Current affairs 3rd January, 2017

National

ICBM Agni-IV successfully test-fired off Odisha coast

India successfully test-fired its home-grown long range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-IV from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast..................Read More

Govt to roll out e-passports with electronic chip, bio-metric security features

After easing the norms for getting passports, the government is reportedly set to roll out stricter security measures to avoid misuse...................Read More

Supreme Court sacks BCCI chief, secretary

THE SUPREME Court removed BCCI President Anurag Thakur and BCCI Secretary Ajay Shirke from their posts, saying cricket “is not a personal turf or fiefdom”...................Read More

Science and Technology

NPL syncs Leap second with Indian time

An atomic clock at National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in New Delhi added ‘leap second’ (extra one second) to the Indian Standard Time (IST) at 5:29.59 hours on 1 January 2017 to synchronise with the Earth’s rotational clock...................Read More

International

China announced the launch of a freight train to London

In its efforts to boost export revenues and strengthen connectivity with Europe, China announced the launch of a freight train to London that will traverse over 12,000 kilometres across 18 days...................Read More

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