Current Affairs 03rd January 2017 | General Awareness 03rd January 2017

Supreme Court removes Anurag Thakur from the post of BCCI President

For not complying with Lodha Committee recommendations.

• The Supreme Court today removed Anurag Thakur from the post of BCCI President for not complying with its orders on implementing the Lodha Committee recommendations
• A bench, headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, also issued notice to Mr Thakur seeking an explanation why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him.

Removal list

• Ajay Shirke
• Anurag Thakur.

  Apex court rules, candidates seeking vote in the name of caste

  Creed or religion will be disqualified from election.
  

• The Apex Court has ruled that no politician can seek vote in the name of caste, creed or religion.
• The court’s verdict came while it was hearing several petitions in the Hindutva case.

Hindutva case

Judgment on 1995.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a rally in Lucknow

BJP campaign in ​poll bound ​Uttar Pradesh​

• Meanwhile, addressing the gathering, BJP president Amit Shah said that BJP has initiated a Parivartan which includes everything including change in power.
• He said, the state of UP is marred by the bane corruption where poor common people are the biggest victims.

Parivartan

It was founded by Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia.

India successfully test-fires 4000 Km range intercontinental ballistic missile.

Agni-IV from Odisha coast

• India has successfully test-fired its home-grown long range intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-IV.
• The missile was test-fired from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.

Technology

A quantum leap in terms of missile technology.

India’s premier Tennis tournament Chennai Open begins.

Three Indians are in the main draw

India’s premier tennis event, the Chennai Open, begins today. Three Indians are in the main draw of the singles event this year. Saketh Myneni, country’s highest ranked single’s player, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Yuki Bhambri are in the fray.

Best players of India

• Saketh Myneni
• Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Yuki Bhambri

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