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[00:00:11] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama.
[00:00:15] I am your host Vaati Ajit and these are the major news stories of Sunday, May 19, 2024.
[00:00:24] Delhi Chief Minister Arvind K. J. Deval on Sunday claimed the BJP has launched a campaign,
[00:00:28] Operation Jhaadu, to crush the Ahmadmi Party as the Safran party sees the up as a challenge.
[00:00:36] Over eight crore voters will excise their franchise in the fifth phase of the Lok
[00:00:40] Sabha elections on May 20 while polling for 35 assembly constituencies of the Odisha
[00:00:44] Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously.
[00:00:50] Alleging that PM Modi's guarantees on various issues had not been delivered, senior
[00:00:54] General Congress leader Amit Mitra on Sunday claimed 83 percent of jobless people in the
[00:00:58] country are youths.
[00:01:03] An Israeli strike in Gaza killed 31 people on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Civil
[00:01:07] Defence Agency as US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan visited for talks on the
[00:01:11] conflict and post-war scenarios.
[00:01:16] South West Mansur, the lifeline of India's farm-based economy, made its onset over
[00:01:21] the Nicobar Islands, the Indian Meteorological Department stated.
[00:01:24] Let's get into the details.
[00:01:28] Delhi Chief Minister Arvind K. J. Deval on Sunday claimed the BJP has launched
[00:01:31] a campaign, Operation Jhaadu, to crush the Ahmadmi Party as the Safran party sees the
[00:01:36] up as a challenge.
[00:01:38] Addressing party workers and leaders ahead of the up's proposed protest march to
[00:01:41] the BJP headquarters, he said there will be bigger challenges ahead and asked the
[00:01:45] cadre to be prepared to face them.
[00:01:48] Prime Minister Narendra Modi is worried about the rise of the up.
[00:01:51] The party has risen too fast.
[00:01:53] They have started Operation Jhaadu to crush the party.
[00:01:56] In the coming time, our bank accounts will be frozen and we will be brought on the
[00:01:59] road since our office will also be taken away, he said.
[00:02:04] The Election Commission of India on Sunday said that over 8 crore voters will exercise
[00:02:08] their franchise in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20 while
[00:02:12] polling for 35 assembly constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will
[00:02:16] also take place simultaneously.
[00:02:18] In the fifth phase, at least 8.95 crore voters will exercise their franchise.
[00:02:23] Around 94,732 polling stations have been set up for the voters.
[00:02:28] Over 8.95 crore voters include 4.69 crore males, 4.26 crore females and 5,409
[00:02:35] per-gender voters, the Election Commission said.
[00:02:40] Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantees on various issues had not been
[00:02:44] delivered, senior general congress leader Amit Mithra on Sunday claimed that 83
[00:02:48] per cent of jobless people in the country are youths.
[00:02:51] Mithra reiterated his party's stance that the DMC is with the India alliance,
[00:02:55] stating that Congress President Malik Arjun Kargis rebuffed to senior party
[00:02:58] leader Aathiranjan Chowdhury and his retort is their internal matter.
[00:03:03] Claiming that the Skill India programme of the NDA government would
[00:03:06] bearing skilled manpower has not borne the desired fruits, he alleged that
[00:03:09] only around 4 per cent of the country's youth are getting vocational training.
[00:03:16] An Israel strike in Gaza killed 31 people on Sunday, the Palestinian
[00:03:20] civil defence agency said.
[00:03:21] The attack occurred as US national security adviser Jake Sullivan
[00:03:25] visited for talks on the conflict and post-war scenarios.
[00:03:28] Meanwhile, army troops have moved into Gaza's current
[00:03:32] Farsidhan city of Rafah.
[00:03:34] They describe it as the last hummer stronghold.
[00:03:37] The UN reports that 800,000 civilians have been newly displaced by the
[00:03:41] fighting there.
[00:03:43] The wounded, including several children and rescuers, were searching
[00:03:46] the rubble for missing people, said the Palestinian official news agency
[00:03:49] Wafa while the Israeli army said it was checking the reports.
[00:03:55] South-West Monsoon, the lifeline of India's farm-based economy,
[00:03:58] on Sunday made its onset over the Nicobar Islands, the southernmost
[00:04:02] region in the country, the Indian Meteorological Department said.
[00:04:05] South-West Monsoon has advanced into some parts of the Maldives and
[00:04:09] the Comoran area and some parts of the South Bay of Bengal,
[00:04:13] Nicobar Islands and South Antuman Sea on Sunday, the weather office said.
[00:04:17] The annual rainfall phenomenon is expected to reach Kerala by May 31.