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00:00Good day and Ramadan Kareem.
00:04Welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, May 17.
00:07Here are the top stories at this hour.
00:09BS Yedurappa, sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka this morning, said he is 100
00:14per cent sure of winning a vote of confidence in the Assembly.
00:17Earlier, the Indian Supreme Court refused to stay his swearing-in after a rare post-midnight
00:22courtroom battle unfolded.
00:24The legal case was initiated by the Congress-JDS combined to stall government formation by
00:29the BJP.
00:30Beleaguered Congress and Janata Dal secular leaders later staged a protest against the
00:34BJP leaders' swearing-in.
00:36The UAE Ministry of Education has released the official school calendar until 2021.
00:41The new calendar suggests that schools will have 182 days in the academic year, up from
00:45175.
00:47The calendar will be applied in all public schools that follow the ministry's curriculum
00:51and also private schools that follow a foreign curriculum.
00:54Pupils will commence the school year on September 2 this year.
00:57Sixteen black and mixed-race actresses staged a glamorous red-carpet protest at the Karn
01:02Film Festival to denounce racism.
01:04Led by Bamako star Ayesha Mayega, they will also launch their new book, Being Black Is
01:09Not My Job.
01:10The book denounces the prejudice they have suffered from directors and casting agents.
01:15And finally, the weather.
01:16Today's high across the UAE will be 36 degrees Celsius, dropping to 29 degrees at night.
01:21That's all for now.
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