Today’s Top News – 31 May 2025

TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. PM Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid stone for 15 key projects in Kanpur, worth over Rs 47,600. While addressing a sea of supporters, PM Modi talked about India’s Operation Sindoor against Pakistan and how the country is fighting against terrorism.

2. PM Modi, during his visit to Kanpur on Friday, personally met with the bereaved family of Shubham Dwivedi, a 31-year-old businessman from the city who was tragically killed in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam.

3. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that significant progress has been made in India AI Mission. Addressing the India AI Mission – Make AI In India and Make AI for India event in New Delhi.

4. Industrialist Nitin Kohli joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday in the presence of senior party leader Manish Sisodia in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.

5. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister expressed his thanks to Prime Minister Modi and the Centre for sanctioning the Badvel-Nellore Corridor project. The project aims to shorten travel time between the central and eastern districts, improving the state’s economy and strengthening its infrastructure.

6. The Government of India has initiated a comprehensive evaluation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) and Central Sector Schemes (CSs). This exercise aims to assess the effectiveness and relevance of these schemes over the next five years, starting from April 2026.

7. Punjab will be conducting a mock drill under “Operation Shield”. Special Director General of Police, Home Guards, Sanjeev Kalra, who is also the Director, Civil Defence, has issued the orders in this regard.

8. In Telangana, Central Agriculture Research Institutions and State Agriculture Universities launched -Vikasit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan- at Jammikunta in Karimnagar district.

9. The authorities of Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Leh district of Ladakh have formed four teams of scientists of KVK and officers of line departments to run the Viksit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan in different villages.

10. The Union Home Ministry issued a formal notification announcing “Operation Shield,” a major civil defence mock drill, will be conducted today (May 31) in all districts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, and Chandigarh- regions that share a border with Pakistan.

11. Heavy rainfall is affecting the northeastern states as a result of the southwest monsoon. In Arunachal Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for five districts, including Lower Subansiri, West Kameng, West Siang, Lohit, and Changlang.

12. Kerala: Red alert issued as heavy rains cause widespread damage.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. Amid the ongoing civil disobedience campaign across Imphal valley, the driver of a truck transporting essential goods was abducted by unidentified armed men in the State’s Tamenglong district on May 28.

2. AYUSH Minister Prataprao Jadhav launched the Ayush Suraksha Portal to Address Issues of Misleading Advertisements and Adverse Drug Reaction. This portal will strengthen consumer protection and regulatory oversight in the field of traditional medicine.

3. The Supreme Court directed that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) 2025, which is scheduled for June 15, be conducted in a single shift rather than two shifts.

4. The Securities and Exchange Board of India on Thursday barred Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi, his wife Maria Goretti, and 57 other entities from the securities markets for periods ranging from 1-5 years in a case related to misleading videos on YouTube channels recommending investors to buy shares of Sadhana Broadcast. The regulator imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on Warsi and his wife Maria.

5. Delhi Police has said that approximately 900 illegal Bangladeshi nationals residing in the national capital have been identified and will be deported after proper verification. Delhi’s Special Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Devesh Chandra Srivastava, said.

6. The Hyderabad City Police have launched Zonal Cyber Cells (ZCCs) across all seven zones to provide swift, localised, and effective solutions to the escalating threat of cybercrime.

7. A court in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district on Friday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment in the 2022 Ankita Bhandari murder case.

Bhandari (19), who worked as a receptionist at Vanantra Resort located in Yamkeshwar of Pauri district, was murdered on September 18, 2022 by resort operator Arya and his two employees Bhaskar and Gupta.

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1. In Punjab, at least five persons have died and 34 were injured due to a blast in a cracker factory in the Lambi area of Shri Muktsar Sahib district.

2. In Sikkim, search and rescue operations are on at Chungthang in Mangan district to trace the missing nine persons.

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K. Prathapa Reddy, a banker with more than two decades of experience in the State Bank of India (SBI), has assumed charge as Chairman of Telangana Grameena Bank (TGB).
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. A series of competitions featuring 108 beauty queens from around the globe, Miss World 2025 will culminate in a grand finale on Saturday, May 31. The much-anticipated event take place at the Hitex Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad.

2. The Telangana government on Thursday announced the winners of the first-ever Gaddar Telangana Film Awards: Dulquer Salmaan becomes first Malayalam actor to bag Telangana State Film Award for ‘Lucky Baskhar’

3. Tamil Actor Rajesh Dies Of Heart Attack At 75The actor died on on May 29 while he was on his way to a Chennai hospital.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Lieutenant Commander Yashasvi Solanki has become the first woman officer from the Indian Navy to be posted as Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the President of India. The President is typically assigned five ADCs – three from the Army, one each from the Navy and the Air Force.

The role of an ADC involves facilitating coordination and communication between the President and various arms of the establishment, ensuring seamless staff work and official protocol.

2. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh warned that if Pakistan carries out any terrorist act against India, it will have to face the consequences and suffer defeat. He said India will not hesitate and will use every method to root out the menace of terrorism.

3. The 17th edition of the India-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise, dubbed Nomadic Elephant, is set to be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This military collaboration will be held from 31st May to 13th June 2025. It is an annual event alternating between India and Mongolia.

4. India’s defence sector is projected to undergo a transformative expansion by 2047, driven by a nearly fivefold increase in its defence budget—rising from approximately ₹6.8 lakh crore in 2024–25 to ₹31.7 lakh crore by 2047, according to a joint report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and KPMG.

5. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has taken a significant step forward in bolstering India’s indigenous defence manufacturing capabilities by signing a Licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology (LAToT) with NIBE Limited, a Pune-based private company, for the Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) and its associated Battery Command Post (BCP).

6. India and the European Union (EU) are set to conduct a three-day joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean from June 1 to June 3, 2025, marking a significant milestone in the deepening defence and strategic partnership between the two sides.

7. Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan met with Chief of Joint Staff of Japan General Yoshida Yoshihide in Singapore to reinforce defence ties and foster mutual understanding. Under the backdrop of Operation Sindoor.

8. United Nations:
Brigadier Amitabh Jha and Havildar Sanjay Singh, who died while serving in peacekeeping missions, were honoured with the Dag Hammarskjold medals.

India’s Permanent Representative P Harish received the medals on Thursday (US time) from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a ceremony honouring the peacekeepers who died in the service of the UN.

9. In a historic milestone, the first batch of 17 women cadets on Friday graduated from the Pune-based National Defence Academy (NDA), alongside over 300 male counterparts, marking the passing out of its first co-ed batch.

The cadets went past the ‘Antim Pag’ at the Khetrpal Parade Ground of the tri-service training academy in Khadakwasla, widely known as the “cradle of leadership”.

31 May (Saturday)
Vedic Ritu/ Grishma
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Jyeshta 19
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Jyeshta 04
Tithi : Panchami (up to 8:15 pm)Shashthi
Nakshatra:Pushya
Rahu : 09:04 AM – 10:44 AM

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