DH Evening Brief: Retail inflation dips to over 2-year low of 4.25% in May; IOA plans to hold WFI elections on July 4

Retail inflation declined to a 25-month low of 4.25 per cent in May mainly on account of softening prices of food and fuel items. Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 4.7 per cent in April and 7.04 per cent in May 2022.

. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday appointed former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar as the returning officer to conduct the impending Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections on July 4.

. A few hours afterTrinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale alleged that the data of several citizens, including politicians and journalists who took Covid vaccine, has been leaked, the Government of India has clarified that "CoWIN portal of Health Ministry is completely safe with safeguards for data privacy."

. The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the High Court order by which it had essentially allowed bike-taxi aggregators Rapido and Uber to operate in the national capital by asking the Delhi government not to take any coercive action against them till a new policy was formulated.

. With the impending danger of a severe cyclonicstorm - Biparjoy - expected to hit Saurashtra and Kutch coastline on June 15, the Gujarat government on Monday announced the closure of schools in Kutch, Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, and Junagadh districts as one of the many precautionary measures being undertaken to minimise the possible damage.

. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Monday sounded poll bugle in Madhya Pradesh with the promise of providing LPG cylinderat Rs 500 and 100 units of freeelectricity.

. A Dutch vlogger was manhandled in Bengaluru's Chickpet, thevideo of which has gone viral now.In a video posted from his YouTube channel 'Madly Rover', the Dutch Youtuber Pedro Mota was seen getting harassed by a shopkeeper in the city's busy market while making a vlog.

. A large number of farmers gathered at Pipli in this district on Monday to attend a mahapanchayat being held to press for minimum support price for sunflower seed and other demands.

. Consistency has been the hallmark of the Indian Test team over the past five years but after its second successive failure in a WTC final, has it lost its best shot at attaining greatness?

. Brash, ebullient and a self-made billionaire, four-time prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was a media mogul and political showman whose financial and sexual scandals made him the most polarising figure in modern Italy.

. Over eight months after the Kerala government launched a vaccination drive for stray and pet canines in the wake of a spate of deaths due to dog bites, the stray dog menace has again reared its ugly head with the death of a differently abled 11-year-old boy who was attacked and bitten by dogs at Muzhappilangad.

DH Evening Brief: Retail inflation dips to over 2-year low of 4.25% in May; IOA plans to hold WFI elections on July 4

Retail inflation dips to over 2-year low of 4.25% in May

IOA plans to hold Wrestling Federation of India elections on July 4

Centre rubbishes CoWIN data breach allegations

No bike-taxi in Delhi for now as Supreme Court stays HC order

Cyclone Biparjoy: Gujarat on alert, schools closed, villages evacuated

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