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1.The BJP is set to form its first government in West Bengal with a landslide victory in the state polls. The saffron party is also set to retain Assam for a third term.
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2.In Tamil Nadu by actor-politician Vijay’s TVK with 107 wins and leads out of 234 seats to emerge as the single-largest party.
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3.Riding a pro-incumbency wave, the AINRCled NDA emerged victorious in the April 9 Puducherry Assembly elections .
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4.Three incumbent chief ministers -- Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), MK Stalin (Tamil Nadu) and Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala) -- are on their way out, with Banerjee and Stalin also losing their seats.
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5.The Yangtze River valley is not just a geographical feature—it is the pulse of a civilisation. Stretching across China along the 30th parallel north, this immense river system supports nearly 400 million people.
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6.The Supreme Court Monday came down heavily on Odisha courts for imposing “regressive”, “degrading” and “abhorrent” bail conditions like asking the accused, especially those belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, to clean police stations and set them aside.
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7.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Monday disbursed financial assistance of over Rs61 crore to more than 79,000 beneficiaries, who had earlier missed the first, second, or third instalments of ‘Subhadra’ scheme due to various reasons, officials said.
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8.Disability has not deterred the visually and hearing-impaired students from the path of success as all 25 students from the two special schools for the blind and deaf here in Ganjam district cleared the annual Class X state board examination this year, officials said Monday.
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9.In a push to promote crop diversification and encourage farmers to shift away from water-guzzling paddy, the Punjab government has decided to expand its Kharif maize cultivation scheme from six to 16 districts for the 2026-27 season with an incentive of Rs 17,500 per hectare.
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10.Fire-related emergencies in the national capital surged sharply in April, rising 73 per cent from March, while 32 people have died in fire accidents between January and April this year.
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11.The SC said the issuance of new Aadhaar only to citizens up to the age of six years require legislative intervention and appropriate amendments in the existing legal framework.
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12.The supply of domestic LPG is normal, with online bookings for cooking gas rising to 99 per cent Sunday and no dry-outs reported at retail distributors.
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13.US forces Monday launched an effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds have been stuck since the Iran war began.
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14.India’s manufacturing sector activity witnessed mild recoveries in growth of new business intakes and production, but rates of increase were the second-weakest in nearly four years.
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15.Kimi Antonelli won the Miami Grand Prix Sunday for his third consecutive Formula 1 victory as the 19-year-old Mercedes drivers continued to show he's a legitimate championship contender.