Rahul returns to fight in U.P. , chooses Rai Bareli
Congress announced on Friday that it will field Rahul Gandhi from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli constituency and Gandhi family loyalist KL Sharma from Amethi constituency .
Rahul Gandhi is fighting from Wayanad constituency from Kerala as well .
Amethi used to be Rahul Gandhi’s constituency till last election when he lost to Smriti Irani of BJP .
Rae Bareli used to be the constituency from where Sonia Gandhi used to get elected from Congress . Sonia Gandhi has this time sidestepped the Lok Sabha elections . Recently she was nominated as Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan .
Congress Party in a statement after the decision said that the move to field Rahul Gandhi is under a larger plan .
SC likely to consider giving interim bail to Kejriwal due to polls
The Supreme Court on Friday “ Forewarned “ the Enforcement Directorate ( ED ) , that it may “ consider “ granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy case due to ongoing Lok Sabha elections .
“ Let me consider an interim bail because of elections, “ Justice Sanjiv Khanna informed the two advocates .
The Judge asked about the date of elections in Delhi .
Elections in Delhi is going to be held in sixth phase on May 25.
Arvind Kejriwal is under ED custody till May 7 . The date can be extended however .
All crew members, including 17 year on board , MSC Aries , freed from humanitarian grounds , says Iran
All the Indian onboard MSC Aries the Iranian have been released .
Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday .
This information was shared by Iran’s Foreign Minister in a telephone conversation with Estonian counterpart .
The also had several Estonian crew members and the Iranian side said the crew belonging to multiple nationalities have been released on humanitarian grounds .
Seventeen out of the 25 crew members of the ship are Indian Nationals .
The Israel owned ship was seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard corps on 13 April . This was after the Israeli attack on the Iranian Embassy in Syria . On April 14 Iran launched drone attacks on Israel .
3 members of ‘hit squad ‘ arrested for killing Nijjar
The Canadian Police on Friday arrested three members of alleged hit squad . This was done by Police opertion in two provinces .
Canada had accused Indian Government of India of killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar . India had refused the charges as “ ansurd “ and “ motivated “ .
Nijjar was killed in Surrey , British Columbia near a Sikh Gurudwara . Nijjar was a Khalistani extremist and was wanted in India .
India press freedom score fell over the last year : RSF
The World Press Freedom Index was released on Friday . India’s score fell from last year 36.62 to 31.28 .
However , the ranking has improved from 161 in 2023 to 159 in 2024 .
The improvement in ranking despite felling in score is because of other countries performing even poorer .
India in the past has dismissed such rankings as misinformed and propaganda driven .
Norway and Denmark topped the table while Eritrea was at bottom and Syria just above it .
“ The press freedom around the world is threatened by the very people who should be its guarantors – Political authorities “ The RSF said in a statement .
Reporters Without Borders ( RSF ) is a non profit organisation with headquarters in Paris which publishes The World Press Freedom Index Report .
The press freedom questionnaire covers five categories ,– political context , legal frameworks ,economic context , socio-cultural context and security .
India Indonesia to enhance defence industry collaboration
India and Indonesia joint defence cooperation meeting was held in New Delhi . It was chaired by India’s defence secretary and Indonesia’s Secretary General in the Ministry of defence Donny Ernawam .
India and Indonesia agreed to enhance collaboration in areas of defence industry , maritime security and multilateral cooperation .
During the meeting both sides expressed satisfaction at the expanding defence cooperation between the two countries .
Organ donation hit by poor identification of Brain death cases .
Ministry of Health has expressed concern for the slow rate of organ donation in the country .
The minsitry said that poor identification of brain death cases was keeping the donation at low level .
It has asked authorities at the state and Union to look into brain death cases of each person that has been admitted to ICU . If the person is registered for organ Donation , then valid cases should result in Organ donation . In other cases , hospital authorities should make family members aware of the family members of opportunity for Organ donation before the heart stops .
Brain death is a legal term of death . However , If the body of brain dead person is kept on ventillator , the heart may continue to beat for 2-3 days . During the period some vital organs like Liver and Kidneys is also alive . The organs can be transplanted to other person during the period .
Manipur groups mark one year of conflict , with cry peace and justice
Friday marked the anniversary of the beginning of Manipur violence . Protests were organized by Social groups of Meitie and Kuki communities in National Capital and Manipur.
The violence has resulted in death of 221 people , with many still missing . More than a dozen security forces have died . It has displaced more than 50,000 people internally .
SEBI puts 7 Adani companies on notice for violation
India market regular sent notices of regulatory violations to seven companies of Adani conglomerate , including its flagship Adani Enterprises .
However the company didn’t give the details .
It said that the notices had no “ material cosequential effect “ for relevent for relevent fimacial effect .
Species board orders ETO test for exports to Singapore , HK
Spices Board of India has given directions that all exports of spices and ready to eat items to Singapore and HongKong must be tested for Ethylne Oxide ( ETO ) presence .
this comes just days after Sigapore and HongKong recalled some species exported by MDH and Everest companies . Contamination of ETO was cited as the reason behind this .
The US and Australia also raised the concerns about the quality of some Indian spices .
ETO is used as preservative in food products , however excess amount is harmful .
Tesla vs Tesla : US carmaker sues Indian nameshale for copying trademark
Carmaker Tesla has sued a Indian battery making company “ Tesla Power “ for using its name as violation of copyright .
Tesla has sued the company in Delhi High court and has asked for damages .
“ Tesla Power India Pvt Ltd “ in its reply said that the company was “ lead acid battery ,” makog company . And that it had no intention to make electric vehicles.
World
Hamas to send a delegation for ceasefire talks
Hamas said on thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further talk .
This has come after Hamas had given posotve signals to accepts the recent ceasefire proposal by Israel .
On the planned Israeli attack in Rafah , the WHO chief Tedros Abraham said .
“ WHO is deeply concerned that a full scale military operations in Rafah , could lead to a bloodbath , and further weaken already broken system “ , Mr Tedros said on X .
Russia will face consequences forcuber attack , says German minister
German Foreign. Minister Analena Bearback on Monday accused Russia of masterminding an “ absolutely intolerable “ cyber attack .
She said that Russia will have to face consequences of these .
Russia has intercepted military talks of German military chiefs recently .
Tories suffer losses in UK local polls ; labour calls for a general election
British governing Party the Conservatives have suffered heavy loss in Local election .
Conservatives also known as Tories has lost hevaily to Labour Party .
This has increased the possibility of Labour Party gaining power in Genreral Elections to be held in January .
Rishi Sunak the current PM is from Tories .
Nepal court orders limit on mountain climbing permits
Nepal’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to limit the number of mountaineering permits issued for Everest and other peaks .
The Himalayan republic is home to eight of world’s ten highest peaks .and welcomes hundreds of adventures each spring , when temperature are warm and winds are calm .
The court also directed government take measures to waste management in the Mountains .
Seven of world’s highest eight peaks is in Nepal
China sends a samples from the far side of the moon
China has launched Chnge 6 mission to explore far side of the moon .
The rocket carrying Change 6 lunar probe lifted at 5:27 PM from Wenchang Launcj Center in Hainan .
Under the mission the Change 6 will land on far side on moon , it will return back to earth carrying the samples .
The Far side of moon is less explored region . It always faces away from earth .
China is the only country that has landed on Far side of moon under its previous mission Change 4 .
China has programme to put astronaut on moon by 2030 .
