INDIA
– President appointments Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia, JB Pardiwala as Supreme Court judges
– Centre defends sedition law and requests Supreme Court to reject pleas challenging it
– President inaugurates permanent campus of IIM-Nagpur
– UP: Prominent crossing in Ayodhya to be developed, named after Lata Mangeshkar
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– DoT abolishes NOCC (network operation and control centre) charges for all telecom licence holders
– Pushp Kumar Joshi takes charge as new CMD of PSU Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
WORLD
– 32 dead after a massive explosion destroys Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba; gas leak is thought to be the cause of the explosion
– Northern Ireland election: Sinn Fein wins 27 seats in the 90-seat Assembly; emerges as the largest party for the first time
– Russian Defense Ministry says civilians’ evacuation from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine ends
– John Lee Ka-chiu, the sole candidate for Hong Kong’s leadership election, confirmed as city’s next chief executive
– Nepal’s Kami Rita Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for 26th time to set new world record
– World Red Cross Day observed on May 8; is birth anniversary of ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) founder Henri Dunant
– World Thalassemia Day observed on May 8; Thalassemia is blood disorder characterized by abnormal formation of haemoglobin
– UN observes ‘Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War’ on May 8-9
