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Stolen Picasso and Mondrian Paintings Found Stashed in a Ravine in Greece (NYT)

Congress tradition of holding training camps for party workers has ended: Shinde

Easy availability of drones definitely increases the complexity & challenges that we have to deal with. We have put in place some measures. We're developing capabilities to deal with the drone threat in both kinetic & non-kinetic realm: Army Chief General MM Naravane

Countries backs global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% (Reuters)

I-T dept notice to Atishi, 18 others after mis-match in income, assets detected: Sources (PTI)

India, Vietnam resolve to expand defence cooperation (PTI)

Hundreds evacuated as fires add to deadly Canada heat wave (AFP)

Pinterest bans all weight loss ads (Reuters)

Film fraternity pens down concerns on proposal to amend Cinematograph Act (PTI)

Reenat Sandhu takes charge as Secretary (West) in MEA (PTI)

Spanish court rules against UEFA in case over European Super League (Reuters)

Gujarat govt to withdraw over 500 cases of lockdown violation filed against migrant workers (PTI)

CBI seeks NIA court's permission to quiz Waze in Anil Deshmukh case (PTI)

Tropical storm Elsa strengthens as it moves toward Windward Islands: NHC

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari met Amit Shah in Delhi today. (ANI)

Myanmar court extends pretrial detention of US journalist (AP)

Delhi Metro services between Huda City Centre, Sikanderpur hit by snag; restored after an hour (PTI)

Economic activity recovering since late-May, rising cyber attacks a risk: RBI Governor

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US Supreme Court backs conservatives against California donor disclosure (Reuters)

Toolkit case: Chhattisgarh govt moves SC against HC reliefs to ex-CM Raman Singh, Sambit Patra (PTI)

Madras HC refuses to ban online games (PTI)

Northern Railway resumed services of 50 trains from today (ANI)

Feud put aside as UK's William and Harry unveil statue to Princess Diana (Reuters)

Biden in Florida to see condo collapse site, death toll at 18 (AFP)

Turkey officially withdraws from treaty protecting women (AP)

Blistering heat sweeps Haryana, parts of Punjab (PTI)

Dortmund agree 85 million euro sale of Sancho to Manchester United (Reuters)

Ensure implementation of HIMS project by March 2022: Kejriwal to officials

Modi meets newly elected MLAs from Puducherry, discusses UT's development (PTI)

Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi walks free as NIA court clears him of all charges under UAPA

Tropical Storm Elsa Forms Over Atlantic (NYT)

Lawyer for Trump Org's Weisselberg says he will plead not guilty, fight charges (CNN)

Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city fathers'' role in slavery (AP)

Economic activity was dented in April, but has started to look up in late-May and early June: RBI Guv

Ethiopia says Tigray ceasefire a work in progress amid fears of famine (Reuters)

Sweden's ousted PM tapped to reform government

Sweden's parliament speaker Andreas Norlen said Thursday that he had asked ousted Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to try to once again rally enough support for a government.

The move came after the leader of Sweden's largest right-wing opposition party, Ulf Kristersson, announced earlier that he was giving up on trying to secure a majority of his own. (AFP)

Scorching temperatures hit Greece in protracted heatwave (Reuters)

To say telecom is in a bit of stress is understatement; industry is under tremendous amount of pressure: Sunil Mittal

US jobless claims fall to 364,000 lowest since March 2020: Govt data

Iran restricts IAEA access to main enrichment plant after attack (Reuters)

Djokovic and Federer named in Olympic tournament (Reuters)

OPEC+ summit could lead to modest rise in oil output (AFP)

Panel advises Dutch government to apologise for slavery (Reuters)

VP Naidu turns 72; president among first to wish (PTI)

UK opens new post-study work visa route for Indian student (ANI)

From 1st to 5th July, North interior Karnataka is likely to receive isolated rainfall; whereas scattered rainfall is predicted in South interior Karnataka. Bengaluru reported 2cm rainfall; It is very likely to experience rain and thunder shower in the next few days: CS Patil, IMD

MVA is in agreement to convene Maharashtra Assembly Speaker's election in the two-day (on 5th and 6th July) monsoon session: Balasaheb Thorat

Air Bubble Arrangement between India & Qatar extended for July 2021. The flights have resumed under this arrangement: Embassy of India Doha, Qatar

Kerala HC stays decision to hike stamp duty for land transactions in Lakshadweep by its Administration (ANI)

De Bruyne, Eden Hazard absent from Belgium training ahead of Italy clash (AFP)

Trump company's CFO surrenders ahead of expected unveiling of criminal tax charges (Reuters)

Pak anti-terror court gives death to guard for killing bank manager over blasphemy allegations (PTI)

Rainfall over the country as a whole is most likely to be normal, as per IMD's forecast for July

'Antilia' bomb scare case: Court extends NIA custody of two accused till July 5 (PTI)

Sensex drops 164.11 points to end at 52,318.60; Nifty declines 41.50 points to 15,680 (PTI)

Pakistan Army inducts China-made VT-4 battle tanks (PTI)

We have told the farmers' union that the government is ready for discussions on provisions of the farm laws except for repealing the laws: Narendra Singh Tomar

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari took charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff today (ANI)

WB Post-poll violence: SC seeks Centre's response for imposing President Rule in state

Due to a technical issue at Huda City Centre, temporarily no train services will be available between Huda City Centre and Sikanderpur (Yellow Line): Delhi Metro

DMRC building first-ever underground integrated parking facility at Dhansa station

The Delhi Metro is building its first-ever underground integrated parking facility at an upcoming metro station on the Grey Line, which will allow commuters to park their vehicles and move to the concourse area directly, officials said on Thursday.

