✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. India is likely to make a decision soon on the deployment of anti-drone technology at military installations across the country.
2. India-Russia nuclear energy cooperation:
Construction of Kudankulam NPP Unit 5 has officially started in India.
3. UAE flag carrier Emirates has announced that it expects to resume its Dubai-India flights from July 7.
4. UP police have lodged an FIR against two senior officials of Twitter India over the social media platform putting up a distorted map of India. MD Manish Maheshwari & News Partnerships Head Amrita Tripathi as accused who have been booked under section 505 (2) which deals with public mischief.
5. Swiss Govt says that, Indian people who got Vaccinated can now enter Switzerland without Covid test, quarantine.
6. The Bombay High Court has extended its interim relief order for Mehul Choksi (62 yrs) in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case. He was got arrested in Dominica is in judicial custody for illegal entry and is later kept at Dominica China Friendship Hospital because of his poor health condition. Choksi & his nephew Nirav Modi both allegedly defrauded the Punjab Nation Bank to the tune of Rs 13,500 crore and fled the country weeks before the scam came to light.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. 30 June – World Asteroid Day
Asteroid Day is an event observed on 30 June every year to provide online education about the asteroid. This event is held on the anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska event that took place on 30 June, 1908. The UN passed a resolution for celebrating 30 June as Asteroid Day.
2. Russia had tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the country’s northwest in mid-June, according to a news agency report. State-owned TASS news agency.
3. South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in jail. He found guilty of contempt for defying its order to appear at an inquiry into corruption while he was president.
4. Bangladesh Govt extends closure of educational institutions till 31 Jul.
5. The World Bank will provide USD 300 million to Bangladesh to help poor in the country.
6. Multiple cylinder blasts at the Barkat Market in Lahore, Pakistan. It rocked the surrounding area, one person killed and many injured.
7. Microsoft Releases First Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000. The software giant had specified that laptops & PCs with a compatible 64-bit processor or SoCs, 4GB RAM, & 64GB free storage could get the software update.
8. Five people including 3 children were Killed in Blast in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
