- Actor Sushmita Sen, who is a single mother of two adopted girls, reveals why she never got married.
- The day-old Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra will face the floor test July 4, an official said Friday.
- Odisha reported 204 new Covid-19 cases Friday, 49 less than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,89,961, the health department said.
- The World Bank has approved loans totalling USD 1.75 billion (about Rs 13,834.54 crore) to fund India's PM Ayushman Bharat scheme and private investment in a bid to boost the economic growth.
- Cryptocurrency companies will need a licence and customer safeguards to issue and sell digital tokens in the European Union under groundbreaking new rules agreed by the bloc to tame a volatile “Wild West” market.
- Central Govt has approved a proposal of the Journalist Welfare Scheme Committee to provide financial relief to the families of 35 journalists who have lost their lives.
- Assam's flood situation worsened on Friday as 14 more people lost their lives taking the toll to 173 while a population of 29.70 lakh in 30 districts were affected.
- Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Friday expressed grief after five people died due to lightning in three districts of the state. The CM further announced ex-gratia of ₹4 lakh for the family members of each of the deceased.
- The holy city of Odisha, Puri is celebrating the world-famous festival ‘Rath Yatra’ with joy and enthusiasm. All the three chariots reached at Shree Gundicha temple Puri.
- Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said households across the state will get 300 units of free electricity each month. All electricity bills prior to December 31, 2021 will be waived off," Mann further said.
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has said that she could've considered Droupadi Murmu, the NDA's Presidential candidate, as the consensus candidate had the BJP consulted her over the nomination.
- India's secretive unmanned combat aerial vehicle UCAV programme under which a technology demonstrator called stealth wing flying test bed (SWift) is being developed reached a milestone. The programme is linked to the development of India's fifth-generation stealth fighter advanced medium combat aircraft or AMCA.
- India on Friday called on Pakistan to release and repatriate 536 Indian fishermen and three civilian prisoners. India made the demand as the two countries exchanged lists of fishermen and prisoners under an agreement.
- Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso has survived an impeachment vote after the opposition failed to gather enough votes to oust him. The motion garnered 80 votes in the 137-member Congress on 30 June.
- NATO member Turkey has agreed to support Sweden and Finland's membership of the alliance. It had initially opposed the Nordic countries' bids to join.
- India ended the first day of the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston at 338/7.
- Peruvian firefighters were fighting to contain a forest fire near the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu Thursday, as the fire threatened to close in on the ancient city high in the Andean mountains.
- Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit a record 8.6% in June, pushed higher by a strong increase in energy costs fueled partly by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Food prices also picked up pace Annual inflation in the eurozone surged past the 8.1% recorded in May.
- The government Friday slapped an export tax on petrol and diesel after some refineries made “phenomenal profits” shipping overseas at the cost of domestic supplies, and imposed a `66,000 crore windfall tax on crude oil produced locally.
- With the ban on plastic straws coming into effect from Friday, large FMCG and agrofood companies have removed integrated plastic straws from small tetra packs of fruit juices as well as dairy products, and are shifting to paper-based straws and other alternative sustainable solutions.
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