A look at the headlines right now:
- No government honoured Ambedkar as much as the current regime has, says Narendra Modi: The prime minister said his government had given Ambedkar his rightful place by completing projects conceived in his memory.
- China retaliates with its own set of tariffs after US raises duty on goods worth $50 billion: Claiming it was protecting its interests, Beijing raised duties on American soybeans, aircraft and automobiles.
- Narendra Modi betrayed Andhra Pradesh by denying special status, says Chandrababu Naidu: Earlier in the day, he met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to discuss the no-trust motion against the Centre.
- ‘The people of Delhi are not cattle’, Supreme Court rains criticism on governments and civic bodies: The bench questioned why the authorities did not take action to stop illegal constructions from cropping up in the city.
- From September, tobacco packs will carry toll-free ‘quit-line’ number and new pictorial warnings: The packets will also carry text warnings like ‘tobacco causes painful death’ and ‘tobacco causes cancer’.
- Delhi High Court allows petitioners to file income tax returns without Aadhaar number: The bench will hear the matter next on May 14.
- Public sector banks wrote off loans worth Rs 2.4 lakh crore between 2014 and 2017, says Centre: Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Finance Ministry refused to give borrower-wise information on written-off loans.
- Centre forms panel to address problems taxpayers face due to technical glitches on GST portal: However, those who face problems such as poor internet or power supply will not be able to use this mechanism.
- A candidate should not be allowed to contest from two seats, says Election Commission: The panel also proposed that the nominee who wins both the seats should foot the bill for the bye-election that is necessitated in the seat they vacate.
- Kerala Police on the lookout for man accused of morphing women’s photos for pornography: They found more than 40,000 photos of women taken at weddings stored in hard disks at the studio in Kozhikode district’s Vadakara town.
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