1. PM Modi addresses Virtual Vesak Global Celebrations on Buddha Purnima* : PM Modi has asserted that the Country is now better prepared to fight the COVID pandemic as over the time a better understanding to strengthen the strategies against it has evolved.
Delivering his keynote address on the occasion of Virtual Vesak Global Celebrations through video conference on Buddha Purnima.
2. Buddhist Monks offer prayers under sacred Bodhi tree on the occasion of BuddhaPurnima
in Bodhgaya, Bihar
3. Indian Railways has delivered more than 17,945 Metric Tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in more than 1,080 tankers to various states across the country.*
4. Cyclone Yaas moves north-westwards* ; leaves behind heavy damage to property and life. Chief Minister West Bengal Smt Mamata Banerjee told that at least 1 crore people have been affected and three lakh houses damaged due to rough weather conditions arising out of the cyclone.
5. COVID19 vaccination programme for 18-44 age group will stop temporarily from May 28 in Sikkim.
6. India achieved a significant milestone in its ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive. On 130th day of the drive, the cumulative COVID Vaccination Coverage crossed the 20 crore mark.
7. National Highways Authority of India, NHAI has issued guidelines to ensure service time of not more than ten seconds per vehicle even at peak hours at the toll plazas on the National Highways. The new set of guidelines will ensure seamless flow of traffic at the toll plazas by not allowing vehicles to queue up more than 100 metres.
8. The Himachal Pradesh state is on its way to legalise cultivation of cannabis in the state. The decision is driven by the massive debt of INR 60,500 crores caused by the pandemic. Legalising cannabis cultivation in the state is expected to fetch revenue worth INR 18,000 crores. The cultivation would be in a controlled manner and would strictly be for medicinal, industrial and other such purposes. The decision has been taken after almost two years of mulling over it.
9. The Indian Medical Association has served a defamation notice on Ramdev for alleged disparaging remarks against allopathy and allopathic doctors, demanding an apology from him within 15 days, failing which it said it will demand a compensation of Rs 1,000 crore from the yoga guru.
10. Agitating farmers marched with black flags, burnt effigies and shouted anti-government slogans at Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur protest sites on Delhi borders as well as in several parts of Punjab and Haryana to mark the completion of six months of their agitation.
11. Amid rising cases of black fungus in the state, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Wednesday appealed to doctors not to give steroids to patients in the first week of contracting the COVID-19.* The state has also decided to set up post COVID care wards in each district hospital to check black fungus infections.
12. The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Advanced scheduled for July 3 has been postponed in view of the Covid-19 situation, according to officials at IIT-Kharagpur, the institute which is conducting the exam this year. The exam is conducted for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology and the National Institutes of Technology.
13. From this year, the JEE-Mains is being conducted four times a year to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores. While the first phase was conducted in February followed by the second phase in March, the next phases were scheduled to be held in April and May.
14. National Disaster Response Force, (NDRF) says a total of 113 teams have been earmarked in five states and UTs as part of its preparation and response to Cyclone Yaas.
15. Mumbai Police has handed over the bodies of 52 crew members who died after barge P305 and tugboat Varprada sank off the Mumbai coast during cyclone Tauktae while 27 bodies are yet to be identified.
16. Indian Army has begun registration for grant of Short Service Commission (SSC). Application forms are available on the official website. The deadline for registration is June 23. The course will begin in October 2021 at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Education qualification: Either passed engineering degree or are in final year of engineering degree, to apply for this job. Those who are studying in the final year of engineering degree should be able to submit proof of passing, by showing their cut off date and give engineering degree certificate within 12 weeks from date of start of training.
17. BSF Recruitment 2021: The Border Security Force (BSF) has invited applications for Specialist doctors and GDMOs (General Duty Medical Officers) in BSF composite hospital/BSF hospital on contractual basis. The walk-in interview for 89 vacancies will be held from June 21 to June 30.
18. COVID STATUS
✿ New
*TOTAL CASES* 27157800
✿ 208925
*TOTAL RECOVERED* 24350820
✿ 295958
*TOTAL DEATHS* 311385
✿4159
✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. *India and New Zealand agreed to cooperate for a rules-based world order and a free and inclusive Indo-Pacific region during their foreign office consultations*: The consultations, held virtually after a gap of more than two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic, reviewed bilateral cooperation and focused on steps to enhance engagement in key areas such as defence and security, trade and investment, counter-terrorism and climate change.
2. United States major Pfizer has told Indian authorities that its jab has shown “high effectiveness” against the SARS-CoV-2 variant prevalent in India and on people of Indian ethnicity or nationality, while it is suitable for everyone aged 12 years or above and can be stored for a month at 2-8 degrees.
3. The Ministry for Information and Technology asked social media platforms to submit a compliance report to its controversial new digital rules—a development after Facebook-owned Whatsapp sued the central government over the new rules.
4. The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the makers of Sputnik V will supply anti-Covid jabs to Delhi but the quantity is yet to be decided. He also said there were around 620 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis in Delhi, but Amphotericin-B injections used in its treatment are in short supply. The Centre has asked states to procure vaccines from the international market.
5. Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt on Wednesday said he has received a golden visa for the UAE.
The 61-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the news. The UAE government had in 2019 implemented a new system for long-term residence visas, enabling foreigners to live, work and study in the UAE without the need of a national sponsor. These golden visas are issued for five or 10 years and will be renewed automatically.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. The Government of Bangladesh has taken a decision to reopen the primary, secondary and higher secondary educational institutions on June 13 if COVID 19 situation gets better.
2. Iran has banned the energy-intensive mining of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin for nearly four months* . The country is facing major power blackouts in many cities, and the government has blamed the outages on cryptocurrency mining, which is a highly energy intensive process.
3. Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned on Wednesday,* two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the vice president said, deepening a political crisis and potentially setting up a standoff with international powers. They were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two officers lost their posts.
4. A lawyer for the European Union on Wednesday accused AstraZeneca of not respecting its contract with the 27-nation bloc for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and of failing to warn it in time of large cuts to deliveries.
5. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo to shore up the ceasefire that ended the worst fighting in years between Israel and Palestinian militants .
6. The coastal areas of Bangladesh experienced moderate to heavy showers and high tidal waves under the impact of the cyclone Yaas* which bypassed the coast of Bangladesh and made landfall on the Odisha- West Bengal coast.
7. Russia said, it had the ability for the first time to operate long-range strategic nuclear-capable bombers from its air base in Syria.
8. Stunning images of the Super Flower Blood Moon has left people around the world gasping. A super blood moon is a combination of a total lunar eclipse and a brighter-than-usual supermoon. The biggest draw of this celestial event is that a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse are occurring simultaneously. In the past 10 years, there have been just 10 total lunar eclipses.
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