- With 62,480 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 2,97,62,793, while the death count climbed to 3,83,490 with 1,587 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry.
- As many as 3,806 in the state tested positive for Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, informed Health Department officials.New Positive Cases: 3806 .In quarantine: 2172. Local contacts: 1634
- The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways informed to Director Generals of Police, Principal Secretaries of Transport Departments and Transport Commissioners of all States and UTs for extension of documents related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 till September 2021.
- Farm labourers and sharecroppers who own at least one kottah (0.0165 acre) of land, will now get Rs 4,000 a year, instead of Rs 2,000 they used to get earlier.
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee moves Calcutta high court, challenging assembly election result in Nandigram where BJP's Suvendu Adhikari emerged victorious.
- The Doordarshan (DD) Channel is going to impart lessons for the Class-XII students from June 23. The School and Mass Education Department has issued notifications in this connection on Thursday.
- Student activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha walked out of Tihar prison on 17 June, hours after a court ordered their immediate release in the north-east Delhi riots 'conspiracy' case.
- PM Modi will launch ‘Customized Crash Course programme for COVID-19 Frontline Workers today (18 June). The launch will commence the programme in 111 training centres spread over 26 states.The programme aims to skill and upskill over one lakh COVID Warriors across the country.
- Third wave of the viral infection is unlikely to affect children much . As per the survey, conducted in five selected states by the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) , the uninfected children were seen developing antibodies better than the uninfected adults.
- Union Public Service Commission has released the timetable for UPSC ESE Prelims 2021. The Engineering Services Examination Preliminary 2021 will be conducted on July 18, 2021.
- CBSE Class 10th Board Exams result to be declared by July 20; Class 12th exams result to be out by July 31
- Indian Army has invited applications for NCC special entry scheme 50th course. The application forms are available online and the deadline for submission of the forms is July 15.
- The Serum Insititute of India (SII) hopes to introduce Covavax in the country by September which is a version of the US firm Novavax's COVID19 vaccine candidate . SII also plans to start clinical trials of the Novavax shot for children in July.
- Nepal Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli defended his government's controversial decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and told the Supreme Court that it is not up to the judiciary to appoint a Premier as it cannot undertake the legislative and the executive functions of the state.
- Bangladesh improved its position by seven notches in the Global Peace Index 2021 compiled by the Institute of Economics & Peace (IEP) based in Sydney, Australia. 15th edition ranking 163 countries according to country peacefulness, the Index placed Bangladesh at 91st position compared to 98th last year. Bangladesh has scored an overall score of 2.68 making it the third most peaceful country in South Asia placed behind Bhutan and Nepal. Afghanistan has been ranked as the least peaceful country in the South Asian region.
- Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda dies at 97; PM Modi offers condolences. Zambia will have 21 days of mourning.
- ICC World Test Championship Final, 2021 : Team India yesterday evening announced their Playing XI for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, which will be played in Southampton from Friday.
- Roy had joined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC last week along with his son Subhrangshu in Kolkata.
- Considering the fact that the second wave of Covid has adversely affected the financial condition of weaker sections and labourers in Odisha, Chief Minister announced special Covid assistance of Rs 1,690.46 crore for these groups.
- The Odisha Mining Corporation today contributed an amount of Rs 500 crore to Odisha Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Besides, The Odisha Agro Industries Corporation and Odisha Cashew Development Corporation today paid a dividend of Rs 3.76 Crore to State Government.
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