2 January 2017- Daily Current Affairs & Daily MCQ's

Supreme Court removes Anurag Thakur from post of BCCI President. 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. BCCI Secretary Ajay Shirke was also removed from his post. India successfully test-fires intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-IV. India today successfully test-fired its home-grown long range intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-IV from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. 26 crore accounts open under Jan Dhan Yojana across country till date. Over 26 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana across the country till date. The Scheme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August, 2014. IFFHS names Lionel Messi as World's best playmaker for 2016. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) named Lionel Messi as the World’s Best Playmaker for the year 2016. The footballer won the award for his overall contribution to club and country. China flags off first goods train to London. China has launched its first freight train to London over 12,000 kilometres away as part of efforts by the world's second largest economy to expand rail links to different areas across the globe. The train departed from China's international commodity hub Yiwu in Zhejiang Province yesterday. It will travel for about 18 days and more than 12,000 kilometres before reaching its destination in Britain. Apple to make iPhones in Bengaluru. Apple, the American multinational technology company is all set to manufacture iPhones in the Indian city of Bengaluru. The company is going to manufacture the iconic phones in the country in collaboration with Wistron, a Taiwanese original design manufacturer. Haj application process goes digital, Mobile App launched. Giving a digital push to the Haj application process for the first time, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here today launched a mobile application which will provide information and facilitate e-payments for the pilgrimage. "It is for the first time that Haj application process is going to be digital". India’s first transgender school opens in Kerala. India’s first transgender school opened in Kochi. The school, named Sahaj International, was inaugurated by transgender activist, writer and actor Kalki Subramaniam at Thrikkakara in Kerala’s Ernakulam district.