40 Indias among 49 workers killed in Kuwait inferno
At least 49 persons, including 40 Indian citizens , were killed in a
deadly fire that devastated an apartment complex in Kuwait’s southern district
Al Mangaf .
Most of the Indian victims hail from Kerala .
The fire broke out in the kitchen of the apartment .
Most people died of inhalation of Gas .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi despatched
Minister of State for external Affairs Kirtivardhab Singh to oversee help being
rendered to the injured and bring back mittal remains .
Ex Gratia ₹2 lakh has been announced to the
families of the deceased one. .
PM Modi and EAM S Jaishankar expressed shock
over the death.
Naidu is back as A.P. Chief Minister
Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ) national President
N . Chadrababu Naidu was Wednesday sworn
in as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh .
Pawan Kalyan was sworn in as Deputy Chief
Minister .
24 MLAs from NDA took the oath as ministers.
In recently held elections NDA alliance won 164 out of 175 seats . YSRCP
won 11 seats. .
Majhi sworn in as Odisha’s first BJP CM
Veteran BJP MLA Mohan Charan Majhi was sworn
as 16 th CM of Odisha .
16 BJP MLAs were sworn in as ministers .
On the occasion of many BJP leaders and CM Ms
were present .
CRPF jawan two militants killed in Jammu encounter
Two militant and a Jawan from CRPF were killed and seven security personnel were
injured in three encounters in Kathua and Doda
district.
The region has seen four major militant
attacks on Sunday , including the one in which 9 persons were killed .
Food inflation accelerates in urban areas
India’s retail Inflation slid to one year low
in May to 4.75 %. The inflation in April was 4.83%.
Food price inflation remained unchanged to
8.7%.
Among food items, the rise in vegetable prices
was 27.3% . This remained a major concern. Cereals , Milk , fruits remained at
moderate level inflation between 6-9%.
Prime Minister to attend G 7 outreach meet in Italy
PM Modi will travel to Apulia of Italy o.
Thursday to attend the G 7 outreach meet .
India is among 12 countries that has been
invited .
PM Modi will hold a meeting with leaders of G7
countries .
The PM can hold a meeting with the Ukrainian
PM also .
Any Interaction between PM Modi and Canada’s
PM Turdeau will be interesting to see , as the relationship between the two
countries is quite tense currently.
The G7 meeting will be held from 13-15 June .
The Peace Conference will be held between 15
-16 June .
India still has not decided on participation
in the Peace summit , Foreign. Secretary Vinay Kwatra said.
Shock as Indians die in distant battlefields
Russia has recently confirmed two deaths of
Indians on the Ukrainian battlefield . They were fighting from the Russian side
in Ongoing Russia Ukraine war .
India has demanded a ‘ verified stop ‘ to any
further recruitment of Indian nationals by the Russian army , says the
ministry ; The matter has been taken up
with the Kremlin and Ambassador in New Delhi directly .
63 cases of use of unfair means , but no paper leak, says
NTA
Sixty three cases of students using unfair
means were reported in NEET UG out of which 23 have been debarred for varying
periods , National Testing Officials said.
40 candidates have been withheld .
But the NTA reiterated that no paper leak
occurred and the sanctity of the exam was ok .
Study ranks India second in nitrous oxide emissions
India at 11% is world’s second largest source
of Nitrous Oxide ( N2O ) . China topped the list with 16% N2O emission .
The report was published in Journal.Earth System Science Data on Wednesday .
N2O is a greenhouse gas and heats up the
atmosphere more than CO2 .
The major source of N2O in the atmosphere
comes from fertilizers .
N2O emissions are responsible for 6.4% of the
greenhouse effect .
Lok Sabha session from June 24 ; New MPs to take oath ,
elect speakers
World
Macron calls for moderates unity to beat far right in
polls
French
President Emanual Macron on Wednesday urged moderate politicians from the left
and right to regroup to defeat the dar
right in the upcoming national legislative elections .
In recently concluded EU elections , Macron’s
party suffered heavy defeat from the far right National Rally of Marie LePen .
Mr Macron unexpectedly dissolved the National
Assembly , he said this to be a risky move as he could not ignore the new
political realities after the heavy defeat he got in EU elections .
Mr Macron had still 3 years left for his term
.
The election in France will be held in two
rounds on June 30 and July 7.
Hezbollah fires rocket at Israel to avenge senior
commander’s killing
Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a heavy barrage of
rockets into Northern Israel on Wednesday , to avenge the killing of top
commander Taleb Sami Abdullah .
About 160 projectiles were fired from Southern
Lebanon , making it one of the largest attacks since the fighting began .
Israeli attack on Lebanon has killed more than
400 people , most of them Hezbollah members and about 70 civilians . On the
Israeli side 15 soldiers and 10 civilians have died 
Pakistan bikes Defense budget by nearly 15 % in 2024-25
Pakistan on Wednesday announced a nearly 15 %
hike in its defense spending and allocated ₹2122 billion in the 2024 -25 budget
.
Last year this figure was ₹1804 Billion .
The volume of Budget passed in Pakistan’s
National Assembly stood to be ₹18,877 billion .
GDP growth target is 3.6%. Inflation Target is 12% .
Pakistan is currently in talks with the IMF on
further release of loan money .
Higher defense spending will be a negative
point in this .
Bangladeshi Nobel Prize winner Yunus indicted in graft charges
Mohammad Yunus and 13 others were indicted on
graft charges of an embezzlement of 252.2 million taka ( 2 million dollar )
from the workers welfare fund of his telecom company .
They are also accused of money laundering .
Currently Mr Yunus is on bail , but there are
about 100 cases going against him .
Editorial
High
Expectations
Naidu
must focus on creating jobs while continuing welfare schemes
Chardrababu Naidu took the oath of CM of
Andhra Pradesh .
Building the Amaravati capital will be one of
his goals . Previous government had stalled his plans to develop Amravati as
new capital .
Jagan Mohan Reddy had proposed three capital
formulas .
With coming of Mr. Naidu Amaravathi as capital
should remain his priority .
Farmers welfare is one of the major pressing
issues . In his election promises NDA had promised ₹20,000 crore input cost for
farmers.
As a futuristic leader Mr Naidu is expected to
complete his promises and move the state on a rapid developmental trajectory .
Right
turn
The far
right parties have done unexpectedly well in EU elections
The editorial is about EU election results in
which far right parties have gained .
The French President in a rare move has called
for National Assembly elections .
German Chancellor Olaf Scholaz ‘party also
lost heavily to AfK , a far right party .
Among the gainers is Italy PM Georgia Meloni’s
group .
The new EU parliament will not affect India
-EU ties directly but can affect other global issues .
India EU summit will be held in 2025 .
Currently PM Modi is expected to meet the EU
leaders on the sidelines of G7.
