New Delhi, May 8 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm:
NATION
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* Govt briefs all-party meeting on 'Operation Sindoor'
New Delhi: The government is briefing an all-party meeting on Thursday on the success of "Operation Sindoor" and its aftermath, as top government functionaries and opposition leaders met for a second time in a fortnight amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. *
DEL17 INDIA-STRIKE-PB-RJ-HIGH ALERT
* Leaves cancelled, schools shut as Punjab, Rajasthan go on high alert post 'Operation Sindoor'
Chandigarh/Jaipur: Rajasthan and Punjab are in full alert mode with schools closed in border districts and leave of all police personnel and administration officials cancelled, officials said on Thursday, a day after India struck terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. *
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* India-Pak tensions: Saudi junior foreign minister in Delhi on unannounced visit
New Delhi: Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Aljubeir is in India on an unannounced visit and held talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday with a focus on de-escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. *
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* Thirteen civilians killed in Pakistan's ceasefire violations along LoC in Poonch
New Delhi: Pakistan's ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have claimed lives of 13 civilians in Poonch sector, and injured a total of 59 people, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. *
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* Helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand, five dead
Uttarkashi (UKD): Five persons were killed and two others injured on Thursday when a private company's helicopter on way to Gangotri shrine crashed near Gangnani in Uttarkashi district, officials said. *
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* Four Chinese nationals held at India-Nepal border in Bihar
Motihari: Four Chinese nationals have been arrested at the India-Nepal border in Bihar's East Champaran district for entering the country without valid visas, a police officer said on Thursday. *
DEL5 CLIMATE-APRIL-WARMING
* World records 2nd-warmest April; global temperature remains 1.5 deg C above pre-industrial levels
New Delhi: Last month was the second-warmest April globally, with the past 12 months being 1.58 degrees Celsius warmer than at the start of the industrial revolution, according to European climate agency Copernicus. *
LEGAL
LGD3 SC-QURESHI (RPT)
* When SC praised Col Sofiya Qureshi in granting Permanent Commission to women Army officers
New Delhi: While ruling in favour of granting Permanent Commission (PC) to women officers in the Indian Army, the Supreme Court in 2020 had acknowledged the achievements of Colonel Sofia Qureshi, one of the two women officers who briefed the media on 'Operation Sindoor' on Wednesday. By PAWAN SINGH *
FOREIGN
FGN31 ISRAEL-INDIA-ADVISORY
* Israel revises advisory asking its nationals to 'leave immediately' Kashmir region
Jerusalem: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, Israel has updated the existing travel advisory for its nationals urging those in the Kashmir region to “leave immediately”. *
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* 'If I can do anything to help, I will be there': President Trump on tensions between India, Pak
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he wants India and Pakistan to “stop” what he described as “tit for tat” actions, saying if he can do anything to “help”, he will be there. By Yoshita Singh *