INDIA
– UP Lok Sabha byelections: BJP wins Rampur and Azamgarh seats earlier held by SP
– Punjab Lok Sabha byelection: Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) wins Sangrur seat earlier held by AAP
– Tripura Assembly byelection: BJP’s Tripura CM Manik Saha wins from Town Bardowali
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Tata Power Solar Systems commissions India’s largest floating solar power project of 101.6-Megawatt Peak (MWp) in Kerala backwaters
WORLD
– US Supreme Court overrules women’s constitutional right to abortion
– US President Joe Biden signs the breakthrough gun safety legislation that enhances background checks on young gun buyers between 18 and 21 years of age
– UK, US, Japan and Canada to ban Russia gold imports amid Ukraine war
– International Day in Support of Victims of Torture observed on June 26
– International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking observed on June 26
SPORTS
– Madhya Pradesh (536 and 108/4) clinch first ever Ranji Trophy title with six-wicket win against Mumbai (374 and 269) at Bengaluru
– Indian women’s recurve team bag silver medal in World Cup Stage 3 in Paris
