Current Affairs Update for 3 January

Current Affairs Update for today :-

Sports

• Virat Kohli became first cricketer to cross 5 million followers on Twitter. 

Politics

• According to the United Nations Report, the year 2014 became the deadliest year for Iraq where about 12000 civilians were killed by ISIS. 
• On 30th December 2014, World’s smallest goanna lizard species was discovered in Australia. 

Appointments

• J.Y. Pillay, Indian origin re-appointed as top advisor to President of Singapore Tony Tan. He became the Chairman of Presidential Council of Advisers. 

Business and Economy

• Reliance Industries Ltd. signed an agreement with Mitsui OSK Lines of Japan for transportation of liquefied ethane from North America to india. 
• Lupin, the drug firm got permitted from United States Food and Drugs Administration to market its generic drug Prezista Tablets in United States of America.