Breaking highlights: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-elected as WHO chief

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries, AP reported.

The Centre has exempted customs duty and agriculture cess on yearly import of 20 lakh metric tonnes of crude soybean and sunflower oil till March 2024, a government notification stated.

The houses of Andhra Pradesh minister Pinipe Vishwaroop and MLA Ponnada Satish were set on fire as protests against the change of Konaseema district's name turned violent on Tuesday, local reports indicate.

Eleven people, eight of them women, were killed in simultaneous shooting attacks on two bars in north-central Mexico, authorities said Tuesday.

Vinai Kumar Saxena, chairperson of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) of the Central government, will be sworn in as Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (L-G) on Thursday (May 26).

After a three-hour delay in takeoff for Air India’s Delhi-London flight (AI 161) and chaos among passengers at the airport on Tuesday morning, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has warned all airlines not to book passengers on “unserviceable seats”, which are “not only causing inconvenience to travellers but also inviting a serious safety concern’’.

India’s health secretary, Rajesh Bhushan, on Tuesday was appointed the chairperson of a key committee at the 75th World Health Assembly that primarily deals with financial and management matters of the United Nations’ health body.

A policeman and his daughter were injured after suspected militants opened fire upon them in Soura (Anchar) area of Srinagar, ANI reported. 

AAP's CM candidate for recently concluded Assembly elections Ajay Kothiyal joins BJP in the presence of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun.

Azam Khan, a senior leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and legislator from the Rampur-Sadar seat, skipped the second day of the budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly on Tuesday. Khan, who was sworn-in a day ago following his release from jail on bail, however, told reporters that he was not unhappy with anyone and not looking forward to join any other party.

Pakistan on Tuesday banned ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding a massive, planned rally in the capital of Islamabad and cracked down on his supporters in overnight raids across the country, arresting hundreds, AP reported.

Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who recently quit the Congress, on Tuesday hit out at the party leadership for their “hatred towards Hindus and Lord Ram”. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad and Chennai on May 26. He will lay the foundation stone of 11 projects worth over ₹31,400 crores in Chennai & participate in the celebration of the completion of 20yrs of the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad, ANI reported.

The Varanasi district court on Tuesday fixed May 26 as the next date of hearing in the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi case. The court allowed both parties to file objections to the commission's survey report.

Varanasi district court has commenced hearing on the Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi mosque case.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday removed health minister Vijay Singla from the state cabinet on charges of corruption. Soon after his removal, Singla was arrested over corruption charges.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann sacks state's Health Minister Vijay Singla following complaints of corruption against him. He was demanding a 1% commission from officials for contracts. Concrete evidence found against Singla: Punjab CMO

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday raised the petrol price by 24.3 per cent and diesel by 38.4 per cent, a record hike in fuel prices amidst the country’s worst economic crisis due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves.

With the second fuel price hike since April 19, now the most-used Octane 92 petrol would cost 420 rupees (USD 1.17) and diesel 400 rupees (USD 1.11) a litre, an all-time high.

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Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi constitutes Political Affairs Group, Task Force -2024 and Central Planning Group for 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. 

P. Chidambaram, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K. C. Venugopal part of the ‘Task force.’ Rahul Gandhi, Kharge in 'political affairs' group.

Maharashtra ATS detains one suspect in a terror funding case. He will be produced before a Special Court in Pune today.

'Fundamental right cannot be availed in violation of any status of the land' - Archaeological Survey of India on plea for restoration of worship rights at Qutub Minar.

Committed to make US-India partnership among the closest we have on earth: Biden at bilateral meeting with PM Modi

Uttarakhand | Kedarnath Yatra stopped at Sonprayag due to heavy rains & snowfall. Helicopter services from Phata and Gaurikund remain temporarily suspended, says Rudraprayag Circle Officer Pramod Ghildiyal.

Money laundering case | Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is in Karachi, Pakistan - his sister Haseena Parkar's son Alishah Parkar, ED officials told news agency ANI; also tells ED that his family & he aren't in contact with Dawood & that Dawood's wife Mehajabin contacts his wife & sisters during festivals, ANI reported.