Around INDIA
# As per the UN report (UN International Fund for Agricultural
Development), India tops the remittance receiving country in the world
# The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has found the
behaviour of the monsoon this year to be “peculiar“, saying this may have been
responsible for the delayed onset over central India. According to the IMD's
latest extended range forecast for four weeks, the monsoon seems to be
travelling directly to north India and the Himalayan foothills around June 23,
leaving parts of central India uncovered.
# President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee dedicated the Metro Phase - I
project (Namma Metro) to the people of Karnataka
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kochi Metro,
and travelled briefly on the new metro line.
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi launched the PN Panicker
Reading Day – Reading Month Celebration
# Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Posts
(DOP) have decided to open another 149 Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK)
at the following places to take the total number of POPSK to 235 in the
country; Of the 149 POPSKs, Uttar Pradesh to get maximum (19) followed by Maharashtra,
Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu (each 11)
# Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has cleared the final raising
of Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) in Gujarat by lowering of gates and impounding of
water in the reservoir upto its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of EL 138.68 mts.
TAMIL NADU
# 11 cities in the State to have Post Office Passport Seva
Kendra (POPSK)
# Leaders of the Opposition in the Assembly, led by Mr.M. K.
Stalin urged the Governor to order a fresh vote of confidence in the AIADMK
government
STATES SCAN
# Gujarat: Chief Minister, Mr. Vijay Rupani flagged off Astha
Tourist Train (a special Gandhi Darshan train) from Sabarmati Railway Station
# Kerala: Vice - President, Mr. Hamid Ansari addressed the
International Conference on ‘Inclusive Quality Education: Towards Sustainable
Development Goal 4 and Lessons from Kerala Model’, here today, organized by the
Institute of Social Sciences on the occasion of the Bicentenary of Royal
Rescript – 17 June 1817, Travancore, Kerala.
# West Bengal: violence escalated in the Darjeeling hills with
one person killed and 35 injured (but GJM claims three persons killed)
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India and Afghanistan will operationalise a dedicated air
cargo link over Pakistan in a couple of days
WORLD
# 106th Session of International Labour Conference (ILC) was
held in Geneva, Switzerland
# US Ship USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine- flagged
container ship in South of Tokyo Bay in Japan
ECONOMICS
# IIFL - backed "5paisa Capital", an online financial
services provider will list its shares on the BSE and NSE by July 2017
# ASSOCHAM urged the government to postpone the implementation
of GST
SPORTS
# Hockey World League: India Vs Pakistan in the semifinals
# Champions Trophy: India Vs Pakistan in the finals
# India's K. Srikanth entered the finals of $1 million Indonesia
Super Series Premier by defeating world No 1 Son Wan Ho (Korea) in the
semifinals
MISC
# Book "Gandhi Against Caste" by Nishikant Kolge
# Pop singer Katy Perry has made history by becoming the first
user to garner 100 million followers on Twitter
# June 18: Father's Day; third Sunday of June is observed as
"Father's Day"
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