TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. PM Modi on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) welcomed the decision of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal to implement Ayushman Bharat and said the double-engine government will ensure seamless delivery of key Central schemes.
2. PM Modi urges Indian to reduce cooking oil consumption by 10%: 8 smart kitchen tips for Indian homes.
3. NEET Exam for admission to undergraduate medical education cancelled over paper leak allegations; CBI probe ordered.
4. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Joseph Vijay on Tuesday ordered the closure of 717 state-run liquor retail outlets operating near places of worship, educational institutions, and bus stands across the state.
5. The Department of School Education and Literacy, Government of Karnataka, introduced the Karnataka Advanced Attendance Management System (KAAMS), also called the Kartavya-KAAMS mobile application, through a circular dated 27 April 2026. The system is designed for attendance monitoring of permanent teachers, Head Masters, equivalent cadre officers, and non-teaching staff in government educational institutions and offices in Karnataka.
6. TVK legislator JCD Prabhakar was unanimously elected as Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker.
7. Senior BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma today took oath as the Chief Minister of Assam for a second consecutive.
8. International Nurses Day has been celebrated yesterday marking birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the founder
of modern nursing. On the occasion, President Smt Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026 on fifteen Nursing professionals at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
9. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heatwave conditions at isolated places over Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh today.
10. An orange alert for rain in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Bageshwar, and Pithoragarh districts of Uttarakhand for the next 36 hours, while a yellow alert has been issued for the remaining districts.
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*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA R. Seenivasa Sethupathy who won by one vote from Tirupattur, not to take part in trust vote in Assembly: Madras High Court said.
2. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday, May 12, took into its custody a 30-year-old student from Nashik in Maharashtra in connection with the alleged NEET UG 2026 paper leak.
A crime branch unit 2 of the Nashik Police detained Shubham Khairnar, a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) from Nandgaon. He allegedly paid Rs 10 lakh for the leaked paper and then sold it online for Rs 15 lakh to another buyer from Haryana.
3. The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of nine advocates as judges of the Calcutta High Court.
4. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to roll out phase three of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list in the next “coming days”, officials said that it could cover the remaining 22 States and Union Territories (UTs) covering nearly 40 crore electors.
5. Government of India notified a 1% cess on the total cost of construction incurred by employers for building and other construction works under the Code on Social Security, 2020. The notification was issued under Section 100(1) of the Code on Social Security, 2020, and it replaced a notification dated 26 September 1996.
6. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation into the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal aide to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
7. Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities have imposed a ban on bike and cab service provider Rapido due to company functioning without the required permissions.
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In Maharashtra, six devotees were killed and around 15 injured after a wall collapsed during a religious gathering in Jat tehsil of district this afternoon. More than 300 devotees had gathered at the site when strong winds accompanied by heavy rain lashed the area.
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*DEFENCE News*
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1. Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, PVSM, AVSM, NM, presently serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), has been appointed as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) with effect from 1 June 2026.
2. The Indian Coast Guard held the girder-laying ceremony for the 4th, 5th and 6th Air Cushion Vehicles at the Rassaim Yard of Chowgule Shipyard in Goa on 11 May 2026. The project covers six indigenously fabricated Air Cushion Vehicles under a contract signed with Chowgule & Company Private Limited, Goa, on 24 October 2024.
3. The Indian Army Sailing Vessel IASV Triveni, crewed by 10 women officers from the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, is sailing from Cape Town to Mumbai after a global circumnavigation thatIn Maharashtra, six devotees were killed and around 15 injured after a wall collapsed during a religious gathering in Jat tehsil of district this afternoon. More than 300 devotees had gathered at the site when strong winds accompanied by heavy rain lashed the area. began on 11 September 2025. The 50-foot yacht was built in Puducherry and is expected to complete the expedition in June 2026.
The voyage, named Samudra Pradakshina, started from Mumbai and covered more than 23,000 nautical miles by 8 May 2026
*FINANCE*
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The Government has revised the release date of the Provisional Estimates of Annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Quarterly Estimates of GDP for Fourth Quarter from last working day of May to 7th June of every year.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Arshad Warsi starrer Welcome to the Jungle, the third installment in the Welcome franchise is set to release on June 26.
13 May (Wednesday)
*Vedic Ritu/* Vasant
*Drik Ritu* : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: *Shuklapaksh*
(In Purnimanta calendar)
*Vikram Samvat – 2083*
*Month* : Jyeshta 12,
(In Amanta calendar)
*Shaka Samvat – 1948*
*Month* : Vaisakha 26
*Tithi :* Ekadashi (up to 1:30 pm)/Dwadashi
*Nakshatra*:Uttara Bhadrapada/Revati
*Rahu* : 12:23 PM – 02:01 PM
*Yamaganda* : 07:28 AM – 09:06 AM
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