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Telegram app restricted successful India astatine NTA petition anterior to NEET-UG 2026 re-examination
At the National Testing Agency (NTA)’s request, the Union Government is blocking the messaging app Telegram successful India for a week until Monday (June 22, 2026), pursuing what the NTA described arsenic a “response to the organised usage of the level by cheating rackets to defraud candidates appearing for the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination scheduled connected 21 June 2026.”
G7 leaders unfastened acme talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined satellite leaders astatine the Group of Seven acme of large industrialised nations connected Tuesday (June 16) for talks connected ending the warfare successful Ukraine aft much than 4 years of struggle sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion. Mr. Zelenskyy was welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron up of a greeting moving league with G7 leaders to sermon the war.
SC orders single-phase Tripura colony committee polls connected September 27
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) directed the Tripura State Election Commission (SEC) to clasp the long-overdue elections to the colony committees nether the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) successful a azygous signifier connected September 27, making it wide that nary further hold of the canvass docket would beryllium granted.
BJP weighs organisational restructuring amid accelerated expansion
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enlargement successful caller years, without a corresponding restructuring of its organisational set-up, has been weighing heavy connected the enactment leadership. With a new nationalist squad arsenic good arsenic a Cabinet reshuffle said to beryllium successful the offing, discussions connected organisational restructuring person taken centre stage.
BJP authorities has ‘failed’ archetypal trial of accountability by not seeking Pradhan’s resignation, says Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) accused the BJP authorities of having wholly failed the trial of accountability by not asking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign pursuing respective exam irregularities. He besides criticised the authorities for putting curbs connected the Telegram messaging app up of the NEET-UG 2026 re-exam connected June 21.
Supreme Court seeks responses of Centre, States connected plea for usage of Aadhaar arsenic individuality impervious only
The Supreme Court connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) sought responses from the Centre and States connected a plea alleging misuse of Aadhaar cards issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) arsenic impervious of citizenship, domicile and residence. The petition claimed that “infiltrators and amerciable immigrants” are capable to get Aadhaar cards and task themselves arsenic “lawful residents”, thereby availing benefits to which they are not legally entitled.
Lok Sabha Speaker invites Mamata faction to ‘present case’ amid TMC split
Amid a petition by the Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar-led faction of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs to merge with the Nationalist Citizen Party of India (NCPI), Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla connected Monday (June 15, 2026) invited the radical of TMC MPs led by Mamata Banerjee to “present their case”. The Speaker’s bureau was responding to TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s missive of June 10.
NCPI acceptable to judge merger of rebel TMC MPs; numbers whitethorn spell up to 22: Kakoli Dastidar
Rebel Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) said the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) has agreed to judge the joining of each the dissident Lok Sabha members of her party, whose numbers are apt to spell up to 22 from the contiguous 20.
All hellhole volition rainfall down if Iran acquires atomic weapon, says Trump
The United States has “no obligation” to put successful Iran adjacent aft its woody with the Islamic Republic to extremity the Middle East war, President Donald Trump said connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026). “We are not investing immoderate money” successful Iran, Mr. Trump said astatine the G7 acme successful France aft talks with the emir of Qatar, adding that the main absorption of the woody was that Iran would not get a atomic limb and that “all hell” would “rain down” connected the state if it did.
DR Congo Ebola highest ‘in beforehand of us’, outbreak could past a year, says Red Cross
The deadly Ebola outbreak successful the Democratic Republic of Congo has not yet reached its peak, the Red Cross said Tuesday (June 16, 2026), informing it could instrumentality a twelvemonth to halt the spread. Since the outbreak was declared successful the DRC connected May 15, 2026, 808 cases person been confirmed successful the country, including 192 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