The Dhansa Bus Stand metro station, being built on the extension of the Grey Line, is expected to open in July, they said. (PTI)

RSS condemns graft allegations against senior leader Nimbaram

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday condemned allegations against one its senior leaders of demanding Rs 20 crore "commission" from a firm engaged in door-to-door garbage collection here.

The allegations levelled against regional pracharak Nimbaram are efforts to present misleading facts to assassinate his character, RSS leaders said. (PTI)

"Both India and Vietnam share a long-standing tradition of helping each other in difficult times. We have achieved substantial progress in defence industry cooperation in recent years,"Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.

"Farmersare agitating for the past 6 months. There is a deadlock between the Centre and farmers. The Centre should have a dialogue with them and take a lead in this,"NCP Chief Sharad Pawar. (ANI)

Maruti Suzuki dispatches to dealerships jump to 1,47,368 units in June

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Thursday reported more than three-fold increase in total sales at 1,47,368 units in June, as compared to 46,555 units in May, as easing of Covid-related restrictions helped the auto major to dispatch more units to dealerships.

The country's largest carmaker said its domestic dispatches to dealers last month stood at 1,30,348 units, as compared to 35,293 units in May.

Six years of Digital India programme marks rapid strides that the country has taken in adoption of technology, PM Modi said today

PM Modi addresses an event on Digital India

China June new home prices held back by curbs

Growth in China's new home prices remained largely steady in June, with momentum slowed by government curbs on rampant borrowing and caps on prices of housing projects in some cities, a private-sector survey showed on Thursday.

New home prices in 100 cities rose 0.36 per centin June from a month earlier, up slightly from 0.34 per centgrowth in May, according to data from China Index Academy, one of the country's largest independent real estate research firms. (Reuters)

Bombay High Court will lpronounce verdict in Gulshan Kumar murder case today. Gulshan Kumar, founder of T-Series was killed on August 12, 1997, in Juhu area of Mumbai.

Former BJP MP Sharad Tripathi dies

Former BJP MP from Santkabirnagar Sharad Tripathi died due to prolonged illness at Medanta hospital in Haryana’s Gurgaon, family sources said.

Tripathi (49) died on Wednesday night due to liver-related ailment, they said.

India's June jobless rate falls to 9.17% -private think-tank CMIE

India’s June unemployment rate fell to 9.17 per cent from the May figure of 11.90 per cent, data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed on Thursday.

Most economic activities have resumed in the south Asian nation after state governments eased pandemic curbs following a fall in coronavirus infections, which peaked in May. (Reuters)

Credit Suisse to realign strategy this year, chairman says

Credit Suisse expects to decide on a new strategy by the end of the year, Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio said in his first interview since assuming the role at the troubled lender.

Credit Suisse's top management are under pressure to come up with an overhaul plan after losing more than $5 billion in the rush to unwind trades by family office Archegos, on the heels of the collapse of $10 billion in funds backed by insolvent supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital. (Reuters)

"On this Doctors' Day, I salute all members of the medical fraternity for rendering selfless service and working round-the-clock to save others' lives by risking their own,"Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said. (ANI)

An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter scale hit Palghar, Maharashtra at 7.07 am today: National Centre for Seismology

SoftBank to raise $7.35 bln in offshore bond sale

SoftBank Group Corp said on Thursday it plans to raise $7.35 billion this month by selling USdollar- and euro-denominated bonds, the Japanese conglomerate's first such foreign bond sale in three years.

SoftBank plans to sell dollar bonds worth $3.85 billion with maturities ranging from 3.5 years to 10 years, and euro bonds worth 2.95 billion euros ($3.5 billion) with a similar duration. (Reuters)

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Pune-based businessman Avinash Bhosle and his son Amit Bhosle in connection with a money laundering case. Avinash will be present today while his son has been asked to appear tomorrow.

Number of international migrant workers globally has risen to 169 million, a rise of 3 per centsince 2017, as per latest estimates from International Labour Organization (ILO). The share of youth migrant workers (aged 15-24) has also increased, by almost 2 per cent, or 3.2 million, since 2017.

Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh to meet Congress leaders from urban areas of the state, followed by lunch in Chandigarh today

(ANI)

US House of Representatives approves the creation of a select committee to probe the January 6 attack on the US Capitol

The US House of Representatives voted along party lines Wednesday to investigate the deadly Capitol insurrection of January 6, green-lighting a Democratic-controlled select committee after Senate Republicans blocked an independent, 9/11-style commission.

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Govt panel recommends against allowing SII to conduct trial of Covovax on children aged 2-17 years

An expert panel of the country's central drug authority on Wednesday recommended against granting permission to the Serum Institute of India (SII) to conduct the phase 2/3 trial of Covid-19 vaccine Covovax on children aged two to 17 years, sources said.

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