Top 5 Current Affairs of the Day: 3 March 2022

Abey Kuruvilla appointed as BCCI’s new General Manager

Abey Kuruvilla has been appointed as the new General Manager of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).  The former India pacer had retired from all forms of cricket in 2000 and took up coaching. Abey Kuruvilla’s tenure as the national selection committee member got over earlier in 2022. 

PM Narendra Modi to participate in QUAD leaders virtual meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a Quad Leaders' virtual meeting today along with other QUAD leaders including US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison, and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida. The leaders are expected to exchange views and assessments about important developments in the Indo-Pacific and review ongoing efforts to implement the Leaders’ initiatives announced as part of the Quad's contemporary and positive agenda.

US mulling over sanctions on India over defence system purchase from Russia 

The United States has been mulling over whether to apply or waive sanctions on India for its purchase of S-400 Triumf missile defence system from Russia, under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). This comes amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine and criticism over India's abstention along with 34 other nationa at the United Nations vote on March 2nd.

Putin planning to reinstate Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine?

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to reinstate Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine, as per The Kyiv Independent. Viktor Yanukovych was ousted as Ukrainian President in the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution. He had fled to Russia then and has been in exile ever since. As per the Ukrainian media outlet,  Viktor Yanukovych is allegedly in Minsk and the Kremlin is preparing an operation to replace Zelensky with the ex-president.

UP Elections 2022 Phase 6: 57 seats go to polls

The sixth phase of UP Assembly Polls 2022 was held on March 3, 2022 for 57 seats across 10 districts of the state including Gorakhpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Kushinagar, Deoria, Ballia, Basti,  Balrampur, Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar.  UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is among the candidates in the fray this time. He is contesting his first assembly elections from Gorakhpur Urban constituency.