New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) Following are the top stories at 1 pm: DEL21 PM-LD DRONES Poor suffered due to indifference towards tech use in governance before 2014: PM Modi New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was an environment of "indifference" towards the use of technology in governance before 2014 due to which the poor and the middle class suffered the most. DEL16 KARTI-BIRLA-PRIVILEGE Karti writes to LS Speaker over "breach of parliamentary privilege" New Delhi: Congress MP Karti Chidamabaram on Friday wrote to Lok Speaker Speaker Om Birla alleging that during a raid CBI officers seized "highly confidential" personal notes and papers pertaining to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology of which he is a member, and sought redressal for what he said was a "breach of his parliamentary privilege". DEL11 CBI-KARTI Karti Chidamabaram appears before CBI for second day in visa bribery case New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram appeared before the CBI for the second day on Friday to answer queries related to allegations of bribe in issuance of visas to 263 Chinese workers in 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the home minister, officials said. DEL22 ED-FAROOQ ABDULLAH-SUMMONS ED summons former JK CM Farooq Abdullah in money laundering case New Delhi: National Conference (NC) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been summoned by the ED for questioning in a money laundering case in Delhi on May 31, official sources said on Friday. DEL15 VACCINE-COWIN Govt plans to repurpose CoWIN for its Universal Immunisation Programme New Delhi: The Union government is planning to repurpose the Co-WIN platform for India"s Universal Immunisation Programme and other national health programmes while continuing with its current function of recording Covid vaccination and issuing certificates. By Payal Banerjee DEL2 PM-NEHRU PM Modi pays tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary on Friday. DEL8 VIRUS-LD CASES Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 15,814 New Delhi: India logged 2,710 new coronavirus infections in a day taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,47,530, while the active cases rose to 15,814, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. LEGAL LGD2 SC-BCI Complaint against lawyers: SC directs BCI to file detailed reply on contempt plea New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Bar Council of India to file a detailed reply on a contempt plea alleging disobedience of its order asking state bar bodies to decide complaints against lawyers within a year. FOREIGN FGN9 UK-GEETANJALI-LD BOOKER Delhi-based writer Geetanjali Shree wins International Booker Prize for first Hindi novel "Tomb of Sand" London: Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian author to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for her "utterly original" Hindi novel "Tomb of Sand", a family saga set in northern India about an 80-year-old woman who travels to Pakistan to confront the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition and re-evaluates what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman and a feminist. By Aditi Khanna FGN11 UK-GOYAL-INDIA-TRADE FTA between India and UK could be ready by Diwali, says Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal London: The way things are progressing between the two negotiating teams, a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK could be ready by Diwali without the need for an interim early harvest agreement, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal during a visit to the UK. By Aditi Khanna FGN27 DOVAL-AFGHANISTAN-DIALOGUE At Regional Security Dialogue, NSA Ajit Doval calls for enhancing Afghanistan"s capability to counter terrorism and terrorist groups Dushanbe: India was and is an important stakeholder in Afghanistan, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said on Friday and called for enhancing the capability of the war-torn country to counter terrorism and terrorist groups which pose a threat to regional peace and security. PTI NB NSD NSD