Election Commission warns against misusing surveys for voter details, potentially creating quid-pro-quo arrangements for post-election benefits. Caution against inducement for voting a certain way during General Elections 2024. Instructs District Election Officers to act within statutory provisions.

In a flurry of political reactions, Rahul Gandhi's shift to contest from Rae Bareli instead of Amethi sparked controversy. Prime Minister Modi mocked his decision, accusing him of fear and flight. Congress defended the move, calling it strategic. BJP leaders criticized Gandhi's moves, while Smriti Irani claimed he didn't belong in Rae Bareli. The absence of the Gandhi family in Amethi was seen as symbolic of Congress's defeat.

Supreme Court to possibly hear Arvind Kejriwal's interim bail plea regarding Delhi elections on May 7, with the central agency possibly denying bail. Emphasis on liberty importance, ED alleging kickbacks, Kejriwal in Tihar Jail.

PM Modi criticizes TMC for mistreating Hindus, corruption, and appeasement in Bengal. He addresses various issues including Sandeshkhali apathy, CBI ammunition seizure, School Service Commission scam, and Calcutta High Court ruling on State Level Selection Test-2016.

Shortly after achieving an all-time high resale flat price of $968,000, Sengkang has crossed the million-dollar line in the same month.  This is the first time a resale flat in that estate has reached the million-dollar mark.  A 1,539 sq ft maisonette at Block 205B Compassvale Lane was sold for exactly $1 million in April, HDB records showed. Located on the seventh to ninth floor, the flat is 25 years into its 99-years lease, which commenced in 1999.  Block 205B is within a 10-minute walking distance to Buangkok MRT station and Sengkang Grand Mall. It is also within a one to two kilometre radius to schools such as North Vista Primary School, Sengkang Primary School, and North Vista Secondary School. PHOTO: Screengrab/HDB In a media statement released on Wednesday (May 2), Singapore Realtors Inc (SRI) said that one of their agents facilitated its sale last month.

One is an organisation representing the security services industry, the other is a union for security workers. Both parties are now in a war of words over a video produced with the intention of educating security officers to report non-compliance of the Progressive Wage Model (PWM). The model aims to help raise the income of lower-wage workers, including security officers, by developing a clear career pathway for them, alongside training and improving their productivity.  The video, commissioned by the Union of Security Employees (USE), is produced by local content producer SGAG and was uploaded on the latter's Instagram page on April 25. But the Security Association Singapore (SAS) has taken offence at how security officers are portrayed in the clip. It shows a skit where two security officers are being briefed by their superior and ask several silly questions, including whether they can get guns to shoot terrorists and when to go for toilet breaks. 

Mogadishu (HOL) - The United Nations in Somalia is encouraging Somali journalists to increase their reporting on the climate challenges facing Somalia, as the climate crisis affects the lives of millions of Somalis.

Senior Ukrainian intelligence officer Vadim Skibitsky does not see a path to a battlefield victory over Russia, he has told The Economist Read Full Article at RT.com

Raiffeisen Bank will start its withdrawal from Russia in the third quarter of 2024 under pressure from the EU, Johann Strobl has announced Read Full Article at RT.com

Sao Tome and Principe is drawing up plans to negotiate reparations with Portugal, a minister from the island nation has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported the latest estimates of Ukrainian military casualties on Friday Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian army carried out active defensive operations on the left bank of the Dnieper, conducting precise strikes on enemy military facilities, equipment and artillery weapons on the right bank

«Customs officers found 60 kg of cocaine when inspecting a container of fresh bananas, which had arrived from the Ecuadorian port of Puerto Bolivar,» the statement said

«The Group divested the LeasePlan subsidiary in Russia in February 2024 and no longer operates any business locally in the country,» the French bank said

Last year, RUSADA reported identifying 150 potential violations by Russian athletes involving performance enhancing drugs

Ce 3 mai 2024, notre pays le Gabon, à l'instar de la communauté internationale, célèbre la 31e édition de la Journée mondiale de Liberté de la Presse, sous le thème : «La presse pour la planète : crise environnementale et urgence du journalisme ». La crise environnementale nécessite une couverture médiatique approfondie et continue pour éveiller les consciences des populations à travers le monde d'une part, et d'autre part, pour promouvoir des solutions durables. La Presse, considérée (...) - COMMUNICATION / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

India has tested a missile-assisted torpedo delivery system that can hit submarines hundreds of kilometres away Read Full Article at RT.com

The Kommersant newspaper has revealed new details about the Ukrainian plot to blow up the Crimean Bridge in October 2022 Read Full Article at RT.com

Two people have been injured in Ukrainian UAV attacks on Belgorod Region, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

China has described the US as the “biggest threat to space security” after Washington accused Beijing of developing anti-satellite weapons Read Full Article at RT.com

As many as 83% of Russians expressed confidence in Vladimir Putin

According to Vadim Skibitsky, «meaningful negotiations can begin only in the second half of 2025 at the earliest»

The share of people who approve of the way the president is handling his job went up by 0.4 percentage points to 78.2%

The crews of Su-30SM aircraft of the Aerospace Forces provided fighter support

Nondefense revenues also increased last year in absolute figures and amounts to nearly one trillion rubles ($10.92 bln), Sergey Chemezov stressed

Just over a month into the new fiscal year and two weeks after the federal budget, the Department of National Defence is struggling to reconcile the Liberal government's approach to military funding — giving with one hand while taking with the other.

With some Canadian consumers struggling to afford groceries, and as frustrations with corporate profits boil over, the federal government says it's trying to coax international grocers to set up shop in Canada. 

[New Times] Countries in the East African Community (EAC) want to adopt a single currency as part of the broader plans to integrate under a single market, and ultimately one region that trades together.

[AI London] Authorities across East and Southern Africa continued to impose severe restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom over the past year, said Amnesty International on World Press Freedom Day.

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Artillery of the Battlegroup Center delivered a strike on the Ukrainian army’s field ammunition depot in the Krasnoarmeisk direction

News of the Russian deployment to the airbase follows after Niger’s military rulers told Washington in March that it must withdraw the nearly 1,000 US military personnel stationed in the country

Most enterprises have switched to three-shift work since the beginning of the operation and increased production capacities