Current Affairs 05th January 2017 | General Awareness 05th January 2017

Election commission announces poll dates for five state Assembly Elections.

Assembly elections in five states.

• The Election Commission today announced the dates for the assembly elections in five states– Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.
• Counting of votes for all five states will take place on 11th March.

Uttar Pradesh

The biggest state in the country.

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar to be sworn-in as the Chief Justice of India

He will replace Justice TS Thakur

Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar will be sworn-in as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) today. President Pranab Mukherjee will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Khehar at a function in Rashtrapati Bhawan.

CJI

44^th Chief Justice of India.

Government announces safety audit for all mines in the country

In the wake of the recent Jharkhand mine accident.

The government has announced a safety audits for all 418 mines in the country in the wake of the recent coal mine disaster in Jharkhand’s Godda district.

Piyush Goyal

Union Power Minister.

TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay to be produced before CBI court

Protests in West Bengal over his arrest.

• TMC Parliamentary party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay will be produced before a CBI court in Bhubaneshwar.
• He was arrested in the 17 thousand crore rupee Rose Valley chit fund scam.

Rose Valley scam

The scam is believed to be the biggest ponzi fraud in India.

M K Stalin elected as Working President of DMK.

M. Karunanidhi is suffering from geriatric health issues.

The party treasurer and opposition leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly MK Stalin has been elevated to the position of ‘Acting President,’.

M. Karunanidhi

DMK party leader.

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