Today’s Top News – 28 May 2025

TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu yesterday conferred Padma Awards to 69 eminent personalities for the year 2025 at the second Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Of them, three were conferred with Padma Vibhushan, 9 with Padma Bhushan and 57 personalities were conferred with Padma Shri.

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reaffirmed the goal of making India a fully developed country by 2047. The Prime Minister on Monday addressed the celebrations of 20 years of the Gujarat Urban Growth Story in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

3. Prime Minister Modi concluded a day visit to Gujarat, during which he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over 82,000 crore rupees. He launched projects worth 5,536 crore rupees at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.

4. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that rainfall across the country in this monsoon season is likely to be above normal this year. This optimistic monsoon forecast is expected to boost crop output, reduce pressure on irrigation systems, and support rural livelihoods. It also raises hopes for improved water availability.

5. Several regions across Maharashtra, including Konkan, Vidarbha, Central Maharashtra, and Marathwada, continue to experience heavy rainfall, significantly impacting daily life.

6. Delhi Government distributed job letters to family members of victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. These appointment letters have been distributed by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

7. Madhya Pradesh government has approved the ‘Rahveer’ scheme, in line with Centre’s initiative to promote road safety and timely assistance during accidents.

8. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that National Education Policy 2020 is significant for a futuristic education in the country while preserving traditional values. He said this while speaking at a Media Network’s Education conclave in New Delhi.

9. In Puducherry. Union Minister of State for Ayush, Prataprao Jadhav, inaugurated the ‘Yoga Mahotsav 2025’.

10. The Central Apprenticeship Council has recommended 30 percent increase in stipend provided for youth under National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme- NAPS and National Apprenticeship Training Scheme- NATS.

The decision was taken at the 38th Meeting of the Council chaired by Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Jayant Chaudhary in New Delhi.

11. The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the biennial elections for the eight Rajya Sabha seats including six seats from Tamil Nadu and two seats from Assam. polling will be held on the 19th of June.

12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a social media post, has paid tribute to former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary yesterday. Jawaharlal Nehru served as the country’s first prime minister for 16 years.

13. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad, which had issued an orange alert earlier, has upgraded the warning for Telangana districts in view of the expected heavy rains.

14. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday announced that the government would build a memorial at Baisaran in Pahalgam in memory of the 26 victims of last month’s terror attack.

15. Union Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti V Somanna has written a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to reverse the decision of the state Government to close down Jan Aushadhi Kendras. Jan Aushadhi Kendras in the state have been providing affordable medicines and surgical items to the people.

*The State Health and Family Welfare department had taken a decision to close down Jan Aushadhi kendras functioning near the Government Hospitals following its direction to purchase generic medicines directly from the Bureau of Pharma PSUs and distribute it to the patients free of cost.

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LEGAL REPORT
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1. National Human Rights Commission-NHRC has issued a notice to the Haryana Director General of Police over the alleged murder of a journalist in Jhajjar district of Haryana.

2. The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and state governments on a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Waqf Act, 1995, as amended by the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

3. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Karnataka’s plea questioning a contempt order directing it to issue Rs 3,011 crore in Transferable Development Rights (TDR) to Mysore royals over Bangalore Palace Grounds land. The dispute pertains to the acquisition of 15 acres of land at the Bangalore Palace Grounds.

4. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday (May 26, 2025) once again found himself in an embarrassing situation when he placed a flower pot on the head of an IAS officer — S. Siddharth, Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department — who presented the pot to welcome him at a function in Patna.

5. A suspected terrorist died in a blast while retrieving explosive material from a vacant area near Naushera on the Majitha road bypass in Punjab’s Amritsar on Tuesday.

6. A delegation of a Meitei civil society group from Manipur on Tuesday conveyed to the Centre its strong sentiments over a recent incident where the state’s name written on the windshield of a bus was covered with a white paper.

7. YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, arrested from Hisar on charges of espionage, was produced in the district court amid tight security. The court has sent Jyoti Malhotra to 14 days judicial custody.

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In Maharashtra, six people were killed and one person was seriously injured in an accident that occurred yesterday on the Georai-Beed highway. The incident occurred when an SUV hit a divider along the highway.

2. Six members of a family, including three children, were found dead inside a car in Haryana’s Panchkula, while another died on his way to a hospital.

A suicide note found from the car pointed to the family being under financial stress. The deceased were identified as Praveen Mittal (41), his wife, the couple’s three minor children — two of them twin girls — and his parents.

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FINANCE
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SILVER : ₹ 99,900/KG

1. The Central Board of Direct Taxes- CBDT has extended the last date of filing Income Tax Returns (ITRs), from 31st July to 15th September this year.

2. Coal imports in the country during the financial year 2024-25 dropped by 7.9 percent as compared to the previous fiscal year. The Ministry of Coal, in a statement said that coal imports in the country totalled more than 243 million tonnes in the financial year 2024-25 as compared to 264.53 million tonnes in the previous fiscal year.

3. India is developing Electric Hansa (E-Hansa), a next-generation two-seater electric trainer aircraft. This indigenously developed E-Hansa aircraft is roughly half the price of imported trainer aircraft.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Telugu superstar Nagarjuna to play villain opposite Rajinikanth in ‘Jailer 2’ The casting Nagarjuna in ‘Jailer 2’ was reportedly influenced by his fierce portrayal of Simon in Lokesh Kanagaraj’s ‘Coolie.’

2. According to recent reports, Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR are expected to shoot a dance sequence for War 2 in June. The much-awaited film, directed by Ayan Mukerji, is nearing the end of its production, and this dance face-off between the two actors is one of the last portions left to be filmed.

The film is scheduled to release in theatres on August 14, 2025, just ahead of Independence Day. It will be released in five languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada.

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DEFENCE News
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1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution Model.

The model aims to enhance India’s indigenous defence capabilities and foster a robust domestic aerospace industrial ecosystem.

2. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the government is committed to strengthen the defence industrial base and enhance the competitiveness of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSU).

The Defence Minister exhorted DPSUs to focus on the timely delivery of products to the Armed Forces. He congratulated Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on getting the Maharatna status and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) on getting the Navratna Status.

3. According to the latest edition of India Army’s magazine Baatcheet dedicated to OPERATION SINDOOR, the logo of the decisive military action was designed by Lt Col Harsh Gupta and Hav Surinder Singh.

4. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited the chiefs of India’s armed forces to attend the IPL 2025 final as a special tribute to Operation Sindoor. The Indian Premier League’s final match will be contested on June 3 at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.

5. The Indian Army shared the success of Operation Sindoor with the citizens and civil administration of Ferozpur, Punjab by organising a special event ‘Ekta Shakti’, recently. Among them was a 10-year-old ‘Youngest Warrior’ Master Shavan, who supported the army personnel deployed in the border villages.

28 May (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Grishma
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Jyeshta 16
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Jyeshta 01
Tithi : Dwitiya/Tritiya
Nakshatra:Mrigashirsa
/Ardra
Rahu : 12:24 PM – 02:04 PM

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