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At least 21 opposition parties announced their plans to boycott the inauguration of the new parliament building in New Delhi by PM Modi. In the joint statement, they said, “Prime Minister Modi’s decision to inaugurate the new parliament building by himself, completely sidelining President Murmu, is not only a grave insult but a direct assault on our democracy which demands a commensurate response”. In response, On the other hand, Biju Janata Dal, TDP and YSRCP announced their decision to attend the inaugural ceremony. The NDA hit out at the opposition's boycott, calling it a “contempt for the very essence of democracy".
In Pakistan, Fawad Chaudhry and two former lawmakers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab became the latest to part ways with the Imran Khan-led political party PTI on account of the violence on May 9. Asad Umar, head of PTI’s economic team, stepped down from his party office but he did not quit the party like his former colleagues Shireen Mazari, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan and several others who left PTI recently. PTI leader Qasim Suri’s family also distanced itself from the party.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah said today “The respective presidents of the Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka Cricket Boards will grace the Tata IPL 2023 final to be held on May 28 at the Narendra Modi Stadium. We will hold discussions with them for outlining the future course of action in relation to Asia Cup 2023." It comes against the backdrop of India not being willing to play its matches in the Asia Cup in politically unstable Pakistan. Asia Cup 2023 is scheduled to be played in September, a month before the ODI World Cup.
On the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a peace plan to end the war with Russia and asked for his support. According to the sources, the proposal is under consideration by the Modi government.
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede today moved the Bombay high court in the alleged ₹25 crore extortion case regarding the arrest of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan. In his appeal, Wankhede said the CBI's action against him is an act of revenge. He said the FIR was filed against him because he had lodged a complaint against Gyaneshwar Singh for humiliating him over caste. He further said that Gyaneshwar Singh is helping Aryan Khan get off the hook in the drug case.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Hiroshima today to attend the G7 summit. Modi said that "It will be a pleasure to meet Prime Minister (Fumio) Kishida again after his recent visit to India for the India-Japan Summit. My presence in this G7 Summit is particularly meaningful as India holds the G20 Presidency this year,". He added "I look forward to exchanging views with the G7 countries and other invited partners on challenges the world faces and the need to collectively address them,".
Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and K.V. Viswanathan took the oath of office to bring the strength of the court to 34 judges. They would replace Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and M.R. Shah, both of whom had retired. Succeeding Justice J.B. Pardiwala, Justice Viswanathan would be in line to be the 58th Chief Justice of India in August 2030.
On May 16, magistrate judge Jacqueline Chooljian of the US district court of the central district of California issued an order stating Tahawwur Rana should be extradited to India. Responding to the development, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said “Insofar as the question of Tahawwur Rana is concerned, we are in very regular touch with the US authorities to ensure that there is speedy and early extradition of Tahawwur Rana,” Rana is currently lodged in a federal lockup in Los Angeles and he can appeal against the California court’s order in a circuit court. The US judge had ruled Rana’s extradition to India under the extradition treaty between India and the US.
Joe Biden has postponed his trip to Australia, for Quad summit, due to debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the leaders of Australia, the United States, India and Japan would instead meet at the G7 in Hiroshima this weekend. A bilateral programme in Sydney with Prime Minister Narendra Modi could still go ahead next week, he added.
Reacting to the release of US State Department 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom, Ministry Of External Affairs Spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi said, "We are aware of the release of the U.S. State Department 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom. Regrettably, such reports continue to be based on misinformation and flawed understanding.' The US Religious Freedom Report 2022 alleged high handedness against minorities especially Muslims by various state governments in India.
As Western nations move to tighten sanctions on Moscow's energy sector, EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell had earlier said that the EU should crack down on India reselling Russian oil as refined fuels including diesel into Europe. Responding to these remarks, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said "Look at EU Council regulations, Russian crude is substantially transformed in the third country and not treated as Russian anymore."
Bushra Khan, the wife of Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan, was granted protective bail in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case. Al-Qadir Trust is a non-governmental welfare organization set up by Bushra and Imran Khan in 2018 when he was still in office. Government officials alleged that Khan and his wife received land worth millions of dollars as a bribe from a real estate tycoon through the charitable trust. The trust has nearly 60 acres of land worth $24.7 million and another large piece of land in Islamabad close to Khan's hilltop home.
