1 week ago
1
Congress precocious bid defers announcement of Kerala CM designate to May 14
The Congress precocious bid has deferred announcing the party’s Chief Minister designate for Kerala, ostensibly until Thursday (May 14, 2026). After an astir 40-minute gathering betwixt Congress person Rahul Gandhi and Congress main Mallikarjun Kharge astatine the latter’s residence, enactment wide caput Jairam Ramesh said the determination connected the adjacent Kerala Chief Minister volition beryllium announced connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), arsenic the enactment precocious bid has completed each discussions successful this regard.
Iran moving connected Hormuz ‘protocol’ to screen ‘costs’, says Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi
Iran has provided “free of complaint services” to planetary shipping successful the Strait of Hormuz for decades but is now moving connected a “protocol” to see a fiscal constituent covering costs it incurs to marque navigation harmless successful the Persian Gulf region, said the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, successful New Delhi connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026). Speaking to a prime radical of journalists astatine the Embassy of Iran, Mr. Gharibabadi, who is present for the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting, avoided naming the UAE straight and said “a neighbouring state that is besides a subordinate of the BRICS” is thwarting a associated connection astatine the gathering by trying to present connection that seeks to condemn Iran’s subject strategy against U.S. and Israeli attacks.
Local transport, retention and quality handling are the weakest links successful conducting NEET: Panel report
The K. Radhakrishnan Committee, constituted pursuing the controversies surrounding alleged malpractice successful the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduates successful 2024, identified local transport, storage, and quality handling arsenic immoderate of the weakest links successful the behaviour of the examination. The committee that was formed successful June 2024 submitted its study successful October the aforesaid year. In its report, the committee advised that the exam should beryllium conducted successful phases and a computer/hybrid mode should beryllium brought successful alternatively of relying wholly connected a pen-and-paper exam. The committee besides sought an overhaul of the National Testing Agency (NTA) portion besides reducing insubstantial leak risks, minimising logistical vulnerabilities, improving encrypted transportation and enabling amended audit trails. It said that the NTA should bring successful imperishable nonrecreational staff, trim dependence connected outsourced manpower and person stronger accountability mechanisms.
CBI Director Praveen Sood gets different one-year extension
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, Praveen Sood, has been fixed different one-year extension, arsenic approved connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) based connected the recommendations of the Selection Committee. The ACC bid stated that Mr. Sood’s tenure has been extended for a twelvemonth beyond May 24, 2026. The 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) serviceman was earlier granted a one-year hold successful May 2025 aft the completion of his two-year word arsenic CBI chief.
All spiritual practices presumed protected unless they interruption nationalist order, health, morality: Centre successful Sabarimala reappraisal hearing
The Constitution presumes that each spiritual signifier is protected unless it violates nationalist order, morality, and health, the Union authorities told the Supreme Court connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026). Appearing earlier a nine-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant successful the Sabarimala reappraisal hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the extortion afforded to religion was not restricted to “essential spiritual practices” unsocial but had a wider ambit. Mr. Mehta, who opened the rejoinder successful the law notation hearing, said the load was connected the challenger to amusement that a spiritual signifier breached nationalist order, morality, and health.
Three tribal religion leaders killed successful Manipur ambush
Suspected equipped extremists ambushed a squad of tribal religion leaders successful the Kangpokpi territory of Manipur connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026), sidesplitting 3 of them and injuring four. The victims, members of the Thadou Baptist Association of India (TBAI) and the United Baptist Council (UBC), were travelling successful 2 vehicles from a Baptist normal successful Churachandpur to Kangpokpi erstwhile they were attacked. The incidental occurred connected the hilly Tiger Road betwixt Kotlen and Kotzim villages astir 10 a.m.
India weighs associated Centre-State backing model for heatwave mitigation
India is expected successful the coming weeks to steadfast up arrangements nether which the Centre and State governments volition jointly concern heatwave mitigation, a elder authoritative astatine the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has indicated. This comes connected the backmost of a 2024 determination allowing mitigation funds to beryllium utilized against utmost vigor and acts connected a caller proposal from the 16th Finance Commission to formally notify heatwaves arsenic a disaster. Mitigation means addressing the sources of utmost vigor oregon investing successful cooling solutions, arsenic opposed to the existent attack of dealing with the after-effects of heatwaves connected health.
Israeli drone strikes connected vehicles successful Lebanon termination 12, including 2 children
Israeli airstrikes connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) struck 7 vehicles successful Lebanon — 3 of them connected the main road conscionable southbound of Beirut — sidesplitting 12 people, including a pistillate and her 2 children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The Israeli subject said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure successful respective areas successful confederate Lebanon, hours aft telling residents of six confederate villages to evacuate. Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to clasp different circular of nonstop talks successful Washington connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), arsenic the Trump medication pushes for a breakthrough betwixt the 2 neighbours that person been successful a authorities of warfare since Israel was created successful 1948.
Trump arrives successful China for talks with Xi
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived successful China connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) for a three-day authorities sojourn during which helium volition sermon a big of planetary issues, including the Iran war, with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mr. Trump, who is visiting China astatine the invitation of President Xi, was received by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng astatine the airport. The leaders of the world's 2 largest economies volition clasp their seventh face-to-face talks. They past met face-to-face successful October 2025 successful Busan, South Korea.
Mass protests successful Argentina decry Milei’s backing cuts to prized nationalist universities
Tens of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets of large cities nationwide connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) to protestation backing cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the nationalist assemblage strategy that represents a near-universal constituent of pridefulness successful this crisis-prone country. Vast crowds successful downtown Buenos Aires marched toward the authorities office to denounce fund shortfalls eroding the fiscal instauration of the country’s higher education. Argentina’s nationalist assemblage system, a cornerstone of its well-educated workforce cherished by its ample mediate class, has been tuition-free since 1949 and produced 5 Nobel Prize laureates.
Netanyahu’s bureau says helium visited UAE secretly during the Iran war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau said connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) that he secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Iran war. Mr. Netanyahu met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during the visit, the Israeli leader’s bureau said. It added that the sojourn “resulted successful a historical breakthrough successful relations betwixt Israel and the United Arab Emirates.”
