MH Newspaper Cuttings of the Day_ 4th May 2021_ Tuesday

MHES -Daily Newspaper Quiz
Questions and Answers-(4/5/2021)
1. Who is the Prime Minister of Australia
Ans. Scott Morrison
2. Who is the Governor of Kerala?
Ans. Arif Mohammad Khan
3. What is the name of Governor House?
Ans. Raj Bhavan
4. Who is the first president of the UAE?
Ans. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
5. Expand IPL
Ans. Indian Premier League
6. Expand ICMR
Ans. Indian Council of Medical Research
7. Who is the Director General of ICMR?
Ans. Balram Bhargava

Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today

1. PM Modi to hold virtual summit with British counterpart Boris Johnson PM Narendra Modi will hold a virtual summit with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday during which they will unveil a 10-year roadmap to further broadbase bilateral ties. 2. Night curfew extended to more areas in Tripura With the surge in coronavirus cases in Tripura, the state government decided to extend night curfew to all local and urban bodies and nagar panchayat areas as well as the number of hours under it, officials said. Tripura chief secretary, Manoj Kumar on Monday passed the order which said that the night curfew will be in force indefinitely from Tuesday. 3. Stalin to chair DMK MLAs meeting The DMK announced convening a meeting of the party’s newly elected MLAs on May 4 here, where party chief M K Stalin is likely to be elected their Legislature Party Leader. 4. As virus cases surge, Punjab seeks more oxygen tankers from Centre Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to the Centre for more oxygen tankers, saying the state did not have enough tankers to transport oxygen for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. The CM said the currently has only 15 tankers at its disposal, with two more likely to come in by Tuesday. 5. Opposition MLAs to discuss pandemic situation in Goa MLAs of Opposition parties in Goa are slated to meet on Tuesday to discuss the current pandemic scenario in the coastal state. “Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat has convened a meeting of all Opposition MLAs tomorrow at his chamber in the Assembly complex to discuss the alarming COVID-19 situation in Goa,” a release said. 6. Delhi to receive 205 tonnes of oxygen by Tuesday: Railways The railways will deliver its biggest consignment of 205 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to Delhi by Tuesday morning, the national transporter said. While 120 tonnes of LMO in an ‘Oxygen Express’ with six tankers will be delivered to Delhi from Durgapur in West Bengal, 85 tonnes in four tankers will be delivered to the national capital from Hapa in Gujarat, it said on Monday. 7. IPL \| CSK bowling coach L Balaji’s testing positive inside bubble puts Delhi games in fix Chennai Super Kings bowling coach L Balaji testing positive for COVID-19 has left the BCCI in a fix about the next few IPL games in Delhi after postponement of Monday’s evening match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad. 8. IPL \| Resurgent Mumbai Indians favourites against SunRisers Hyderabad Back in the groove after two consecutive wins, defending champions Mumbai Indians will be firm favourites to put it past the turbulence-hit and bottom-placed SunRisers Hyderabad in an IPL game on Tuesday. Mumbai will enter the game after their four-wicket win over in-form Chennai Super Kings courtesy Kieron Pollard’s blitzkrieg. 9. Coronavirus \| Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases in India recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 3,51,555, taking the tally in the country to 2,02,59,343 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 2,22,138.

Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today

1. PM Modi to hold virtual summit with British counterpart Boris Johnson

PM Narendra Modi will hold a virtual summit with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday during which they will unveil a 10-year roadmap to further broadbase bilateral ties.

2. Night curfew extended to more areas in Tripura

With the surge in coronavirus cases in Tripura, the state government decided to extend night curfew to all local and urban bodies and nagar panchayat areas as well as the number of hours under it, officials said. Tripura chief secretary, Manoj Kumar on Monday passed the order which said that the night curfew will be in force indefinitely from Tuesday.

3. Stalin to chair DMK MLAs meeting

The DMK announced convening a meeting of the party’s newly elected MLAs on May 4 here, where party chief M K Stalin is likely to be elected their Legislature Party Leader.

4. As virus cases surge, Punjab seeks more oxygen tankers from Centre

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to the Centre for more oxygen tankers, saying the state did not have enough tankers to transport oxygen for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. The CM said the currently has only 15 tankers at its disposal, with two more likely to come in by Tuesday.

5. Opposition MLAs to discuss pandemic situation in Goa

MLAs of Opposition parties in Goa are slated to meet on Tuesday to discuss the current pandemic scenario in the coastal state. “Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat has convened a meeting of all Opposition MLAs tomorrow at his chamber in the Assembly complex to discuss the alarming COVID-19 situation in Goa,” a release said.

6. Delhi to receive 205 tonnes of oxygen by Tuesday: Railways

The railways will deliver its biggest consignment of 205 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to Delhi by Tuesday morning, the national transporter said. While 120 tonnes of LMO in an ‘Oxygen Express’ with six tankers will be delivered to Delhi from Durgapur in West Bengal, 85 tonnes in four tankers will be delivered to the national capital from Hapa in Gujarat, it said on Monday.

7. IPL | CSK bowling coach L Balaji’s testing positive inside bubble puts Delhi games in fix

Chennai Super Kings bowling coach L Balaji testing positive for COVID-19 has left the BCCI in a fix about the next few IPL games in Delhi after postponement of Monday’s evening match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad.

8. IPL | Resurgent Mumbai Indians favourites against SunRisers Hyderabad

Back in the groove after two consecutive wins, defending champions Mumbai Indians will be firm favourites to put it past the turbulence-hit and bottom-placed SunRisers Hyderabad in an IPL game on Tuesday. Mumbai will enter the game after their four-wicket win over in-form Chennai Super Kings courtesy Kieron Pollard’s blitzkrieg.

9. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments

The number of positive coronavirus cases in India recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 3,51,555, taking the tally in the country to 2,02,59,343 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 2,22,138.

New Chief Justice of India sworn in

Delhi, May 3: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was appointed as the
48th Chief Justice of India. He assumed office on 24th April 2021. The Chief
Justice of India is the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the
highest-ranking officer in the Indian judicial system.
Justice Ramana was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra
Pradesh High Court in 2000. He has been a Supreme Court judge since
2014.
India is a democratic country. It has its own Constitution. The power of the
government is distributed among the legislative, executive, and the
judiciary. The legislative makes laws and can change laws, the executive
executes the laws and rules made by the legislative. The judiciary interprets
the laws.
The outgoing Chief Justice recommends a successor. Usually, this is the most senior judge of the
Supreme Court. The recommendation is then approved by the Prime Minister and the President.