India votes from today ;
102 LS seats in contention
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In the first phase of elections
voting will be held for all 39 Lok Sabha seats on TamilNadu as well as in
Rajsthan , MP and UP
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Overall 16.63 crore voters would
exercise their franchise in phase 1 .
Impossible to tamper with EVMs at , ‘ any stage ‘ , EC says
in SC
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It was second consecutive day for
hearing on a petition on concerns on EVMs . The Petitioner are demanding a
returning back to EVMs and matching all the VVPAT
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Election Commission on Thursday
said in Supreme Court that it was impossible to tamper with Electronics Voting
Machines ( EVMs) .” at any stage “ .
EC Response :
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The EC said that there have been
41,629 instances of random verification till date .
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Over four crore VVPAT slips were
matched till date . There was not a single instance of mismatch .
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On manual use of VVPAT , EC said
that it would tell whole hour to manually count the VVPAT slips of single
polling station .
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“ On an average 1000 VVPAT slips
are required to be counted per polling station ….
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Manual counting of VVPAT was
cumbersome at every step and process can not be expedited or hurried “ .
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The court has reserved its
judgement .
Reports of EVM errors false : EC
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The election commission said in
Supreme Court that reports that four EVMs erroneously logged into the votes for
BJP during the mock poll held in Kerala was false .
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The state electoral commission of
Kerala said that additional VVPAT slips released by VVPAT machines during a
mock poll led to confusion .
Sugar content on Nestle baby food sold in India
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Nestle’s baby and food
products sold in India and well as
Africa and Latin American countries have higher sugar content , on comparison
with similar products sold in European Union
market , according to recently released data of an Swiss NGO public eye and
Baby Food Action Network .
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FSSAI who have ensures such standard in India said that it
will investigate into it.
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It was found after testing of 150
products of Nestle that 15 cerelac products , for six month old babies , which
are sold with without added sugar in UK and Germany , contained 2.7 gram added
sugar as per serving in India .
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WHO recommends against added sugar
in food products meant for babies below age 3 .
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However a Nestle India
spokesperson , said that reducing sugar content was companies priority and in
last five years it has reduced 30 % of Sugar .
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Nestle is a Swiss company which
manufactured product related to food and drink processes .
One crew member of ship seized by Iran returns home
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One of 17 Indian sailors aboard
the ship , MSC Aries that was detained by Iranian authorities last weekend have
returned home in Kerala ,
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The MEA has said .
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The ship is at the shore and the
crew members on board ship . The 17 Indian crew members has not been detained .
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After efforts by EAM S Jaishankar and Indian
embassy in Tehran , Iran allowed the release of one female crew and permission
for remaining 16 to contact their families .
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The Israel owned ship was seized
by Iran on April 13 . Later Iran struck Israel with drones and missiles .
India should condemn Israel actions in Gaza : Iran envoy
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Iran’s ambassador to India , Iran Elahi in
talk with The Hindu said that Iran
has kept India fully briefed about air attack on Israel on April 13 , and its
main objective had been achieved .
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On Israel Gaza issue he said that
India could play a big role in stopping the war in Gaza.
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On question of Chabhar port , he said
that the project was going well and soon a good news is expected to be.
Delivered .
Srinagar likely to be tagged as World Craft City from India .
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The World Craft Council International (WCCI )
, a Kuwait based organisation has picked Srinagar for its nomination in the
list of World Craft City ( WCC ) . The result will be announced two months
later .
World
Iran says US , it does not seek any ‘ expansion of tension ‘ in region
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossaein Amir Abdullahain is in New York to
participate in UN Security Council Meeting .
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In a video posted he said that
Iran had informed US that it doesnt want tension in the region .
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He said that Iran had informed US
about the attack “ before and after “ launching its attack on Israel .
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Iran’s President “ Ebrahim Raisi “
has warned of “ fierce and further response “ to further “ aggression “ by
Israel
Ukraine says it hit Russian air field in annexed Crimea
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Ukraine on Wednesday launched an
air attack on Dzhankoi military airfield in Crimea . It added that number of
Aircraft being damaged in the attack was being clarified .
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But the attack
seriously damaged four missile launchers , three radar stations
and other equipments , Ukrainian military spy agency said on Thursday .
Indonesia evacuated thousands after volacano erupts ,
raises Tsunami threat
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A volcano in Indonesia erupted five times in
Indonesia , pushing the authorities to close a nearby air force and issue a
warning about fallng debris that could lead to cause Tsunami .
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Mount Ruang’s lava crater flamed
with flaned with lava , pushing ash column more than miles into sky and forcing
authorities to raise its alert level .
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More than 11,000 people have been
evacuated from the area .
Burkino
Faso expels French Diplomats over’ submwrsive activities “..
