Today’s Top News – 20 May 2025

TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people of the country and abroad in the Mann Ki Baat programme on Akashvani on 25th May. It will be the 122nd episode of the monthly radio programme. People can submit their ideas and suggestions for the programme through the toll-free number 1800-11-7800.

2. Union Home Minister Amit Shah today launched the new Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Portal in New Delhi.

3. Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar will be on a three-day visit to Goa. The Vice President will also interact with senior officers of the Indian Coast Guard on board a Coast Guard vessel at the Port.

4. Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the Annual Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Agricultural Universities and Directors of ICAR Institutes in New Delhi.

5. Union Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh launched an e-book of the electronic Civil List, 2025- a digital compendium of serving Indian Administrative Service officers across the country.

6. President Smt Droupadi Murmu paid floral tributes to former President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy served as the sixth President of India from 25th July 1977 to 25th July 1982.

7. Veteran NCP leader and Samata Parishad founder Chhagan Bhujbal will be inducted into the Maharashtra Cabinet.

8. In Jammu and Kashmir in a significant step towards enhancing wildlife conflict mitigation measures, Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmad Rana flagged off a fleet of 10 specialized Wildlife Rescue Vehicles.

9. Tamil Nadu, summer rains have been witnessed for the past couple of days in the Northern part of the State. Heavy rains and flash floods were witnessed in some places in the interior districts of the State.

10. Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said India should send the kin of Pahalgam terror attack victims or armed forces officers who led Operation Sindoor abroad as ambassadors of the country’s zero-tolerance stance against terrorism.

11. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday promised to spend over Rs 12,600 crore in the next five years for the financial empowerment of tribals. The promise was part of the “Nallamala Declaration”, which Revanth Reddy and his Cabinet colleagues released at Macharam village, Amrabad mandal in Nagarkurnool district.

12. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange warning for Karnataka and a red alert for multiple regions within the state, including North Interior, South Interior, and Coastal Karnataka, forecasting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the next two days. Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, and the Konkan region.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Supreme Court questioned the urgency of the Madras High Court in hearing Savukku Shankar’s plea on Tamil Nadu’s Sanipreneur scheme during vacation, and paused its order pending wider hearings.

2. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad challenging his arrest by Haryana police for his alleged social media comment on ‘Operation Sindoor.

3. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi today accused the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of disrespecting the Armed Forces through his comments on Operation Sindoor.

4. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has formed a committee to investigate the incident in which a PSLV rocket failed to place the Earth observation satellite, EOS-09, into its intended orbit. ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said that the committee held several rounds of discussions to identify the cause.

5. Alleged Pakistani spy Shahzad, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS from Moradabad, was produced before a special court in Lucknow. The court has sent the accused to 14-day judicial custody. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had arrested Shahzad for allegedly passing on intelligence information during the cross-border smuggling.

6. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list for urgent hearing a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Allahabad High Court’s Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the cash discovery row.

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In Bengaluru, overnight rain has inundated several parts of the city causing one death. The 35 year old woman died due to a wall collapse over her in Whitefield.
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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the digital public procurement platform – Government e Marketplace (GeM)- has become a key engine of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Cinema theatres across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are facing the possibility of a shutdown starting June 1 if exhibitors and producers fail to reach a mutual agreement soon, as per recent reports, they expressed frustration at films that were released on over-the-top (OTT) platforms so soon after their theatrical debuts and urged producers to postpone digital releases in order to maintain viewers’ attendance.

2. Kannada actor Disha Madan made her red carpet debut at The Cannes Film Festival’s 78th edition over the weekend.

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DEFENCE News
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1. The National Cadet Corps-NCC mountaineering team has safely returned to the Everest Base Camp yesterday, after successfully scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. This monumental achievement marks the third successful summit of Mount Everest by the NCC expedition team, following the earlier triumphs in 2013 and 2016.

2. Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited Longewala in Rajasthan in the forward areas of the Konark Corps in the desert sector.

3. Punjab police apprehend two on charges of leaking military information.

Sukhpreet Singh and Karanbir Singh from Gurdaspur were engaged in sharing classified details related to Operation Sindoor, including troop movements and key strategic locations in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, & Jammu-Kashmir with Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI.

4. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a leading Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking, has signed a significant contract with the Indian Army Air Defence for the supply of the Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction System (IDDIS).

20 May (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Vasanta
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Jyeshta 08
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Vaishak 23
Tithi : Ashtami/
Navami
Nakshatra: Dhanishta (up to 7:32 pm)
Shatabhisha
Rahu : 03:41 PM – 05:20 PM

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