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the country's military establishment intended to keep him behind bars for the next 10 years under sedition charges. He further said the "plan now" was to humiliate him by putting his wife, Bushra Begum, in jail. To let you know, Khan's arrest by the Pakistan Rangers at the Islamabad High Court premises last week triggered unrest in Pakistan. According to Pakistan police, the death toll in clashes was 10 while Khan's party PTI claimed that its 40 workers died in the firing by Pakistan's security forces.
In the Aryan Khan drugs case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that two independent witnesses - Kiran Gosavi and Prabhakar Sail had planned to extort Rs 25 crore from Khan who was arrested on charges of alleged possession of narcotic substances in 2021. Of the amount, Sameer Wankhede was supposed to get some, according to Sail. The FIR further also alleged that Wankhede has not "properly explained his foreign visits and had mis-declared the expenditure on his foreign travels".
Cyclone Mocha killed at least three people, injured 13 and damaged more than 1,000 buildings in western Myanmar. More than 850 houses, 64 schools, 14 health facilities and seven communication towers were damaged by the storm, a local news channel said. Bangladesh has also faced devastation due to the cyclone. According to a Bangladeshi official, 12,000 houses were destroyed in Cox's Bazar and it also damaged crops, uprooted trees, and tore through hundreds of shelters housing Rohingya refugees. Some northeastern parts of India continue to face threats from the storm.
Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao announced that Taiwanese electronics contract manufacturer, Foxconn, will invest $500 million in Telangana. He announced that a new plant will be situated at Kongar Kalaan in Telangana and the investment is expected to create over 25,000 direct jobs in the state in the first phase. This year, Foxconn reportedly won the order to manufacture Airpods for Apple and the company was planning to set up a plant in India for manufacturing the same.
Today, BJP filed a complaint against Sonia Gandhi with the Election Commission stating that Gandhi violated the Model Code of Conduct provisions. She had said that her party will not allow anyone to pose a threat to Karnataka's "reputation, sovereignty or integrity". Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje filed the complaint and said that Gandhi's statement was "shocking and unacceptable".
At least 55 people have died, 260 have been hospitalized and more than 20,000 civilians have fled since violence broke out in Manipur earlier this week, according to army and medical officials. The Supreme Court asked the state and the Centre to provide details of the rescue and rehabilitation work in Manipur.
22 people died in the boat capsize accident in Kerala's Malappuram district on Monday. With more than 30 passengers on board, the houseboat capsized and sank near the Thoovaltheeram beach in the Tanur area of Malappuram district on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered condolences to the families of the deceased and announced a Rs 2 lakh ex gratia from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
In a tragic incident, Indian Air Force's MiG 21 fighter aircraft crashed on a house in Hanumangarh district today. Three women have died and three others were injured on the ground. The pilot ejected from the plane and is undergoing treatment at the Suratgarh military hospital.
In order to discuss economic developments and the implementation of its program, International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka. Rahul Anand, Mission Chief for Bangladesh, IMF raised concerns about some of Bangladesh's macroeconomic indicators, he said "Against a challenging economic backdrop, Bangladesh remains one of the fastest growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. However, persistent inflationary pressures, elevated volatility of global financial conditions, and the slowdown in major advanced trading partners continue to weigh on growth, foreign currency reserves, and the Taka,".
In the backdrop of state elections in Karnataka, replying to M Mallikarjun Kharge's 'venomous snake' barb at him, PM said "snake is the charm of lord Shankar's (Shiva) neck, and for me, the people of the country are the form of Lord Eshwar, they are the form of Shiva. So I'm fine with being the snake that adorns the neck of the people". The PM was addressing a public meeting in Kolar, Karnataka.
West Bengal Congress leader and counsel of the Calcutta High Court Kaustav Bagchi wrote a letter to express displeasure over Congress leader and Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi defending Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee in the supreme court. Bagchi claimed that Bengal Congress leaders and workers feel ashamed of Singhvi.
Delhi Public Works Department Minister Atishi wrote to Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and criticized the letter he sent to the chief secretary seeking records of the renovation of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence and submitting the report in 15 days. Atishi said that LG seeks to exercise a power that is wholly outside the jurisdiction and authority of his office.
According to the US media, leaked US intelligence documents reveal that junior Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar cautioned Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif that Pakistan should avoid giving the impression of "appeasing" the West. The reports further say that Pak no longer should attempt to maintain a middle ground between China and the US. It says the partnership with the US would ultimately sacrifice the full benefits of its "real strategic" partnership with China.
