1.PM Modi did different yoga asanas in an indoor hall along with a reduced number of guests due to the rain in Srinagar. Moderate to heavy rain was reported throughout the Kashmir Valley.

2.In a setback for Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi High Court paused his release order in a corruption case related to the Delhi Liquor Policy until Enforcement Directorate's petition is heard.

3.Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among a host of prominent leaders who wished President Droupadi Murmu a long and healthy life on her 66th birthday on Thursday.

4.The state government Thursday said schools will revert to their regular timetable from June 22.

5.Amid unprecedented outrage over alleged irregularities in NEETUG 2024, the Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre, National Testing Agency (NTA) and others on a slew of petitions, including those seeking scrapping of the all-India medical entrance test and a courtmonitored probe, Thursday

6.At least 22 persons succumbed to heat-related illnesses at Delhi’s three premier healthcare facilities, including Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, in the last 24 hours, officials said, Thursday

7.Senior BJP leader Surama Padhy was Thursday elected unopposed the Speaker of the Odisha Assembly.

8.The Indian Institute of India (IIT) Bombay has imposed a fine of up to `1.2 lakh on eight students, who performed a play that allegedly mocked Lord Ram and portrayed the ‘Ramayana’ in a bad light, a fellow student said Thursday.

9.The Election Commission of India (ECI) has received applications from six states for checking/verification of “burnt memory/microcontroller of EVMs” used in the recently held Lok Sabha elections, an official statement said Thursday.

 10.In a setback to the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, the Patna High Court Thursday struck down its last year’s decision to raise quotas for Dalits, backward classes and tribals from 50 to 65 per cent.

11.The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has slapped a penalty of `18.82 crore on the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance for alleged contravention of the country's anti-money laundering law.

12.The unrelenting heatwave sweeping large parts of the country has claimed at least 114 lives and left more than 40,984 people grappling with suspected heatstroke between March 1 and June 18 this year, Health Ministry sources said Thursday.

13.Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani is set to be the next Vice Chief of Army Staff with the government clearing his appointment to the post, official sources said Thursday.

14.Funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through local branches and other financial institutions, fell sharply by 70 per cent in 2023 to a four-year low of 1.04 billion Swiss Francs (`9,771 crore), annual data from Switzerland’s central bank showed Thursday

15.Retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) added a record 18.92 lakh net members in April, payroll data released Thursday showed.