News for 19 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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‘Rate increases need to be frontloaded’
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Shriram Life Insurance eyes 30% growth in FY23
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Das urges banks to watch global scene, ease impact
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Will cut supply if utilities stall coal imports: Centre
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Finland, Sweden apply to join NATO
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Erdogan links Sweden NATO bid to return of ‘terrorists’
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NGT not a case of extra delegation of powers: SC
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News for 18 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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Centre likely to defer April GST deadline
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Biden slams ‘poison of white supremacy’
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G-7 likely to increase pressure to reverse wheat export ban
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It is Navy’s primary objective to keep Indo-Pacific safe: Rajnath
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News for 17 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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‘Rate increases may not cool price gains driven by war’
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‘Adani’s cement foray likely to intensify competition’
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China’s economy cools sharply on lockdowns
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‘High inflation may spur gold demand as hedge’
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‘Will not back Finland and Sweden’s NATO bid’
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News for 16 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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Finland, Sweden inch closer to becoming part of NATO
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Education Ministers of 3 States slam NEP
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Assam tribunals told not to rely on NRC
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With Buddhist centre, India looks to bolster cultural ties to Nepal
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News for 15 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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Denial of justice would lead to anarchy, says CJI
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‘Russia pulls back from Kharkiv, fighting continues in the east’
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Committed to ASEAN ‘for generations’, says U.S.
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First step in treating some neurodegenerative disorders
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The blood groups of humans and primates
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Biomaterial from fungal extract helps heal wounds
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Blood marker identified for babies at risk of SIDS
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Lunar regolith
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News for 14 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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Ranil vows to ‘deliver solutions’ to crisis
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Erdogan opposes Finland, Sweden joining NATO bloc
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Israeli police beat mourners at Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral
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Nuclear talks with Iran have been reopened: EU
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SBI Q4 net rises 41% to Rs. 9,114 cr. on asset quality improvement
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China, Russia, Pak. to attend SCO anti-terror meet in Delhi
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SC declines to stay J&K delimitation report
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News for 13 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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‘GDP growth to be almost 8% this fiscal’
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‘Forex reserves decline $28 bn in Sept.-March’
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Seeking to counter China, Biden hosts ASEAN leaders
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‘U.K. will act if N. Ireland Brexit deal is not changed’
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N. Korea test-fires missiles amid virus outbreak
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News for 12 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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SC puts colonial sedition law on hold
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SC slams govt. claim that only President has pardon power
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‘Economy on the brink of total collapse’
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Ireland warns U.K. against threats to Brexit protocol
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‘Inflation is the biggest challenge now’
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‘Rupee fell on spillover effects of strong dollar’
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News for 11 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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SC seeks interim protection for people charged with sedition
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‘More stringent norms for social media platforms in the works’
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Marcos Jr. wins Philippines presidency
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Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines
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Troops given shooting orders to ‘control’ Sri Lanka violence
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EU says Russia hacked satellite ahead of invasion
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‘Debt norms cloud States’ borrowings’
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India said to export 1.4 MT wheat in April
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News for 10 May 2022

Important News for Today:
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NTPC invites bids to import 4.53 million tonnes of coal
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Govt. said to urge Reserve Bank to help push bond yields lower
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Iran confirms Qatar Emir’s Tehran visit
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‘China patriots now firmly in charge of HK’
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