship.

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