Latest News, Live Updates Today May 18, 2024: Congratulations Dr. Max! Vermont university awards honorary doctorate to cute feline; here's why (2024)

May 18, 2024 11:38 PM

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World News Live Updates: Congratulations Dr. Max! Vermont university awards honorary doctorate to cute feline; here's why

• A cute cat named ‘Max’, who has been residing near the university campus for the past four years, has received an honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature”.

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May 18, 2024 11:38 PM

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World News Live Updates: Israeli War Cabinet member demands Gaza day-after plan by June 8, threatens to quit govt

• In a news conference, Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz said he wanted the war cabinet to form a six-point plan by June 8.

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May 18, 2024 10:55 PM

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Cities Live Updates: There is an upsurge against BJP: Priyanka Gandhi

• Speaking exclusively to HT, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi says people are fed up with politics that does not address the very real hardships they are facing

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May 18, 2024 10:51 PM

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World News Live Updates: 3 Spaniards among six dead in shooting in Afghanistan

• Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on social media platform X that he was “overwhelmed” by the news.

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May 18, 2024 10:38 PM

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World News Live Updates: King Charles blasted for hypocritical approach toward disgraced Prince Andrew: ‘It has made things worse…’

• King Charles has been chastised for his biased approach toward disgraced Prince Andrew, who is marred by several offenses.

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May 18, 2024 10:34 PM

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Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana gets India’s first metaverse-powered virtual model polling booth

• The officials included general observer Divya Mittal, expenditure observers Chetan D Kalamkar and Pankaj Kumar, district election officer (DEO) Sakshi Sawhney among others who participated in the event and urged the residents to exercise their right to vote

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May 18, 2024 10:26 PM

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India News Live Updates: Odisha Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5: Voting date, number of seats, key candidates, full schedule

• Odisha Lok Sabha Election 2024: A total of 40 candidates are competing for the parliamentary seats of Aska, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Bargarh, and Sundergarh

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May 18, 2024 10:24 PM

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Cities Live Updates: Mercury rises to 46.1°C, no respite likely till May 20: IMD

• According to the Indian Meteorological Department’s bulletin, heat wave to severe heat wave conditions are very likely to occur in many pockets of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi from May 18 to 22 May

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May 18, 2024 10:20 PM

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Cities Live Updates: Sukhbir terms Amritpal ‘pseudo’ panth sympathiser

• According to Shiromani Akali Dal head Sukhbir Singh Badal, the central agencies were privy to Amritpal’s movements but didn’t take any action.

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May 18, 2024 10:19 PM

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Cities Live Updates: Stain on AAP govt: SAD flays Maliwal ‘assault’

• Addressing a press conference, former cabinet minister Maheshinder Singh Grewal said that as per the the FIR registered in this regard, the accused should be sentenced to seven years

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May 18, 2024 10:18 PM

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India News Live Updates: West Bengal Lok Sabha election phase 5: Key fights, constituencies

• West Bengal Lok Sabha election phase 5: Arambag, Bangaon, Barrackpore, Howrah, Hooghly, Serampore and Uluberia vote on May 20.

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May 18, 2024 10:15 PM

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Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana: Garbage dump near motor market irks shopkeepers

• The shopkeepers claim that it is difficult to breathe due to ‘unhealthy conditions”, adding that their businesses have been hit as people do not come due to the foul smell

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May 18, 2024 10:08 PM

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Cities Live Updates: Ludhiana manufacturers protest govt move to buy uniforms via SHGs

• However, officials clarified that the uniforms are being stitched by self-help groups, providing employment to rural women

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May 18, 2024 9:34 PM

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India News Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi claims he can influence Narendra Modi's speeches: 'Thaka thak, phata phat'

• Rahul Gandhi said he had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mention industrialists Adani and Ambani in his speeches, which he did a few days later.

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May 18, 2024 9:34 PM

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Cities Live Updates: Mala Papalkar's inspiring journey: From dustbin to Maharashtra secretariat

• Under the guidance of her mentor, Padma Shri awardee Shankarbaba Papalkar, Mala not only received his surname but also learned Braille and nurtured her talents.

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