Indian politician Sharad Pawar has taken back his decision to resign as national president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) following an appeal from party workers and well-wishers. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has criticised India’s decision to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019, stating that it has made it difficult for those in Pakistan who advocate engagement. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shifted his focus from development to a terrorism-nationalism narrative to challenge the Congress whilst campaigning for the Karnataka State Assembly election. Corruption investigations continue against Naresh Goyal, the founder of Jet Airways, as the Central Bureau of Investigation searches seven locations in Mumbai. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called for all terrorism to be stopped and the financing of such activities to be blocked, telling the Shanghai Cooperation Organization that ignoring terrorism would be detrimental to security interests. The Conservative Party in British local elections has lost nine councils and 190 seats whilst the Labour Party has gained a net of three councils and 138 seats, with further counts still taking place. India’s foreign exchange reserves have risen by $4.532bn to $588.78bn for the week ending April 28th. KL Rahul, the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants, has ruled himself out of the upcoming World Test Championship final against Australia and will undergo surgery on advice from his medical team. The coronation ceremony for King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will take place at noon (London time) on Saturday, May 6, at Westminster Abbey. The Finance Ministry in India will allow 22 financial companies to undertake Aadhaar-based authentication of client identities. Finally, the Kenyan President has appointed a commission of inquiry into the deaths of more than 100 people believed to have been members of a cult.