Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated at home in capital Port-au-Prince .
UNICEF inks deal with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply of 220 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses of Johnson & Johnson to all 55 member states of the African Union (AU) by the end of 2022 .
CBSE announces new rules Class 10 & 12 board exams for 2021-22; session to be split into two terms, 50% syllabus in each term .
U.S. Defense Department cancels its $10 billion JEDI cloud-computing project that had been awarded to Microsoft during President Donald Trump’s rule .
Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, accused in Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case of December 2017, dies at 84 in Mumbai hospital .
Centre creates new Ministry of Cooperation for strengthening cooperative movement .
BRICS member countries agree to a Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)-led BRICS Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24) proposed by India .
Swamy Prakashananda, former head of Sivagiri Madhom (Mutt), dies at 99 in Thiruvananthapuram .
BRICS Education Ministers meeting hosted by India virtually .
IAF to procure 10 anti-drone systems for deployment in border areas .
Norway’s Telenor quits Myanmar over military coup .
CoWIN, India’s technology platform for COVID vaccination, is being made open source and will be available to all countries: PM said in his address at the CoWIN Global Conclave .
US: Zaila Avant-garde (14) becomes first African-American to win National Spelling Bee contest in its 96-year history .
National Health Authority CEO Ram Sewak Sharma and Infosys non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekani appointed as members of an advisory council for creating an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) .
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar calls on Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran .
Exports of Geographical Indications certified Bhalia wheat from Gujarat begins .
Indian Army chief Gen. M.M. Naravane meets U.K.’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Sir Carter .
Delhi govt. launches ‘Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana’ to provide financial assistance to families of COVID-19 victims .
MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) Minister Nitin Gadkari becomes “Brand Ambassador” of Khadi Prakritk Paint made from cow dung by KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) .
First commercial shipment of Mishri variety of cherries from Kashmir exported to Dubai .
WhatsApp tells Delhi HC it won’t compel users to opt for new privacy policy till data protection bill comes into force .
Former hockey player Keshav Chandra Datt dies in Kolkata at 95, was member of gold medal winning team at 1948 (London) and 1952 (Helsinki) Olympic Games .
BRICS members agree on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)-led cooperation .
Israel’s Parliament fails to extend controversial law barring Palestinians from being granted citizenship rights upon marrying Israeli citizens .
At least 52 people died in a fire that engulfed Hashem Food and Beverage Ltd. factory in Rupganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka .
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar holds talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow .
Oxfam: 11 people die of hunger each minute around the globe .
NFRA (National Financial Reporting Authority) extends deadline for comments on consultation paper till July 30 .
Congress leader Virbhadra Singh, former Himachal Pradesh CM & Union Minister, dies at 87 in Shimla .
Bharat Dynamics Ltd signs Rs 499-crore deal with IAF for surface-to-air Akash missiles of range 30 kms .
Online course mobile app ‘Matsya Setu’ launched for aquaculture farmers by Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Giriraj Singh .
Ethiopia resumes filling disputed ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ on Nile river ignoring opposition from Egypt and Sudan .
Govt. sets up 25-member development council for cement industry under Dalmia Bharat Group CMD Puneet Dalmia .
Tropical Storm Elsa brings strong winds, steady downpour to Cuba .
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Gantz .
‘Superman’, ‘Lethal Weapon’ director Richard Donner dies at age of 91 .
Country’s foreign exchange touch a lifetime high of $610.012 billion in the week ended July 2 .
Sensex closes above 53,000 for the first time ever, closes at new lifetime high of 53,054; Nifty also closes at a new lifetime high of 15,879.65 .
Ministry of Tourism signs MoU with travel & tourism portal Yatra.com to strengthen Hospitality & Tourism Industry .
Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrests Kewal Krishan Kumar, CMD of Shakti Bhog Foods Limited, on money-laundering charge .
M. C. Mary Kom (boxing), Manpreet Singh (hockey) to be flag bearers of Indian contingent at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics; wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag bearer at the closing ceremony .
