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TVK extends unfastened invitation to VCK, IUML to beryllium portion of Tamil Nadu Cabinet
The ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) successful Tamil Nadu connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) openly extended an invitation to the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) to beryllium portion of the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led Cabinet.
U.S. mislaid 42 aircraft, including combatant jets, MQ-9 Reaper drones successful Iran war: report
At slightest 42 U.S. aircraft, including combatant jets and drones, were lost oregon damaged during Operation Epic Fury launched connected February 28, targeting Iran, according to an authoritative report. The fig of craft damaged oregon destroyed whitethorn stay taxable to revision owed to aggregate factors, including classification, ongoing combat activity, and attribution, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) study said.
India-Italy associated strategical enactment program 2025-2029 gives our ties a applicable and futuristic framework, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) held wide-ranging talks with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, focusing connected areas specified arsenic trade, defence, cleanable vigor and technology. Ahead of bilateral talks, PM Modi called connected Italian President Sergio Mattarella and discussed antithetic aspects relating to India-Italy friendship, including trade, concern and taste linkages. They besides discussed collaboration successful areas specified arsenic AI, captious minerals, abstraction and atomic energy.
K.V. Thomas quits arsenic Kerala’s Special Representative successful New Delhi aft caller UDF govt takes over
Close connected the heels of the caller UDF authorities assuming bureau successful Kerala, erstwhile Congress person and erstwhile Union Minister K.V. Thomas has resigned from his position arsenic the Special Representative of Kerala government successful New Delhi.
He besides vacated his bureau and quarters astatine Kerala House. Mr. Thomas besides clarified that his tenure people came to an extremity erstwhile the word of erstwhile Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ended.
Nothing incorrect successful holding caste census, immoderate authorities of the time should cognize who is backward, SC says
The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said determination is nothing incorrect successful the authorities of the day ascertaining caste arsenic portion of the nationwide census exercise. “Any authorities of the time indispensable cognize however galore radical are backward and however galore request welfare. This is simply a substance of policy,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, heading a three-judge Bench, said.
BJP authorities successful State volition beryllium of nationalists, says CM Suvendu during maiden sojourn to northbound Bengal
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said the BJP authorities successful West Bengal volition beryllium of the nationalists, and it volition uphold Indian contented and civilization and enactment to alteration the strategy successful the State. Expressing the BJP’s gratitude to the radical of northbound Bengal for their continued enactment to the saffron party, Mr. Adhikari, successful his maiden sojourn to the portion arsenic the main minister, said the recently formed authorities volition fulfill each promises made successful the party’s manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly polls wrong a circumstantial timeframe.
Supreme Court suspects Karnataka authorities of ‘delaying tactics’ but extends Bengaluru civic polls’ deadline to August 31
The Supreme Court of India connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said the Karnataka authorities seems to be deploying “delaying tactics” to postpone civic polls successful Bengaluru portion extending the deadline for the elections by different 2 months to August 31. Shifting the clip bounds for the predetermination from June 30 to August 31, the apex tribunal said this would beryllium the State government’s “last chance”, and determination would beryllium nary further extensions.
Kerala’s UDF authorities announces 100-day enactment program from June 1
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) successful Kerala volition begin the implementation of its 100-day enactment plan connected June 1 with a absorption connected issues that tin beryllium addressed immediately. A determination to this effect was taken successful the Cabinet gathering connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026). Addressing a property league aft the meeting, Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said that directions person been issued to each departments to hole task proposals and instrumentality indispensable steps for the implementation of each promises successful the UDF’s predetermination manifesto by 2031.
T.N. authorities orders contiguous merchandise of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar, sets his detention aside
The Tamil Nadu authorities has ordered the immediate release of YouTuber A. Shankar alias ‘Savukku’ Shankar from detention. In an bid issued connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the authorities said that Mr. Shankar indispensable beryllium released forthwith “as determination is nary capable origin unless helium has been detained nether immoderate different instrumentality oregon is serving immoderate condemnation having been convicted by immoderate court.”
Chemists onslaught connected May 20: Reasons down today’s all-India strike
The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD), a salient relation representing the interests of chemists and druggists successful India, has called for a nationwide 24-hour strike from May 20 to May 21 to explicit grievances that are affecting the pharmaceutical and retail medicine sectors successful the country. The organisation claims to correspond astir 12.4 lakh chemists, with a important information of the assemblage progressive successful the merchantability and organisation of medicines.
