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- The Rule 49MA of 'The Conduct of Elections Rules’ lists a six-month jail term and a Rs 1000 fine for false reporting of malfunctioning of EVMs and VVPATs.
- A Plea has been filed in Supreme Court to declare this rule as unconstitutional.
- Manchester City and England team forward, Raheem Sterling was named as the 2019 footballer of the year by the Football Writers' Association (FWA).
- The Election Commission has barred terror accused BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Thakur from campaigning for 72 hours in Bhopal. (from May 01, 2019)
- She was reprimanded for her recent remarks on martyred IPS officer Hemant Karkare and Babri mosque demolition.
- The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) decided to bid for the 2024 edition of the biennial World Table Tennis Championships.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 1, 2019 has signed a new law which allows Russian authorities to isolate his country’s internet from the rest of the world and create a new national network.
- Critics of the law says it aims to restrict information and communication online.
- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has announced a ban on covering of the face with burqa, veil or in any manner that prevents identification of the person.
- Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo plans to relocate the capital of his country from Jakarta to outside of the crowded main island of Java due to the island’s infrastructure constraint and global warming.
- The new Rs 20 bank note to be put into circulation has motif of Ellora Caves on the reverse side, depicting the country's cultural heritage. The base colour of the note is Greenish Yellow.
- It will be signed by RBI Governor Shakthi Gantha Das.
- The Chinese Government’s ban on the import of foreign plastic waste has disrupted the global plastic recycling industry and plastic waste disposal.
- Developed countries have shifted to South East Asian countries and India to dump their plastic waste.
- The Medical Council of India has prepared a Draft New Syllabus for MBBS course to be introduced from August 2019.
- The syllabus for MBBS is revised after 21 years.
- Fiona Onasanya became the first Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom to be removed from office after a successful “Recall petition” signed by voters.
- Minimum 10% of eligible registered voters need to sign the Recall petition to remove a convicted MP from office.
- In its 2019 report, The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent federal government commission has said that there is an “overall deterioration of religious freedom conditions in 2018” in India.
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