United States regulators have declared that First Republic Bank has been seized and a deal agreed to sell it to JPMorgan Chase, which will take $173 billion of loans and about $30 billion of securities of First Republic Bank including $92 billion of deposits. The deal makes it the third major U.S. bank to fail in two months.
BSP MP Afzal Ansari and his brother Mukhtar Ansari have been sentenced to 4 and 10 years in prison respectively in a 16-year-old case. In addition, a penalty of ₹5 lakhs was imposed on Mukhtar and 1 lakh on Afzal. Afzal might lose his parliament seat as well.
11 people died and 9 were hospitalised after a gas leak in Ludhiana, Punjab. National Disaster Response Force reached the site along with experts to determine the cause of the leak.
Today, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said Indian PM Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden will meet the leaders of the Pacific Islands next month. Following China's security agreement with the Solomon Islands last year, the US has been trying to increase its influence in the region.
Reuters reported quoting sources that U.S. regulators are trying to close the sale of First Republic Bank with 6 banks bidding for it. If this happens it would be the third major U.S. bank to fail in two months.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh slammed the athletes for their protest and said that their motive is politics and not his resignation. Brij Bhushan has been accused of sexual harassment by top Indian wrestlers. In the last few days, many opposition politicians including Priyanka Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal have joined the protest.
At the Republic Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that "for the first time, the poor have got security and dignity". Further, he said "Till 2014, somehow we became a $2 trillion economy and that took 60 years. In just 9 years of our government, we have reached $3.5 trillion." Speaking on MUDRA yojana, the PM said, "It was started to give financial support to Micro and Small entrepreneurs. Under this scheme, more than 40 crore loans were disbursed, and out of this 70% were women. The first impact of this yojana is an increase in self-employment."
In a shocking incident in Kerala's Thrissur, an eight years old girl lost her life to a mobile explosion while she was watching a video on her mobile phone. Initial reports suggest that the phone was a Chinese company brand.
Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel was convicted of federal offences for money laundering and acting as an unregistered agent of China. He funnelled money from an alleged China-based Malaysian financier, through donors to Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. During the Trump administration, he was also trying to quash a Justice Department investigation and influence extradition on behalf of China.
India's Reliance's Viacom18 has struck a deal with Warner Bros Discovery for streaming Hollywood content on its JioCinema platform. This will bring HBO Original, Max Original and Warner Bros. Television content to the JioCinema platform. It is important to note that the JioCinema is digitally streaming the world's biggest and most popular cricket league - Indian Premier League(IPL) for free in India.
Australia will overhaul its immigration system to speed up getting skilled workers into the country and smoothening the path to permanent residency. The federal government has said the current points test system will be modified to identify people with the right skill sets. The government said that Temporary skilled visa holders will be able to apply for permanent residency by the end of this year.
According to the latest update, India has evacuated its 530 people from Sudan. Under the mission named 'Operation Kaveri ', evacuated Indians have been taken to the transit facility at Jeddah. After the first batch of 278 was evacuated using Indian Navy's INS Sumedha, Indian Air Force's C130J heavy-lift transport aircraft evacuated more Indians.
The Uttar Pradesh government suspended a serving government doctor - Akhlaq Ahmed who is the brother-in-law of slain gangster Atiq Ahmed. He was accused of sheltering Atiq's gang-member Guddu Muslim who is on the run and is wanted by the Prayagraj police for the killing of lawyer Umesh Pal and his two police guards.
Singapore on Wednesday executed a man convicted of drug trafficking in 2013. The man was accused of abetting the trafficking of more than 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of cannabis. Many had called for Singapore not to proceed with the execution but Singapore executed 11 people in 2022 and considers the death penalty as a deterrent against drugs.
The Taliban killed the "mastermind" of a suicide attack at Kabul's international airport that killed 13 U.S. troops and many civilians during the United States exit from the country in 2021.
Russia seized control of two European energy companies - Fortum and Uniper after Putin declared taking temporary control of their Russian assets. This came in anticipation of a possible ban on exports to Russia or applying tougher sanctions on it by the EU and its allies. Seizing control means that the original owner no longer has the right to make management decisions.
US President Joe Biden announced that he will be running for a second term in office, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. Biden will possibly face Donal Trump in the 2024 presidential elections. After the announcement, Biden got support from former two-time presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders.
