1.Vladimir Putin began his fifth term Tuesday as Russian leader.

2.Over 63 per cent voter turnout was recorded Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories (UTs) with stray incidents of violence in West Bengal.

3.Three Independent MLAs Tuesday withdrew support to the BJP government in Haryana and announced they would back the Congress, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state Assembly,

4.The Election Commission of India (ECI) Tuesday issued notification for polls to six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly seats in the state June 1.

5.The CBI Tuesday seized more than `1.42 crore cash during searches at the premises of a Thane-based company’s manager who was arrested along with a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) assistant director in a bribery case, officials said.

6.The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the police in states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure that innocents and individuals from backward communities are not named in a history sheet. Initiating suo motu action, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan said there are some studies available in the public domain that reveal a pattern of ‘unfair, prejudicial and atrocious’ mindset.

7.The Additional District and Sessions Court here Tuesday convicted three persons for murder and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Judge Satyanarayan Patra also slapped a fine of `50,000 on each of the convicts.

8.A total of 965 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) components – control units, VVPATs and ballot units – were replaced due to malfunctioning in the third and last phase of polling across the four Lok Sabha seats in Assam Tuesday, officials said.

9.It is imperative for celebrities and public figures to act responsibly while endorsing a consumer product as advertisers and endorsers are equally responsible for issuing misleading advertisements, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.

10.In a major relief to 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff of West Bengal, the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the order of the Calcutta High Court order invalidating their appointment made by the state’s School Service Commission (SSC) in the state-run and state-aided schools.

11.Election Commission Tuesday directed social media platform ‘X’ to “immediately” take down an animated video shared by the Karnataka unit of the BJP related to the row over reservation for the Muslim community.

12.Visitors from India, China, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia will continue to receive tourist visas free of charge, the Sri Lankan government has said.

13.Israeli tanks seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing Tuesday as Israel brushed off urgent warnings from close allies and moved into the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remained on a knife’s edge.

14.Net household savings declined sharply by `9 lakh crore to `14.16 lakh crore in three years to 2022-23, according to the latest National Account Statistics 2024 of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

15.Delhi Capitals earned a hard-fought 20-run win over Rajasthan Royals to technically stay alive in the IPL playoff race as home spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav played a key role in the team’s victory in the must-win contest here Tuesday.