- India reported 94,052 new COVID-19 cases and 6,148 deaths Thursday. The country has so far reported 2,91,83,121 cases of corona virus and 3,59,676 deaths.
- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also said that it was in touch with the Chinese side in order to seek an early resumption of travel by Indian citizens to China.
- Rituals will be confined to Puri Jagannath temple and a maximum of 500 people will be allowed to pull each of the chariots provided they are fully vaccinated or turn negative in RT-PCR Covid tests.
- Jitin Prasada and Kapil Sibal were among the 23 signatories of the letter sent to interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi last year seeking radical changes in the party.
- Stan Swamy was shifted to Holy Family Hospital on May 28 night where he was put in the intensive care unit (ICU) and on oxygen support and later tested positive for Covid-19.
- Four new government medical colleges will be up at a cost of Rs 1500 crore across Punjab, state Medical Education and Research Minister OP Soni said on Wednesday.
- Ram Khandekar, who had worked as an officer on special duty (OSD) to former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, died after prolonged illness here late on Tuesday night. He was 87.
- 2-DG was developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of DRDO, in collaboration with Dr Reddy's Laboratories.
- Sri Lanka has requested Japan provide 6,00,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in an attempt to complete administering the second dose to citizens. Sri Lanka is facing a severe shortage of AstraZeneca vaccines as the producer in the neighbouring India failed to provide the promised stock due to the crisis in that country.
- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday said it would later decide on considering the affidavits by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state Law Minister Moloy Ghatak on their roles on May 17, the day four leaders, three of them from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), were arrested by the CBI in the Narada case. Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta objected to the acceptance of the affidavits, claiming they were filed after he completed his arguments.
- Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai Thursday said construction of a smog tower at Connaught Place had slowed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will now be completed by August 15.Rai surveyed the construction site on Thursday where work on the 25-metre high tower is underway.
- Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed an early cyclone detection technique which will help in early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in North Indian Ocean region.
- Assam introduced welfare schemes for children orphaned by Covid and those who have lost their spouse to Covid with an aim to inoculate the entire state before August 15.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday okayed a hike in the interchange fees per transaction through automated teller machines (ATMs) from the existing Rs15 to Rs 17 for financial transactions. For non-financial transactions, the fees has been increased from five rupees to six rupees. The increased fees will be applicable from August 1, 2021 onwards.
- Mumbai- Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project: Bids were invited for the civil and infrastructure work on the Vadodara corridor, which includes double high-speed rail line and the Vadodara station
- India GDP Growth Forecast 2022: The rating agency has placed its baseline GDP growth forecast for the financial year 2021-22 at 8.5 per cent after new COVID-19 cases moderated
- Unified Payments Interface (UPI) witnessed over 273 crore transactions in March and breached Rs 5 lakh crore in terms of value.
- 20. India will get 6 crore doses of the United States-sponsored COVID-16 Vaccines Global Access or 'Covax' scheme for global COVID vaccine participation in the United States.
- . India will get 6 crore doses of the United States-sponsored COVID-16 Vaccines Global Access or 'Covax' scheme for global COVID vaccine participation in the United States.
- PM Modi to participate in outreach sessions of G7 Summit on 12th and 13th June in virtual format.
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