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• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj sought details from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad following reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two Pakistani Hindu girls in Sindh province.


• Sushma Swaraj had asked the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on the matter of the abduction of the two Hindu girls.


• In an unsolicited response, Chaudhary Fawad Hussain had responded to Swaraj saying, that it was an internal issue of Pakistan.

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• US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election did not find that President Donald Trump committed a crime but also does not exonerate him, according to a summary of Mueller`s findings released.


• Mueller, who spent nearly two years investigating allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 election to help Trump defeat his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, also found no evidence that any member of Trump`s election campaign conspired with Russia during the election.

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• Italy's participation in China's giant "Silk Road" infrastructure project sparked an outcry in Germany, including a call for the European Union to block such deals with a veto.


• The expansion of transport links between Europe and Asia is in itself a good thing- as long as the autonomy and sovereignty of Europe is not endangered."

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• Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa will induct four CH47 Chinook heavy-lift choppers into the Indian Air Force in Chandigarh. India has paid close to $ 1.5 billion for 15 of these helicopters which would be also used for deploying troops and machinery at high altitude locations.


• A multi-mission heavy-left transport helicopter, Chinook will be used to move troops, artillery, ammunition, barrier materials, supplies and equipment on the battlefield.


• It is highly manoeuvrable, which makes it suitable for operating in tough, dense terrain.


• Its 24X7, all-weather operational capabilities are crucial for India Air Force, which operates in some of the most hostile terrains in the world.

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• Congress announced candidates for the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand and fielded former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat from Nainital.


• Former MLA Ambrish Kumar will contest polls from Haridwar, while former CM BC Khanduri's son Manish Khanduri will contest from Garhwal. Uttarakhand Congress chief Pritam Singh and MP Pradeep Tamta will contest from Tehri Garhwal and Almora respectively.

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• Within hours of Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar welcoming her into the party fold, Haryanavi singer-dancer Sapna Chaudhary claimed that she has not joined the Congress and accused it of using her old pictures with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.


• Babbar had welcomed Chaudhary into the party and posted a picture on Twitter of the dancer with Congress general secretary in-charge of east Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

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• Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti will be the People Democratic Party candidate from Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency but the party has decided not to field any candidates for Jammu and Udhampur seats in a bid to prevent division of "secular votes".


• Announcing the party candidates, PDP chief Mehbooba said Aga Mohsin will be the party candidate for Srinagar seat.

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• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released the names of nine more candidates in a seventh list for the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2019.


• Out of the nine, six names were from Chhattisgarh and one each for Meghalaya, Maharashtra and Telangana. With this, the party has released the names of 306 candidates, including one independent candidate.

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• Reserve Bank of India postponed the implementation of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by banks until further notice for the reason of requisite legislative amendments, which are still under consideration of the government.


• Earlier, Reserve Bank of India had postponed the implementation of the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) by the banks in April 2018 by one year.


• Legislative amendments are recommended by the Reserve Bank of India.


• From 1st April 2018, Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) are the norms which are required to implement for Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs), excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).


• According to Fitch Ratings’ local unit, if the rule had implemented India’s state-run lenders would have had to increase provisions by approx. 1.1 trillion rupees ($16 billion) in the fiscal first quarter (end in June).


• It would have an impact to the public sector lenders to boost “substantial” amounts of extra capital, beyond the estimated 1.9 trillion rupee infusion which was committed by the government for the two-year period to the end of March.

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• As lenders moved in to take charge of cash-strapped Jet Airways, the State Bank of India (SBI), the lead banker may ask a retired senior banker to head the airline and guide it out of the financial mess.


• Sources familiar with the ongoing developments said that Jet chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal along with two other directors are set to resign from the board, as banks move to take charge of the airline.

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• Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in the Indian Premier League 2019 opener at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium to register their seventh straight victory against the Bengaluru-based side.


• RCB were bowled out for 70, their joint-second lowest total in the Indian Premier League, with 10 of their 11 players scoring in single-digits.

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• CSK captain MS Dhoni opted for DRS with just one second remaining after RCB's Navdeep Saini was hit on the pads off Imran Tahir's delivery in the 12th over during IPL 2019 opener.


• The replays showed that Navdeep edged the ball, which brushed his pads before being caught by Shane Watson. Therefore, Navdeep was declared caught out instead of LBW.

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• The 64th Filmfare Awards 2019 was held at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai.
The event was hosted by Bollywood’s leading Actors, Directors, Musicians and Singers.
Click Here - For The winners of the 64th Filmfare Awards.

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• The healthcare industry's apex body NATHEALTH said Manipal Health Enterprises Chairman Sudarshan Ballal has been elected as its president for the year 2019-20.


• He succeeds Fortis Healthcare's Daljit Singh as the president, the Healthcare Federation of India (NATHEALTH) said in a statement.

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• Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been appointed as the next chief of Indian Navy. Karambir will succeed Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, who will vacate the office on May 31, 2019.


• He is the current Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. His other important flag appointments include Chief of Staff of the Tri-Services Unified Command at Andaman & Nicobar Islands and as the Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra and Gujarat Naval Area (FOMAG).

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• Italy’s new Earth-observation satellite named PRISMA (Precursore Iperspettrale della Missione Applicativa) launched from the Guiana Space Centre by 98 foot (30 meters) tall Vega rocket which was developed by the joint venture of Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.


• PRISMA is an electro-optical instrument, which is designed to take medium resolution photos to give information about environmental monitoring, natural resources, pollution and crop health.


• The PRISMA satellite will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit.


• According to an OHB Italia SpA press release, it was manufactured by a temporary joint venture of companies led by LEONARDO SpA and OHB Italia SpA.

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