The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) between the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and Adani Power Limited (APL) for the supply of 1,600 MW of power over a period of 25 years.

APL had secured the bid through a competitive bidding process conducted in October 2024.

The power will be supplied from a new plant that will be set up in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh had launched a tender to source power from a 1,600 MW thermal power plant to be set up in the state.

In February this year, Adani Saur Urja (LA) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Green Energy, secured a major contract from UPPCL for energy storage capacity.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta joined a cleanliness drive by offering ‘Shramdan (service)’ at the Hanuman Mandir complex in Connaught Place on Tuesday and said the message from this symbolic event was to encourage elected representatives, officials and RWAs to collectively make Delhi beautiful.

“A clean and green Delhi is the responsibility of all. We all have to hit the streets to join this 20-day cleanliness drive in the city,” she said.

She said the officials were expected to personally join the efforts and the citizens were expected to bring to the government's notice the presence of any garbage or filth.

Flanked by Vice Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Council, Kuljeet Singh Chahal, the CM conducted a symbolic act of sweeping and collected waste in a dust collector.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment in London. She was accompanied by her two daughters-in-law — the acting Chairman of the party, Tarique Rahman’s wife Zubaida Rahman, and the late Arafat Rahman Koko’s wife Syeda Sharmila Rahman.

The air ambulance, provided by Qatar’s Emir, reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday morning.

As Khaleda Zia travelled to her Gulshan residence from the airport, hundreds of party workers lined the streets to welcome her return, chanting slogans such as “Welcome Khaleda Zia” , "Khaleda Zia, fear not, we haven't left the streets” and “Tarique Rahman, Khaleda Zia”.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Nagpur unit, under the Mumbai Zonal jurisdiction, successfully apprehended two individuals engaged in illegal trade and possession of leopard skins.

Following the seizure, the confiscated wildlife articles and the detained individuals were handed over to the District Forest Division of Ujjain for further investigation in accordance with the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

The operation, conducted in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, resulted in the seizure of two leopard skins with heads, along with an ivory (wild boar horn), from the suspects.

Acting on specific Intelligence regarding attempts to sell these prohibited wildlife items, the DRI team intervened at a hotel in Ujjain on the morning of May 4 leading to the suspects’ capture.

Early diagnosis and proper treatment are crucial to managing asthma, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on World Asthma Day on Tuesday.

World Asthma Day is held on the first Tuesday in May to spread awareness about the common and chronic lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. The theme this year is “asthma education empowers”.

“World Asthma Day serves as a crucial platform to raise awareness about asthma and enhance care for those living with this chronic condition,” said Nadda, in a post on social media platform X.

“By emphasising early diagnosis, effective treatment, and proper management, we aim to improve the quality of life for millions of people worldwide,” he added.

Continuing its drive against encroachments, the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) demolished unauthorised structures in Gachibowli.

HYDRAA staff pulled down illegal structures in the layout of the Fertilisers Corporation of India Employees’ Cooperative Housing Society in the Sandhya Convention area.

The enforcement team of the agency found several encroachments by merging roads and parks without any proper layout approvals. Structures built without permissions were demolished by deploying bulldozers.

HYDRAA carried out the demolition after receiving complaints about encroachments on public roads. Plot owners had complained that buildings were constructed in such a way that their plots were no longer visible.

Security forces have arrested 12 more militants, including a woman cadre, of different outfits and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.

A police spokesman said that of the 12 militants apprehended, 11 belong to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) outfit and one to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) group.

The militants, including a woman cadre, were arrested from four districts -- eight from Imphal East, one from Imphal West, two from Thoubal, and one from Kakching.

A large cache of arms and ammunition, including AK series/A1/M4/self-loading rifles, .303 rifles, pistols, camouflage uniforms, mobile phones, various electronic devices, incriminating documents and various other materials were recovered from the militants.

About 76 per cent of Indians are confident in using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, a figure far higher than the global average of 46 per cent, a new report said on Tuesday.

The report by KPMG, which surveyed over 48,000 people across 47 countries, highlighted India as a global leader in public trust and adoption of AI.

The report, titled ‘Trust, Attitudes and Use of Artificial Intelligence: A Global Study 2025’, found that India is not only more optimistic about AI but is also more prepared to use it in everyday life and at work.

According to the report, 90 per cent of Indian respondents said AI has improved accessibility and effectiveness in various areas, making it a transformative force in the country.

Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday pegged India's GDP growth at 6.3 per cent for 2025 and expects the economy to pick up momentum in 2026 to record a 6.5 per cent growth rate.

Moody’s forecast is in line with the IMF outlook, which sees India as the only major economy in the world to record an over 6 per cent growth rate in 2025.

"Uncertainty surrounding global economic policies is likely to take a toll on consumer, business and financial activity," Moody’s said in its Global Macro Outlook’s May update. The rating agency had earlier projected a 6.5 per cent growth rate for India.

Despite a pause and reduction in some tariffs, policy uncertainty and trade tensions, especially between the US and China, are likely to dampen global trade and investment with consequences across the G20 countries, Moody’s said.

Low social determinants of health are shortening the lives of people in poor countries by more than 30 years worldwide, according to a global report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.

The WHO defines social determinants of health as conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.

The report noted that beyond the health sector, factors such as lack of quality housing, education, and job opportunities can dramatically reduce healthy life expectancy.

It said that people in the country with the lowest life expectancy will, on average, live 33 years shorter than those born in the country with the highest life expectancy.

“Children born in poorer countries are 13 times more likely to die before the age of 5 than in wealthier countries,” the report said.