May 25- Fuel Prices Hiked Again Across India; SC Questions NEET-UG Reforms; India Finalises Letter Of Request For 114 Rafale Fighter Jets

May 29: Airlines to cut 250 daily flights; Asaram surrenders after HC order; WHO backs experimental Ebola treatment tests

On News at 2, Taniya Dutta brings you the day’s top stories: IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express to cut nearly 250 daily domestic flights from June; Asaram surrenders at Jodhpur jail after Rajasthan High Court upholds his life sentence in a rape case; and WHO recommends testing experimental Ebola treatments amid outbreaks in Congo and Uganda. Tune in! Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Rohan Bharti

May 27- SC Upholds SIR Exercise As Legally Valid; Air India & Indigo To Cut Domestic Flights; Rajasthan HC Upholds Asaram's Life Sentence

On News@2 this May 27, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, saying the exercise supports free and fair elections and does not determine citizenship. The court directed that doubtful citizenship cases be referred to the Home Ministry under the Citizenship Act ahead of the final phase of the revision process beginning May 30. Meanwhile, Air India and IndiGo announced plans to reduce domestic flight operations from June 1 amid rising aviation fuel prices linked to the US-Iran conflict and lower seasonal demand. Separately, the Rajasthan High Court upheld self-styled godman Asaram’s life sentence in the 2013 minor rape case, while acquitting him of gangrape and criminal conspiracy charges and directing him to surrender despite interim medical bail. Tune In! Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Suraj Singh

May 26-India-US Sign Critical Minerals Deal; DGCA Tightens Ebola Screening At Airports; Rajasthan Bans Oxytocin Injections After Kota Deaths

On News@2 this May 26, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. India and the US on Tuesday signed a new framework agreement on critical minerals and rare earth cooperation after the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the partnership would strengthen resilient supply chains for sectors including semiconductors, clean energy and defence manufacturing. Meanwhile, India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, issued new Ebola screening guidelines requiring airlines to collect self-declaration forms and make onboard health announcements for travellers from affected countries. In Rajasthan, authorities banned a batch of oxytocin injections manufactured by Jackson Laboratories after failed quality tests linked to  women deaths after childbirth related surgeries in government hospitals In Kota Tune In! Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Aman Pal

May 25- Fuel Prices Hiked Again Across India; SC Questions NEET-UG Reforms; India Finalises Letter Of Request For 114 Rafale Fighter Jets

On News@2 this May 25, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Petrol and diesel prices were increased across India on Monday for the fourth time in two weeks, with petrol becoming costlier by rupees 2.61 per litre and diesel by rupees 2.71 per litre. State-run oil companies Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum linked the hike to rising global crude oil prices amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict and closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court questioned the implementation of NEET-UG reforms and sought affidavits from the National Testing Agency within three days. Separately, India finalised a Letter of Request for acquiring 114 Rafale fighter jets, with most aircraft expected to be manufactured in India under the Make in India initiative. Tune In! Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Rohan Bharti

May 22- Umar Khalid Granted 3-Day Bail; Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque Dispute Reaches SC; Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan Elected Kerala Speaker

On News@2 this May 22, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. The Delhi High Court on Friday granted three-day interim bail to activist and former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. Khalid will be released from June 1 to 3 to attend to his mother, who is undergoing surgery, and has been directed to remain within the National Capital Region. Meanwhile, the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar reached the Supreme Court after the Muslim side challenged a High Court ruling declaring the site a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi Saraswati and banning Friday namaz. In Kerala, senior Congress leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was elected Speaker of the 16th Legislative Assembly with 101 votes. Tune In! Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Rohan Bharti