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PM meets J&K leaders in New Delhi including 4 ex-CMs: Farooq Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti .
PM interacts with participants of Toycathon-2021 via video conferencing .
Former Kerala Health Minister K. K. Shailaja awarded Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize in recognition of her commitment to public health services TOYCATHON .
Ministry of corporate affairs expands definition of small and medium companies (SMC), raising their turnover (Rs 250 crore) and borrowing limits (Rs 50 crore) .
Toycathon-2021 jointly launched by the Ministry of Education, WCD Ministry, MSME Ministry, DPIIT, Textile Ministry, I&B Ministry and AICTE in January 2021 to crowd-source innovative toys and games ideas .
NBFCs can give dividend only if accounts are clean, NPAs not hidden, and are below 6% for the last three years: RBI .
1,567 ideas were shortlisted for the three-day online Toycathon Grand Finale held from June 22 to June 24 .
S&P Global Ratings cuts India’s growth forecast for 2021-22 to 9.5 per cent, from 11 per cent earlier .
Dr. Harsh Vardhan addresses the virtual event to Highlight 25 Years of Global Tobacco Control Progress .
Army issues tender for 1,750 Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicles (FICVs) under the Make in India initiative .
India votes in favour of a General Assembly resolution demanding end on U.S. economic blockade against Cuba .
Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020 says World Drug Report of UNODC (U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime) .
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan holds meeting with OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo .
Last print edition of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily sold out across Hong Kong .
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting of NSAs (national security advisors) held in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe .
World Bank providing $32 million loan for Mizoram Health Systems Strengthening Project .
World Health Organization’s Tedros Ghebreyesus, World Intellectual Property Organization’s Daren Tang and World Trade Organization’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala launch joint platform to help countries plug the gaps in accessing Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and technologies .
Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo (109 goals) becomes joint top-scorer in men’s international football with Iran’s Ali Daei .
SBI launches Aarogyam healthcare business loan for healthcare sector; hospitals, nursing homes can avail of loans up to Rs 100 crore (as per the geographic location) repayable in 10 years .
John McAfee (75), antivirus software pioneer, found dead in Spanish prison .
Philippines: Former President (2020-2016) Benigno Aquino III dies at 61
