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• Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced that she will stand as a vice-presidential candidate in national elections later this year.


• It means that ex-cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez will run as the Justicialist party presidential candidate.


• Ms Fernandez was tipped to be the main challenger to President Mauricio Macri.


• Despite facing charges of corruption, her popularity has grown as Argentines live through austerity measures.

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• Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson has denied claims that he was a Cold War spy who passed confidential government files to communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s.


• The Mail says the allegations are contained in files archived by the current Czech government.


• They centre on information about Britain's nuclear deterrent, including its Polaris missile programme, and details about Nato.

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• His conservative coalition has defied the polls and now needs to win three more seats to seal a shock majority.


• "I have always believed in miracles," Mr Morrison told supporters in his victory speech on Saturday night.


• Exit polls had predicted a Labor Party win for the first time in six years.


• But Labor leader Bill Shorten resigned in the wake of his party's surprise defeat. "It is obvious that Labor will not be able to form the next government," he told party members.

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• Iran’s Foreign Minister discounted the prospect of a new war in the region because Tehran opposed it and said no party should be under the “illusion” that the Islamic republic could be confronted.


• Tensions between Washington and Tehran have been on the rise as the U.S. has deployed a carrier group and B-52 bombers over what it termed Iranian “threats”.


• “We are certain there will not be a war since neither we want a war nor does anyone have the illusion they can confront Iran in the region,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told state-run news agency IRNA at the end of a visit to China.

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• Khan presented the awards to several organisations and individuals active in the sector, such as the Child Rescue Nepal, Medical Aid Films, the Sarvam Trust, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, and Leah Chowdhury and Amber Bauer.


• Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has hailed the contribution of the Indian and Asian communities to charity, thanking and honouring several organisations for their work in the UK and elsewhere at an event.

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• The southwest monsoon, critical for India’s economy, finally arrived in Andaman islands with conditions favourable for its further advancement, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) in a statement issued.


• According to IMD officials, the monsoon’s arrival at Andaman sea was as per schedule though its entry into Kerala may be delayed till June[latex] 6^{th}[/latex].

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• A 24-year-old Rohingya from Myanmar was arrested from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly procuring a fake Indian passport and an Aadhaar card to travel to Indonesia from the national capital.


• The Delhi Police said that the man, one Mohammed Faisal, had applied for refugee status with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and his application was under consideration.


• They added that the man was interrogated jointly by the Delhi Police and intelligence bureau officials and that nothing suspicious had been found. An FIR was registered .

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• While the number of seats across India for degree and diploma pharmacy courses increased to 2,62,698 in 2019-20 from 2,04,951 in 2018-19, the number of institutes rose to 3,276 in 2019-20 from 2,306 in 2018-19.


• The intake capacity of pharmacy institutes across the country, for degree and diploma courses, has gone up by nearly 30% this academic year as compared to 2018-19, suggests data from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

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• This Lok Sabha election will be a mid-term test of popularity for the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress government in the border state of Punjab that goes to the polls.


• The Congress, which stormed to power with a two-thirds majority in the 2017 assembly polls after 10 years, is facing the SAD-BJP combine, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Punjab Democratic Alliance, a coalition of small parties, in the seventh and the last phase of polling for 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

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• Three states — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal — had seats scheduled for polling in each of the seven phases in the elections.


• Nearly 12% voters cast their votes in the first three hours of polling in the final round of the seven-phase elections, which began on April [latex]11^{th}[/latex], for electing the 17th Lok Sabha.

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• Bajaj Finserv, through its lending arm Bajaj Finance Ltd has launched a specialised insurance cover titled ‘Mumbai Local Train Cover‘ for passengers travelling in local trains in Mumbai.


• In the event, when an insured passenger suffers a disability as a result of a Mumbai-local train accident, the passenger is covered against loss of income, with Rs. 2000 per week during the policy period.

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• Germany’s Double Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier announced the retirement at the age of 25 after struggling with health issues.


• Laura Dahlmeier has won 7 world championship gold medals. She had won the world titles in 2015 and 2016 and took the overall biathlon World Cup in 2017.

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• He had been the bookmakers' favourite to win, and came through to the top of the leaderboard with 492 points after the public vote.


• The UK's Michael Rice came bottom, after getting just three points from the public vote, and a total of 16 points for Bigger Than Us.


• Laurence said: "Here's to dreaming big, this is to music first, always."

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• Child actor, Sunny Pawar aged 11, won the Best Child Actor Award for his performance in ‘Chippa’ at the 19th New York Indian Film Festival. He hails from a slum in Kunchi Kurve Nagar in Mumbai, Maharashtra.


• His film ‘Lion’ directed by Australian Garth Davis’, which was nominated for Oscars 2017, had awarded him the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA Awards). He has also won a Special Mention Grand Jury Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

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• Jaspal, who has been a councillor in the City of Wolverhampton Council since 2012, is responsible for policy areas that include resilience and business continuity, community safety and cohesion, healthy ageing and healthy life expectancy.


• Jasbir Jaspal, who was elected from Heath Town in Wolverhampton in the local elections, has been appointed to the council’s cabinet by the new leader, Ian Brookfield (Labour), making her the first Sikh woman to hold the post.

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• The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, announced the appointment of Radha Venkataraman as the next High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Eswatini.


• She is currently serving as the Director in the Ministry of External Affairs. She is set to take up her responsibility soon. She succeeds Rudra Gaurav Shresth.

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• Veteran Telugu actor Rallapalli Venkata Narasimha Rao passed away at the age of 74 in Hyderabad.


• He had also worked as a staff artist in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

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A. Matin Rey Tangu B. Harshaali Malhotra C. Ali Haji D. Sunny Pawar Answer: D

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A. Virat Kohli B. Aakash Ambani C. Ajey Nagar D. Prithvi Shaw Answer: C

A. Virat Kohli B. Shah Rukh Khan C. Rishabh Pant D. Both 1 and 3 Answer: D

A. 17[latex]^{th}[/latex] May B. 16[latex]^{th}[/latex] May C. 15[latex]^{th}[/latex] May D. 14[latex]^{th}[/latex] May Answer: A

A. FIFA B. Asian Football Confederation C. The Football Association D. All India Football Federation Answer: B

A. NABARD B. SBI C. SIDBI D. RBI Answer: C

A. China B. Vietnam C. South Korea D. Singapore Answer: D

A. Taiwan B. Japan C. China D. Vietnam Answer: A

A. New Delhi B. Chandigarh C. Shimla D. Patna Answer: A

A. Environment B. Terrorism C. Sports D. Trade Answer: B

A. Odisha B. Andhra Pradesh C. Madhya Pradesh D. Tamil Nadu Answer: A

A. USA B. Germany C. Sri Lanka D. Australia Answer: B

A. Aamir Khan B. Ranveer Singh C. Ranbir Kapoor D. Salman Khan Answer: D

A. Rod Rosenstein B. William Barr C. Jeffrey Rosen D. Matthew Whitaker Answer: C

A. IBM B. HCL C. Mahindra and Mahindra D. Infosys Answer: B

A. Mumbai B. Jaipur C. Lucknow D. New Delhi Answer: D

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A. Subak B. Ruffo C. Internal Fight D. Seed Mother Answer: D

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A. four million US Dollars B. Five million US Dollars C. One million US Dollars D. ten million US Dollars Answer: A

A. Naagav B. Viraat C. Dhanush D. Vigraha Answer: D

A. Kolkata B. Tehran C. New Delhi D. Isfahan Answer: C

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A. Paris B. Geneva C. New York D. Vienna Answer: B