Counting for 542 seats in Lok Sabha election starts on May 23. Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) counting has been introduced for the first time in this Lok Sabha election. the results on May 23 are likely to get delayed by five to six hours. After Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) counting is over, the voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) will be counted.Nearly 39.6 lakh EVMs and 17.4 lakh voter-verifiable paper trail machines (VVPAT) were used in 10.35 lakh polling stations across the country. 

EU Parliament poll is likely to take start on May 23 where EU citizens will vote for the representatives to represent their country in the EU parliament. UK is also expected to participate in the election, despite speculations over Brexit , to elect 73 members representing UK in EU parliament’s  751 seats; the elected representatives will take up their seats in July for a five-year term. 

SpaceX is likely on May 23 to launch 60 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. SpaceX’s Starlink is a next-generation satellite network capable of connecting the globe for giving regions without internet connectivity with reliable and affordable broadband internet services. 

Cauvery Water Regulation Committee is likely to meet in New Delhi on May 23 after a gap of six months.They are likely discuss issues pertaining various issues ahead of the  Cauvery Water Management Authority meeting on May 28.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7S is likely to go on sale on May 23 in India. Launched earlier this week, the phone features a 48 -megapixel camera, corning gorilla glass 5 protection, Snapdragon 660 processor along with 4GB ram and is likely to replace the Redmi Note 7. 

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