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Delhi HC reserves judgement connected Telegram’s plea challenging impermanent prohibition up of NEET retest
The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) reserved its judgement connected the plea challenging a impermanent prohibition connected Telegram messaging level up of the upcoming NEET-UG re-examination. This comes 2 days aft the Centre’s decision to suspend entree to the level services successful India until June 22, citing concerns linked to the behaviour of the retest. In the hearing, the Centre said it has been repeatedly asking Telegram messaging app to instrumentality proactive measures to support a cheque connected amerciable and suspicious channels. Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta submitted the Court that “nothing was done” astir the matter.
‘Iranian missiles are lone for firing’: Tehran says defence capabilities not portion of talks with U.S.
Iran said connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) that its missile programme would not beryllium portion of aboriginal negotiations with the United States, aft the two sides agreed a model woody for ending their war. U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of knowing aboriginal Thursday (June 18, 2026), ending a determination warfare that erupted connected February 28 with U.S.-Israeli strikes.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan holds reappraisal gathering for NEET re-examination preparations
Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) chaired a high-level reappraisal meeting of elder officials and functionaries of the Ministry of Education, State Governments, National Testing Agency (NTA) and Higher Education Institutions to measure the preparedness of the NEET UG re-examination scheduled to beryllium conducted connected June 21. Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar; Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Vineet Joshi and Director General, NTA, Shri Abhishek Singh, besides attended the meeting.
Government ratifies 8.25% EPF involvement complaint for FY’26, to beryllium credited this month
The authorities has ratified 8.25% complaint of involvement connected employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2025-26, which is apt to beryllium credited to implicit 7 crore contributing members this month. EPFO provides the complaint of involvement connected EPF aft it gets ratified by the authorities done the Finance Ministry. The concern ministry has fixed its concurrence to 8.25% complaint of involvement fixed by Central Board of Trustees (CBT), the apex determination making assemblage of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), a root said connected Thursday (June 18, 2026).
West Bengal moves Supreme Court against aboriginal merchandise of 1993 Bowbazar blast convict
The West Bengal authorities connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court bid directing the merchandise of Rashid Khan, who is serving a beingness condemnation successful the 1993 Bowbazar blast lawsuit that near 69 radical dormant successful Kolkata. The State sought urgent involution from the apex tribunal to forestall his release. The counsel representing the State sought urgent listing of the substance earlier a Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana, contending that the lawsuit progressive a “very superior offence” and should beryllium heard connected Monday (June 22).
Governor’s code passes disconnected smoothly arsenic archetypal league of 17th T.N. Assembly begins; House to conscionable for 3 days
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) delivered his customary address during the archetypal league of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, aft the authorities led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay assumed bureau and won the spot vote, marking a creaseless commencement to the House proceedings without immoderate disruptions. The league began astatine 10 a.m. with the rendition of the State song Tamil Thaai Vazhthu (Invocation of Mother Tamil), followed by the National Anthem. This was a interruption from House normal wherever the National Anthem is played lone astatine the extremity of the Governor’s Address.
ED arrests erstwhile AP Minister’s lad successful liquor transport scam probe
Karumuri Sunil Kumar, son of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh Civil Supplies Minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) successful transportation with the alleged Andhra Pradesh liquor transport scam. The apprehension comes a week aft the ED carried retired searches connected premises linked to Mr. Sunil, his begetter and different accused successful the case. The bureau is investigating alleged irregularities successful liquor proscription contracts awarded by the Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (APSBCL).
Congress jabs govt. implicit Iran-U.S. MoU signing, calls it terrible setback to PM’s overseas policy
The Congress connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) came down heavy connected the government aft the U.S. and Iran signed a bid deal, saying the pact being called the ‘Islamabad MoU’ shows the new-found determination lasting and planetary power of Pakistan which is simply a “severe setback” to some the substance and benignant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s overseas policy. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh noted that the 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding betwixt the U.S. and Iran has present been officially released.
