NEWS 1- Hinduja patriarch passes away
Srichand Parmanand Hinduja, the eldest of the four Hinduja brothers and chairman of Hinduja Group, died in London on Wednesday. He was unwell for some time. He was 87.

NEWS 2 – NAB summons Imran Khan on May 18
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi on Tuesday summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in a personal capacity in the Al-Qadir Trust case on Thursday (May 18), sources said.

NEWS 3 – Bomb squad carries out investigation in East Midnapore
Bomb Squad team conducts investigation at the spot in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district where nine people were killed in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory on Tuesday.

NEWS 4- Capital punishment increased by 53%
Executions worldwide increased by 53% in 2022 from a year earlier, with a significant rise in Iran and Saudi Arabia, reports Amnesty International.

NEWS 5 – India plans to bring 75 million hypertension patients under standard care by 2025
The Union Health Ministry has launched an ambitious “75/25” plan of bringing 75 million hypertensive and diabetic populations under standard care by 2025, the largest such exercise in the world against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

NEWS 6 – Court upholds former French Nicolas Sarkozy’s jail term
A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a prison sentence of three years, including two suspended, against former president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption and influence peddling.