– Govt. extends upper age limit for Agnipath recruitment scheme from 21 to 23 years

– SC on UP demolitions: Authorities should strictly follow due process

– Nearly 5 mn in India displaced due to climate change, disasters in 2021: UN

– External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar addresses Ministerial Session of the Delhi Dialogue -12

– SCO approves the Plan for conduct of the Joint Border Operation Friendship Border 2022

– ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’: 75 Sea beaches to be cleaned from 3rd July to 17th Sept

– Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju meets Mongolian president Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh in Ulaanbaatar

– Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal terms World Trade Organisation’s 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva as successful; claims India received 100 percent success

– Union Minister Nitin Gadkari proposes setting up of Innovation Bank for new ideas, research findings, technologies to focus on quality in infrastructure development

– Forex reserves down $4.5 billion to $596.4 billion in the week ended June 10

– Indians’ funds in Swiss banks jump 50% to 3.83 billion Swiss francs (over Rs 30,500 crore) in 2021; customer deposits up too

– World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought observed on June 17, theme: “Rising up from drought together”

– China launches its third aircraft carrier named Fujian

– UK approves extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to US

– EU Commission backs candidate status for Ukraine

– China blocks India, US bid to designate Pak-based Abdul Rehman Makki as global terrorist by UN

– 110th Session of the International Labour Conference held in Geneva

– Russia’s Gazprom cuts gas supply to Germany

– Mongolia’s Khuvsgul lake added to UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves

– England hit world record one-day international score of 498-4 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen