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President Pranab Mukherjee

No medical common entrance test this year

  President Pranab Mukherjee today signed the ordinance to keep state boards out of the common entrance test (NEET) for MBBS and dental courses for this year. The President was briefed by Union Health Minister J P Nadda yesterday mainly on three issues including different exams of state boards, syllabi and regional languages. This was followed by another briefing by officials after which the file was taken back by the Health Ministry last night only to return this morning with additional information and legal advice. This comes as a relief to the parents and students who fate was handing in the balance for quite sometime with regards to the common entrance test.

China

China wants Rail link to India

China is now looking to stretch its railway link to Bihar to improve connectivity with India and South Asia, state-run Chinese media reported on Tuesday. China already has its influence in Nepal with road and rail network through Tibet.  According to sources China's railroad is expected to reach Nepal border by 2020.

najafgarh crash landing

Air ambulance crash lands in Delhi

An air ambulance carrying seven people on board crash landed in Najafgarh area of South West Delhi, according to Delhi Police. The chartered plane of Alchemist airlines was coming from Patna. Though all the seven passengers have been rushed to the the nearby hospital, the police said that one of them has sustained major injuries. Further details on the same are awaited.

blind boy

90% blind boy scores 97% in 12th boards

Rakshit Malik who is 90% visually impaired has passed his 12th standard CBSE exams with flying colors. He scored  97.4% in the exam, which made him top his school. Rakshit's mother and teachers seem to have helped him realize his dreams. And this is what he had to say. “I never took any coaching classes. If it were my teachers who would read out my lessons for me during extra hours in school, I had my mother at home who would sit with me and ensure that I don’t have a problem”

Toilet name

Toilet named after him;Rishi Kapoor proud

Congress supporters recently named a toilet in Uttar Pradesh in the name of Rishi Kapoor who went on against Congress for naming everything in the country in the Gandhi family's name. To this Rishi reacted by saying: "I am thrilled. At least I will be of some use to someone. These people (Congress loyalists) are of no use to anyone. I take pride in the fact that the Sulabh Shauchalaya is named after me because it is the Prime Minister’s pet project right now."

India Thailand Myanmar

1,400km Link road for India,Thailand,Myanmar

  In a first of its kind a 1400 Kms link road would be worked on by the governments of India, Thailand and Myanmar to connect Southeast Asia by land. "There has always been a meeting of minds between India and Thailand. Our two countries share cultural, spiritual and linguistic links. With this road we will also have physical connectivity," Indian Ambassador to Thailand, Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi said.

Kerala

Kerala bans Diesel vehicles

  The National Green Tribunal banned light and heavy diesel vehicles which are more than 10 years old in Kerala. The order also prevented the state government from registering new diesel vehicles of 2000 cc and above, except those in the public transport and government sector. After a notice period of one month, the vehicles found violating the order will be fined Rs 5,000 as environmental compensation.

Barack Obama

Obama will not say Sorry

Barack Obama will become the first sitting US president to tour the site of the world’s first nuclear bombing this Friday, accompanied by Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Obama said on Sunday his visit to Hiroshima, the first city to suffer an atomic bombing, would emphasize friendly ties between former enemies. But the US president reiterated he would not apologize for the devastating attack.

Rishi Kapoor

Cong names toilet after Rishi Kapoor

  Taking Rishi Kapoor's statement on naming roadways, airports and railway stations on prominent people's names quite seriously, the congress supporters in Uttar Pradesh have named a Sulabh toilet in the name of Rishi. Protesters said that the naming of prominent places in the name of Gandhi family is justified as the country prospered after achieving freedom due to them. Kapoor had recently taken to Twitter and questioned the naming of important places after Gandhi family members.

Kiran Bedi

Kiran Bedi to be sworn in on 29th May

  The newly appointed Lt Governor of Puducherry, Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, will be sworn in at a function in New Delhi on May 29. Bedi will be fourth woman Lt Governor of Puducherry. Bedi, a BJP leader has earlier fought the Delhi elections against Kejriwal.

Amazon online shopping

No refund for electronics bought online

  In an interesting development online shopping giant Amazon India has made an important change to its return policy for electronic items. As per the new guidelines , electronics are no longer eligible for refunds. However, customers can still get defective items replaced. It needs to be seen as to how the customers would take to this decision and how it would impact future sale of electronics on the company's website.

Indian climber Subash Paul

Indian climber dies on Mount Everest

  Subash Paul, an Indian climber has died and two others have gone missing on Mount Everest an expedition organizer has said on Monday, taking the death toll from the ongoing Himalayan climbing season to the world's highest peak to five. Subash who had fallen sick and was being taken down to safety, he lost his life last night while being rescued to lower camps from near the summit point, Gyanendra Shrestha, an official said.

Delhi people

Delhi people to get money for Power cuts

Several areas across the national capital are suffering power outages. Facing criticism for the power situation, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has maintained that outages are not due to a shortage of power but due to poor maintenance companies supplying power. The Delhi government said the companies would be penalised and made to compensate consumers for unscheduled power cuts.

Jayalalitha

Free Gold for Married Women in TN:Jaya

Just after the swearing in ceremony in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister,J Jayalalitha, who is sworn in for the second consecutive term, passed orders to fulfill her election promises. One of them being free 8 grams gold for women for 'mangalsutram'. She also waived off crop loans of farmers and also announced 100 units free electricity to consumers. Jayalalitha went straight to the state Secretariat and signed files to fulfil five of her electoral promises as mentioned in her party manifesto, just after the swearing in ceremony.

Aam Aadmi volunteers

Cong,BJP relationship like Husband-wife

Addressing the Aam Aadmi volunteers, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the congress and the BJP have a relationship similar to husband and wife. He said, "I feel both the parties have a husband-wife kind of a relationship. Mister and Missus BJP-Congress. They are like husband and wife fighting inside the house. They know each other's secrets". He was also quoted as saying that both the parties share good relations and are fooling the people.

Harmful Chemicals in Bread,Biscuits:Research

A recent study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment revealed that 84% of bread and bakery products samples collected from Delhi contained residues of Potassium Bromate and Potassium Iodate. According to International Agency for Research on Cancer, Potassium Bromate has been declared as possibly carcinogenic to humans. It has been banned from use in food products in the European Union, Canada, Nigeria, Brazil, South Korea, Peru and some other countries. It was banned in Sri Lanka in 2001 and in China in 2005. So, the next time you feel like gorging on your favorite bakes, be a little more cautious.

BCCI names squad for West Indies tour

BCCI selectors have picked up Shardul Thakur, who has been the leader of Mumbai's pace attack in domestic cricket, for India tour of West Indies, in which they will be playing 4 test matches. Virat Kohli will lead a 17-man squad. R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra complete the spin bowling. While Mohammed Shami and Shardul will give strength to the fast bowling along with Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Why is DMK Chief angry with Jaya?

DMK chief M Karunanidhi is an angry man today. He has alleged that his party was insulted at the swearing-in ceremony of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa as Tamil Nadu chief minister. He was furious about the seating arrangement made for his son MK Stalin . He said Stalin was made to sit among the crowd even as a losing candidate and AIADMK ally, R Sarath Kumar, was allotted seat in the front row.

Dhoni to lead in Zimbabwe tour

MS Dhoni will lead a young Indian ODI and Twenty20 international squad in next month's tour of Zimbabwe. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane have been rested for the tour. The new faces in the team include, Haryana legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal and off spinning allrounder Jayant Yadav, Vidarbha batsman Faiz Fazal, Punjab batsman Mandeep Singh and Karnataka's Karun Nair.