- Cyclone Yaas makes landfall in Balasore, triggers heavy damage
The ‘Very Severe Cyclonic
Storm’ Yaas that made landfall south of Balasore in Odisha on Wednesday tore into
the border regions of West
Bengal and Odisha and weakened into a cyclonic storm,
leaving a trail of destruction
in its wake on the eastern
coast.
Five persons were killed —
four in Odisha and one in
West Bengal.
- Farmers mark 6 months of stir with ‘Black Day’
- H.S. Doreswamy, freedom fighter, citizen activist and Karnataka’s noted voice for freedom of expression, passed away on Wednesday in Bengaluru. He was 103.
- Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda, was captured in neighbouring Dominica after an Interpol Yellow Notice was issued against him, the local media reported on Wednesday. The police in Dominica captured Choksi on Tuesday night (local time) after an Interpol Yellow Notice was issued by Antigua and Barbuda.
- The dissolution of the House of Representatives of the Nepal Parliament was an “internal” issue of Nepal, the External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday. This is the first remark from India after Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House on Saturday night.
- U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing to name Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the next Ambassador to India. Mr Garcetti is a longtime political ally of the President. News of his imminent nomination was reported by Axios, which had, earlier in May, reported that Mr. Garcetti was being considered for the New Delhi job.
- Bangladesh on Tuesday cleared a $200 million currency swap facility for SriLanka, becoming the first South Asian country to extend crucial financial assistance to the island nation this year.
- Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its videostreaming service with more stuff to watch. Amazon is paying $8.45 billion for MGM, making it the company’s secondlargest acquisition after it bought grocer Whole Foods for almost $14 billion in 2017
- Achinta Sheuli smashed three National records as he took the silver medal in the 73kg category at the World junior weightlifting championships here on Wednesday.
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