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New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
    
    NATION
    
    DEL57 INDOPAK-2NDLD BSF JAWAN
    * Pakistan hands over BSF jawan to India after 21 days
    Amritsar: India and Pakistan on Wednesday handed each other's border-guarding personnel captured by the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers respectively at the International Borders (IB) between the two countries, officials said. *

         
    DEL28 CONG-TRUMP-LD GOVT
    * 'Ameriki papa ne war rukwa di kya': Cong takes swipe at govt over Trump's remarks
    New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump reiterating his claims of brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Congress on Wednesday asked what do the "typically loquacious" Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar have to say about this revelation and did they "mortgage" India's security interests in the face of US "pressure". *


    DEL17 MEA-INDIA-LD CHINA
    * Vain and preposterous: India on China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh
    New Delhi: India on Wednesday outrightly rejected as "vain and preposterous" China renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh and said such attempts will not alter the "undeniable" reality that the state "was, is, and will" always remain an integral part of India. *

    
    DEL45 CJI-2NDLD OATH
    * Justice B R Gavai sworn in as next CJI
    New Delhi: Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, who has been part of several benches that delivered landmark rulings including the one upholding the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 bestowing special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was on Wednesday sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India. *


    DEL55 CAB-LD FOXCONN
    * Cabinet approves Rs 3,706 crore HCL-Foxconn display chip plant to be set up in UP
    New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 3,706 crore semiconductor plant at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh, to be set up by the HCL-Foxconn joint venture to manufacture display driver chips for mobile phones, laptops, and automobiles. *


    DEL49 NAQVI-MP-LD QURESHI
    * Naqvi condemns MP minister's remark on Colonel Qureshi, says he is a 'fool'
    New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday condemned Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah's controversial remarks about Colonel Sofia Qureshi, a senior Army officer who briefed the media along with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh during Operation Sindoor. *

    
    DEL39 INDOPAK-JK-LD OMAR
    * J-K CM visits shelling affected areas, promises help to rebuild houses
    Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday assured every possible help to rebuild homes of people affected by Pakistani shelling near the Line of Control, and said "the pain of my people is deeply personal". *

    
    CAL13 OD-PORT-LD SECURITY
    * Security tightened at Odisha's Paradip port after arrival of ship with 21 Pakistani crew members
    Paradip: The Odisha Police on Wednesday beefed up security at port town Paradip after the arrival of a ship with 21 Pakistani crew members on board, officials said. *

    
    BUSINESS
    
    DEL25 BIZ-CHINESE MEDIA-LD X
    * China's Global Times, Xinhua X-account handles blocked in India
    New Delhi: The X account handles of Global Times and Xinhua on Wednesday showed that it has been withheld in India in response to a legal request. *

    
    LEGAL
    
    LGD7 SC-JAG OFFICERS
    * If women can fly Rafale in IAF, why fewer of them in Army legal branch? SC asks Centre
    New Delhi: If a woman can fly Rafale fighter jet in the Indian Air Force, then why are fewer women officers in gender neutral posts of Judge Advocate General (legal) branch of the Army, the Supreme Court wondered recently and questioned the Centre's rationale on a 50-50 selection criterion. *

    
    LGD6 SC-FRAUD-PROBE
    * SC says 'ghost' respondent took favourable order via malafide, recalls ruling, directs probe
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court has withdrawn its ruling in a land dispute after it came on record that the favourable verdict was obtained through a fabricated settlement and a "ghost" respondent. *


    LGD5 SC-VARMA-PLEA
    * SC refuses urgent listing of plea for FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma in cash row
    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to list for urgent hearing a plea seeking the registration of an FIR against the Allahabad High Court's Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the cash discovery row. *

    
    FOREIGN
    
    FGN11 PAK-INDIA-US-TRUMP
    * Convinced India, Pak to let's have peace: President Trump
    New York: US President Donald Trump has repeated his claim that Washington “got involved” with India and Pakistan, saying he “didn’t like what was happening” and that he did a “good job” as he “convinced” the two countries “to let's have peace and let's go and make trade deals.” By Yoshita Singh *

    
    FGN35 PAK-INDIA-PRISONERS
    * Pak, India exchange one prisoner each at Wagah-Attari border
    Lahore: Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged one prisoner each - both security personnel - at the Wagah-Attari border, officials here said. By M Zulqernain *

         
    FGN34 PAK-LD IMF
    * IMF disburses USD 1.023 bn tranche to Pak; to hold virtual discussions about budget
    Karachi/Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund has disbursed a second tranche of USD 1.023 billion under the Extended Fund Facility programme for Pakistan, the central bank said on Wednesday. *

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)