Breaking highlights: Delhi records 1,797 new Covid cases

Delhi on Friday registered 1,797 new Covid cases, With this, the total number of cases since the onset of the pandemic has climbed to 1919025.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew out to Ukraine to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise visit to the capital Kyiv, where he launched a major training operation for Ukrainian armed forces with the potential to train up to 10,000 soldiers every 120 days.

The chief of the global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said on Friday that Pakistan is not being removed from the grey list immediately, and a decision will be taken after an onsite visit. 

Maximum temperatures dropped by four to five degrees Celsius at most places in Delhi following a spell of rain on Friday. The maximum temperature settled at 36.7 degrees Celsius, three notches below the average, PTI reported.

Maharashtra on Friday reported 4,165 cases in the last 24 hours, marginally lower than the 4,255 infections registered a day ago. The state logged three pandemic-related deaths, Mumbai accounted for two, the state health department said. The western state’s capital, Mumbai also reported 2,255 new cases. Read full report here

Ukraine has received a loan of one billion Canadian dollars ($770 million) on concessional terms, the first funds it has obtained through an International Monetary Fund administration account, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Friday, Reuters reported. 

India's net collection from direct taxes rose to ₹3,39,225 crore in the current financial year till June 16 as compared to ₹2,33,651 crore recorded in the corresponding period of the last year, registering a year-on-year growth of 45 per cent, as per the government data released on Friday.

Two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists including one who was involved in the killing of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) sarpanch Gh Rasool Dar and his wife last year was killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday, police said. Read more

Mumbai Police on Friday said the team sent to serve notice to suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma has not been able to trace her since the past four days. Read more

Incessant rainfall and landslides over the past few days have thrown life out of gear in northeastern India, including Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, with the flood situation worsening in several places. Read more

Over 5,300 challans were issued across Delhi between June 10 and 15 and fines to the tune of over ₹26 lakh were imposed on those flouting Covid norms amid a surge in cases here, PTI reported.

The British government has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. He is likely to appeal, AP reported.

The proposal to list Abdul Rehman Makki under the UN Security Council sanctions regime was circulated to all 15 members of the council’s Al-Qaeda and ISIL Sanctions Committee, also known as the 1267 Committee, under a “no-objection procedure” valid till June 16. Read More

Sonia Gandhi, who was hospitalised a couple of days ago after testing positive for coronavirus, has got a fungal infection and her health is being constantly monitorthe Congress said on Friday. Read More

China blocks move by India and US to designate senior LeT leader Abdul Rehman Makki as terrorist at the UNSC.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper published in May ranked India 127th among 162 countries in terms of speed of road transport. A comparison of the rankings shows that even Pakistan is ranked higher than India in terms of average speed. Read More

Deputy chief minister Renu Devi's house was attacked at Bettiah district.

China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be designed and built entirely within the country. Read More

Additional police forces in riot gear have been deployed in Prayagraj’s Atala and neighbouring areas a week after violence broke out there following Friday congregational prayers on June 10 during protests over suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma’s comments about Prophet Muhammad. Read More

A 42-year-old man was late on Thursday stabbed to death allegedly by his neighbour in north-west Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area following a quarrel between two minor boys, the police said. The quarrel broke out between the minors on one side, and one Shahida and her siblings Abdul Mutalif, Abdul Wahid and Shabnam on the other. Read More

A mob vandalised a train on Friday morning at the Ballia railway station in Uttar Pradesh during a protest against the Centre’s Agnipath recruitment scheme. Read More

Protests continued on the third day against the new military scheme - ‘Agnipath’ even as the defence ministry, late on Thursday night, announced a "one-time" waiver for the upper-age limit for the recruits - who will be called "Agniveers" - from 21 to 23. In Bihar, train coaches were set on fire on Friday by agitators. Read More

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Bombay high court order directing insurance firm Bajaj Allianz to clear compensation claims of over 350,000 farmers in Maharashtra, who suffered crop losses due to excessive rain in October 2020. Read More

As the protests against the new short-term recruitment scheme in the armed forces turned violent in several states, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday urged the youth to not get “misled” by anyone. Read More