Wrestlers vs WFI chief: After UP, now farmers to hold khap mahapanchayat in Haryana’s Kurukshetra. The wrestlers have been demanding action against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, whom they accused of sexually harassing seven grapplers. A khap mahapanchayat to discuss the ongoing protest by wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will be held in Haryana’s Kurukshetra at 11 am on Friday to chalk out a strategy on the issue.
1. President Droupadi Murmu will visit Suriname and Serbia from June 4 to 9.
2. Union government approved the second phase of the City Investments to Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) project.
3. Union Cabinet approved constitution of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for world’s largest grain storage plan in cooperative sector.
4. Union Home Minister said that the priority of the Government at present is to restore normalcy and communal harmony in the State.
5. Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi has been allocated the Public Relations Department in addition to the portfolios she is presently holding. The department was earlier headed by Minister Kailash Gahlot. Atishi is handling Education, Women and Child Development, Public Works Department, Power and Tourism among other portfolios
6. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati criticised the Congress government in Rajasthan over announcement of 100 units free electricity and cooking gas at rate of ₹500 by CM Ashok Gehlot.
7. Maharashtra farmers to get Rs 12,000 annually under ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi’.
8. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday participated in a candlelight march to Kolkata’s Gandhi statue in support of wrestlers protesting in Delhi against the alleged sexual harassment by WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh. She was also seen riding pillion on a bike, a video of which surfaced online.
9. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has refused to accept the Z-plus security given to him by the Centre while he is in Punjab and Delhi. An official said he has confidence in the Punjab Police and will need Z-plus security in other states.
10. Congress on Thursday released a book related to the 100 questions the party has asked PM Narendra Modi since February over his alleged involvement with businessman Gautam Adani. Congress’ Jairam Ramesh said that the party will ask for a JPC probe into the issue when the Monsoon Session will be conducted in the new Parliament.
11. India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a heatwave warning for parts of West Bengal till June 7.
12. The world’s first 3D-printed Hindu temple is being built in Telangana and will be built in an area of 3,800 square feet by Hyderabad-based construction company Apsuja Infratech and Simpliforge Creations.
13. Government drops plans to host SCO summit in Delhi; Summit will now be in virtual format.
14. Ajay Yadav has assumed charge of Managing Director of Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI). SECI is a nodal agency of the central government for auctioning renewable energy projects.
15. UPSC has offered alternative centres to the candidates of the Imphal Centre of the Enforcement Officer/Accounts Officer and Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner Examination, 2023, which is to be held from the 2nd of July.
The alternative centres are Aizawl in Mizoram, Kohima in Nagaland, Shillong in Meghalaya, Dispur in Assam, Jorhat in Assam, Kolkata in West Bengal and Delhi.
CRIME REPORT
1. WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh, who has been accused of sexually harassing wrestlers, on Thursday said that the wrestlers are constantly changing their demands and their language. He added if any case against him is proven, he will hang himself.
2. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, while commenting on wrestlers’ allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, said, “We’re handling this issue very sensitively.” “Whatever the players demanded, we’re doing all those things. Necessary action will be also taken once Delhi police file the chargesheet,” he added. Thakur said the law is equal for everyone and all the players are important.
3. A mid the protest by wrestlers demanding the arrest of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh over sexual harassment allegations, BJP MP Pritam Munde said cognisance should be taken of a complaint made by any woman. “If cognisance isn’t taken, then it isn’t welcomed in democracy,” she said. “I, not as…member of Parliament, but as a woman say this,” she added.
4. The Delhi High Court has directed SpiceJet to pay ₹380 crore to the Founder of Sun Group Kalanithi Maran, a former promoter of the airline, Moneycontrol reported citing the order. SpiceJet is yet to pay ₹75 crore to Maran as per Supreme Court’s directions dated February 13, 2023. The SC had directed SpiceJet to make the payment within three months.
5. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has said that Delhi borders will be blocked on June 5 if the government does not meet protesting wrestlers’ demands. He added that khap panchayats of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will take a decisive call on the matter, including cutting off milk and vegetable supplies to Delhi and NCR.
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1. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched a PM SVANidhi mobile app for street vendors, to ease the loan application process and provide various information to them regarding the scheme.
2. The price of 19 kilogram commercial LPG gas cylinder has been reduced by 83 rupees 50 paise per cylinder.
3. India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is pegged to grow at 7.2% during the fiscal year 2022-23 as per the Statistics Ministry’s provisional estimate. The data is 20 basis points higher than the government’s second advance estimate of 7%.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday launched ‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign to trace and settle the top 100 unclaimed deposits of every bank in every district within 100 days. This move comes amid the RBI’s ongoing efforts to reduce the quantum of unclaimed deposits in the banking system and return such deposits to their rightful owners/claimants
5.. The government has appointed Ashwani Kumar as managing director of UCO Bank.
6. Ola Co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal registered a new company named Krutrim SI Designs along with Krishnamurthy Venugopala Tenneti, who is one of the board members of ANI Technologies—which owns Ola Cabs and Ola Electric, data sourced from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs showed. The new company will focus on the Computer Programming and Artificial Intelligence space.
7. French rail company, Alstom will manufacture 100 aluminium bodied Vande Bharat trains.
8. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has recently introduced 31 Indian standards related to Ayush, encompassing 30 herbs and one product, the stainless steel neti pot.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. OTT platforms mandated to show anti-tobacco warnings, Union Health Ministry notifies under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2004.
2. Bhojpuri singer Nisha Upadhyay suffered a bullet injury at a live cultural programme in Patna. Nisha sustained injury on her left thigh, as per reports. The singer was immediately rushed to hospital, and her condition is stable now. Police is investigating how the gunshots were fired and who was involved in the firing.
DEFENCE
1. Defence Ministry has approved a proposal of Ladakh Administration seeking resumption of air travel facilities for civilians of the union territory in the Indian Air Force aircrafts.
2. Four IAF Rafale fighter jets of carried out drill in Indian Ocean Region: The Rafale is a 4.5-generation aircraft and has helped India regain its supremacy over Indian sub-constituent skies with long-range air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles along with advanced radar and electronic warfare capabilities.
3. A successful training launch of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile, Agni1 was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
4. Two IAF pilots on a routine training sortie in a Kiran Jet Trainer aircraft (HAL HJT-16 Kiran) had a narrow escape when it crashed near Sappayyanapalya village, located 9km from Chamarajanagar town in Karnataka, on Thursday. The crash site was vacant revenue land.
Both the pilots (one male and another female) managed to eject and landed with the help of two parachutes.
5. Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari called for the development of a smaller version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile for smaller fighter jets.
6. INDIA APPROVES FUTURE TANK PROJECT TO REPLACE AGING RUSSIAN T-72S
: Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the development and production of over 500 indigenously-built future combat vehicles. A total of 590 Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCV) will be built under the project’s Make-I category, which provides for up to 70 percent of government funding for prototype development.
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