TODAY NEWS ON May 28, 2024
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India’s rain-fed agricultural areas likely to receive above-normal monsoon rain this year

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has retained its outlook of an ‘above normal’ monsoon this year. In April, the agency had forecast June-September rainfall to be 6% above the normal of 87 cm. India’s north-eastern States are expected to receive deficient rains.

Cyclone Remal batters Kolkata as normal life affected, large areas inundated

Cyclone Remal battered Kolkata and adjoining areas of the metropolis on Monday leaving behind a trail of destruction inundating large parts of the city, uprooting trees and electric poles and leaving people stranded for public transport.

DRDO chairman Samir V. Kamat gets one year extension

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on May 27 granted an extension of one year to Dr. Samir V. Kamat, Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, and Chairman, Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) up to May 31, 2025.

Israel PM Netanyahu acknowledges ‘tragic mistake’ after Rafah strike kills dozens of Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Monday that a “tragic mistake” had been made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians and killed at least 45 people, according to local officials.

Gunmen kidnap 150 people in central Nigeria: officials

Gunmen in central Nigeria have kidnapped about 150 people in the country’s latest mass abduction, officials told AFP on May 27.

North Korean rocket carrying its second spy satellite explodes in mid-air

A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff on Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes to field satellites to monitor the U.S. and South Korea.

WHO states decide not to invite Taiwan to annual assembly

Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 27 decided not to invite Taiwan to the organisation’s annual assembly in Geneva, after China appealed for it to remain sidelined.

Two killed, normal life disrupted as Cyclone Remal ravages parts of Bengal

Two people were killed and normal life was affected as cyclonic storm ‘Remal’ battered past coastal areas of West Bengal including Kolkata. The cyclone left a trail of destruction with trees being uprooted, houses being damaged and embankments being breached in coastal areas of the State. Sheikh Sajid, (51) was killed at Entally area in Kolkata when the roof of a structure came crashing down on him. Renuka Mondal (80) in Kolkata was reported dead at Mousuni Island at the mouth Bay of Bengal when a tree fell on the roof of her house.

Degenerating debates harm voters’ interests: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court told the BJP on May 27 that degenerating debates during Lok Sabha elections would only harm voters’ interests while finding advertisements published by the party against All India Trinamool Congress “prima facie disparaging”. A Vacation Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and K.V. Viswanathan refused to interfere with an injunction issued by the Calcutta High Court against the “derogatory” and “slanderous” advertisements.

Nothing ‘corrupt’ if promises in manifesto work out eventually for public’s financial benefit: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court said there is nothing corrupt about promises made in a political party’s manifesto working out eventually to the public’s financial benefit. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and K.V. Viswanathan found a petitioner lawyer’s take that commitments which help voters get richer amount to a “corrupt practice” a bit too “far-fetched”. “The contention of the counsel that the commitments by a political party in its manifesto, which eventually lead to direct or indirect financial help to the public at large, will also amount to corrupt practice by a candidate of that party, is too far-fetched and cannot be accepted,” the Bench observed in a short order.

Arvind Kejriwal moves Supreme Court, seeks extension of interim bail in excise policy case on health grounds

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 27 moved the Supreme Court for a seven-day extension of an interim bail granted to him in a money laundering case linked to the liquor liquour policy scam. The Supreme Court had granted Mr. Kejriwal interim bail on May 10 to campaign for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

PMLA court extends ED remand of Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam for three more days

A special PMLA court in Ranchi on May 27 extended Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam’s remand with the ED for three more days in connection with an alleged money laundering case, his legal representatives said. Mr. Alam had been taken into custody by the ED on May 15 following two days of interrogation at the agency’s office. Initially remanded for six days by the PMLA court starting May 17, his remand was subsequently extended for five days on May 22.

Iran’s acting President addresses new Parliament after helicopter crash killing President, others

Iran’s acting President Mohammad Mokhber addressed the country’s new parliament on May 27 in his first public speech since last week’s helicopter crash that killed his predecessor Ebrahim Raisi and seven others. His speech comes as Iran prepares for a Presidential election to replace the late Raisi in just a month, a vote that could see the previously behind-the-scenes bureaucrat potentially run alongside others. Meanwhile, Iran’s new hard-line parliament is expected to select its new speaker on May 28.

Over 2,000 people buried in Papua New Guinea landslide

Papua New Guinea informed the U.N. on May 27 that more than 2,000 people were buried in a massive landslide that swept over a remote village, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP. “The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction,” the country’s national disaster centre told the U.N. office in the capital Port Moresby. A once-bustling remote hillside village in Enga province was almost wiped out when a chunk of Mount Mungalo collapsed in the early hours of Friday morning, burying scores of homes and the people sleeping inside them.

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