A look at the headlines right now:
- Poliovirus detected in water sample in Hyderabad, Telangana declares ‘global emergency’: A mass vaccination drive will be conducted from June 20 to 26, in which more than three lakh children will be inoculated in the city and Ranga Reddy district.
- Cabinet approves new civil aviation policy that caps fares for hour-long flights at Rs 2,500: The new rules also simplify norms for airlines to fly abroad.
- IISc, IITs figure among top 50 institutions in QS Asia university rankings: The list was led by National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong.
- In two years, NDA has cleared 75% of industrial projects in and around wildlife habitats: The previous UPA government's rejection rate for projects because of wildlife concerns was 12.2%, while the NDA's has been 1.29%, a CSE study found.
- NGO moves Supreme Court against 'Udta Punjab': Punjab-based Human Rights Awareness Association has challenged the Bombay High Court order, claiming that the film on drug abuse depicts the state poorly.
- No grand alliance against BJP for Uttar Pradesh elections, says JD(U): The leader of the state's ruling Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav, earlier said he was never interested in any alliance for the upcoming 2017 polls.
- Orlando shooter Omar Mateen's wife knew he was planning the attack: The assailant's high school classmates said he celebrated the attack on the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.
- Facebook launches updated tools to help prevent suicide in India: Users can anonymously ‘report’ posts indicative of suicidal tendencies, after which the seemingly distressed person will be prompted with helpful steps.
- Hillary Clinton wins Democratic primary in Washington DC, set to meet with Bernie Sanders: With this final presidential primary, she said she hoped for the Vermont senator’s support to stop the ‘serious threat’ posed by Donald Trump.
- Gregory Rabassa, translator who helped introduce Gabriel Garcia Marquez, dead at 94: He also translated the work of writers like Mario Vargas Llosa and Julio Cortazar, propelling the Latin American writing boom in the 1960s.
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