TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 17, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

TNPSC Current Affairs - April 17, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams - TNPSC April 2017 Current Affairs. for Group 2A 2017

• Battle of Adyar (1746)
• The war was held between the forces of the Nawab of Arcot and the french Army.
• It was held on the banks of the Adyar Estuary on October 1746.
• The french forces were led by Captain Louis Pardis.
• R Sreenivasan
• He is a famous sculptor who passed away recently.
• Ma Aranganathan
• He is a tamil writer who passed away recently.
• He also published the magazine 'Munril'.
• Vistadome
• It is the glass railway coach which made its trail run in Vishakapatnam to Araku.
• Indian Army chief : Bipin Rawat
• National Security Advisor: Ajit Dowal
• Prime Minister of Nepal : Pushpa Kamala Dahal 
• Bahrain Grand Prix 2017
• Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain grand Prix.
• 2nd Place - Lewis Hamilton
• 3rd place - Valtteri Bottas
• Singapore Open 2017 (Badminton)
• B Sai Praneeth (Ind) won the title against K Srikanth in the final.
• Emma Morano
• She is an Italian who held the oldest human being record passed away at the age of 117.
• Cyclone Maarutha
• It is the tropical cylcone which hit Myanmar.