INDIA
– Govt. extends upper age limit for Agnipath recruitment scheme from 21 to 23 years
– SC on UP demolitions: Authorities should strictly follow due process
– Nearly 5 mn in India displaced due to climate change, disasters in 2021: UN
– External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar addresses Ministerial Session of the Delhi Dialogue -12
– SCO approves the Plan for conduct of the Joint Border Operation Friendship Border 2022
– ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’: 75 Sea beaches to be cleaned from 3rd July to 17th Sept
– Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju meets Mongolian president Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh in Ulaanbaatar
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal terms World Trade Organisation’s 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva as successful; claims India received 100 percent success
– Union Minister Nitin Gadkari proposes setting up of Innovation Bank for new ideas, research findings, technologies to focus on quality in infrastructure development
– Forex reserves down
– Indians’ funds in Swiss banks jump 50% to 3.83 billion Swiss francs (over Rs 30,500 crore) in 2021; customer deposits up too
WORLD
– World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought observed on June 17, theme: “Rising up from drought together”
– China launches its third aircraft carrier named Fujian
– UK approves extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US
– EU Commission backs candidate status for Ukraine
– China blocks India, US bid to designate Pak-based Abdul Rehman Makki as global terrorist by UN
– 110th Session of the International Labour Conference held in Geneva
– Russia’s Gazprom cuts gas supply to Germany
– Mongolia’s Khuvsgul lake added to UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves
SPORTS
– England hit world record one-day international score of 498-4 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen
