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New Delhi, Apr 18 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm: NATION DEL15 PM-MUSK **** PM Modi speaks to Elon Musk; collaboration in technology, innovation discussed New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Elon Musk, world’s richest person with a strong influence in the US administration, on Friday as they discussed the immense potential for collaboration in areas of technology and innovation. **** DEL9 MEA-INDIA-BANGLADESH **** India rejects comments by Bangladeshi officials on violence in West Bengal New Delhi, Apr 18 (PTI) India on Friday rejected remarks by Bangladeshi officials on violence in West Bengal and asked Dhaka to focus on protecting the rights of its minorities instead of indulging in “virtue signalling”. **** DEL21 PB-TERRORIST-PASSIA **** Gangster-turned-terrorist Happy Passia, held in US, wanted in orchestrating 16 terror attacks Chandigarh: Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia, a gangster-turned-terrorist who has been held in the US, was wanted in orchestrating 16 terror attacks including 14 grenade attacks in Punjab, official sources said on Friday. **** CAL12 WB-MURSHIDABAD-LD VISITS (R) **** NHRC team visits relief camp in Malda, Governor heads to meet victims Malda/ Kolkata: An NHRC team on Friday visited a relief camp in Malda to meet those displaced by the Murshidabad riots, while Governor C V Ananda Bose defying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s request to defer his trip, set out for the district—prompting the TMC to allege a BJP-backed attempt to provoke further unrest. **** DEL12 UNESCO-MEMORY-LD REGISTER **** Manuscripts of Bhagavad Gita, Natyashastra inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of World Register New Delhi: Manuscripts of Bhagavad Gita and Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra are among 74 new documentary heritage collections that have been added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. **** BOM10 CG-NAXALITES- LD SURRENDER **** 33 Naxalites surrender before security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma Sukma: At least 33 Naxalites, 17 of them carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 49 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Friday, police said. **** DEL29 NTA-JEE-MAINS **** JEE (Main) second edition results to be announced by April 19: NTA New Delhi: Results of the second edition of engineering entrance JEE (Main) will be announced by April 19, NTA officials said on Friday. **** DEL20 CONG-US VISA-LD INDIANS **** Cong flags American visa revocation of Indian students, asks will EAM take it up with US New Delhi: The Congress on Friday expressed concern over the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s claim that out of the 327 visa revocation cases of international students collected by it so far, 50% are Indians, and asked whether External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will take up the issue with his US counterpart. **** DEL28 PERSONNEL-RESHUFFLE **** Arvind Shrivastava appointed Revenue Secretary in Centre’s major bureaucratic reshuffle New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Arvind Shrivastava has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Friday. **** BUSINESS DEL31 BIZ-FOREX **** India’€™s forex reserves jump 1.56 bn to USD 677.83 bn Mumbai: India’s forex reserves increased by USD 1.567 billion to USD 677.835 billion for the week ended April 11, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. **** DEL17 BIZ-TOLL SYSTEM-CLARIFICATION **** No decision yet on nationwide rollout of satellite-based tolling from May 1: MoRTH New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Friday clarified that no decision has been taken on the nationwide implementation of satellite-based tolling from May 1. **** LEGAL LGD7 SC-HONOUR KILLING **** ‘Out an out murder’: SC orders framing of murder charge in honour killing case New Delhi: Irked over framing of the milder charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, the Supreme Court ordered framing of the harsher charge of murder against members of a family in a case of honour killing in UP. **** LGD3 SC-TELANGANA-LAW OFFICERS **** SC to hear plea against termination of Telangana law officers appointed by BRS govt New Delhi: The Supreme Court would on May 5 hear a plea against the termination of various state law officers after the Congress-led government came to power in Telangana. **** FOREIGN FGN30 SINGAPORE-MINISTER-RESIGN **** Singapore defence minister resigns, not in running for May 3 elections Singapore: Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen announced on Friday that he is stepping down from politics, making him the first minister confirmed to be not in the running for the general election scheduled for May 3. **** FGN10 UN-IGN-INDIA (RPT) **** India main player on world stage today, will surely be contender if decision made on UNSC expansion: IGN Chair Amb AlBanai United Nations: If a decision is made on expanding the UN Security Council, “then surely” India will be a contender, Chair of Intergovernmental Negotiations on UNSC reforms on Thursday said. **** PTI RUK RUK

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