Current Affairs One liner of the day: 30 January 2017

30 January 2017: The one liner for 30 January 2017 covers important current affairs happenings that us relevant competitive exams. The day’s one liner’s cover important happenings like Karnataka Lokayukta, 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament and Anti-leprosy day 2017 among others.

• Sir John Hurt, who passed away recently, belonged to - England

• Indian Space Research Organisation recently ground tested the Cryogenic Upper Stage engine meant for the rocket - GSLV-Mark-III

• Indian-American appointed as special assistant to US President on ethics and compliance matters - Uttam Dhillon

• Person sworn-in as Karnataka Lokayukta recently - P Vishwanath Shetty

• India's first Fanatic Sports Museum was inaugurated in - Kolkata

• The person crowned as the Miss Universe 2016 is - Miss France Iris Mittenaere

• The winner of the 2017 Australian Open Men’s Singles title is - Roger Federer

• The winner of the 2017 Australian Open Women’s Singles title is - Serena Williams

• The Indian doctor selected for the 2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame is - Gullapalli N. Rao

• The winner of the 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament is - Wesley So

• As per an announcement made by the Union Ministry of Finance, the General Anti Avoidance Rules will come into force on – 1 April 2017

• The 2017 Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold women’s singles badminton title was won by – P V Sindhu

• The 2017 Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold men’s singles badminton title was won by – Sameer Verma

• This former professional tennis player was appointed as the UN in India Goodwill Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals – Ashok Amritraj

• The National Anti-leprosy day was observed on – 30 January 2017