Trump orders ban on most 'transgender troops' from serving in the military US President Donald Trump released an order on Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under 'limited circumstances'. The White House said retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of 'gender dysphoria' - those who might require substantial medical treatment - 'presents a considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality'. Trump surprised the Pentagon's leadership in a 2017 tweet when he declared he would reverse an Obama-era plan to allow transgender individuals to serve openly. __________________________ Elon Musk delete FB pages of his companies CEO of American aerospace company SpaceX and carmaker company Tesla, Elon Musk in Friday deleted the Facebook pages of his companies over a Twitter challenge. The entire issue started with Musk reacting to a tweet about electronic company Sonos pullin...

Tamil Nadu farmers suspend protest after assurances from CM  Almost 41 days after they began protests seeking a relief package for their drought affected state, Tamil Nadu farmers on Sunday suspended their agitation till May 25 after chief minister E Palaniswami assured them of all the help. The protesting farmers attracted the attention of the government and the media through their bizzare ways of protest - sometimes by displaying human skulls – purportedly of farmers who had committed suicide –, walking naked near the Prime Minister's office or by holding live rats in their mouths. They even organised mock funerals and drank urine in a bid to raise their voice. ________________________________ PM pitches for simultaneous elections, shifting fiscal year to Jan-Dec At the third meeting of the governing council at Rashtrapati Bhavan that was attended by chief ministers of 27 states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for simultaneous state and Loksabha elections a...