Battle of the Queens
Each year when taken to the alpine pastures, the cows test their strength and fight for the herd’s leadership. The competition continues until a new queen has forced all the other cows to retreat.
Stringent checks at exam centres
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS and BDS courses began on Sunday. Notices from the CBSE pasted outside some exam centres listed the items that were barred inside the examination centres. Items such as geometry/pencil box, calculator, pouch, pen, pen drives, erasers, log table and communication devices like phones, Bluetooth, health band, transistor, capacitor, diode, triodes were barred. Eatables, water bottles, wallet, handbag, belt, cap, ATM/Credit/Debit Card, watch etc. were also found on the list.\
Lebanon holds first elections in 9 years
Lebanon’s polling stations opened on Sunday for the first parliamentary elections in nine years, with people lining up early in the morning to take part in a vote that is fiercely contested between rival groups backed by regional and international powers. Sunday’s vote is taking place amid tight security, with Army and police forces deployed near polling stations and on major intersections. Electoral campaigns have been tense as each group has mobilised its supporters, with fist fights and shootings occurring in several areas in recent weeks.
"Replace the President in 2019" rally
Hundreds of people in Indonesia staged a rally calling for voters in the 2019 presidential election not to give their votes for President Joko Widodo whom they accused of unable to solve the country's problems.
Alonso is a winner on world endurance debut
Double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso returned to the top of the podium when he won his debut World Endurance Championship (WEC) race with Toyota at Belgium's Spa circuit on Saturday. The McLaren F1 driver, sharing his TS050 hybrid number eight car with Japan's Kazuki Nakajima and Switzerland's Sebastien Buemi, led a Toyota one-two in the season-opening Six Hours of Spa.