# UP & Punjab

• Polling in Punjab and phase 3 of Uttar pradesh assembly elections on Sunday was largely peaceful with a 65.32% turnout in Punjab and 60.46℅ in Uttar Pradesh, according to the Election commission.
• The turnout in Punjab was down by around 12℅ in comparison to the 2017 election figure, when 77.4℅ voters exercised their franchise.
• As the state witnessed a lower voter turnout, the speculation was rife among political observers about a “tactical understanding between traditional political  parties.

# Russia – Ukraine

• French president Emanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to work for a ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine.
• Mr Putin and Mr Macron said they would work intensely to allow the trilateral contact group – Ukraine, Russia and OSCE to meet to get all interested parties to commit a ceasefire on at the contact line.
• Contact line is the point where Ukrainian forces and Pro Russian separatists are facing each other.

# Iran nuclear deal

• Iran lawmakers have laid out six condition for the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with global powers in a letter to Iranian president Raisi.
• The letter signed by 250 out of 290 parliamentarians, stated that US and European parties should guarantee they would not exit a restored agreement.
• The statement comes in the midst of final steps to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement in Vienna.

# New media guidelines

• The Editors guild of India on Sunday sought withdrawal of the newly released media Accreditation guidelines.
• Editors guild said new guidelines released by Press information bureau is vague and arbitrary.