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• Australia's Labor opposition has chosen Anthony Albanese as its new leader after the party suffered an upset in the nation's general election.


• Previous leader Bill Shorten resigned on 18 May, immediately after conceding the election to incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison.


• Mr Albanese, a veteran politician, was elected unopposed as his successor.


• "Together we can return our great party to government in three years' time," he said.

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• The big centre-right and centre-left blocs in the European Parliament have lost their combined majority amid an increase in support for liberals, Greens and nationalists.


• The centre-right European People's Party remains the largest bloc, and is expected to form a pro-EU coalition.


• The Liberals and Greens had a good night, while nationalists were set for victory in Italy and France.


• Turnout was the highest for 20 years, bucking decades of decline.

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• Mr Trump, who is currently on a four-day state visit to Japan, was greeted by the emperor and Empress Masako at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.


• The US leader said ahead of the meeting that it was a "great honour".


• Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne earlier in May after his father Akihito stepped down - the first abdication by a Japanese emperor in centuries.


• "It's over 200 years since something like this has happened," Mr Trump said of the abdication. "So it's a great honour to be representing the United States."

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• Despite a growing ‘ABB’ campaign – ‘Anyone But Boris’ – former foreign secretary Boris Johnson remains the favourite to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, as more leading lights of the Conservative party threw their hats in the ring.


• Potential contenders have until June 10 to formally declare their intention to contest the leadership election, triggered by May’s announcement that she will leave 10 Downing Street on June [latex]7^{th}[/latex], after what the news media said she was ‘broken by Brexit’.

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• India has tweaked rules to allow friendly countries to use lines of credit or soft loans given to them to buy Indian defence equipment.


• The move is aimed at boosting exports, according to two officials aware of the development.


• In a recently issued order, the ministries of defence and external affairs said the friendly countries can buy defence equipments like Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) manufactured in India at the same price as Indian armed forces have bought them for.

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• The government is experimenting with big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to quicken assessment of crop damage, a lengthy and often disputed mechanism, people familiar with the matter said.


• The Union agriculture ministry is looking at algorithms to fix delays in paying farmers their claims under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), a major issue hobbling the flagship crop insurance scheme.

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• The public works department (PWD) has been beautifying the city roads and open spaces in an effort to cut down on dust pollution in the national capital.


• Around two months ago, the PWD began with the roads around ISBT Kashmere Gate Ring Road, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg among others by planting of variety of saplings on the central and side verges.

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• Islamabad made a rare exception for External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to fly directly through Pakistani airspace to attend the SCO meet in Bishkek last week, officials in Delhi and Islamabad confirmed to The Hindu.


• The permission for Ms. Swaraj came even as thousands of travellers continue to suffer flight cancellations, delays and soaring ticket prices due to Pakistan’s decision to close its airspace for flights to and from India after the Balakot strikes on February [latex]26^{th}[/latex].

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• Non-bank lenders with good balance sheets are the best buyers the government can seek.


• The proposed rules that mandate non-bank lenders to keep liquidity coverage ratio would shave off some margin.

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• The benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 100 points in early trade Monday driven by gains in banking stocks amid unabated foreign fund inflow.


• The 30-share index was trading 128.27 points, or 0.33 per cent, higher at 39,562.99. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty spurted 28.75 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 11,872.85.


• Top Sensex gainers include NTPC, Tata Steel, Yes Bank, SBI, PowerGrid, L&T, M&M, ITC, HDFC Bank, Maruti, Axis Bank, Infosys, HDFC twins and ICICI Bank, rising up to 4.53 per cent.

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• Indians had a good day at the year's third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle and Pistol tournament in Munich, Germany.


• Apurvi Chandela grabbed a gold, winning the women's 10m Air Rifle competition after a closely-fought contest. She shot a score of 251 in the final to outshine Wang Luyao of China, who shot 250.8.

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• In his first match at the French Open since 2015, Federer was given a standing ovation as he walked onto Court Philippe Chatrier.


• And he delighted the crowd as he made the ideal start to the first set, racing to a 4-0 lead and eventually winning 6-2.

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• “When I work with patients, I think about how to apply science to alleviate their suffering.


• This gives meaning to everything else I do,” said Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Professor Balram Bhargava after jointly winning the 2019 Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva earlier this week.

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• Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has resigned following a series of high-level defections from his government to the opposition.


• Mr O'Neill, who has been in office for seven years, has faced calls for his resignation for weeks over a range of issues.


• But after several more defections he accepted he did not have the support to continue.

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• Anuj Sharma, who is currently posted as ADG & IGP Operation, has been appointed once again as the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata.


• Sharma will immediately take charge from Dr Rajesh Kumar, as per an official notification issued by the state government.

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• Former World War II Navajo Code Talker, Lawmaker John Pinto passed away aged 94 due to various illnesses at Gallup, New Mexico, USA.


• Pinto was the longest-serving senator in the state, rst elected in 1977 and served until his death.

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A. US B. UK C. Switzerland D. France Answer: C

A. Assam B. Odisha C. Haryana D. Punjab Answer: B

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A. Facebook B. Instagram C. WhatsApp D. Hike Answer: C

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