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POLITICS NEWS

⟹ KCR meets DMK leaders, set to meet other regional leaders: Eight points for federal front to consider. Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao met DMK leaders in Chennai and later this week, he is expected to meet the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik. KCR has already held talks with Mamata Banerjee, HD Deve Gowda and Hemanth Soren in a bid to gather support for his idea of forming a non-Congress and non-BJP federal front.

⟹ Shiv Sena-BJP alliance living 'post-divorce life' under coercion, says Sanjay Raut in Saamana column. Castigating the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government over the Nanar refinery project, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena relationship was now one like "post-divorce".

⟹ 'Congress will win in 2019, Narendra Modi hiding behind power': Rahul Gandhi blasts PM at Jan Aakrosh rally in New Delhi. On Sunday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, addressing the Jan Aakrosh rally at the Ramlila Ground in New Delhi, launched a scathing attack on the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

⟹ Narendra Modi summons Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb over controversial statements. Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has summoned Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb over his controversial statements. A senior BJP leader on Sunday said Deb has been summoned to meet Modi and BJP president Amit Shah on 2 May in the national capital.

SPORTS NEWS

⟹ Premier League: Arsene Wenger's last trip to Manchester United ends in defeat as Arsenal wilt under pressure. Superhero movies are the rage these days. As multimillion dollar franchises like Marvel and DC try to outsmart each other with bigger and better ensemble casts and intriguing storylines, it is the movie-going audience which stands to benefit.

⟹ La Liga: Unbeaten Barcelona seal 25th league title after Lionel Messi sinks Deportivo La Coruna with a hat-trick. Madrid: Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde was delighted that his side "finally" wrapped up a 25th La Liga title with four matches to spare, after a Lionel Messi hat-trick secured a thrilling 4-2 victory at Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.

⟹ Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims season's 1st win after Valtteri Bottas' tragic ouster in dramatic Baku race. Only four races into the 2018 Formula 1 Season and we have seen three different drivers from three different teams claim victories this season. Apart from the statistics, it is the nature of these victories that tell a compelling story. The races have been won on speed, driver talent and strategy — key ingredients that make Formula 1 a sport worth following.

⟹ NBA Playoffs: LeBron James scores 45 in Game 7 win over Pacers, leads Cavaliers into Eastern Conference semi-finals. Los Angeles: LeBron James scored 45 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 105-101 game seven victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday and into the second round of the NBA playoffs.

INDIA NEWS

⟹ Parliament Logjam Part 4: Strengthening committee system can improve quality of drafted laws, fast-track implementation. Editor's note: The recently concluded Budget Session of Parliament was, by all accounts, the least productive in at least a decade, marked by protest, adjournment, and very little constructive debate, let alone passage of bills. Firstpost will examine, by way of a multi-part series spread across a six-week span, the reasons why the Parliamentary process in particular, and the democratic apparatus in general, has failed India's citizens. The clutch of essays, written by experts in the Constitution and constitutional law, will investigate the defects, introduced by design, that have enabled the degeneration of legislative functioning. Series has been curated by Bangalore-based lawyer and tutor of democracy and active citizenship, Malavika Prasad.

⟹ Narendra Modi claims all Indian villages have electricity access: 10 facts that put accomplishment in perspective. On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed to have fulfilled one of the largest poll promises made by the Bharatiya Janata Party before the 2014 general election: To deliver electricity access to every Indian village.

⟹ Gujarat Speaker calls BR Ambedkar and Narendra Modi 'Brahmins', Lord Krishna 'OBC'; remarks draw flak. Gujarat Assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi on Saturday triggered a row when he said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dr BR Ambedkar belonged to the Brahmin community, and described Lord Krishna as an "OBC".

⟹ 'SC, ST, OBC' marked on chests of newly-recruited police constables in Madhya Pradesh; inquiry ordered. The Madhya Pradesh Police has come under the spotlight after photographs of their newly-recruited constables sporting markings of 'SC', 'ST', 'OBC' on their chests went viral, according to media reports.

WORLD NEWS

⟹ Twin suicide blasts in Afghanistan's Kabul leave 29 dead, including 7 journalists, 45 injured; Islamic State claims responsibility. At least 29 people, including seven journalists, were killed in two suicide bomb attacks in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Monday morning, officials said. Wahid Majroh, a spokesman for the public health ministry, said that 45 other people were injured in the attack. According to PTI, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the blasts.

⟹ Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says Kuwait work ban is 'permanent' as diplomatic standoff intensifies. Manila: Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation.

⟹ UK interior minister Amber Rudd resigns over illegal immigration policy scandal; blow to Theresa May ahead of local polls. London: Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd resigned on Sunday over an illegal immigration policy controversy, in a bitter blow to Prime Minister Theresa May days before local elections.

⟹ Kim Jong-un willing to give up nuclear weapons if US vows not to attack North Korea, says Seoul. Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told his South Korean counterpart at their historic summit that his country would be willing to give up its nuclear weapons if the US commits to a formal end to the Korean War and a pledge not to attack the North, Seoul officials said on Monday.

BUSINESS NEWS

⟹ Narendra Modi wants PSUs to do more for small firms, but he needs to keep tabs on their dodging tactics. Earlier this month, while addressing heads of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs), Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted them to procure more from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). “One of your aims should be to strengthen MSMEs,” he told them.

⟹ T-Mobile, Sprint merger: $26 billion all-stock deal would help US beat China in 5G network rollout. T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp said on Sunday they had agreed to a $26 billion all-stock deal and believed they could win over skeptical regulators because the merger would create thousands of jobs and help the United States beat China to creating the next generation mobile network.

⟹ Walmart, hitherto slow to react overseas, attempts international turnaround with UK, India M&A. Walmart Inc’s urgency to stem market share losses to rivals around the world is driving it to partner with local players in the UK and India, even as it scales back in some other markets like Brazil.

⟹ ToR of 15th Finance Commission: Will South India lose out to the North owing to lower fertility rates? Mumbai: As leaders of south Indian states raise concerns over the terms of reference for the 15th Finance Commission alleging that they would be at a disadvantage, south Indian states have reduced their fertility rates below replacement level, while the rate for states such as Bihar and Uttar Pradesh remains above the level, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of government data.

CRICKET TOP NEWS

⟹ IPL 2018: Basil Thampi's pace, ability to bowl yorkers crucial factors behind Sunrisers Hyderabad's success so farAfter an impressive IPL debut season last year, Basil Thampi already has five wickets in three matches in this edition for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

⟹ IPL 2018 Report Card: Kolkata Knight Riders' Chris Lynn tops; Royal Challengers Bangalore wrist-spinners fail to impressChris Lynn shed his insanity and showed more method in his madness as he compiled a fine half-century countering the spinners with a slew of sweep shots.

⟹ IPL 2018: Hard-hitting Chris Lynn's new approach of grinding out knocks is welcome sign for Kolkata Knight RidersIf someone like Lynn starts playing according to the conditions, it will be a huge advantage for the misfiring and patchy KKR batting line-up.

⟹ IPL 2018: Rajasthan Royals' lack of impetus at start of the innings proved costly against Sunrisers HyderabadThe Royals are the most predictable team during the power-play, meaning their dot ball percentage, boundary to ball percentage and their scores do not vary much.

⟹ Australia eager to host India for day-night Test at Adelaide in December, but BCCI resisting moveCricket Australia have scheduled the opening Test of the four-Test India series in Adelaide from 6-10 December, with hopes it will be a pink ball match following concept successes against New Zealand, South Africa and England in recent years.