✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Union Govt. Exempts Imported COVID Relief Material From IGST till 30 June 2021.
2. Twitter has removed a wrong map of India that showed J&K and Ladakh as a separate country from its website. This is the 2nd time Twitter has misrepresented India’s map. Earlier it had shown Leh as part of China. The govt has slammed Twitter for deliberate defiance and failure to comply with India’s new IT rules.
3. Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has moved past prestigious institutes in the rankings for best medical schools in the world. According to the CEO WORLD magazine.
4. Kendriya Raksha Mantri (Union Defence Minister) Rajnath Singh on 28 Jun inaugurated three baily bridges virtually from Delhi, on way to the Indo-China border in Dharchula sub-division of Uttarakhand”s Pithoragarh district.
5. ‘India will not tolerate if someone tries to threaten it’: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Ladak on his visit.
In a clear message to China, Defence Minister also said the country will never forget the sacrifice of the Galwan martyrs and it will not tolerate it if anyone tried to threaten it.
6. The Indo-Japanese friendship and partnership during the COVID-19 crisis is more relevant for global stability & prosperity, PM Modi said and called for further strengthening of the ties between the two countries
7. UAE flag carrier Emirates likely to resume Dubai-India flights from July 7.
8. COVID-19 pandemic Vaccine registration portal, CoWIN has become popular & foreign countries are showing interest in the technology. Over 50 countries from across Central Asia, Latin America & Africa, are interested in it.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. South Korea to develop ‘Iron Dome’-style defence system to counter North Korea’s arsenal of long-range guns and rockets, artillery.
2. Seven people died & fifty others were injured in an explosion in the bustling commercial area of Moghbazar in the capital city Bangladesh, Dhaka on (27 June) Sunday evening.
3. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious Corona virus Delta variant.
4. Bangladesh reports highest single day COVID 19 infection, Army to enforce strict lockdown from July 1. The closure of the border for public movement with India has also been extended further for two weeks beyond June 30.
5. Saudi Arabia will start inoculating young people aged 12 to 18 years against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine.
Ch. Naveen Kumar |