Kiren Rijiju Replaced As Law Minister, Shifted To Earth Sciences. Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State, will replace Kiren Rijiju as Minister with Independent Charge of the Law Ministry.
1. President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday appointed Prashant Kumar Mishra, the chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh high court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.
2. PM Modi will inaugurate the newly-constructed Parliament building on May 28. The new Parliament building can comfortably seat 888 members in the Lok Sabha chamber and 300 in the Rajya Sabha chamber.
3. Ending days of suspense, the Congress central leadership earlier on Thursday announced that Siddaramaiah would be the chief minister, while state party chief D K Shivakumar would be his only deputy.
The governor invited Siddaramaiah to take oath as chief minister and Shivakumar as deputy chief minister along with their team members at 12.30 pm on May 20 at Kanteerava stadium.
4. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has extended the invitation to several chief ministers and party leaders and personally invited them to the event of CM oath Ceremony.
He has invited
Tamil Nadu : CM K Stalin,
WB: CM Mamata Banerjee,
Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar
Jharkhand: CM Hemant Soren.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray & J&K National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah.
5. Minister of State SPS Baghel moved from law ministry to health ministry. Decision taken hours after Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju was shifted as Earth Sciences Minister.
6. Rajasthan Bikaner MP and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal was on 18 May appointed as Law Minister with independent charge.
7. A head of the Lok Sabha elections slated for next year, the BJP leadership will be reaching out to the masses to mark the completion of nine years of the PM Modi-led government at the Centre. Along with several mass contact programmes and other events, the BJP’s outreach initiatives will also include public rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Modi covering Rajasthan.
8. Maharashtra’s Tulja Bhavani temple bans ‘indecent’ dress, does U-turn: No restrictions have been imposed on devotees visiting the temple for darshan or puja,” a circular or notice signed by the local tehsildar (revenue official), who is an ex-officio member of the temple management committee issued.
9. Haryana’s home and health minister Anil Vij on Thursday ordered overweight police personnel be transferred to the police lines till they become fit again.
10. Air India has opened bookings for its non-stop daily Amritsar-Mumbai flight service beginning on May 20.
11. The Supreme Court refuses to overturn Patna High Court order suspending caste survey in Bihar. Patna High Court had directed state government to immediately stop caste-based survey, and ensure that data already collected are secured and not shared with anybody till final orders are passed.
12. PM Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicate several railway projects worth over 8,000 crore rupees in Odisha on thursday via video conferencing. PM flagged off the Vande Bharat Express between Puri and Howrah.
14. PM Modi will virtually attend the inaugural function of Khelo India University games in Lucknow on 25th May.
15. Former Union minister and the BJP’s Ambala MP Rattan Lal Kataria passed away on Thursday after a brief illness. He was 71.
CRIME REPORT
1. Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede did not appear for questioning before the CBI on Thursday in connection with a case of alleged demand of Rs 25-crore bribe from superstar.
2. Supreme Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the death of three cheetahs translocated from South Africa and Namibia to Kuno National Park of Madhya Pradesh in less than two months and asked the Centre to rise above politics and consider shifting them to Rajasthan.
3. Mystery shrouds death of Assam’s ‘Lady Singham’ Junmoni Rabha as video, audio clips go viral:
Two days after a woman sub-inspector of Assam police, who was embroiled in several controversies, was killed in a “road accident”, an audio clip of a purported constable went viral on social media claiming that she was tortured by her colleagues before death.
4. Bihar ex-CM and RJD’s Rabri Devi was questioned by Enforcement Directorate for about five hours in connection with the land-for-jobs scam case on Thursday.
5. The supporters of Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and Congress leader Sachin Pilot clashed during an office-bearers’ meeting in Ajmer on Thursday.
6. Supreme Court issued notice to Enforcement Directorate on former Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain’s plea seeking bail in a money laundering case against him.
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1. Farmers to get over Rs.1 Lakh Crore subsidy for fertilizers for Kharif Season this year; No hike in prices.
2. The World Economic Situation and Prospects report released by the United Nations has reposed its faith in the Indian economy. The report said that India is expected to grow by 5.8 percent in 2023 and 6.7 percent in 2024.
3. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently told banks and other regulated entities to ensure a complete transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The rate is calculated and will continue to be published each day by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE).
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walked the Cannes Film Festival red carpet at the screening of ‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’. The actress was dressed in a black gown with a giant silver hood that extended into a train.The outfit is from the Cannes Capsule Collection of Sophie Couture.
2. The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban imposed by the West Bengal Government on the screening of the movie ‘The Kerala Story’ and asked it to ensure safety of moviegoers in the state.
3. Twitter owner Elon Musk on Thursday said that verified Twitter Blue subscribers can now upload videos that are up to two hours long. As per Twitter, the video file size limit has also been increased from 2GB to 8GB. Earlier longer video upload was only possible from the web, however, now it will also be possible through the iOS app.
4. The ban on the game app Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) is set to be lifted for three months after temporary clearance, It was banned after Indian authorities noticed that its server was interacting with Chinese servers.
5. YouTube has announced that it is bringing 30-second unskippable ads on connected TVs. Instead of seeing two 15-second ads consecutively, viewers will now see one 30-second ad. The feature is arriving along with new ‘Pause’ ads on connected TV devices, which will allow advertisers to showcase their brand when a video is paused.
DEFENCE
1. Indian Navy aids in search & rescue after chinese vessel sinks with 39 onboard: Indian Navy said that in a swift humanitarian action on May 17, it deployed its Air MR assets in Southern Indian Ocean Region, in response to sinking of a Chinese Fishing Vessel Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 with 39 crew members onboard. The crew includes nationals from China, Indonesia and Philippines. The Navy carried out multiple searches despite adverse weather.
2. India has extended a hand of friendship to the people of Myanmar affected by Cyclone Mocha. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said three Indian Navy ships carrying relief material reached Yangon under OPERATION KARUNA.
3. Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane and US Under Secretary of Defence for Policy Dr Colin Kahl co-chaired the 17th meeting of India-US Defence Policy Group (DPG) in Washington DC on 17 May.
4. INDIA IN TALKS WITH THE US, FRANCE FOR FIGHTER JET ENGINES: Discussions are going on with the US for the General Electric (GE) engines for the TEJAS MK-2, while the French proposal is for a high-powered engine for the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).
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