Fitch cuts India’s GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 to 10% from 12.8% earlier .
CII organising Indo Pacific Business Summit on 6-8 July virtually, theme: ‘Developing a Road Map for Shared Prosperity’ .
Twitter failed to comply with to comply with Information Technology (IT) Rules 2021, losing its immunity as ‘intermediary’: Govt tells Delhi High Court .
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participates virtually in G20 High-Level Tax Symposium on Tax Policy and Climate Change .
Sri Lanka issues commemorative coin marking centenary of Chinese Communist Party .
J&K: Indian Army names firing range in Gulmarg after Vidya Balan
NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED
P.S. Sreedharan Pillai: Goa .
Satyadev Narayan Arya: Tripura .
Ramesh Bais: Jharkhand .
Bandaru Dattatreya: Haryana .
Thaawarchand Gehlot: Karnataka .
Hari Babu Kambhampati: Mizoram .
Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel: Madhya Pradesh .
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar: Himachal Pradesh.
NEW DIPLOMATS IN INDIA
Mariana Pacheco Montes: Ambassador of Colombia .
Alberto Antonio Guani Amarilla: Ambassador of Uruguay .
Jason Keats Matthew Hall: High Commissioner of Jamaica .
Youri Babakhanyan: Armenia.
DILIP KUMAR
Legendary actor Dilip Kumar dies at 98 in Mumbai .
Filmfare Awards for Best Actor 8 times .
Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 .
Padma Bhushan (1991) .
Padma Vibhushan (2015) .
Pakistan’s Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998) .
Nominated Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra in 2000–2006.
NEW CABINET MINISTERS
Narayan Rane: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises .
Sarbananda Sonowal: Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH .
Virendra Kumar: Social Justice & Empowerment .
Jyotiraditya M Scindia: Civil Aviation .
Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Steel .
Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology .
Pashupati Kumar Paras: Food Processing Industries .
Bhupender Yadav: Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Labour & Employment .
Kiren Rijiju: Law & Justice .
Raj Kumar Singh: Power and New & Renewable Energy .
Mansukh Mandaviya: Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers .
Hardeep Singh Puri: Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs .
G. Kishan Reddy: Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region .
Anurag Thakur: Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports .
Parshottam Rupala: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying .
Narendra Modi: Science & Technology .
Amit Shah: Cooperation.
NEW MINISTERS OF STATE
Pankaj Choudhary: Ministry of Finance .
Anupriya Singh Patel: Commerce & Industry .
Satya Pal Singh Baghel: Law & Justice .
Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & Information Technology
Shobha Karandlaje: Agriculture & Farmers Welfare .
Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises .
Darshana Vikram Jardosh: Textiles and Railways .
Meenakshi Lekhi: External Affairs and Culture .
Annpurna Devi: Education .
A. Narayanaswamy: Social Justice & Empowerment .
Kaushal Kishore: Housing & Urban Affairs .
Ajay Bhatt: Defence and Tourism .
B. L. Verma: Development of North Eastern Region and Cooperation .
Ajay Kumar: Home Affairs .
Devusinh Chauhan: Communications .
Bhagwanth Khuba: New & Renewable Energy and Chemicals & Fertilizers .
Kapil Moreshwar Patil: Panchayati Raj .
Pratima Bhoumik: Social Justice & Empowerment .
Subhas Sarkar: Education .
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Finance .
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: External Affairs and Education .
Bharati Pravin Pawar: Health & Family Welfare .
Bishweswar Tudu: Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti .
Shantanu Thakur: Ports, Shipping & Waterways .
Munjapara Mahendrabhai: Women & Child Development and AYUSH .
John Barla: Minority Affairs .
L. Murugan: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Information & Broadcasting .
Nisith Pramanik: Home Affairs and Youth Affairs & Sports.
NEW AMBASSADORS IN INDIA
Pattarat Hongtong: Thailand .
Daniela Mariana Sezonov Tane: Romania .
Nurlan Zhalgasbayev: Kazakhstan .
Firat Sunel: Turkey.