Ram temple row: wherefore isn’t SP talking astir Babri funds, asks U.P. Deputy CM
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak connected Thursday (June 18, 2026) waded into the Ram Mandir donations contention and deed retired astatine Samajwadi Party main Akhliesh Yadav asking “why isn’t the SP talking astir donations received to physique Babri Masjid.” “I privation to inquire the Opposition, particularly the SP chief, funds were collected to physique the Babri Masjid, wherever has the wealth gone,” helium asked portion speaking to presspersons. “He volition ne'er rise questions connected that issue. He volition lone question the Sanatan civilization and bash authorities of appeasement and ballot bank. He thinks this volition unafraid his ballot bank,” said Mr. Pathak.
Revised societal information pact with U.K. could prevention $500 cardinal for Indian firms and workers
The statement connected societal information that India and the U.K. person signed and that volition travel into force connected July 15 volition prevention Indian companies and workers determination astir $500 cardinal worthy of societal information payments that they different would person had to wage successful the U.K., according to sources successful the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
UAE sets minimum societal media property astatine 15, mandates property checks
The United Arab Emirates has acceptable a minimum property of 15 for societal media use, becoming the archetypal Arab country to present specified a regularisation arsenic governments worldwide question to code increasing concerns over the interaction of online platforms connected children. Under a solution approved connected Thursday (June 18, 2026), children nether 15 volition beryllium prohibited from creating, utilizing oregon operating idiosyncratic societal media accounts. The prohibition means they volition not beryllium capable to station content, comment, share or articulation nationalist groups, the government’s media office said.
Indian teen dies successful equine carriage mishap during his archetypal travel to New York
An Indian teen died portion trying to prevention his mother, who was thrown from a horse-drawn carriage aft the equine abruptly bolted astatine the celebrated Central Park successful New York City. Romanch Mahajan, 18, was connected his archetypal travel to New York with his household erstwhile the incidental took spot connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026), The New York Times reported. The operator stopped to instrumentality a household picture, and successful an instant, the equine bolted. It tore up onto the sidewalk and bumped onto the grass, accelerating crazily, the operator racing behind, the study added.
Iran-U.S. MoU opens doors for Iran to involvement claims successful Strait of Hormuz
The substance of the Iran-U.S. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), as work retired by U.S. officials and reported successful the media, contains 2 cardinal provisions regarding shipping. While promising to relieve sanctions connected Iranian lipid sales, the statement opens the doorway for Iran to involvement a assertion successful vessel transition in the Strait of Hormuz and complaint a interest for transit. Before the war, Iran did not workout specified a right, and nary toll oregon interest was mandatory for immoderate merchant vessel transiting the strait.
FIFA World Cup: Portugal manager defends playing Cristiano Ronaldo for afloat 90 minutes successful gully with DR Congo
Portugal manager Roberto Martinez dismissed questions astir Cristiano Ronaldo’s role aft a frustrating World Cup opener, defending his determination to support the skipper on for the afloat 90 minutes in Wednesday’s (June 18, 2026) 1-1 gully with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ronaldo went without a changeable connected people successful Houston, extending his scoreless streak to 5 consecutive World Cup matches and 10 consecutive games astatine large tournaments. The 41-year-old guardant hasn’t scored a non-penalty goal astatine a World Cup oregon European Championship since June 2021, but Martinez said removing him was ne'er a superior information portion Portugal chased a winner.
Mexican subject brings down drone adjacent South Korea’s grooming camp, manager calls it ‘unfortunate’
Mexican subject forces intercepted and brought down a drone that flew adjacent the South Korean nationalist shot team’s grooming campy up of its World Cup lucifer against Mexico, a national authoritative told The Associated Press on Wednesday (June 17, 2026). Military forces utilized specialised instrumentality to observe an “unregistered drone” adjacent the South Korean camp, prompting them to “neutralise” it, the Mexican national cause said.
