1. The all-party meeting convened by PM Modi in New Delhi on Thursday (24 June).
2. A two-day monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature will begin from July 5 to 6th July.
3. J &K former CM Farookh Abdullah and Mahbooba Mufti to attend all party meeting called by PM Modi on June 24.
4. Leaders of several opposition parties including the Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Left assembled at Natinoalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar’s residence in New Delhi on 22 Jun (Tuesday) & discussed various issues facing the country, amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the ruling BJP.
5. Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani e-launches Agricultural Diversification Scheme-2021, benefiting vanbandhu- farmers in tribal areas. will get fertilizer-seed assistance of Rs. 31 crores in which 45 kg of urea, 50 kg of NPK and 50 kg of ammonium sulphate will be provided. Seeds of crops like maize, Bitter Melon (karela), Calabash (dudhi), tomato, millet, etc. are provided under this scheme.
6. Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla virtually inaugurated an online Indian and foreign language learning course for Members of Parliament, State / UT Legislatures, Officials and their families.
7. 22 cases of the Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus have been detected in India, with 16 from Maharashtra & the remaining from Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.
8. To check whether a taxpayer will be eligible to pay Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) at higher rates from next month, the Income Tax department has introduced a new functionality on the tax portal. The new section 206AB. If a taxpayer has not filed TDS in the last 2 years & aggregate of TDS exceeds Rs 50,000 in each year, the Income Tax department will charge more while filing the income tax returns (ITR) from July 1. The rate of TDS will be either twice the rate specified under the relevant section or provision or 5%, whichever is higher.
9. The last date of filing Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) for the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21 has been extended to June 30.
10. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin assures resolutions in Assembly against Farmer laws, the Citizenship Amendment Act. He said it would not be appropriate to adopt such resolutions.
11. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday sentenced two IAS officials to one month’s imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,000 each for not implementing court orders on the filling of certain vacancies in the horticulture department. panchayat raj commissioner Girija Shankar and horticulture commissioner Chiranjeevi Chowdary .
12. Supreme Court to hear plea of convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case after 3 weeks. A G Perarivalan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking grant of parole. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber.
13. Bengaluru court in Karnataka has directed former PM HD Deve Gowda to pay Rs 2 crore to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd for allegedly defaming the company in 2011.
14. CBSE to conduct optional exam between 15 August to 15 Sept. The CBSE said if the candidates are not satisfied with their result, CBSE will provide online facility for registration for the examination. The facility to register for written exam will be offered online at CBSE’s official website – cbse.nic.in.
15. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will visit the Cochin Shipyard Limited on June 25 (Friday) to review the progress of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC). He is on two-day Kochi visit.
16. Lt. Gen. Ajay Kumar Suri took over as the Director General (DG) and Colonel Commandant of the Army Aviation on 21 June.
17. The Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels for Indian Coast Guard today. The Defence Ministry has said that it has been done at a cost of about Rs 583 crore.
18. *Born Today*🐣
Actor *Raj Babbar* (born 23 June 1952) is a Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. 3 times member of the Lok Sabha and a 2 times member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He was the President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee.
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