• The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed varsities and higher educational institutions to observe May [latex]21^{st}[/latex] as Anti-Terrorism day to wean away the youth from terrorism.

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• North Korea denounced the United States as “a gangster country” for seizing one of its cargo ships and urged U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take “urgent measures” to contribute to stabilizing the Korean peninsula.


• North Korea’s U.N. ambassador, Kim Song, said in a letter to Mr. Guterres obtained by that the Trump administration committed “an unlawful and outrageous act” by taking over the ship Wise Honest and moving it to American Samoa.


• He called the seizure a violation of international law and the U.N. Charter.

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• Called the “Peace to Prosperity” workshop, it is expected to “will facilitate discussions on an ambitious, achievable vision and framework for a prosperous future for the Palestinian people and the region”.


• The Trump administration began rolling out its long-awaited West Asia peace plan with an announcement of an “economic workshop” the US will host with Bahrain in June to seek investments for Palestine and other countries in the region impacted by the decades-old conflict.

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• Malawians are going to the polls to elect a new president in what has been described as one of the country's most unpredictable elections.


• There are seven candidates, but three are seen as having a realistic chance.


• President Peter Mutharika is running for a second term, but he is being challenged by his own vice-president, Saulos Chilima, and Lazarus Chakwera.

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• All ministers from Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) are resigning, throwing the government into chaos.


• The Freedom Party's leader Heinz-Christian Strache, who was also vice-chancellor, was forced to resign at the weekend after a video sting.


• Mr Strache was filmed proposing to offer government contracts to a supposed Russian oligarch's niece.

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• The Kumbh 2019 visitors included 10.30 lakh foreign tourists. The Maha Kumbh Mela held in 2013 had seen 7.86 crore pilgrims, including 3.50 lakh foreign tourists, arriving here.


• During the 49-day Kumbh Mela 2019 that concluded in March, a significant 24.01 crore people visited the Sangam city.


• It is said to be not only the highest footfall the mela has ever witnessed in its history but also more than the annual footfall of tourists Uttar Pradesh had between 2014 and 2017.

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• The Supreme Court will hear the Centre’s plea against Delhi high court’s recent order that put on hold a government notification to make the 2016 black money law operational with retrospective effect from July 2015 to book and probe offenders.


• The appeal has also questioned the HC’s interim order that stops the Income-Tax department from taking any action against VVIP chopper scam accused Gautam Khaitan who is facing a case under the black money law.

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• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) asked the Election Commission to provide additional security at a counting centre in South Delhi, alleging that its “political opponents” have plans to manipulate electronic voting machines ahead of March [latex]23^{rd}[/latex], when the election results are declared.


• In a letter signed by AAP’s national spokesperson and South Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Raghav Chadha, he mentioned about having received inputs from unidentified sources about plans to manipulate EVMs in the counting centre at the Jija Bai Industrial Training Institute for Women in Siri Fort.

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• To seek guidelines to deal with mismatch between VVPAT and EVM tallies.


• Leaders of Opposition parties will meet Election Commission (EC) officials to urge the panel to spell out the mechanisms to address any mismatch between voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) and electronic voting machine (EVM) tallies during the counting of votes.

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• Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered re-polling at one polling booth of Amritsar Parliamentary constituency on May [latex]22^{nd}[/latex], due to negligence during the polling process.


• "Polling booth number 123 in Amritsar Parliamentary constituency would undergo re-polling.


• The concerned Returning Officer and Observer have been instructed to act accordingly.

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• Tripura Gramin Bank is among India’s top three Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in terms of profit, business and growth.


• Currently India has 46 Regional Rural Bank out of which Tripura Gramin Bank ranked 3rd in the country. Tripura Gramin Bank has posted a profit for 7 successive years to Rs 125.45 crore in the fiscal 2018-19.


• In Tripura Gramin Bank, central government has a 50% stake, the Union Bank of India has 35% stake and rest 15% is held by the Tripura government.

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• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kickstarted the process of holding structured meetings with their statutory central auditors (SCAs) at the end of every quarter.


• The move comes in the backdrop of the central bank flagging divergence in asset classification and loan-loss provisioning in respect of certain accounts as reported by banks, and its own assessment in the last couple of years.

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• The private sector lender, in a regulatory filing, said it has entered into an agreement with the BSE and India International Exchange (INX) for the proposed investment in the exchange.


• It said the purpose of the acquisition is investment. INX is an exchange located in GIFT City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

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• Sonia Lather (57kg), the 2016 World Championships silver medallist, and Asian Championships bronze medallist Manisha Moun (57kg) led the charge in the women’s section.


• Indian boxers made a strong start to their campaign at the India Open with seven of them entering the quarter-finals on the opening day of the competition in Guwahati.

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• Joginder Singh Salaria, founder of PCT Humanity, said the efforts were in continuation to the vegetarian iftar held daily at the premises of his company Pehal International, Dubai Industrial Park.


• A charity run by an Indian in the UAE has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for its hunger relief efforts during the holy month of Ramzan in Abu Dhabi.

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• National Cadet Corps girls mountaineering expedition team of 20 from Sikkim was flagged off to Mt Tenchenkhang, situated in Western Sikkim.


• This is the first girls expedition team ever since 1970. This expedition was flagged off by Additional Director General Major General Sanjay Gupta in New Delhi.

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• Australian PM Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition won federal elections over the opposition Labor Party. The polling was held for 151 seats in the House of Representatives.


• The party needed 76 seats to win as majority out of 151 seats. Australia has compulsory voting aged 18 and over and a system of ballots ranked by voter preference.

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• Pakistan appointed career diplomat Moin-ul-Haque as the High Commissioner to India.


• Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries including India, China and Japan.


• Mr Haque, the current ambassador to France, has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office.

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• Joko Widodo has been re-elected as Indonesia's president after last month's vote, beating former general Prabowo Subianto.


• The result was released a day ahead of schedule in the early hours of, amid fears of violent unrest.


• Around 32,000 security personnel were deployed across the capital Jakarta, AFP news agency reports.

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• Scientists believe that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to accelerating melting in Greenland and Antarctica.


• The long-held view has been that the world's seas would rise by a maximum of just under a metre by 2100.


• This new study, based on expert opinions, projects that the real level may be around double that figure.

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• The world’s most mysterious 600-year old manuscript named ‘Voynich Manuscript’ was finally deciphered by Bristol academician Dr. Gerard Cheshire and it took him just 2 weeks.


• The Voynich Manuscript contains information about astrological sex tips, parenting and psychology, abortion advice and herbal remedies.

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• Shivappa Shetty, former FIFA Panel Referee passed away aged 86 due to multi-organ failure. All India Football Federation (AIFF) expressed the condolences on his death.

He had served as Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Instructor, AIFF referees instructor, AIFF match commissioner, AIFF referee board member and as the President of the Bombay Referees Association.

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• Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70, nine months after undergoing a lung transplant.


• The legendary Austrian took the title for Ferrari in 1975 and 1977 and McLaren in 1984.


• For many, he will be remembered for his remarkable recovery and return to racing after being badly burned in a crash in the 1976 German Grand Prix.

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