Today’s Top News – 7 May 2025

TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. India Strikes 9 Terror Camps In Pakistan, POK @ 1:44 am.

2. India’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, has been postponed once again, with the crewed launch now targeted for the first quarter of 2027-almost five years later than the original 2022 goal announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018.

3. Civil Defence Mock Drill to be conducted across 244 districts of the country today.

4. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi making some suggestions on the caste census.

5. Telangana state Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has directed officials to ensure world-class arrangements for the Miss World 2025 event. He asserted that the pageant should not only reflect Telangana’s culture but also improve the state’s global image.

6. In Kerala: Thrissur Pooram festival begins at Vadakkumnathan temple.

7. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan held a meeting with Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territories through video-conferencing to review the preparations for the Civil Defence Mock Drill.

8. NDA alliance government in Andhra Pradesh is set to revive the popular scheme of providing Baby Kits to new-borns in the state, with each kit containing 11 items costing Rs 1,410.

9. President Smt Droupadi Murmu will visit Kerala’s Sabarimala temple on May 19, becoming the first Indian President to pray at the revered hill shrine.

10. Telangana Information Commissioner gets a Chief Information Commissioner after over two-and-half-years. The State Governor has appointed a 1991 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer G. Chandrasekhar Reddy to the post.

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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Supreme Court directs Maharashtra State Election Commission to notify local body elections within four weeks.

2. The BJP has attacked the opposition following Samajwadi Party leader Lal Bihari Yadav’s alleged objectionable comment on the Pahalgam terror attack.

3. The Centre in the Supreme Court on Tuesday opposed Kerala government’s stand to withdraw its petition against Governor over the delay in approving bills passed by the state assembly.

4. Kerala based Hindu organisation, Sree Narayana Manava Dharmam Trust, has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, arguing that the law threatens the very existence of the Muslim community in India.

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In Jammu and Kashmir, four passengers, including a security personnel, were killed and 44 others injured when a private passenger bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in the border district of Poonch.

2. In Bihar: 8 killed, 2 injured as SUV returning from wedding collides with tractor on State Highway 77.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. Bollywood has reacted to India’s overnight strikes on terror camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and parts of Pakistan under Operation Sindoor, with actors Riteish Deshmukh, Nimrat Kaur and filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar hailing the Indian Army on social media. “Jai Hind Ki Sena… Bharat Mata Ki Jai!!! #OperationSindoor,” Deshmukh wrote.

2. Telangana state Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has directed officials to ensure world-class arrangements for the Miss World 2025 event. He asserted that the pageant should not only reflect Telangana’s culture but also improve the state’s global image.

This international event is scheduled between the 10th and 31st of this month in Hyderabad.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor targeting nine terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

The Indian Army, Navy and the Air Force, in a historic tri-services operation, conducted precision strikes at 1:44 am on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killed on April 22.

2. India’s Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) system stands as a significant achievement in indigenous defence manufacturing, symbolizing the country’s push for self-reliance (Atmanirbharta) in the strategic sector.

3. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared the country’s defence “in strong hands” following a second missile test conducted by the military amid escalating tensions with India.The announcement came on Monday after the successful training launch of a surface-to-surface ballistic missile from the Fatah series, with a reported range of 120 kilometres, as part of Exercise Indus.

4. The Haryana Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, has approved a significant policy decision to grant an ex-gratia payment of ₹1 crore to the next of kin of martyred Agniveers from the state.

This move extends the existing benefit-previously available to families of battle casualties in the defence and paramilitary forces-to Agniveers.

5. In the wake of a coordinated wave of cyberattacks targeting Indian defence-linked websites, the Indian Army has moved swiftly to reinforce its digital security infrastructure.

6. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in partnership with the Indian Navy, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful combat firing (using reduced explosive) of the indigenous Multi-Influence Ground Mine (MIGM).

This advanced underwater naval mine was developed by the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) in Visakhapatnam.

7. The Indian Army has received new supplies of the Russian-origin Igla-S missiles as part of a contract executed under emergency procurement powers granted by the central government. These Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADS) were delivered a couple of weeks ago and are being rapidly distributed to forward formations along the border areas.

07 May (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Vasanta
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Vaishak 25
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month : Vaishak 10
Tithi : Dashami
Nakshatra: Purva Phalguni (up to 6:17 pm)
Uttara Phalguni
Rahu : 12:23 PM – 02:01 PM
Yamaganda : 07:31 AM – 09:08 AM

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