- Gitanjali Aiyar, one of India's first English female news presenters on national broadcaster Doordarshan, passed away on Wednesday.She was in her mid 70s.
- 41-year-old well-known cardiologist in Gujarat's Jamnagar city, Dr Gaurav Gandhi, died after suffering a heart attack at his residence here, his family members and a colleague said on Wednesday.
- The Delhi Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is likely to submit in the court its investigation report in the two cases registered against him by next week
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sent top varieties of the state's mangoes to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal proceeding related to an alleged illegal denotification and allotment of sites against former chief minister BS Yediyurappa.
- Nearly 3,000 people monitored by the Railway Ministry's war room worked round the clock for 51 hours to ensure the tracks were laid, bodies cleared and trains running at the Balasore triple train tragedy site that claimed 275 lives.
- The Congress spent over ₹ 130 crore for contesting the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls held late last year, according to an expenditure report submitted by the party to the Election Commission.
- The protesting wrestlers Wednesday agreed to suspend their agitation for a week after the government asked them to wait till police completes its probe into sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by June 15.
- Another mishap occurred on tracks near Jajpur-Keonjhar Road railway station claiming the lives of six workers and injuring two others, allegedly due to the ‘lapse’ by the Railway authorities.
- Amidst the pendency of concerns raised in the Supreme Court by Odisha, Telangana and Chhattisgarh with regard to submergence of their territories due to Polavaram irrigation project across Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, the Union government has approved the proposal for sanctioning `12,911.15 crore to AP for the project.
- The Centre Wednesday hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by `143 to `2,183 per quintal for 2023-24 crop year (July-June) in order to encourage farmers to bring more area under the crop and boost their income.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday sanctioned Rs 423.87 crore for 37 urban local bodies (ULBs) covering 10 districts under the state’s Mukhya Mantri Karma Tatpara Abhiyan (Mukta) scheme for 2023-24. The ULBs of the remaining 20 districts will be covered in the next two phases, it was learnt
- The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is planning the construction of new National Highway No-320(D). It will be a 25-km road connecting Bandhamunda with Jareikela via Hockey Square in the Steel City, sources said Wednesday.
- Breaking stereotype barriers and empowering the fair sex at workplace, state-run Himachal Road Transport Corp (HRTC) driver Seema Thakur, the first and only woman driver in the fleet of 2,773 buses, has become the first woman on the wheel to drive on some of the toughest and long inter-state motorable roads.
- The Election Commission has initiated the process to hold a bypoll in the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had held until he was disqualified following his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.
- The government Wednesday approved the continuation of the central sector plan ‘Exploration of Coal and Lignite scheme’ with an estimated expenditure of `2,980 crore.
- China’s exports fell 7.5 per cent from a year earlier in May and imports were down 4.5 per cent, adding to signs an economic rebound following the end of anti-virus controls is slowing as global demand weakens under pressure from higher interest rates. Exports slid to $283.5 billion, reversing from April’s unexpectedly strong 8.5per cent growth, customs data showed Wednesday.
- The government Wednesday approved the continuation of the central sector plan ‘Exploration of Coal and Lignite scheme’ with an estimated expenditure of `2,980 crore.
- Mike Pence announced Wednesday his entry into the 2024 United States presidential election, as the former vice president goes up against his ex-boss Donald Trump for the Republican nomination.
- The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved the third revival package for BSNL with a total outlay of `89,047 crore, primarily for expenses related to spectrum for 4G and 5G services, Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
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