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The second phase of Lok Sabha elections witnessed the maximum voter turnout in Tripura with 77.53 per cent voting till 5 pm, whereas Uttar Pradesh registered the lowest with 52.74 per cent, as per the data released by the Election Commission of India. In other news,the premature Palestinian baby who had been saved from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike amid the ongoing war in Gaza, has died, the doctor who was caring for her told Reuters, on Friday (Apr 26).

The second phase of Lok Sabha elections witnessed the maximum voter turnout in Tripura with 77.53 per cent voting till 5 pm, whereas Uttar Pradesh registered the lowest with 52.74 per cent, as per the data released by the Election Commission of India.

In a heartbreaking development, the premature Palestinian baby who had been saved from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike amid the ongoing war in Gaza, has died, the doctor who was caring for her told Reuters, on Friday (Apr 26).

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday (Apr 26) that his nation has seen evidence of China's interference in the US elections despite earlier commitments byChinese President Xi Jinping not to do so. “We have seen, generally speaking, evidence of attempts to influence and arguably interfere, and we want to make sure that that’s cut off as quickly as possible,” Blinken said in an interview with CNN.

As Sri Lanka is trying to recover from the implications of China's 'debt diplomacy', the country's cabinet has announced the transfer of management of its $209 million Chinese-funded airport to two foreign companies, including one Indian. This move has been taken in a bid to mitigate losses incurred by state-owned enterprises.

Bru migrants who have resettled in Tripura voted forthe Lok Sabha elections in the northeastern state for the first time since their permanent resettlement, which occurred as a result of a four-party agreement involving the central government, and the state governments of Tripura and Mizoram, back in 2020.

An 18-year-old Israeli hostage, who was held captive by Hamas for about 50 days, on Thursday (Apr 25) revealed that one of the captors of the Palestinian militant group proposed to her for marriage.Noga Weiss was abducted from her home in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7 when Hamas launched unprecedented attacks against Israel. She was released in a truce deal last year.

An Indian-origin student attending Princeton University has been arrested and barred from the campus for participating in pro-Palestine protests. Alongside another student Hassan Sayed GS, Achinthya Sivalingan,born in Coimbatore and raised in Columbus, staged demonstrations that led to their arrest and subsequent banishment from campus grounds.

India’s Yuvraj Singh has been officially announced as the new ambassador for the upcomingT20 World Cup in the USA and the West Indies. After theannouncement was made officialon Friday (April 26) the former World Cup winner said he felthonoured to be a part of the tournament.Yuvraj was part ofthe T20 World Cup team in 2007 in South Africa, when Indiawon the trophy. He holds thedistinction of winning three World Cups while playing for India- in 2000 U-19 and 2011 ODI World Cup.

Indian actor Ayushmann Khurrana was one of the many artists who attended the Times 100 Gala on Thursday night in New York. Ayushmann was the only actor from Bollywood to attend the gala which also had Dua Lipa, Uma Thruman, and Kylie Minogue in attendance.

Delhi High Court on Friday (Apr 26) chided the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for failing to provide textbooks to over 200,000 students in public schools.