The Union Finance Ministry on Monday sought Parliament’s approval for Rs 6,78,508.10 crore in additional spending for the 2024-25 financial year (FY25) through the second batch of supplementary demands for grants. This includes 52 grants and three appropriations. Of this, the net cash outgo—the actual additional spending requiring fresh funding—amounts to Rs 51,462.86 crore, while the rest is being offset by savings and enhanced receipts across various ministries.

Canada's Liberal Party has elected Mark Carney as its leader, and he is set to replace Justin Trudeau as the Prime Minister of Canda, as reported by CTV News. Carney secured a win in the first ballot in a race that was triggered after Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced his intention to step down in early January after a mounting caucus revolt and the resignation of Chrystia Freeland from the cabinet.

Six labourers were killed and 11 others injured when their speeding truck loaded with sugarcane overturned in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district early on Monday, police said.

The incident took place in Pishor ghat section at around 2.30 am when the truck was going from Kannad to Pishor, an official said.

Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar raised concerns over the absence of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) representatives during the trophy presentation of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai.

Expressing his disappointment, Akhtar questioned why no PCB official was present to hand over the trophy, despite Pakistan being the designated host nation for the tournament.

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat directed the country's Citizenship Commission to cancel the Vanuatu passport issued to former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner, Lalit Modi, following recent revelations in international media, as per Vanuatu Daily Post.

Tata Power shares gained 3 per cent on BSE, logging an intraday high at Rs 361.85 per share. The company's subsidiary Tata Power Renewable Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh government to develop up to 7,000 MW of renewable energy projects.

Around 10:08 AM, Tata Power share price was 2.08 per cent at Rs 358.6 per share on BSE. In comparison, the BSE Sensex was up 0.36 per cent at 74,599.93.

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai asserted that the party's signature campaign promoting the three-language policy would transform the fate of Tamil people. He announced that the BJP aims to collect one crore signatures by May 31 as part of the initiative.

"The signature campaign advocating three-language policy organised by BJP will change the fate of every Tamil person. We have fixed May 31 to complete one crore signatures," said Annamalai while speaking to reporters on Friday.

A day after Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met with the leather workers of Dharavi, Mumbai, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam criticised the visit, saying that he visited the place more as a Youtuber rather than a Congress leader.

"Rahul Gandhi yesterday came to Mumbai not as a Congress leader but as a YouTuber to make a video in Dharavi," Nirupam told ANI.

The Congress on Friday termed as "duplicitous" the Election Commission's explanation on duplicate voter ID numbers and asked the poll body to come clean on the issue.

Amid allegations of a cover-up over duplicate voter identity card numbers, the poll panel earlier in the day said it would address the "decades-long" matter in the next three months.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) attacked India's tariffs regime, saying it is next to impossible to sell anything to India because of the "high tariffs."

In a nationally televised address, Trump focused on the tariffs his administration will be putting in effect soon.

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