India
1.  PM Modi greets Hamid Ansari on birthday :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Vice President Hamid Ansari on his 80th birthday and wished him a long and healthy life.
2.  Especially worried about Hindutva plus nukes', say Pakistani experts :  Pakistan's nuclear experts are worried, of course, about signals emerging from New Delhi that it might be reconsidering its 'no first use' of nukes policy.
3.  Yogi's new governance model: Each ministry to also get charge of a district :  The 46 ministers in Yogi Adityanath’s government will have an added responsibility apart from handling their respective ministries — they will also be in charge of a district or two each to ensure that the government is “visible” on the ground, and MLAs’ voices reach Lucknow.
4.  You are 'power hungry' and a 'cheat', Digvijaya Singh says to Manohar Parrikar :  Annoyed at being ridiculed in Parliament by the BJP's Manohar Parrikar, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today called the Goa chief minister ''power hungry'' and a ''cheat''.
5.  Gujarat to punish cow slaughter with 14-year jail :  Gujarat has adopted the toughest law against cow slaughter in the country. From now, the crime will be punishable with a 14-year jail term.
6.  Permitting Dalai Lama in Arunachal is India’s mistake: China :  Unable to block the upcoming visit of the Dalai Lama to Arunachal Pradesh, China is now emphasising that India is committing a major mistake in allowing him to visit the border state.
7.  Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra arrested by Delhi Police :  Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra and his brother Ajay Chandra were arrested by the economic offences wing of Delhi Police early Saturday.
8.  CIC says spouse’s personal information can be shared on humanitarian ground :  I think my pilot husband is having an affair with an air hostess and spending most of his salary on her – if that sounds like an isolated case of fanciful misgivings of a suspicious spouse, think again.
9.  Assets of former Goa chief ministers attached :  The Enforcement Directorate in Goa has attached the properties of former chief ministers Digambar Kamat and Churchill Alemao, who are accused in the Louis Berger bribery case, an official said on Thursday.
10.  Government school warden in UP’s Muzaffarnagar forces 70 girls to strip in class :  Angry at spotting menstrual blood in the toilet that no one owned up to, an angry warden of a residential school in UP's Muzaffarnagar forced 70 of her students to strip naked in class before she checked each one of them.
11.  Highway liquor vends, bars must close from Saturday: Supreme Court :  The Supreme Court on Friday refused to revisit its order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from April 1 and ruled that this would also bar hotels and restaurants on highways from serving liquor to guests.
World
1.  Nuclear scholars infer India may be jettisoning no-first-use of nukes against Pakistan :  Nuclear doctrines have come a long way from the time Ronald Reagan declared in 1984 that ''a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.'' Forced to counter Pakistan 's persistent use of terrorism under a nuclear cover and the slippery slope that introduced to the region, India may be re-interpreting its no-first-use of nuclear weapons policy to allow pre-emptive strikes against its neighbor.
2.  Suu Kyi's new govt faces first test at Myanmar polls :  Aung San Suu Kyi's government faced its first test at the ballot box on Saturday in by-elections around Myanmar seen as a barometer for growing disillusionment with her party's first year in power.
3.  Two dead, tens of thousands stranded by Australia floods :  Tens of thousands of Australians were stranded by floodwaters on Saturday after the remnants of a powerful cyclone swept along the country's east coast, cutting roads, destroying bridges and killing two people.
4..White House wealth: Trump employees disclose their finances :  The White Housereleased financial disclosures for many of its senior officials on Friday — a group of some of the wealthiest people ever to join a presidential administration.
5.  Paraguay rioters set fire to Congress after Senate re-election vote :  Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay's Congresson Friday after the Senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election, a change that will also require approval by the House.
6.  Trump signs twin executive orders targeting trade 'cheaters' :  US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking a comprehensive review of the massive trade deficittotaling more than $500 billion per annum with 16 countries, including China and India.
7.  Venezuela president rejects coup claims in crisis :  Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has rejected accusations that moves to consolidate his power in the crisis-hit country violated the constitution, after a sign of division emerged in his camp.
8.  Boko Haram kidnap 22 girls, women in northeast Nigeria :   Boko HaramIslamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes told AFP Friday.
9.  Flying Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila saves money on air fares :  While celebrities like John Travolta and Tom Cruise are known for piloting their own planes, few world leaders fly themselves on state business, but Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila is one.
10.  Scotland makes formal request to UK for independence vote :  The Scottish government on Friday formally asked British Prime Minister Theresa May for a second referendum on independence, deepening a constitutional crisis sparked by the Brexit vote.


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