{"id":47866,"date":"2019-05-26T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=47866"},"modified":"2019-05-27T10:59:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T05:29:55","slug":"must-read-news-articles-may-26th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/must-read-news-articles-may-26th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Must Read News Articles \u2013 May 26th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Women\u2019s strength in Lok Sabha up to a record 14.4%<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

At 78 elected women MPs, the 17th Lok Sabha would have the highest number of women representatives ever. They would account for 14.4% of the entire strength of the Lower House, an increase from the 12.5% (65) women MPs in the last Lok Sabha.<\/span><\/p>\n

No question of an FIR into Rafale deal, govt. tells SC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The government has told the Supreme Court that there is no question of an FIR, much less a CBI investigation, into the purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft<\/span><\/p>\n

EC yet to receive data on VVPAT slips<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Election Commission is yet to receive country-wide data on the mandatory matching of Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) results of five random polling booths in each Assembly segment.<\/span><\/p>\n

NHRC serves notice on Gujarat govt.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday asked the Gujarat government to submit a detailed report on the fire that killed 22 students of a coaching centre in Surat<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. envoy calls on China to hold dialogue with Dalai Lama<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The U.S. Ambassador to China has called on Beijing to open a \u201csubstantive dialogue\u201d with the Dalai Lama<\/span><\/p>\n

Defying Congress, Trump decides to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, UAE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration bypassed Congress to sell $8.1 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies, citing a threat from Iran, infuriating lawmakers who fear the weapons could kill civilians in Yemen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Afghan floods put famous minaret at risk of collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Deadly floods sweeping Afghanistan have put the celebrated minaret of Jam \u2014 one of the country\u2019s most revered cultural, architectural and historical treasures \u2014 at risk of collapse<\/span><\/p>\n

Indian Army officer appointed the commander of UN Mission in South Sudan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

UN Secretary, General Antonio Guterres, has appointed Indian Army officer, Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).<\/span><\/p>\n

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IISc researchers confirm superconductivity breakthrough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A team from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru led by Prof. Anshu Pandey has confirmed that the material they tested exhibits major properties of superconductivity at ambient temperature and pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n

New vine snake discovered in Odisha biosphere reserve<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A group of researchers has discovered a tenth species of the vine snake of genus Ahaetulla.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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