India: Today’s news in pictures

India news in pictures -- a roundup of today’s news across the country, from Barabanki liquor tragedy which has taken 14 lives to a global report stating India's improvement in reducing social evil like child marriage .

Updated on: May 30, 2019 9:50 AM IST

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The liquor tragedy in Barabanki, in which 14 people died and around 47 others took ill, could have been averted if excise and police officials had acted further on raids in which spurious liquor was seized and two people were arrested on April 14. “The negligence of excise officials allowed the business of spurious liquor flourish in Barabanki villages, resulting into the Tuesday tragedy,” said local leader and former Samajwadi Party minister Arvind Singh Gope. (Dheeraj Dhawan / HT Photo)

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According to the Global Childhood Report released by UK-based NGO Save the Children, the number of girls in India in the age group of 15-19 years who are currently married is down 51% since 2000, and the country’s average performance across a set of indicators related to child health, education, labour, marriage and violence has improved. (Anushree Fadnavis / HT Archive)

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him not to give him any responsibility in the new government due to health reasons. The finance minister’s letter, which he released on his Twitter handle, comes a day before PM Modi begins his second term in office. (Burhaan Kinu / HT File)

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The US Treasury Department has removed India from its currency monitoring list of major trading partners. In its semi-annual report to US Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, the department removed India and Switzerland from the previous currency watch list of countries with potentially questionable foreign exchange policies. (Mandel Ngan / AFP)

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Despite India facing serious threats to its environment, it was not an issue during the recent election, nor was it discussed beyond some mention, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh regretted during an interaction at the London School of Economics on Tuesday. He said: “There is no country that is facing a more dire climate change situation than India. It is not just climate; it is climate plus other environmental impact.” (Samir Jana / HT Archive)

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Six days after securing the first electoral victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Arunachal Pradesh in the assembly polls, Pema Khandu took oath as the northeastern state’s chief minister. Khandu, has been in the CM’s chair since July 2016 and has witnessed several twists and turns in the state’s politics. (PTI)