Current Affairs (2 Jan 2018)

Daily Headlines (2 Jan 2018)

- ⭐ Israel Withdraws from UNESCO

- ⭐ Arunachal Pradesh Declared Open Defecation Free

- Vidarbha Defeats Delhi to win Ranji Trophy for the First Time

- ⭐ Telangana Starts free 24 hour power supply to Farmer

- ⭐ Viswanathan Anand wins bronze at World Blitz Chess Championships

• US President Donald Trump has directed NASA to send Americans to this extraterrestrial body -  Moon 

• This nation has lifted its 35-year old ban on commercial movie theatres - Saudi Arabia 

• The sports ministry has approved Rs 5 lakh from the National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons for the heart treatment of this former heavyweight boxer - Kaur Singh

• The World Telugu Conference is scheduled to organised in this city - Hyderabad 

• The first NIC-CERT has been set up by the Union government to prevent and predict - Cyber Attacks 

• This Indian is among the six top diplomats, who were felicitated with the inaugural Diwali ‘Power of One’ award at UN for their contribution towards forming a more secure world – Lakshmi Puri 

• Hindi writer who has been selected for the Vyaas Samman 2017 - Mamta Kalia

• Father of Indian DNA fingerprinting who passed away recently - Lalji Singh

• This town has been included in top 5 global cities list by UNEP to successfully manage solid waste - Alappuzha

• Giriraj Singh, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for MSME, launched this Public Procurement Portal  - ‘MSME Sambandh’

• India has been declared free from Trachoma. Trachoma is a contagious bacterial infection of - Eyes 

• This Railway station was declared as India's first 100% energy-efficient station - Kacheguda Railway Station

Miss world- Manushi Chillar

Miss universe- Demi Leigh Nel Peter( Also Miss South Africa)

▪ This Indian state has been declared as a disturbed area till June 2018 - Nagaland

▪ This state hosted the 171st Araadhanai  Music Festival - Tamil Nadu

▪These two nations have become the first in Gulf to introduce VAT - UAE and Saudi Arabia

▪ This state has become the second one in the North East to be declared Open Defecation free - Arunachal Pradesh

▪ This Prominent poet, who translated the Bhagwad Geeta into Urdu, passed away at the age of 71 on 2 January 2018 -  Anwar Jalalpuri

▪ This state has received the approval for purchase of electric vehicles under the FAME India Scheme - Karnataka

▪ Person appointed as the Prime Minister of Mali - Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga

▪ This state published the first draft of National Register of Citizens with 1.9 crore names - Assam

▪ Person appointed as the Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh recently - Om Prakash Singh

▪ Person appointed as President of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) - Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

▪ Indian origin scientist honoured with Damehood by Queen Elizabeth - Pratibha Laxman Gai

▪ This country recently confirmed its withdrawal from UNESCO following the withdrawal of US- Israel

▪ The record that contains the names of Indian citizens is called - National

▪ Register of Citizens (NRC) Tallest building in the world with the highest occupied floor in the world –  Burj Khalifa