[CA] News : July 02, 2017

Around INDIA

# Government has cancelled the registration of one lakh companies that had suspicious and questionable operations, identified on the basis of data mined from the deposit of bank notes following the last November's demonetisation: Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi

# Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched Nation wide a month long Special Drive (from July 01) for maximization of registration of eligible electors with focus on left out eligible young citizens in age group 18-19 and removal of names of registered dead electors, if any, from electoral rolls.

# Senior advocate and constitutional expert Mr. K. K. Venugopal (from Kerala) was appointed as the 15th Attorney General of India

# Mr. A. K. Jyoti likely to be the next Chief Election Commissioner of India; the incumbent CEC, Mr. Nasim Zaidi to retire on July 06, 2017

# The fourth test of Nirbhay, the long-range sub-sonic cruise missile designed and developed by DRDO failed on Dec 21, 2016 due to use of faulty material: DRDO

TAMIL NADU

# Both the Presidential candidates Mr. Ram Nath Kovind (met the both factions of AIADMK) and Ms. Meria Kumar (met DMK and others) visited Chennai to drum up their support

# The newly constituted Search Committee (R. M. Lodha) for recommending a panel of three names for appointing the next Vice - Chancellor of Anna University, called on the (Acting) Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao, at the Raj Bhavan

# Charges have been framed against V. K. Sasikala in FERA case

# An eerie silence has descended on Kadiramangalam village that was witness to a fiery clash between residents protesting against the presence of ONGC personnel and the police

WORLD

# China: has unearthed the mummified remains of a middle-aged man on a less frequented section of the ancient Silk Road on the edge of China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

# Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ethiopia) has taken over as Director - General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), succeeding Dr. Margaret Chan, who has held office since Jan 01, 2007

ECONOMICS

# 65 MoUs signed at Textiles India 2017 held in Gandhinagar

SPORTS

# Delhi will host all league matches involving India in the FIFA U-17 world cup

MISC

# Book "Two Saints: Speculation around and about Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi" by Arun Shourie

# Book "Deep Thinking" by Garry Kasparov