Current Affairs 2nd May 2017

Current Affairs 2nd May 2017

NATIONAL:

• PM Modi holds delegation level talks with Turkey’s President in New Delhi
• Haryana govt to set up 15 solid waste management clusters
• Indian Railways to Track Wagons and Coaches with RFID tags
• Kerala organizes first ever transgender athletic meet
• Assam gets its first Shatabdi Express
• UP govt to introduce e-challans for payment of road taxes
• Maha 1st state to use automated weather stations for farmers
• AIIMS becomes India’s first public hospital for eye tumors
• ‘Digi Yatra’ initiative to make flying simpler
• Prime Minister inaugurates International Basava Convention
• India to give Rs 35 cr to children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh
• Scientists at IIT Create Low Cost Solar Cells using Jamun
• Real Estate Act comes into effect

INTERNATIONAL

• Deputy PM & Home Minister of Nepal Bimalendra Nidhi resigns

BANKING NEWS

• RBI asks ARCs to have a minimum net corpus of Rs100 crore by 2019

AWARDS AND HONOURS :

• Britney receives top honour at Radio Disney Music Awards

SPORTS NEWS:

• Joshna Chinappa becomes 1st Indian to win Asian Squash title
• Jehan Daruvala becomes 1st Indian to take pole in FIA F3 European Championship
• Arunachal Pradesh: CM Khandu kick starts Oorja CAPF U-19 football tournament
• Mercedes’ Bottas claims maiden Grand Prix win in Russia
• Mizoram CM Thanhawla congratulates Aizawl Football Club
• Leander Paes wins Tallahassee Challenger title of men’s doubles