The world champion was left struggling with the tyres on his Mercedes after fitting softer rubber than the Dutchman at pit stops during an early safety-car period.

Britain's Hamilton repeatedly complained that he was not going to be able to make the tyres last to the end but by careful management held on to take his fourth win of 2019.

Verstappen dropped from second on the road to fourth in the results because of a five-second penalty, promoting Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to second and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas to third.

Verstappen's punishment was for an unsafe release in the pits when all the leaders pitted on lap 12 as a safety car was deployed to clear up debris laid by Charles Leclerc's Ferrari.

Although Mercedes' run of consecutive victories at the start of this season continued, their sequence of one-twos is over as a result of Bottas' bad luck.

And Hamilton now holds a 17-point lead over his team-mate in the championship.

Over 25 State governments may have to pay environment compensation of ₹1 crore each for not submitting their action plans on systematic disposal of plastic waste to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as the April 30 deadline set by the National Green Tribunal has expired.

The States had to submit action plans by April 30 to the CPCB, failing which they will have to pay the pollution body a compensation at the rate of ₹1 crore per month, as per the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order.

Speaking to PTI, SK Nigam, former Additional Director of CPCB, said, “They (States) did not comply with our orders, so we moved the NGT. Now they are violating NGT orders, so they have to pay the price for it. The punishment not just includes compensation but imprisonment too, in some cases.”

Nigam said conditions were poor in terms of plastic and solid waste management rules as States do not prioritise the same.

US President Donald Trump got the red carpet treatment today at Japan's Imperial Palace where he made history, becoming the first world leader to meet with the new emperor of Japan.

Emperor Naruhito ascended to the throne on May 1, opening what is called the era of "Reiwa," or "beautiful harmony."

The US President, who is on a four-day state visit to Japan, was treated to a welcome ceremony full of pomp and pageantry.

Trump will go to the Japanese state guest house later for meetings and joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) President Prem Singh Golay will be sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of the state today.

Governor Ganga Prasad will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Mr Golay and his cabinet colleagues at Palzor Stadium in Gangtok at 10 this morning.

Thousands of SKM supporters and worker are expected to be present at the swearing-in ceremony. State Governor invited Mr Golay to form a new government yesterday.

The SKM, which was founded in 2013, won a slender majority in the 32-member legislative assembly by bagging 17 seats against 15 won by Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF).

The SKM unseated the SDF government led by five-time chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling.

The Prime Minister will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today to thank the people for reposing their faith in him. Mr Amit Shah will accompany him.

Mr Modi will also hold a roadshow and is also scheduled to address BJP workers. He will also pay obeisance at Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

The Prime Minister had secured his second consecutive term as Lok Sabha MP from Varanasi with a huge victory margin of over 4 lakh 80 thousand votes.

Mr Modi will be sworn-in as the country's Prime Minister for the second term on Thursday.

According to Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique, President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Mr Modi and other members of Union Council of Ministers at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

British Prime Minister has announced that she would resign as the UK's Conservative leader on June 7 "in the best interests of the country", paving the way for a contest to decide the new Prime Minister after she failed to win over her ministers with a revised strategy to withdraw Britain from the European Union.

UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt during a meeting with May at Downing Street on Thursday said to have expressed his dissatisfaction with her renewed attempt at getting her controversial Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill through the House of Commons. 

Indian Air Force formidable workhorse, the Russian made AN-32 aircraft was today formally fleet certified to fly on blended aviation fuel containing up to ten per cent of indigenous bio-jet fuel. The approval certificate was received at the aero-engine test facilities at Chandigarh by Air Commodore Sanjiv Ghuratia.

According to an official release, the IAF  has undertaken a series of evaluation tests and trials with this green aviation fuel for the last one year. The scope of these checks was in consonance with the international aviation standards. Today’s approval is an acknowledgement of the meticulous testing using the indigenous bio-jet fuel by the IAF.

India bags a total of 57 medals including 12 Gold, 18 Silver and 27 Bronze at India Open International Boxing tournament in Guwahati.

MC Mary Kom, Shiva Thapa, L Sarita Devi and Naman Tanwar won gold in their respective finals. The London Olympic bronze medallist blew away the challenge of Vanlal Duati in a facile 5-0 win.

This was Mary's second gold in the tournament, having won in 48 kg last year in the capital. On the other hand, Deepak defeated Govind Kumar in 49 kg final while in 52 kg category - Amit Panghal defeated Sachin.

In women's 54 kg, local favourite Jamuna Boro defeated Sandhyarani and also qualified for the World Championship. In men's 69 kg Aashish clinched the Gold, while in women's 57 kg category Neeraj won the final.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test-fired an indigenously-developed 500 kg class guided bomb from a Sukhoi combat jet at Pokhran in Rajasthan. 

Defence Ministry said in New Delhi that the guided bomb achieved the desired range and hit the target with high precision.

The ministry said, all the mission objectives have been met during the test firing of the bomb, adding it is capable of carrying different warheads.

The test firing of the guided bomb came two days after the Indian Air Force successfully test fired the aerial version of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from a Sukhoi jet at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

The 2.5-tonne air-to-surface missile has a range of around 300 km, and it will significantly enhance the IAF's combat capability.

The Reserve Bank of India, on Thursday, said it will allow large modern currency chests to increase the service charges on cash deposited by non-chest bank branches from the existing rate of ₹5 per packet of 100 pieces to a higher rate subject to a maximum of ₹8 per packet. For this, only a currency chest (CC) that fulfils the minimum standards will be eligible to be classified as a large modern CC, the RBI said in a circular to all banks. “Banks may approach the issue office of the RBI under whose jurisdiction the currency chest is located for such classification. “The increased rates can be charged only after such classification by the issue office concerned,” the RBI said.