• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is being observed today. This day is observed on the [latex]15^{th}[/latex] of June every year to voice opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted on elderly people.

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• Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to cross into Peru in a bid to beat the introduction of tougher migration laws.


• From midnight local time (05:00 GMT) on Saturday, Venezuelans will need to have a valid passport and visa to enter Peru.


• The new requirements prompted a dash to the border from those fleeing Venezuela's years-long economic crisis.

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• A "root and branch" review of hospital food has been ordered by the health secretary after two more patient deaths were linked to an outbreak of listeria.


• Public Health England (PHE) confirmed the total number of deaths related to pre-packed sandwiches and salads had risen from three to five.


• It said all but one of the deaths happened more than a month ago.


• Products from the Good Food Chain - linked to the outbreak - have been withdrawn and production stopped.

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• The Hong Kong government is set to delay a highly controversial plan to allow extraditions to mainland China, local media report.


• Chief Executive Carrie Lam has refused to scrap the bill, but in recent days a number of key advisers have urged her to suspend it.


• Hundreds of thousands of people have protested against the bill and further demonstrations are planned for Sunday.

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• The office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) said it had no announcement of a trade action at the moment but continued to raise market access concerns with India, reacting to media reports last week that the U.S. was considering launching a 301 probe against India.


• “We continue to communicate to India that U.S. exporters are encountering significant tariff and non-tariff barriers that impede U.S. access to the Indian market across sectors, including both goods and services,” the office of the USTR told The Hindu via email.

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• U.S. President Donald Trump has said Iran was behind the attack on two ships on the Gulf of Oman, while the Central Command (CENTCOM) released a video purportedly showing an Iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from the hull of Japanese owned chemical tanker Kokuka Courageous.


• The Keokuk Courageous and another ship, a Norwegian-owned oil tanker, came under attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman.

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• The condition of the primitive Juanga tribe in Odisha’s Nagada village, which had shot into the limelight after the death of 19 malnourished children three years ago, has not changed for better despite the State government claiming to have spent close to ₹24 crore in different development interventions, activists alleged.


• A group of Right to Information (RTI) activists has been monitoring the situation in the Nagada village ever since the back-to-back deaths of malnourished children were extensively covered by media in 2016.

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• As the Union Cabinet prepares to introduce a fresh Bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, Bihar’s ruling party and BJP’s alliance partner Janata Dal (United) has reiterated that it will not support the Bill in the Rajya Sabha.


• “JD(U) is opposed to it and we will continue to stand against it,” said Shyam Rajak, senior party leader and newly appointed Industry Minister in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet. “Triple talaq is a social issue and it should be resolved at that level,” he said.

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• The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the ill-fated AN-32 transport aircraft have been recovered from the crash site in Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang district, the Indian Air Force said on Friday.


• The recorders are expected to provide information on how the aircraft crashed after losing control with ground agencies about 35 minutes after take-off from the IAF’s Jorhat air base in Assam on June [latex]3^{rd}[/latex].

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• Ahead of the NITI Aayog meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held separate meetings with Chief Ministers and Governors of different states.


• Among the ministers who called on the Union Home Minister were Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Sikkim Ganga Prasad, Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan Reddy.

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• The global chief economist as Swiss bank UBS has been put on leave as backlash grew over comments he made about sick Chinese pigs.


• Paul Donovan’s remarks sparked a furor in China, prompting at least one brokerage firm to suspend its business with UBS, the world’s biggest wealth manager.

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• Corporation Bank said it has reduced marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) for one-year tenor loan by five basis points to 8.85 per cent.


• The one-year MCLR is the benchmark against which most customer loans such as auto, personal and home loans are priced.

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• The match witnessed Joe Root, who opened the innings for England, smash his second hundred of the tournament and overall his 16th ODI hundred.


• England have now defeated West Indies six times in seven matches in World Cup history.

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• According to the report “Brand Trust Report, 2019”, by Trust Research Advisory (TRA), Dell tops the list as the most trusted brand for 2019 in India. It is followed by automobile brand Jeep and LIC (Life Insurance Corporation of India).


• While largest E-commerce player Amazon has emerged as a most trusted internet Brand ranked as 4th in the list followed by Google (18th).

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• Thousands of Australians have honoured the nation's third-longest serving leader, Bob Hawke, in a state memorial service at the Sydney Opera House.


• Mr. Hawke was prime minister from 1983 to 1991 - a period of immense national reforms. He died last month aged 89.


• He was honored as an "inspirational" figure in a service attended by his family and many prominent Australians, including five former prime ministers.

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• England batsman Joe Root on Thursday became the first Englishman to score three World Cup centuries. Root, who scored his first World Cup century against Sri Lanka in 2015 edition of the showpiece event, has already scored two tons in the ongoing edition.


• Root is currently the leading run scorer in the ICC World Cup 2019 with as many as 279 runs under his belt.


• Before Root, it was former England international Kevin Pietersen with the most number of centuries by an Englishman in World Cups.

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• According to the Personnel ministry,Government of India Bhola Nath Shukla has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd for a period up to October [latex]31^{st}[/latex], 2020.


• He is currently working as the Director (Technical) of Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited. He succeeds Shri Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.

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• ISRO scientist Ritu Karidhal and electronics system engineer Muthayya Vanitha, both in their 40s, will be leading the Moon Mission’s main components- project oversight as well as crucial final phase of the landing.


• India’s second quest to the Moon which is all set for official launch on July 15, is spearheaded by two women at the supreme helm of all things! India’s very own ‘Rocket Women’, as popularly titled for their superior scientific expertise are leading Chandrayaan 2, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) pivotal Lunar project.

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• NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx broke a space exploration record after entering into the closest-ever orbit around an extraterrestrial body, about six months after previously breaking it.


• The probe is now orbiting at around 930 metres away from asteroid Bennu's centre of gravity. Bennu, about 110 million kilometres away from Earth, is the smallest celestial body ever orbited.

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• Sylvia Miles, American actress who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress twice passed away at the age of 94 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.


• Sylvia Miles, who earned two Academy Award nominations (for “Midnight Cowboy” and “Farewell, My Lovely”) and decades of glowing reviews for her acting before drawing equal attention for her midlife transition to constant partygoer and garishly flamboyant dresser, died on Wednesday in Manhattan.

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