Blackout during President's speech in Odisha

Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Uttarakhand are acting quickly to connect with and return their citizens who have been left trapped in Manipur where ethnic violence have claimed over 60 lives since May 3 Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have arranged special flights, while the Rajasthan government is talking to private airline IndiGO to bring back around 125 Rajasthanis, majority of them students, from Imphal Manipur’s northeastern neighbours Assam, Meghalalaya and Tripura have already initiated the evacuation process of their residents stuck in the strife-hit state

5 army men killed as militants trigger blast in Kashmir

A n ex pl osion set of f b y terrorists during a battle in the heavily forested Kandi

K otr an ka a re a of R a jo uri district where troops had fought terrorists sheltering in a cave resul ted in the d ea th s of f iv e A rm y personnel and the injury of a Ma jor (Sp ecia l For ce s), according to officials

As a part of a big operation to find the men responsible for the April 20 ambush of an Army truck in Poonch that killed five Army personnel, two of the five dead Special Forces soldiers were killed instantly The People’s AntiFascist Front, an offshoot of the Pakistan-backed terrorist outfit Jaish-eMuhammed, claimed responsibility for the killings as well and uploaded on social media its claim that it had carefully prepared an ambush “How easy to goad you into ambush sites and kill zones How predictable your every move, ” PAFF said How easy to exploit your volatile and over excitable behaviour,” it said, adding, “We threw a bait on April 20 with that ambush to draw you into the jungle Jungle that we have finely prepared for a long time And you did three soldiers succumbed “Mobile internet facilities in Rajouri have been suspended as a preventive measure, ” official sources said

Whe n th e p ower we nt ou t f our min utes in to Presi de nt D roupa di Murmu's speech at the convocation of her hometown Mayurbhanj district's Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, it revealed severe security flaws at the location and threats to the First Citizen during travels

Security experts questioned why President Murmu wasn't quickly removed from the location as the Odisha government and the university initiated separate investigations to determine how the power wires tripped for a full nine minutes, throwing the entire indoor hall into darkness

The President continued speaking while asking the audience whether they could hear her as her security guards took up positions in front of the dais and security staff switched to night-vision equipment to check admission and exit points While the microphone and air conditioner were operating, there was discussion of sabotage

Former DGP Prakash Mishra said it was surprising that the potential threat (the audience side) was in the dark, while the dignitary was the lone face visible because of a dim light “This should be the other way round The audience is the perceived threat side, and they should be in the light and the dignitary should be in the dark It is very risky to expose the dignitary to light when the entire hall was pitch-dark,” he said

The President tweaked a popular Robert Frost poem to suit the situation: “Andhar Jetiki, Aloka Setiki ehe je gahana bana, chalibi chalibi na padi bi thaki, bujiba agaru aakahi”, which loosely translates to “Light and darkness exist in equal measure The woods are deep and dark, I will persist and keep walking until I fall asleep ”

“One has to take light and darkness in the same stride,” she said in the dark before an audience of a thousand

Centre, Gujarat agree to share Bilkis case remission documents in SC

exactly what we expected you to do!” PAFF had earlier claimed responsibility for the April 20 Poonch ambush

Official sources said that initially two army men were killed in an explosion set off by the terrorists while four others, including an officer, a Major, were injured The wounded were immediately evacuated to Command Hospital Udhampur where

Dr. Sudhir Shah received the FRCP award from the Royal College of Physicians

A well-known neurologist and Padma Shri Dr Sudhir S hah f rom Ah m edab ad, Gujarat was conferred with the prestigious Fellowship FRCP Award fro m the Royal College of Physicians, London, on the evening of May 2, 2023 (Tuesday), at a grand function held at St Andrew Pl ace, Regent's Park In 2016, the Indian governm ent awarded the Padma Shri; in 2018, the Dr BC Roy Award and UNO's Award for Development of Neurology and Medicine

He was also awarded the FAAN award by the Fellowship of the American College of Neurology in 2022 Dr Shah has won many prestigious awards at the national and international level; he is still simple and humble in nature

Dr Sudhir Shah is a teacher, orator, writer, scientist, scholar, musician, philanthropist and businessman He made a significant impact by creating and elevating a number of courses for neurologists in Gujarat He is also credited with launching the first courses in Gujarat for IV & IA Thrombosis, Epilepsy, Parkinson Surgery (DBS), and

Neurology

He published four books in English, Gujarati, and Hindi to help the underprivileged and educate them about such complex topics as neurology and medicine

These books sold about 7,000 copies, and money from their sale was donated to the poor and needy

The Supreme Court was informed by the Centre and the Gujarat government that they would waive any claims of privilege with regard to the information pertaining to the commutation of the sentences of 11 convicts in the 2002 post-Godhra riots case involving the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her seven family members and agreed to place the original records before the court for its perusal

During the previous hearing on April 18, the government had claimed privilege and sought adjournment of hearing on the ground that it was intending to seek review of the SC’s order to place the original files before the court

Even when the government made it clear that it would not request a review, the hearing in the case could not continue since one inmate had not yet received notice and other convicts requested an adjournment so they could respond to

Bilkis' plea

Bilkis' lawyer Shobha Gupta argued that the release of the convicts caused a miscarriage of justice and that justice must be restored as soon as possible in opposition to the convicts' attorneys, who requested an adjournment and said there was no rush for an early hearing in the case She pleaded the court not to allow them to disrupt the proceedings in the case and submitted that hearing be done But it was strongly opposed by the other side which contended that the court cannot proceed without serving notice to the parties

Amidst war of words between both sides, a bench of Justices K M Joseph asked the parties to maintain decorum and not to treat the courtroom as a marketplace Advocate Sanjay Tyagi, appearing for one convict, said that Shobha Gupta had filed a false affidavit by alleging that all convicts had been served with the notice

Indian firms invested $40 bn in US, generated 425,000 jobs: CII survey

In dian companies spent nearly USD 185 million on corporate social responsibility in the US, and they funded nearly USD 1 billion in U S-b as ed r es ea rc h and deve lopme nt (R& D ) proje ct s, ac c ording to the Con fe der ation of Indian Indus tr y (CII) survey Indian Roots, American Soil, which was re lea se d by Tara njit Sin gh San dhu, India's Ambassador to the United States, in the pr es en ce of Er ic Gar ce tti, the U S Ambassador-designate to India

“Indian companies in the US bring strength, resilience and competitiveness to the US They create jobs, support the local communities, and build capacity and technical know-how They create virtuous cycles of prosperity,” Sandhu said in his address in the presence of a large number of representatives of Indian companies who are currently in the city to attend the Select USA Summit

“In my travels across the US, I have been amazed to see what Indian companies have done to transform neighbourhoods in the US They not only create virtuous cycles of employment, investment and growth in the US; but go beyond- they support local communities and partner with schools and universities India has always believed that success is to be shared, and sharing is a success, ” Sandhu said The survey said that as many as 163 Indian companies have invested over USD 40 billion in the United States that further has created nearly 425,000 jobs in the country

Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of the CII, claims that Indian businesses have proven their tenacity and dedication to the US market through growing investments and job creation, as well as growing sector diversification and extending geographic presence throughout the country

“Their future plans to invest and hire more, further indicate a positive growth trajectory for the US-India economic relationship," he said