- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday said thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur in some districts of the state during the next four days.
- The rupee tumbled 19 paise to close at a fresh lifetime low of 77.93 against the US dollar Friday as rising crude oil prices and unabated foreign capital outflows soured sentiment.
- Protests broke out in many states Friday including outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid over the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP functionaries with demonstrators in Jharkhand injuring policemen while authorities in Jammu imposed a curfew and parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown.
- Senior BJD legislator Bikram Keshari Arukha Friday filed his nomination papers for the post of Assembly Speaker. Arukha, a six-time MLA, submitted the nomination papers to Assembly Secretary Dasharathi Satapathy.
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and senior leader Jairam Ramesh were among the eight candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha Friday from Karnataka and Rajasthan.
- The School and Mass Education (S&ME) department has informed that the National Cadet Corps (NCC) system will be introduced in 30 Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas (OAVs) of the state.
- Around 64 per cent of Delhi's winter pollution load comes from outside the capital's boundaries, with “burning of agricultural waste” and “burning for heating and cooking needs" being the major sources, according to a study.
- The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi to appear before it for questioning on June 23 in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, officials said Friday.
- Up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed every day in Russia’s military onslaught, according to an adviser to Ukraine's president.
- For the first time in two years, Japan Friday reopened its borders to some foreign tourists as it continues to take steps to increase inbound tourism to support the economy as concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic ease.
- India on Friday reported a total of 7,584 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. The new additions have taken the total number of coronavirus cases in country to 4,32,05,106.
- The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the transfer of a defamation suit filed by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee against Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari from Diamond Harbour court to City Civil Court.
- Moscow on Friday officially announced its withdrawal from the United Nations World Tourism Organization which suspended Russia in April over its military operation in Ukraine.
- The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) will provide special MoBus shuttle service for passengers to Barabati Stadium in Cuttack for India – South Africa T20 match scheduled on June 12.
- Tourist trains will soon connect India and Nepal soon. It was revealed after the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) worked out on it and finalized to ply trains from June 21.
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