Marathon polling season ends today in final phase
The world’s largest polling exercise to elect the 18 th Lok
Sabha ends on Saturday after one and a half month .
57 constituencies across eight states will go for polls .
The number of eligible electors are 10.06 crore.
In last general elections BJP had won out of 57 , BJP had
won 25 , while Congress had won eight , TMC had won nine , Biju Janata Dal had
won 4 seats while JD ( U ) had won 3 seats .
Polling is scheduled across Bihar , West Bengal , Punjab ,
UP , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Odisha and Chandigarh.
Some key constituencies in the fray is Prime minister
Narendra Modi from Varanasi , Congress’s Ajai Rai is against PM Modi.
Voting percentage in first six phases raa ged from 62.2 % to
69.16% .
Hours after arrest , Prajwal sent to SIT custody for 6
days
Hasan MP Prajwal Revanna landed in Bangalore where he was
arrested by Special Investigation Team (SIT ) , and has been sent for remand
till June 6 .
Mr Revanna is charged with raping two women . He left for
Germany on April 28 . After completion of election in his constituency on April
26 . Mr Revanna has maintained that his “ trip to Germany was prescheduled “
and no case was registered against him till that date .
Heatwave claims at least 61 lives , 21 polling officials
among those dead
With heatwaves roiling several parts of country , at least
61 deaths have been confirmed from multiple states .
23 of the fatalities are from the polling personnel of the
General election.
In Bihar 14 people have died in 14 hours . 10 of these were
part of the electoral process in Bihar .
In UP’s Mirzapur 13 are suspected to have died from
heatstroke .
In Odisha , 26 deaths have been reported
Manufacturing sector’s growth lifts GDP to 8.2%
India’s real time Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) growth in
the fourth quarter of FY 2023-24 was 8.2 % . National Statistical Office ( NSO
) ‘s provisional estimates released on Friday show . The GDP growth rate of
previous financial year FY 23 was 7%.
GVA growth is mainly due to significant growth of 9.9 % in
the manufacturing sector in FY 24 . Over 2.2% in FY 23 .
EC gave nod to 95,000 rallies in West Bengal , highest in
the country
Election Commission granted permission to 94,975 applications for holding rallies and
meetings during election campaigning in West Bengal .
This is the highest in the country .
North 24 Pargana district got permission for a maximum ,
10245 permissions .
852 kg of explosives , 1605 crude bombs , and 707 firearms
were also seized during the campaign.
Railways to construct canopy bridges across track in
Assam Gibbon habitat
Northeastern Railways has been earmarked to allocate funds
to construct canopy bridges inside the Hollangapar Gibbon sanctuary in Assam
district in Jorhat district.
Thr gibbon known for its spends most of the time on upper
canopy of the trees .
A 1.65km track set to be doubled and electrified
devides Hollongopar Gibbon sanctuary in
Jorhat district .
India eyes Mongolia for key minerals to bypass China
route
India looks to Mongolia for secure coming coal , critical
minerals and copper .
According to officials a joint working group has been formed
to find a road ahead .
Two ministries of steel and mines have reached the Mongolian
authority in this regard . India is looking to transport these through Russia .
Coking coal is used in the iron industry to make steel . It
is critical for steel production .
India is dependent on
coking coal production Australia , US
and Russia .
Karnataka govt sets up SIT to probe multi crore scam in
Valmiki Corporation .
Karnataka government on Friday constituted a Special
Investigation Team ( SIT ,) to investigate the alleged multi-crore scam in
Mahrshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation . A official working
here had committed suicide alleging the role of senior officials in dicersion of
corporation funds.
17 more dead over landslips , floods in Northeast ,over 6
lakh people hit
Floods and landslides killed 13 people in Assam ,Manipur and
Meghalaya during the last 48 hours .
This took rainfall related death toll in North East to 17.
World
Trump becomes first former US President to be convicted
of felony
Donald Trump on Thursday was found guilty of paying hush
money to Porn star stormy daniels .
Donald trump had falsified business records to pay to
pornstar stormy daniels to remain silent about their sexual relationship . Falsifying business records charges carry
up to four years behind bars .
The New York court jury found him guilty of all 34 charges
against him in this case .
The conviction and even imprisonment cannot bar Trump from
pursuing his white house pursuit .
“ This was a rigged disgraceful trial “ , an angry Mr Trump
said .
“ The real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people .
They know what happened , and everyone knows what happened here . “
Mr Trump said .
Presidential Elections in USA will be held on November 5 .
Germany , US let their weapons use to hit targets inside
Russia
Germany joined US to become second country to allow use of
its weapon by Ukriane to hit targets on Russian soil .
German defense minister said that Kyiv had right to defend
itself form Russia’s attack against international law .
Ukrainian officials have expressed frustration against
restriction by Western countries in use of its weapons.
Both US and Germany specifically authorised the use of its
weapons to defend Kharkiv .
Kharkiv city is at 20 km from Russian borders .
Deputy head of Russia’s security council Dmitry Medvedev
said on Friday that “ Ukriane and its allies will receive such a devastating
response that the alliance will not able to entering the conflict . “
Currently Russia is pushing through Kharkiv. It has gained
large gains in territory in recent times .
Blinken dismisses
Russia accusations of Trump
persecution
Kremlin Spokesperson “ Dmitry Peskov on Friday commentted on the conviction of Donald Trump
that President Joe Biden’s administration was eliminating it’s political rivals .
US secretary of state Antony Blinken in its reply said that
it was a classic case of ..
US secretarky of state Antony Blinken on Friday hit back at
Russia”s
Pfizer drug is a interim fix for rate form for rate form
of lung cancer
A Pfizer lung cancer
drug has been shown to greatly reduce tumour progression and improve survival
outcomes for the people and patients in the advanced stages , a trial result of
the medicine has shown .
The drug name is Lorlatinib which is already available under
drug name Lobrena in the U.S.
Editorial
Presidential Felony
Trump’s legal
travails could polarise public discourse ahead of U.S . elections
The editorial is about
conviction of Donald Trump in hush money case .
The New York judge has found him convicted in all 34 charges
. Mr Trump can face maximum imprisonment of four year .
Mr Trump is also accused in seceral other cases of handling
confidential files , trying to change election results . .
Even if Mr Trump goes into jail he can administer from Jail
, US Constitution allows it .
