India
1.  India, Pakistan maintain high operational military readiness along LoC :  Both India and Pakistan continue to maintain high operational military readiness along the volatile Line of Control (loC), with daily cross-border firing duels becoming the norm, even as the IAF on Wednesday rejected reports of Pakistani fighter jets flying "over" the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge region.
2.  No trace of Sukhoi gone missing from Assam base
        The missing Sukhoi-30MKI fighter, which is feared to have crashed with its two pilots towards the border with China on Tuesday morning, is yet to be traced despite several aircraft and helicopters as well as ground search parties being pressed into service. There has been no breakthrough in locating the Sukhoi-30MKI or its pilots till now," said an officer on Wednesday evening.
3.  Pak army releases video of ‘busted’ Indian posts now :  
In a tit-for-tat action after the Indian Army released a video clip of "punitive fire assaults" on Pakistani positions at the line of control, Pakistan's military released a video clip to substantiate a claim that it destroyed Indian posts across the LoC.
4.  Fake report posted by Pak site led to Rawal’s attack on Arundhati :  A"fake news" item put out by a Pakistani website started a chain reaction of spurious news among a bunch of Indian websites prompting Bollywood actor and BJP MP Paresh Rawal's scathing tweet against activist-author Arundhati Roy.
5.  We should allow our Army officers to take a decision on the spot: Jaitley :  "Well, military solutions are to be provided by military officers, not through comments of politicians. How a situation is to be dealt with when you are in a war-like zone... we should allow our Army officers to take a decision. They don't have to consult MPs on what they should do under these circumstances," defence minister Arun Jaitley told 
6.  Internet service suspended in caste violence-hit Saharanpur :  Internet service was this evening suspended in Saharanpur following violent caste clashes that took place there this month.
7.  Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Nalini drags India to UNHCR :  Seeking to internationalise denial of release from prison, India's longest serving woman prisoner Nalini Sriharan, who is doing her life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland. She is in jail since 1991.
8.  Babri Masjid case: Court to frame charges against Advani, Joshi, Uma tomorrow :  The special CBI court in Lucknow, which had started day-to-day hearing in the Babri Masjiddemolition case last week, said on Wednesday that it would frame charges against former deputy PM LK Advani and 11 other BJP and RSS leaders.
9.  Congress unlikely to participate in EC ‘tamper EVM’ dare :  Congress is unlikely to participate in the challenge organised by the Election Commissionto prove that electronic voting machines (EVMs) could be tampered with.
10.  Every ‘sensible patriot’ should quit Twitter: Sonu :  In an outburst spread over 24 tweets on Wednesday, Nigam described the social network as one "spewing venom" and "biased". He expressed his anguish at the fact that Bhattacharya was suspended, and wrote: "I quit Twitter today in defiance of this one sided sham. Every logical sensible patriot and humanist should."
11.  PM to visit France during Europe trip starting May 29 :  PM Narendra Modi has also included France in his itinerary for his tour to Europe starting May 29. The government said in an announcement on Wednesday that Modi will hold official talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on June.
12.  UN denies Pakistan's claim that India fired at a UN vehicle along LoC :  The United Nations (UN) has denied the Pakistani army's claim that Indian forces fired at a UN vehicle on the Line of Control (LoC) yesterday.
13.  Indian national Uzma, forced to marry Pakistani man, returns to India :  Uzma, the Indian woman who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani man, returned to India Thursday, with Union minister Sushma Swaraj welcoming her home saying she is "sorry for all that you have gone through."
14.  NDA@3: PM Modi sends clear message with black cash crackdown :  The NDA government's first Cabinet decision, taken on May 27, 2014, saw PM Narendra Modi setting up a special investigation team (SIT), headed by a retired SC judge, to oversee a coordinated crackdown on black money , an intent that has marked several administrative and legislative actions since then.


World
1.  Jury out on North Korea link to ransomware attack :  Was North Korea behind the ransomwareepidemic that hit global computer networks earlier this month?  The security firm Symantec this week said the shared code makes it "highly likely" that the attacks were connected to the hacker group given the code name Lazarus, which many believe is North Korean.
2.  Socialist Lenin Moreno sworn in as Ecuador president :  Lenin Moreno was sworn in as president of Ecuadoron Wednesday following a tight race that the disabled former vice president won on promises of maintaining the social programs of his leftist predecessor Rafael Correa.
3.  US republican congressional candidate 'bodyslams' reporter :  A Republican running for Congress in Montana "bodyslammed" a reporter for The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday, breaking his glasses, the journalist said.
4.  UK police make 7th arrest in Manchester terror probe :  British police arrested a seventh person Wednesday in connection with the massacre at a Manchester pop concert that left 22 people dead.
5.  Lives of 24 million children threatened by conflict: UNICEF :  Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa threaten the lives of over 24 million children, most of them in Yemen, Iraq and Syria, the United Nation's children agency said.
6.  Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda resigns :  Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday resigned after a brief stint of nine months, honouring a power sharing understanding reached between his party and the ruling partner Nepali Congress.
7.  Suspected Manchester bomber's father, brother arrested in Libya :  The father and the younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert venue in Manchester have been arrested in Tripoli, a spokesman for a local counter-terrorism force said.
8.  CPEC may ignite more India-Pakistan tensions: UN report :  The $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) traversing through PoK might create "geo-political tension" in the region by igniting further tensions between India and Pakistan, a UN report has warned.
9.  Only logical' for Trump to meet Dalai Lama: Tibetan leader :  The head of Tibet's government in exile said on Wednesday it would be "logical" for Donald Trump to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, since the US president has visited homes of the Muslim, Jewish and Christian religions on his current international tour.
10.  In first under Trump, US warship challenges Beijing's claims in South China Sea :  A US Navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, US officials said on Wednesday, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since US President Donald Trump took office.


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