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• At least 40 people were killed when a Russian airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday evening.


• The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke.


• Elena Markovskaya, a spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said early on Monday that 41 people were killed. But Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said later that 38 survived, implying the death toll was 40.


• According to the Investigative Committee The victims included one member of the crew and at least two teenagers.

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• A stretch of road in Los Angeles has been renamed after former President Barack Obama.


• A concert and ceremony unveiled Obama Boulevard. The street replaced Rodeo Road, a 3 ½-mile street that runs across the city’s historic black neighborhood.


• It also intersects with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and further establishes a “presidential row” that includes Washington, Adams and Jefferson boulevards.

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• National Security Advisor John Bolton said, The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Middle East in a "clear and unmistakable" message to Iran.


• Mr. Bolton said, In response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings, the United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region."


• Mr. Bolton said, The deployment is aimed at sending "a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force".

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• Strongly condemning the rocket attacks against Israel by terrorist groups, US President Donald Trump on Sunday asked Palestinians to "end violence" and work towards peace.


• "Once again, Israel faces a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad." Trump said, "We support Israel 100 per cent in its defense of its citizens". According to news reports, terrorist groups have fired about 600 rockets towards Israel.


• In response, Israel has launched about 250 air strikes against terrorist groups in the region.

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• China poses an "enormous challenge" to the US, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said as he dismissed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's comments on Beijing being a no threat to America.


• At an event in Iowa City, Biden, who is also a former US vice president, was dismissive of the growing threat that China poses to the United States.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar today to visit districts hit by Cyclone Fani and take stock of the situation, days after more than 35 people died and large parts of the coastal areas were badly affected by the “extremely severe” storm.


• Cyclone Fani barrelled through coastal Odisha, causing widespread destruction and leaving hundreds homeless and grappling with water shortage and power cuts. At least 39 people died as Cyclone Fani, which means the hood of a snake, pummelled the eastern state.


• The Prime Minister was received by Governor Ganeshi Lal, chief minister Naveen Patnaik and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar.


• Modi will undertake an aerial survey of Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore district. The Prime Minister will then review the relief and restoration work with the state government officials at the airport when he returns.

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• The Supreme Court denied a media report that two of its judges — Justices Rohinton F. Nariman and D.Y. Chandrachud — met Justice S.A. Bobde, who is chairing an in-house committee inquiring into allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.


• A statement issued by the court’s Secretary-General said the report was “wholly incorrect” that the two judges met Justice Bobde on the evening of [latex]3^{rd}[/latex May (Friday). The statement categorically said the Justice Bobde panel was examining the allegations without any input from any other judge of the Supreme Court.

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• The Election Commission has rejected a request for advancing the commencement of poll timing from 7 a.m. to 5 a.m. in the coming three phases, during Ramzan.


• The Commission took the decision on a petition by Delhi-based advocate Mohammad Nizamuddin Pasha, following a Supreme Court directive on May 2. Listing the reasons, the EC said that under the current poll timing of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (11 hours), “our polling team needs to spend at least 15-16 hours of active time in the poll process ensuring that no mistake occurs.”


• The same applied to the security forces who guarded the whole process. The EC said advancing the commencement of poll “will also advance the arrival of polling agents, many of who even now come late and are not able to reach by 6 a.m. and which hinder starting the mock poll process in absence of their arrival.”

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• The 12th century Shree Jagannath temple here has suffered minor damages due to cyclone 'Fani' that ripped apart the holy town .


• P K Mohapatra the chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), told "Yes, there have been minor damages to the temple, but the main structure remains unaffected. We will request the ASI to inspect the shrine."


• The impact of the devastating cyclone that killed at least 21 people in Puri district, is seen from the Lion's Gate, the main entrance of the temple.

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• Voting for the fifth phase of the 17th Lok Sabha elections has begun today. The phase covers 51 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and J&K.


• Over 96,088 polling booths are in place for smooth conduct of polls, while 8.76 crore registered voters will decide the fate of 674 candidates.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today tweeted requesting all those voting in the fifth phase of ongoing Lok Sabha poll to exercise their franchise in large numbers.


• PM Modi said that a vote is the most effective way to strengthen democracy and build a better future of the country. In his tweet, the prime minister once again appealed the young voters to cast their votes in record numbers.

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• Senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Prakash Javadekar hit back at Congress President Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress leader slammed Modi after he targeted former premier Rajiv Gandhi over corruption.


• Modi, taking a jibe at the Congress President at a rally in Uttar Pradesh`s Pratapgarh, had said: "Your father was termed `Mr. Clean` by his courtiers but his life ended as `bhrashtachari` (corrupt) number 1."


• Modi`s remark came following the Congress chief`s incessant attacks on him regarding allegations of corruption in the Rafale jet deal.

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• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is understood to be weighing a plan to ‘incentivise’ lenders to take errant borrowers to bankruptcy court.


