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Seven women killed successful ammonia state leak successful Tiruvallur factory
Seven women died during attraction connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) after being affected successful a large ammonia state leak at a backstage seafood processing unit successful Manjangaranai adjacent Periyapalayam, constabulary said. A full of 67 affected workers were rushed to section aesculapian centres immediately, Thiruvallur District Collector S. Kavitha said. According to her, 46 are being treated astatine Vels Hospital and 21 astatine Venkateshwara Hospital. Nine of the astir critically sick patients person since been mobilised via ambulances to the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital successful Chennai.
NEET-UG retest held astatine implicit 5,400 centres successful India, overseas amid choky security
2.2 cardinal aspiring aesculapian students gathered connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) to instrumentality a re-examination nether heightened information measures. This wide retest comes successful the aftermath of the cancellation of the erstwhile examination, which was marred by a insubstantial leak that incited nationalist outrage crossed the nation. Candidates began arriving astatine NEET-UG re-test centres arsenic aboriginal arsenic 11 a.m. connected June 21 amid choky information arrangements, with frisking and verification of admit cards and individuality documents underway astatine respective introspection venues.
India-EU commercialized pact to beryllium signed by December; implemented from Feb-Mar adjacent year: Piyush Goyal
India and the 27-nation European Union will motion the escaped commercialized agreement by December and are apt to instrumentality the pact during February- March adjacent year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said connected Sunday (June 21, 2026). On January 27 this year, India and the EU announced the decision of negotiations for the ‘mother of each deals’. “Now, with astir zero duty, astir the full European marketplace volition beryllium unfastened for us. The EU’s FTA (free commercialized agreement) volition beryllium signed by December and volition beryllium effectual by February-March,” Mr. Goyal said during an enactment with chartered accountants successful Mumbai.
Congress makes beardown transportation for making close to ballot a cardinal right
The Congress on Sunday (June 21, 2026) made a strong transportation for making the close to ballot a cardinal right, saying it would beryllium a almighty measurement successful putting successful spot safeguards against elector suppression oregon arbitrary disqualifications that person taken spot successful antithetic states successful “astronomical numbers” nether the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Congress person Jairam Ramesh said that with the “blatantly partisan functioning” of the Election Commission of India (ECI) moving astatine the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, having been brutally exposed, it is present clip to elevate the close to ballot arsenic a cardinal close that would connection it the highest level of judicial reappraisal and protection.
Panel sets deadline for Meghalaya govt. to halt ‘faceless’ amerciable ember trade
A one-member judicial committee appointed by the High Court of Meghalaya has fixed the State authorities 15 days to code the “faceless” quality of amerciable ember mining and proscription successful the State. In its 38th interim study submitted to the High Court connected June 17, the Justice (retired) B.P. Katakey committee directed the State authorities to frame, wrong a fortnight, a broad enactment program that includes measures to clasp officials accountable for allowing amerciable ember mining and proscription nether their watch.
Iran says can’t participate last U.S. woody talks without extremity to Lebanon war
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, including the caput of the military, Asim Munir, arrived successful Switzerland connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) for talks connected adding cardinal details to the interim statement betwixt U.S. and Iran to halt the war, hours aft Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel’s attacks successful Lebanon and warned that small mightiness beryllium achieved if the warring doesn’t stop. U.S. President Donald Trump, successful response, unleashed a caller menace to enforce American tolls successful the important waterway if a last woody with Iran isn’t reached successful 60 days, saying the wealth would beryllium for “services rendered arsenic the Guardian Angel to the countries of the West Asia.” The statement calls for toll-free question for 60 days.
Leaders, yoga enthusiasts enactment successful celebrations crossed the country
Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) led the nation successful observing the 12th International Day of Yoga from the Red Road successful Kolkata. President Droupadi Murmu led the celebrations successful Madhya Pradesh, performing asanas astatine the State-level lawsuit successful Jabalpur. Addressing the nation, Mr. Modi said: “June 21 marks the longest time connected Earth; it has present go the largest assemblage solemnisation time due to the fact that of yoga”. He said, “Yoga brings radical together; I congratulate radical of the satellite connected this occasion. Yoga is not conscionable carnal exercise, not restricted to immoderate property group; it is look of quality spirit.”
India boosts Russian, UAE lipid purchases successful June up of afloat Hormuz recovery
India’s crude lipid imports from Russia surged in June, portion shipments from the United Arab Emirates were near-record levels arsenic refiners sought to unafraid supplies up of the afloat restoration of flows from Gulf producers following the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, analysts said. India imported an mean of 2.66 cardinal barrels per time of crude lipid from Russia successful June, done Friday (June 19, 2026), compared to 1.91 cardinal bpd successful May, information from maritime and commodity quality steadfast Kpler showed, cementing Moscow’s presumption arsenic the country’s largest lipid supplier.
CJP protestation successful Delhi: Dipke, supporters proceed sit-in overnight astatine Jantar Mantar; impulse radical to articulation protest
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, on with supporters, continued the sit-in protestation astatine Jantar Mantar overnight, demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan implicit the NEET insubstantial leak controversy, and urged radical to articulation the objection connected Sunday (June 21, 2026). The protestation entered its 2nd time connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) arsenic Mr. Dipke appealed to radical to scope Jantar Mantar, portion asking NEET aspirants to articulation the agitation aft completing their re-examination.
Mediator Qatar confirms motorboat of U.S.-Iran talks successful Switzerland
The mediating country, Qatar, connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) confirmed the commencement of talks betwixt the United States and Iran in Switzerland aimed astatine a permanent extremity to the West Asia war. In a statement, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced “the motorboat of the Lake Lucerne Summit and the archetypal gathering of the high-level committee with the information of representatives from the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the 2 mediating states, the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan”.
Bangladesh issues countrywide alert fearing unrest connected day of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League
Bangladesh connected Saturday (June 20, 2026) issued a nationwide information alert implicit imaginable unrest ahead of the founding day of the now-disbanded Awami League, the enactment of deposed premier curate Sheikh Hasina. The enactment was disbanded by the Muhammad Yunus-led interim authorities aft Hasina’s authorities was toppled connected August 5, 2024, pursuing a convulsive student-led thoroughfare protestation dubbed the July Uprising. “We person quality accusation that the Awami League whitethorn effort to make unrest and instability successful the state surrounding June 23,” Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said portion addressing a property conference.
