Daily Current Affairs Today 2 May 2017

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National News

Anantnag byelections cancelled.

Citing poor law and order situation and lack of adequate central forces Election Commission has cancelled the Anantnag Lok Sabha bypoll which were to held on May 25
Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir – Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (PDP)
Chief Election Commissioner of India – Nasim Zaidi

2. Calcutta High Court judge issues warrant against CJI and other judges.

Supreme Court directed the Kolkata government hospital to carry out the medical examination of Justice Karnan in a contempt case.
Calcutta High Court judge C.S. Karnan has issued a non-bailable warrant against Chief Justice of India and six Supreme Court judges.
Chief Justice of India – Jagdish Singh Khehar

Madhya Pradesh will be the first State to switch to the January-December financial year

Budget session of the next financial year will be held either in December 2017 or January 2018
Current financial year cycle – April to March
India has been following the existing financial year cycle since 1867
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh – Shivraj Singh Chauhan (BJP)
Capital of Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal

India’s 2nd tallest flag post in Kolhapur

It is a 300-foot flag post and was inaugurated at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra
Tallest flag post at Atari on Indo-Pak border(360-foot)
Chief Minister of Maharashtra – Devendra Fadnavis
Governor of Maharashtra – C. Vidyasagar Rao

UP Diwas to be celebrated on January 24

UP cabinet has decided to celebrate January 24 every year as Uttar Pradesh Day.
Chief Minister of UP – Yogi Adityanath

International News

Modi expresses concern at Australia new visa policy

Prime Minister Modi expressed concern about the impact of the recent changes in Australian regulations for the skilled professionals’ visa programme.
Australian PM announced the scrapping of the “457” visa policy that benefited skilled Indian IT workers.
Under the new policy, the tenure of the visas was to be reduced from four to two years.
Prime Minister of Australia – Malcolm Turnbull

Business News

UberEATS debuts in India.

UberEATS app was unveiled in Mumbai.
UberEATS is Uber’s on-demand food delivery.
UberEATS has a delivery time of 35 minutes.
Head of UberEATS India – Bhavik Rathod
CEO of Uber – Travis Kalanick

Samsung gets approval to start testing self-driving cars.

South Korean government has given its approval to Samsung for testing self-driving cars on public roads in the country
Headquarters of Samsung – Suwon, South Korea
Capital of South Korea – Seoul
Currency of South Korea – Won

Sports News

Bangladesh Bans Bowler Who Conceded 92 Runs

Sujon Mahmud was banned for 10 years for deliberately bowling wides and no balls in a Dhaka Second Division League match.
Sujon Mahmud deliberately lost a match by conceding 92 runs in four legal deliveries in protest of poor umpiring decisions.
Sujon bowled 13 wides and three no-balls in the first over
Captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team in Test Matches – Mushfiqur Rahim