🚨 WHO has declared Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency

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Karnataka has become the first state in India to have an Alcohol-in-Beverage (AIB)-based excise duty structure for alcoholic beverages.

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PM Narendra Modi is currently on an official visit to the Netherlands, where he and his counterpart Rob Jetten decided to elevate the relations to a ‘strategic partnership.’

Here are the 10 big outcomes 👉 https://www.livemint.com/news/india/green-hydrogen-infra-projects-in-gujarat-10-big-outcomes-of-india-netherlands-ties-pm-modi-rob-jetten-11778987147644.html

In response to the Class 12 OSM controversy, CBSE has lowered charges for revaluation and answer sheet verification.

https://www.livemint.com/education/news/cbse-addresses-class-12-result-osm-controversy-cuts-revaluation-answer-sheet-verification-charge-11779007170655.html

The WHO declared an international health emergency due to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda, with 88 deaths and over 300 suspected cases.

All you need to know 🚨 https://www.livemint.com/news/world/who-declares-international-emergency-over-ebola-outbreak-symptoms-precautions-vaccine-11779020398354.html

#PersonalFinance | The Income-Tax Department has enabled Excel Utility facility for forms ITR-1 and ITR-4 for taxpayers filing returns for AY2026-27 (i.e. FY2025-26 on its official e-filing portal.

Here's all you need to know 🚨 https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/attention-taxpayers-excel-utility-for-income-tax-return-forms-itr-1-and-itr-4-enabled-heres-all-you-need-to-know-11779016379725.html

Shreyas Iyer became the fifth IPL captain to lead in 100 or more matches in the tournament. Iyer's milestone moment came when he led Punjab Kings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Dharamsala.

Read more: https://www.livemint.com/sports/cricket-news/shreyas-iyer-enters-elite-ipl-captains-club-headed-by-ms-dhoni-on-100th-match-as-skipper-during-pbks-vs-rcb-clash-11779015098355.html

#MintMarkets | MarketSmith India reveals its top stock recommendations for today, 18 May.

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/stock-recommendations-for-18-may-from-marketsmith-india-11778847609998.html

➡️ Govt spark likely for long energy storage
➡️ Adani eyes an Apple model to scale up rapidly via vendors
➡️ Rapido has innovated, we did it faster, says Uber CEO

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🌡 Heatwave alert: IMD issued yellow warning for Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, parts of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, as it predicted spike in mercury across North India.

Check Southwest monsoon update here

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/heatwave-alert-imd-warns-of-spike-in-mercury-across-north-india-punjab-up-others-southwest-monsoon-update-here-11779065001446.html

Rupee falls 20 paise to open at a record low of 96.17 against the US dollar

Details 🔗 https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/rupee-falls-20-paise-to-open-at-a-record-low-of-96-17-against-the-us-dollar-11779075166619.html

#MintMarkets | The Sensex crashed more than 900 points, or over 1%, to an intraday low of 74,328, while the Nifty 50 tanked over 1% to the day's low of 23,358. Investors lost about ₹7 lakh crore in a single session.

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/sensex-crashes-over-900-points-investors-lose-6-lakh-crore-key-factors-behind-the-stock-market-crash-explained-11779076850831.html

With no end to the United States-Iran war and continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, putting the world scrambling for oil, Tehran is now looking at the subsea cables laid beneath waterway to make money. According to the reports, Iran now plans to charge big tech companies such as Google, Amazon and Meta for using the subsea cables.

More info 👉 https://www.livemint.com/news/world/irans-next-power-play-after-oil-chokehold-taxing-google-meta-others-for-hormuz-internet-cables-11779068615135.html

As ‘doomsday’ nears for as many as 8,000 Meta employees, 10% of the global employees of Facebook and Instagram, workers are reportedly stocking up on free snacks, drinks and chargers.

The full story 🔗 https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/meta-may-20-layoff-as-doomsday-nears-anxious-employees-stock-up-on-free-snacks-charges-apply-preemptively-11779065693710.html

Supreme Court disapproved its own ruling delivered by a different bench that denied bail to Umar Khalid in 2020 Delhi riots case, saying bail should be a rule, “jail exception” even in the cases linked to Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Read the full story ✍️ https://www.livemint.com/news/india/supreme-court-disapproves-own-ruling-denying-bail-to-umar-khalid-delhi-riots-case-bail-is-rule-jail-exception-uapa-11779083959766.html

Reese Witherspoon built Hello Sunshine into a $900 million media company after discovering no major Hollywood studio was developing films with female leads.

Here is how she did it 👉 https://www.livemint.com/money/from-stanford-dropout-to-900-million-founder-reese-witherspoon-on-building-hello-sunshine-no-one-was-coming-to-save-11779084311921.html

As India battles soaring energy import costs and a weakening rupee amid global oil turmoil, a Monaco-based fuel technology company says it may have found an answer hiding in plain sight: water.

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Amid escalating tensions from the US-Iran war and soaring oil prices, India's Prime Minister Modi's recent visit to the UAE aims to secure energy supplies and foster deeper economic ties.

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/us-iran-war-why-pm-modi-visited-uae-amid-middle-east-conflict-and-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-11779089397101.html

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnesses a cultural performance as he arrives at a hotel in Oslo, Norway

Empty cafés and pubs in Bengaluru have left social media users worried as they wonder why Bengalureans are spending less — is it because of the ongoing heatwave, or has the Iran war left residents feeling poor?

https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/bengalurus-empty-caf-s-and-pubs-leave-netizens-asking-is-the-heatwave-or-iran-war-making-people-feel-poor-11779086903954.html