• It’s part of the regulatory countermove that RBI is working on to overcome hurdles in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling. A month ago, the apex court struck down RBI’s [latex]12^{th}[/latex] February, 2018 directive that gave defaulting companies 180 days to agree on a resolution plan with lenders or be taken to bankruptcy court to recover debt of Rs 2,000 crore and above.


• According to people aware of the matter, RBI is considering a proposal to assign a ‘lower risk weight’ on loans to companies against which action has been initiated under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC) of 2016.

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• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched an action plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the Asia and Pacific region at its 52nd annual meeting of its board of governors in Fiji.


• “The prosperity of our region depends on healthy oceans and sustainable development,” said ADB president Mr. Takehiko Nakao.


• “We must work toward a more resilient future, where humanity and oceans thrive together.


• “The action plan will support the efforts of ADB’s developing member countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 14 Life Below Water.”


• The action plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies will expand financing and technical assistance for ocean health and marine economy projects to $5 billion from 2019 to 2024, including co-financing from partners.

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• Shares of YES Bank slumped almost 5 per cent in morning trade on Monday and looked on course to break their two-day winning run after the domestic rating agency Icra downgraded the bank's long-term bond ratings and guided for a negative outlook.


• Icra downgraded the ratings on six instruments totaling borrowings over Rs 33,000 crore by the lender, after it had last week reported a surge in BB and below-rated advances in the March quarter to 7.1 per cent under a new chief executive Ranveer Gill.

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• The conclusion of the league stage of IPL 2019, with Mumbai Indians pulling off a commanding nine-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders to finish on top of the points table, also resulting in Kolkata's exit from the tournament.


• Mumbai topped the league stage with 18 points in 14 games Mumbai Indians will play the Chennai Super Kings in the first qualifier in Chennai on [latex]7^{th}[/latex] May 2019.


• Sunrisers Hyderabad will play Delhi Capitals on [latex]8^{th}[/latex] May 2019.

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• Chennai Super Kings may have been comprehensively beaten by Kings XI Punjab in Mohali, Chasing 171, Kings XI Punjab got off to a rollicking start with 57 runs on the board in just four overs. KL Rahul brought up his half-century from just 19 deliveries.


• After the game, Dhoni conceded that they were just looking to prolong the Kings XI chase as much as possible in order to seal a top-two berth.

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• England Captain Eoin Morgan led his side to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in a lone Twenty20 international in Cardiff with an unbeaten innings of 57.


• Test skipper Joe Root made 47 and James Vince 36 as England overhauled Pakistan's total of 173/6 with four balls to spare at Sophia Gardens.


• It was England's second victory in three days after their one-day international success away to Morgan's native Ireland in Dublin as they continued an encouraging start to a season that sees them staging both the 50-over World Cup and the Ashes.

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• The World Press Freedom Prize also known as UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2019 is formally conferred every year by Director-General of UNESCO, on occasion of World Press Freedom Day observed on [latex]3^{rd}[/latex] May.


• In 2019 award would be shared by two jailed Myanmar journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who reported on alleged human rights violations in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar.


• The Reuters reporters are serving a seven-year prison sentence in Myanmar. They are charged with breaking the country's secrets law for their journalistic investigation on the military's brutal crackdown and killings of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state.

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• Archery Association of India (AAI) named Sunil Sharma, its senior vice president (also VP of Jammu and Kashmir Archery Association) in accordance with Article 24 of AAI Constitution (as approved by the Supreme Court on 4th December, 2017) as its acting president to start the election process. Sunil Sharma was preceded by BVP Rao.


• Thereafter, Sunil Sharma headed the Executive Committee meeting.


• The Supreme Court had declared the elections conducted in December 2018 by the AAI as ‘null and void‘.


• They were monitored by S Y Quraishi, administrator appointed by the high-court.


• It was notified by the Executive Committee that the acting president shall (according to Article 17 of the constitution) appoint the returning officer to conduct elections of AAI office bearers.

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• The INS Vela is the fourth of the six submarines of Scorpene class that has completed its out fittings at the Mazagon Dock.


• The submarine has been named 'Vela' after an earlier submarine, which was the lead submarine, of the erstwhile Vela class, the second batch of the Foxtrot class submarines acquired from USSR.


• Scorpene class submarine Vela, equipped with modern machinery and technology to guard the seas, was launched in Mumbai. It will undergo a number of tests by the Indian Navy before it gets commissioned in the defence fleet.

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• Shahid Afridi, former captain of the ‘Pakistan national cricket team‘ has written his autobiography titled, ‘Game Changer’ which will unveil answers to the much-contemplated questions about him.


• Afridi is popularly known as ‘Boom Boom’ and holds the world record for the fastest ODI (One Day International) century in 37 deliveries.


• He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket.


• The book has been co-authored by Afridi and journalist Wajahat S Khan.

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