Today’s Top News – 22 May 2025

TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast an early arrival of the southwest monsoon in Kerala by May 27, 2025. This marks the earliest onset on the Indian mainland since 2009, when it arrived on May 23.

2. BJP’s Northeast in-charge Sambit Patra has said the incident of security forces in Manipur allegedly stopping a government bus with journalists on board and concealing the state’s name on its windshield was an “avoidable misunderstanding”, asserting that the “integrity of Manipur is non-negotiable”.

3. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rain alert for eight districts and a thunderstorm alert for the remaining 25 districts of Telangana for Thursday (May 22, 2025).

4. PM Modi will inaugurate 103 Amrit Stations across the country today. The Amrit Bharat Station Scheme launched in December 2022 by the Ministry of Railways aims to transform over 1,300 stations into modern hubs with multimodal integration and future-ready facilities.

5. The iGOT Karmayogi platform under the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building-Mission Karmayogi, has crossed one crore registered civil servants across India. This marks a 30-fold growth from three lakh users onboarded till January 2023, in over two years.

6. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has added over 14 lakh net members during March this year. The additions represent an increase of 2.03 per cent in comparison to the members added in February 2025. The Labour and Employment Ministry has informed that around seven lakh 54 thousand new members were enrolled with EPFO in March.

7. Union Minister for Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy has chaired an inter-ministerial coordination meeting to review and accelerate the implementation of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure under the PM E-Drive scheme in New Delhi.

8. India is projected to outpace China and become the largest potato producer globally by 2050, as per experts from the International Potato Center.

9. Mizoram has proudly emerged as India’s first fully literate state, following a major literacy drive under the ULLAS scheme. The formal declaration, made by Chief Minister Lalduhoma in Aizawl on May 20, 2025, recognizes the collective effort of volunteers, educators, and government authorities. ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram, a national adult education initiative.

10. Indian author, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq has made literary history by winning the International Booker Prize 2025 for her short story anthology, Heart Lamp. The award marks the first time a Kannada-language work has received this prestigious international honor.

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12. Nominations open for Padma Awards 2026, submissions accepted online till July 31.

13. Delhi govt to provide 30 thousand rupees as subsidy for installing 3 kilo watt rooftop solar panels.

14. A garments association based in Indore has announced a Rs 1.11 lakh fine on any member shopkeeper selling clothes made in China and Bangladesh.

15. PM Modi has paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary yesterday.

The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former prime minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991. At least 14 others, in addition to Gandhi and the assassin, were killed. It was carried out by 22-year-old Kalaivani Rajaratnam a member of the banned Sri Lankan Tamil separatist rebel organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court of having filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to transfer to the latter a public interest litigation (PIL) petition currently pending before the High Court, challenging the validity of State laws that take away the Governor’s power to appoint Vice-Chancellors.

2. NH-66 collapse in Malappuram: Union Minister for Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has promised probe, he has formed a high-level committee of experts drawn from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to study the structural defects and allied public safety risk along the stretch of the under-construction National Highway-66 stretch in Malappuram district in Kerala.

3. The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that waqf, though an Islamic concept, does not constitute an essential part of Islam and hence cannot be claimed as a fundamental right under the Constitution.

4. The Centre has issued a notice to cab aggregator Uber over Advance Tip issue and sought an explanation from the platform.

5. The Government has dismissed posts carried by various social media channels, claiming that the Central Government has issued a high alert on a possible rise in temperature to 55 degrees Celsius between the 29th of May and the 2nd of June. The Fact Check Unit of the Press Information Bureau clarified that the Government has issued no such notification.

6. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has urged all States and Union Territories to intensify inspections and carry out special enforcement drives to curb the illegal use of non-permitted fruit ripening agents, as well as the colouring and coating of fruits with synthetic colours or non-permitted wax.

7. Congress leader and former Maharashtra president of the party Nana Patole has written a letter to the President of India seeking action against senior officials of Maharashtra government for the violation of protocol during the felicitation programme of Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai in Mumbai recently.

8. Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday searched locations in Karnataka, including educational institutions linked to state home minister G Parameshwara, as part of a probe into alleged gold smuggling-linked money laundering case against Kannada actor Ranya Rao and others.

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FINANCE
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. ‘War 2’ movie teaser starring Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR was released May 20. The film, directed by Ayan Mukerji, will release in theatres on August 14.

2. Riteish Deshmukh’s Historical Epic ‘Raja Shivaji’ Sets Global Multi-Language Release.

India’s Jio Studios and Mumbai Film Company have planted their flag on Maharashtra Day 2026, revealing a global rollout for historical action epic “Raja Shivaji” on May 1 of that year.

3. The release date for Mani Ratnam’s THUG LIFE is set for June 5, 2025. Actress Trisha Krishnan addresses 30 years age gap criticism with Kamal Haasan in film. Fans anticipate the reunion of Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan in Thug Life.

4. Bollywood’s famous trio—Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and Paresh Rawal—were all set to reunite on screen for the third part of the hit franchise Hera Pheri.

But a few days ago, everyone was left shocked when veteran actor Paresh Rawal, who played the role of Babu Bhai in Hera Pheri, announced that he had quit the movie.

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DEFENCE News
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1. Akashteer, India’s fully indigenous and automated Air Defence Control and Reporting System, has emerged as the sharp edge of the nation’s air defence capabilities, earning the moniker of an “invisible wall” for its pivotal role in recent military confrontations.Developed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) under the strategic vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliance).

2. Pakistan and India have reached an agreement to withdraw the additional troop reinforcements and weaponry deployed during their recent conflict, returning to their peacetime positions by the end of May 2025.

3. United States President Donald Trump has unveiled an ambitious plan for a new missile defence system, dubbed the “Golden Dome,” with a projected cost of $175 billion and a target operational date by the end of his current term in 2029.This initiative marks a significant leap in the U.S. approach to national defence.

4. Border Security Force destroyed five Pakistani posts and a terrorist launch pad across the Jammu border in an operation.

5. The security forces on Wednesday achieved a major success in their operation against Maoists as 27 Naxals, including topmost leader Nambala Keshav Rao, aka Basavaraju, were killed in an encounter in the Abujhmad region of Chhattisgarh on the border of Narayanpur and Bijapur districts.

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