1.Japan bids farewell to former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.-Long queues of people, with some dressed in dark suits and holding flowers and flags draped in black ribbons, bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, on Tuesday after he was assassinated at a campaign rally last week.-dnaindia.com
2.Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is due to offer his resignation today, flew out of the country and landed in Maldives in the wee hours of Wednesday as protests grew louder over the devastating economic crisis. The political chaos, triggered by a severe shortage of foreign currency, stalled imports of essentials such as fuel, food and medicines for months.-hindustantimes.com
3.The horrors of the Russia-Ukraine war are still being reported from the countries, with more and more civilians suffering the consequences of the Russian military invasion. Now, the United Nations has released a chilling report on civilian casualties in Ukraine.The U.N. human rights office (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that more than 5,000 civilians had been killed in Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24-dnaindia.com
4.The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is "nowhere near over" as the number of new cases worldwide has risen by 30 percent in the last two weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. "I am concerned that cases of Covid-19 continue to rise -- putting further pressure on stretched health systems and health workers.-dnaindia.com
5.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the virtual I2U2 Summit with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and US President Joe Biden. The summit is being held during Biden’s visit to Israel as part of a four-day tour of the region, which will include a trip to Saudi Arabia.-hindustantimes.com
6.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said the government is planning to construct an electric highway between Delhi and Mumbai.He also urged heavy vehicle owners to use alternative fuels like ethanol, methanol and green hydrogen in order to curb pollution.-financoalexpress.com
7.Dehradun, Uttarakhand on Tuesday became the first state in the country to initiate process of implementing the Centre's New Education Policy, with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurating 'Bal Vatikas' at anganwadi kendras across the state to strengthen the pre-primary education system. The 'Bal Vatikas' will function-The Economic Times
8.Mumbaikars on Tuesday woke up to rain lashing several parts of the financial capital, with moderate to heavy rainfall expected today in Mumbai and suburbs. According to the regional meteorological centre, very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places for the next 24 hours with occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph. The Met department has made similar forecast for the next day as well and issued orange alert for Mumbai till July 14.-hindustantimes.com
9.The local commuters of Central Railway will able to track live locations of their trains from Wednesday. The CR is going to start this facility from tomorrow with the help of Yatri app. One of the most important features of this app is the live location tracking of the local trains for main line, harbour line, Trans and Uran line trains.-Free press Journal
10.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has notified 20 referral laboratories. The number has increased from 13 initially to 17 and now 20 labs were conferred the ‘referral lab’ tag.The role of referral lab comes after the FBO (food business operator) files an appeal against the testing results of a ‘sample’ by the primary food testing lab.-fnbnews.com
11.The hotel industry's revenues and margins are expected to return to pre-COVID levels in 2022-23 despite potential impact on demand in case of further waves of the pandemic, according to ratings agency ICRA. Domestic leisure and transient travel will be the main demand drivers, although there will be a gradual recovery in business travel and foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs), ICRA said in a statement.-The Economic Times
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