 Hello and welcome to NewsClick. I am Samedha and today we are bringing you a glimpse of some of the most important stories that we report about at NewsClick. The Election Commission of India has finally announced a schedule of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 in a press conference at 5pm on Sunday. The general elections 2019 will be conducted in 7 phases in April and May, beginning from April 11th. The elections will be held for 543 seats and nearly 10 lakh polling booths across the country, while the counting of votes will take place on May 23rd. The Moral Code of Conduct has come into place immediately after the announcement. The current Lok Sabha tenure ends on June 3rd, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-year term expires on May 26th. The Election Commission has also announced a schedule for the Assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Udisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim along the Lok Sabha elections. However, Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would not be held along with the Lok Sabha election. The state has been under a governor's rule after the ruling BJP ended its alliance with the Mahbubamavtees People Democratic Party. Most of the political parties from the Kashmir valley had appealed to the commission to hold the Assembly polls along with the Lok Sabha elections. Explaining the move, Chief Election Commissioner Solil Arora has gone on to state that the constraints in the availability of central forces, other logistics and recent incidents of violence, the commission has decided to hold only Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. In a series of tweets, the state's former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has targeted the NDA government, questioning how the government could have contemplated holding simultaneous elections at states and center. In what can be termed as a huge victory for people's struggles and Anganwadi workers as well as self-help groups, the Supreme Court on February 26th has struck down the tenders worth Rs. 6,300 crores issued by the Maharashtra government in 2016. These tenders were oriented towards the production and the supply of take-home rations under the center's integrated child development scheme. These tenders were unfairly given to three big contractors and the self-help groups were made ineligible for contracts previously by the government in a bid to favor private players. The court has now ordered the Maharashtra government to stop the supply of ICDS rations under the current system and issue fresh tenders within four weeks and also design an alternate system of ration supply for the interim period. In our international segment, we are talking about Venezuela. The country is facing huge crisis even while accessing the basic amenities such as electricity. However, the electricity is now being restored after three days of consecutive power failure in 70% of the country. The outage began on March 7th following a cyber attack on two of its plants. The power outage resulted in greater difficulty to the people with daily life being affected in 18 states of Venezuela. The carcass metro as well as traffic was brought to a standstill. Social movements and organizations that are a part of the ALBA movements, Venezuela chapter have issued a statement blaming the Donald Trump-led US government for this crisis. That's all that we have for you today on this episode of the Daily Roundup. To follow these stories and many more, log on to our website www.newsclick.in and subscribe to our channel on YouTube and follow us on Facebook. Thank you for watching.