India
1.   In 2004, UPA replaced Salve with Pak's ICJ lawyer for Enron arbitration :  There is a bit of history to the hyped fight between two legal titans — Harish Salve for India and Khawar Qureshi for Pakistan — in ICJ on May 15 in the Kulbhushan Jadav case.
2.  O Panneerselvam tweets 'alliance with BJP', deletes it :  AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) leader and former CM O Panneerselvam created a flutter on social media and in political circles on Saturday after a tweet from his handle spoke about "alliance with BJP."
3.  Fresh representation made to President: Justice Karnan's lawyer :  A lawyer representing Calcutta High Courtjudge C S Karnanclaimed on Saturday that a fresh representation has been made to the President, seeking suspension of the Supreme Courtorder sentencing him to a six-month imprisonment for contempt of court.
4.  Two infiltrators, two soldiers killed in J&K :  Two soldiers were martyred and two terrorists were killed in crossfire on Saturday evening in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district during an infiltration bid.
5.  In Jadhav case, ICJ ruling cannot override domestic law: Pakistan :  Under pressure over the adverse ruling in the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, Pakistan's civilian government asserted that the stay on the Indian national's execution cannot trump domestic law.
6.  Govt gears up to counter charge it didn’t create jobs :  The government has asked all ministries and departments to prepare details of both direct and indirect employmentgenerated from central schemes during the past three years to blunt criticism that it's term so far has failed to create enough jobs.
7.  5 get bail as day-to-day Babri trial on :  Five of the six suspects summoned on the first day of the trial — Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Mahant Ram Vilas Vedanti, Baikunth Lal Sharma alias Prem Ji, Champat Rai Bansal and Dharma Das — were remanded in judicial custody by CBI judge S K Yadav, and subsequently released on bail. 
8.  Caste clashes in Saharanpur: Thousands of dalits to march to Delhi today :  Dalit activists are determined to go ahead with a rally on Sunday at Jantar Mantar here in protest against the recent caste clashes in Saharanpur, despite the Delhi Police denying permission late Saturday evening.
9.  Congress should answer for hiring Pak lawyer: BJP :  BJP on Saturday accused Congress of being "Pakistan's voice" for hiring Pakistani-origin lawyer Khawar Qureshi, who represented Pakistan in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), for an arbitration case in 2004.
10.  'Politics opened the door to a new world for me' :  'Much before Naxalbari happened, I used to go for political meetings and demonstrations. Even as a teenager, I gave speeches on the exploitation of bhag chasis (cultivators) by jotedars (rich peasants). I loved the freedom that politics gave me. Politics enabled me to step out of home and opened the door to a new world'.
11.  India to enter high-speed internet era with Isro's new satellites :  Despite overtaking the US last year to become the world's second largest internet user base after China, India is still behind many Asian countries when it comes to internet speed. But things are set to change in the next 18 months when Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to usher in an age of high-speed internet in the country with the launch of three communication satellites.


World
1.  Killing CIA informants, China crippled US spying operations: Ex-officials :  The Chinese government systematically dismantled CIA spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.
2.  Thousands in Madrid back no-confidence vote against PM Rajoy :  Thousands rallied in Madrid on Saturday to support a no-confidence vote against conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoybrought by the far-left Podemos party.
3.  New Zealand space launch has nation reaching for the stars :  New Zealand has never had a space program but could soon be launching commercial rockets more often than the United States.  That's if the plans of California-based company Rocket Lab work out.
4.  8 injured after plane clips LA airport truck :  Eight people were injured Saturday after an Aeromexico flight clipped an airport utility truck, flipping it over, shortly after landing at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
5.  5 dead as Indonesian ferry catches fire in Java Sea :  A search for survivors of a ferry that caught fire in the Java Sea, killing five people, has been suspended for the night, an Indonesian search and rescue official said on Saturday.
6.  Saudis welcome Donald Trump with gold medal, receive arms package :  President Donald Trumpbasked in Saudi Arabia's lavish royal welcome as he left behind, at least temporarily, the snowballing controversies dogging him in Washington.
7.  IS-claimed suicide bombings kill 35 in Iraq :  Suicide bombings at checkpoints in Baghdad and south Iraq claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens more, officials said on Saturday.
8.  Spain's divided Socialists choose new leader :  Spain's bitterly divided Socialist party will choose a new leader Sunday in a party primary that may determine whether or not conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's minority government will last.
9.  North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West :  North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.
10.  United Nations identifies world's all-time deadly storms :   An 1888 hailstorm in India has been identified by the UN weather agency among the all-time deadly weather events.


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Prasad Geeta

21/05/2017 11:41 AM