# Review meet on yaas

• West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banarjee on friday skipped the review meeting on cyclone yaas presided by PM Narendra modi.

• Mamata Banarjee handed the PM a report on the disaster caused by the cyclone.

• Mamata Banarjee kept waiting PM Narendra Modi for more than 30 minutes.

• Sources said Mamata Banarjee was upset about BJP leaders, particulary leader of opposition Suvendhu Adhikari and Nandigram MLA present at the meeting.

# Section 304-B

• The supreme court indicated in a judgement on friday that a straitjacket and literal interpretation of a penal provision on dowry death may have blunted the battle against the “long standing social evil”.

• Dowry deaths accounted for 40% to 50% homicides in the country for almost a decade from 1999 to 2018.

• Over the years, courts had interprated the phrase “soon phrase” in section 304-B as “immediately before”.

• This interpretation would make it necessary for a woman to have been harassed moments before she die. Such absurd interpretations should be avoided – said SC.

# India seeks virus origin

• India on friday pushed for further investigation on the origins of the novel coronavirus, as the decision making body of the WHO.

• The 120 page report submitted by the WHO on march 31 had listed various hypothesis  as possible origins.

• These hypothesis include the lab leak theory, which WHO said is extremely unlikely.

# Delhi unlock process

• CM Arvind kejriwal on friday said the Delhi government will start the “unlock” process in a phased manner from may 31.

• Construction activity and factories will start from the coming week as daily wagers and labourers were the worst affected due to lockdown.

• There will be a weekly assessment of the unlocking process.

# Colombo port city

• Srilanka on friday invited international investment into the colombo port city.

• Srilankan government described colombo port city project as a ” fully srilankan project”.

• But, this project is mostly funded by China and is deemed as chinese enclave in Srilanka.