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May 28 will see the first session of the Constituent Assembly at Kathmandu in Nepal which is expected to declare the mountain country...

•May 28 will see the first session of the Constituent Assembly at Kathmandu in Nepal, which is expected to declare the mountain country to be a republic, ending the reign of King Gyanendra and the 240-year-old monarchy. Maoist leader Prachanda has already asked the King to make a ‘graceful exit’ by May 27.

• May 26 is the Independence Day of Georgia, marking its establishment as an independent state in 1918, which was later crushed by Bolshevik invasion in 1921.

• On 29 May, the International Compact Conference is expected to take place in Stockholm. It will be the first follow-up meeting after the launch of a five-year peace and development plan in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh in May 2007. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Iraqi Prime Minister Nur al-Maliki, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are expected to attend.

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• On June 1, Parliamentary elections will be held in Macedonia.

• The Democrat face-off between Barack Obama (almost there) and Hillary Clinton continues, with the remaining primaries due in Puerto Rico on June 1 and in Montana and South Dakota on June 3.

• On May 27, the Majlis (the Iranian parliament) will convene its first session after elections were held on 14 March and 25 April.

• From May 27 to 30, the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will be visiting China, meeting counterpart Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao for talks on bilateral cooperation and regional peace and stability.

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• On May 28, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Poland and meet President Lech Kaczynski as well as Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Sarkozy and Kaczynski are expected to sign a joint declaration on French-Polish strategic partnership.

Premji said that Wipro would partner with the Government "to find a lasting solution for Bengaluru's mobility challenges".

Wipro rejects Karnataka Govt request to allow public vehicles inside Sarjapur campus

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Wipro, a leading company in Bengaluru, has refused to allow public vehicles inside its Sarjapur campus to ease traffic congestion. However, they have agreed to finance a study to find a solution for the traffic problem. The founder, Azim Premji, believes that the issue is complex and requires expert analysis. Wipro has also committed to funding a significant portion of the study's cost.

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