1. Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Asani’: Heavy rain likely to lash Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
It is the first cyclonic storm of the season and was named by Sri Lanka. Asani means “wrath” *गुस्सा* in Sinhalese.
2. Union Government tells Supreme Court it will reconsider & re-examine provisions of sedition law Section 124 A.
3. Supreme Court refuses to entertain petition filed by CPI(M) challenging demolition drive in Shaheen Bagh Delhi.
4. Chintan Shivir’ of Congress party to be held in Udaipur from May 13 to 15. Congress President Sonia Gandhi said.
5. A three-day Utkarsh Mahotsav is being organized by Central Sanskrit University in New Delhi. The objective behind organising the Utkarsh Mahotsav is to promote the Sanskrit language across the country and beyond.
6. *DELHI*: Protests erupted at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh on Monday with hundreds of people, including women, opposing an anti-encroachment drive of the SDMC as bulldozers rolled into the area in the presence of a huge number of police personnel, even as the civic body team was forced to return without carrying out the exercise.
7. *HARYANA* State Govt launches the ‘e-Adhigam’ scheme under which nearly 3 lakh students will be receiving tablet computers.
8. *KERALA* govt to launch ‘Shaili App’ for diagnosing, and controlling lifestyle diseases.
9. *MAHARASHTRA* : inhe Mumbai police on Monday filed an application in a special court here seeking cancellation of the bail granted to independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA-husband Ravi Rana, accused in a sedition case following a row over the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa.
10. *WEST BENGAL* : The Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case of corruption (5 Lakh in 2016) against a former staffer of the then Union minister Babul Supriyo.
11. *New Appointment*: Pushp Kumar Joshi, who recently took over as the interim chairman and managing director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), has been appointed to the Board of the nation’s third-largest oil refining and fuel marketing company.
FINANCE:
USD ₹77.48
💷 *GBP ₹95.35
BSE Sensex: 54,470.67
*NIFTY* : 16,301.85
1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives away awards for best performing Start-ups in Coimbatore on 09 May.
2. Life Insurance Corporation of India’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) received healthy response from investors; subscribed 2.91 times.
(b). Within the span of six days, investors including policy holders and retail investors have bidded for the IPO which was oversubscribed around three times.
(c) IPO of LIC was opened for public subscription on 4th of this month which ended on 09 May at 7 P.M. This IPO is the biggest public offering in the country.
(d) The allotment of shares will take place on 12th of this month and the IPO will list for trading on 17th of this month. LIC had fixed the price band of 902 to 949 rupees per Equity Share for its maiden public offer.
3. The Reserve Bank of India has given its nod to Equitas Small Finance Bank and its parent company Equitas Holdings Ltd’s merger plan, subject to certain restrictions.
4. Indian Bank, a public sector bank, has introduced its digital broking solution – ‘E- Broking’, as a strategic move toward comprehensive digitalisation of its customer products.
ENTERTAINMENT:
1. A fire was reported from the 14th floor of a high-rise opposite Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s residence in Mumbai’s Bandra on Monday evening. No casualties have been reported.
2. Rocking star Yash’s KGF Chapter 2 Becomes First Kannada Film To Be Screened In South Korea.
DEFENCE:
1. *Indian Navy’s P-8i Fleet host to Boeing and Air Works collaboration* :
Air Works, an Indian MRO company, is partnering with the Boeing Company to conduct heavy maintenance checks on three Indian Navy P-8i maritime patrol aircraft.
2. DRDO Developing an Universal Launcher for ASTRA Air to Air Missiles.
India is developing the Astra series to replace the expensive Russian, French, and Israeli-origin beyond-visual-range missiles. Astra MK-2 has a range of around 160 km.
3. The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down a drone coming from Pakistan, which was carrying heroin, in Punjab’s Amritsar, said the force on Monday, May 9, 2022. The BSF said it recovered nine packets of heroin from the drone, thwarting a smuggling bid from across the border.
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Gvnr : Gurmit Singh
CM : Pushkar Singh Dhami (BJP)
Dist : 13
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10 May (Tuesday)
Vasant Ritu
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Month: Vaisakha 24 (Purnimata)/ Vaisakha 10(Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2079
Shaka Samvat – 1944
Nakshatra : Magha (6:40 pm)Purva Phalguni
Titi: Navami (up to 7:25 pm)Dashami
RahuKaal: 03:39 PM – 05:16 PM
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