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• NTA announces new dates for UGC-NET, CSIR UGC-NET, NCET exams
• Centre’s panel on exam reforms seeks suggestions from stakeholders till July 7
• Opposition forces disruptions in both Houses of Parliament over alleged NEET irregularities
• Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren gets bail in alleged money laundering case
• Monsoon arrives in Delhi bringing heavy rainfall, causing four deaths
• Delhi airport Terminal 1 halts operation after roof collapse, one dead
• Coal, electricity buoy core output in May
• Mobile phone bills to go up 15-25% as telcos revise tariff
• RBI raises WMA limits of States/UTs by 28% to ₹60,118 crore
• Deputy NSA Vikram Misri named next Foreign Secretary
• India slams ‘deeply biased’ U.S. report on religious freedom
• German Chancellor to visit India in October, ease of doing business and migration top on agenda
• India achieves an ‘outstanding outcome’ in FATF mutual evaluation 2023-24

International News

• FATF adds Monaco, Venezuela to money laundering ‘grey list’
• ‘Global south’ should reform world governance to make it more effective, balanced: Xi Jinping
• Joe Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy
• Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
• Sixty Indian nationals arrested in Sri Lanka for cyber crime operations
• Jasprit Bumrah becomes second-highest wicket-taker for India in single edition of T20 WC

Headlines in Detail

NTA announces new dates for UGC-NET, CSIR UGC-NET, NCET exams

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday night announced the new dates of cancelled and postponed examinations, including the UGC-NET, amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in their conduct. The UGC-NET, which was cancelled a day after being conducted on June 18, will now be held from August 21 to September 4.

Centre’s panel on exam reforms seeks suggestions from stakeholders till July 7
“The Centre’s high-level panel on examination reforms has sought suggestions and feedback from stakeholders, including students and parents, till July 7,” Ministry of Education officials said on June 28.

Opposition forces disruptions in both Houses of Parliament over alleged NEET irregularities
The row over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET examination for medical college admissions rocked both Houses of Parliament on Friday, with the Lok Sabha getting adjourned for the day after Speaker Om Birla disallowed adjournment motions on the issue.

Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren gets bail in alleged money laundering case, walks out of jail
Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in alleged land scam case. Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay ’s court granted him regular bail.

Monsoon arrives in Delhi bringing heavy rainfall leaving four death
Four people died and several were injured as the south-west monsoon arrived in the national capital bringing with it 228 mm of rainfall in a span of 24 hours, mostly concentrated between 3 a.m. and 8.30 a.m., on Friday. This is the highest rainfall in a 24-hour period in Delhi in June after 1936, while the average rainfall for June in the last 30 years is 75.2 mm.

Delhi airport Terminal 1 halts operation after roof collapse, one dead
A cab driver died and six people were injured after a portion of a canopy at Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 collapsed on cars amid heavy rain early on June 28, leading to suspension of flight departures, according to officials.

Coal, electricity buoy core output in May
Output growth in India’s eight core infrastructure sectors eased to 6.3% in May, from April’s 6.7% pace, with a double-digit rise in coal and electricity production offsetting contractions in three sectors, including cement and fertilisers.

Mobile phone bills to go up 15-25% as telcos revise tariff
Mobile phone bills for subscribers in India may go up by 15% to 25% on their existing plans as telcos eye a revenue raise through tariff revision. With the increase in revenue, mobile operators seek to expand 5G stations and enhance network load capacity to cater to the increase in consumption and creation of video content.

RBI raises WMA limits of States/UTs by 28% to ₹60,118 crore
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday increased the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limits of State governments and Union territories to ₹60,118 crore from ₹47,010 crore. “Based on the recommendations made by the Group constituted by the Reserve Bank and consisting of select state Finance Secretaries and taking into account the expenditure data of the states for the recent years, it has been decided to revise the WMA limits of the State Governments/ UTs, effective from July 1, 2024,” the RBI said in a circular.

Deputy NSA Vikram Misri named next Foreign Secretary
Mr. Misri, a 1989 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been appointed to the post with effect from July 15. He will succeed Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who was given a six-month extension in March.

India slams ‘deeply biased’ U.S. report on religious freedom
India on Friday slammed the U.S. State Department’s report on International Religious Freedom for 2023 as “deeply biased” and said it reflected “one-sided projection of issues”. During the weekly press briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the report questioned the “integrity” of certain legal judgments of the Indian courts and highlighted the United States’s own record in handling domestic hate crimes.

German Chancellor to visit India in October, ease of doing business and migration top on agenda: envoy
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to visit India in the second half of October for inter-governmental consultations during which ease of doing business, migration, geopolitics and climate change will be high on the agenda, German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann said on Friday.

India achieves an ‘outstanding outcome’ in FATF mutual evaluation 2023-24
India has achieved an outstanding outcome in the Mutual Evaluation conducted during 2023-24 by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), said the government on June 28. The Mutual Evaluation Report of India, which was adopted in the FATF plenary held in Singapore from June 26 and June 28, places India in the “regular follow-up” category, a distinction shared by only four other G-20 countries.

FATF adds Monaco, Venezuela to money laundering ‘grey list’
The action comes despite Monaco having already taken a series of actions after being singled out by the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body following a series of unverified claims against figures close to Prince Albert II. The FATF also removed Jamaica and Türkiye from the grey list after they eliminated the identified deficiencies in their efforts to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

‘Global south’ should reform world governance to make it more effective, balanced: Xi Jinping
Underlining the importance of the “Global South”, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said that the Global South should actively participate in reforming and developing the global governance system and make the global governance architecture more balanced and effective.

Joe Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy
President Joe Biden forcefully tried on Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket.

Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
The Supreme Court on Friday limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as former President Donald Trump. The justices ruled 6-3 that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002 in response to the financial scandal that brought down Enron Corp., must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents. Only some of the people who violently attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, fall into that category.

Sixty Indian nationals arrested in Sri Lanka for cyber crime operations
They were arrested on June 27 from the Colombo suburbs of Madiwela and Battaramulla and from the western coastal town of Negombo. The crackdown follows a complaint from a victim who was lured into a WhatsApp group promising cash for social media interactions.

Jasprit Bumrah becomes second-highest wicket-taker for India in single edition of T20 WC
He achieved the milestone after picking up two wickets against England in the semi-final match of the T20 World Cup 2024. He has taken 13 wickets for Team India in the tournament so far.

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