• International Missing Children's Day is celebrated on May [latex]25^{th}[/latex], the same day as the United States' National Missing Children's Day designated by Ronald Reagan in 1983.

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• The Dutch centre-left Labour party is toasting an "unexpected comeback" in European elections.


• The results will not come out until late in common with the rest of the EU, but the Dutch Labour party are celebrating what they claim as victory based on exit polls they have seen.


• These exit polls are not necessarily an accurate indication of the result.


• Under UK law, the BBC is barred from publishing exit polls from the European Parliament elections.

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• US President Donald Trump is clearing the sale of billions of dollars' worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, citing Iranian threats to its arch rival.


• Mr Trump invoked a rarely used aspect of federal law to push through the $8bn (£6bn) deal, which would ordinarily need to be approved by Congress.


• He did so by declaring that ongoing tensions with Iran amounted to a national emergency.

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• The race to become the next Conservative Party leader has begun, following Theresa May's announcement that she will step down next month.


• The contest will not only result in a new party leader, but also in the next prime minister of the UK.


• Party bosses expect a new leader to be chosen by the end of July.

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• With one iconic swim spot getting a much-debated upgrade, Gary Nunn revisits how the city's pool culture came about.


• Beyond the famous opera house and bridge, Sydney harbours somewhat of a secret.


• Its lesser-known claim to fame is that it has more ocean pools (35) than any other city in the world. Cape Town is its closest rival, boasting 19.


• "Sydney's big collection of ocean pools in one city is unique," says Dr Marie-Louise McDermott, an expert who has written on the subject.

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• Curfew continued in parts of Kashmir for a second day Saturday following killing of Zakir Musa, the so-called chief of an Al-Qaeda afiliated group, in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district.


• Officials said the curbs on the movement of people were in force in parts of Srinagar, and Kulgam and Pulwama towns.


• Schools and colleges remained shut, while mobile internet continued to be suspended across the valley. Trains on the Baramulla-Banihal line remained off the tracks due to the situation, the officials said.

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• A massive landslide hit the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district in the wee hours of leading to suspension of traffic on the only road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, officials said.


• The landslide, triggered by incessant rains over the past two days, occurred near Battery Cheshma, completely blocking the 270-km arterial road, Suresh Sharma, Deputy Superintendent of Police (traffic), national highway Ramban, told PTI.

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• An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale shook Andaman Islands region in the wee hours of Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.


• The quake struck at around 2:52 am and was situated at a depth of 10 kilometres, the IMD said.


• No casualties, injuries or damage to property has been reported so far.

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• The BJP has won 41 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly after results of all the constituencies were announced, an election official said.


• Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh were held for 57 seats as three BJP candidates were earlier declared elected unopposed.


• The Janata Dal (United) won seven seats, the National People’s Party (NPP) five, the Congress four, the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) one and Independents two.

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• In the backdrop of the liquidity issues being faced by non-banking finance companies, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a draft circular on ‘Liquidity Risk Management Framework’.


• This will require them to ensure maintenance of sufficient liquidity, including a cushion of unencumbered, high-quality liquid assets to withstand a range of stress events; establish diversified funding strategy; and monitor the risk of intra-group transfers.

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• Corporation Bank has launched ‘Corp SME Suvidha’, a product for GST-registered MSMEs.


• A press release said that the product has been designed as part of the bank's efforts to provide best products to MSME sector.

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• Asian Games gold medalist Amit Panghal thwarted a spirited challenge from giant killer Sachin Siwach with a well-calculated display to clinch the gold by a split 4-1 verdict in the highly-competitive 52kg men’s category.


• Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom and the seasoned L Sarita Devi spearheaded India’s gold rush at the second India Open boxing tournament.

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• Vaishnavi was signed by Pensacola State College to play for their team, Lady Pirates, in the National Junior College Athletic AssociationDivision 1, Region 8.


• It was her aversion to classrooms that took Vaishnavi Yadav to the playing fields. “I didn’t want to study and was always playing with kids in the neighbourhood.


• As there were not many girls, I use to play with boys.

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• 26-year-old Satara-based mountaineer, Priyanka Mohite, successfully climbed world’s fifth highest peak, Mount Makalu (8,481 metres).


• In 2013, she scaled Mount Everest at the age of 21 and became the third youngest person to do so. In 2016, she claimed Mt. Kilimanjaro. In 2018, she claimed Mount Lhotse (8,516 metres (27,940 ft)), the fourth highest mountain in the world.

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• Four new judges were sworn in on May[latex] 24^{th}[/latex] at the Supreme Court, two of whom will go on to be the Chief Justices of India in the line of seniority.


• Justice B.R. Gavai will become the CJI for over six months in 2025. He will be the second Chief Justice of India from the Scheduled Caste community after Justice (retd) K.G. Balakrishnan.


• Justice Surya Kant will succeed Justice Gavai as the CJI in November 2025. He will remain in office till February 2027.

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• Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on [latex]7^{th}[/latex] June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister.


• In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and it was a matter of "deep regret" that she had been unable to do so.


• Mrs May said she would continue to serve as PM while a Conservative leadership contest took place.

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