• Father’s Day, which is observed across the world on the third Sunday in the month of June, falls on June [latex]16^{th}[/latex] this year. On this special occasion, show some love and thank him for being supportive and helping you mould your life.

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• Protesters in Hong Kong have vowed to push ahead with a rally on Sunday, despite the government's decision to suspend its controversial bill to allow extradition to mainland China.


• Protest leaders urged Chief Executive Carrie Lam to resign and permanently scrap the plan.


• The proposed bill led to mass demonstrations and sparked some of the worst violence seen in years.

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• Eleven people were in the car when it hit the device in east Wajir county. The fate of the others is unclear.


• No-one has admitted planting the explosives.


• Unnamed officials told AFP news agency that the police had been pursuing suspected al-Shabab Islamist militants fighting Somalia's government and its backers, including Kenya.

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• When Guatemalans head to the polling stations, two of the candidates who until recently had been tipped as favourites to win will not be on the ballot papers.


• Both the former attorney-general, Thelma Aldana, and Zury Ríos, the daughter of the late military ruler, Efraín Ríos Montt, have been barred from running for the presidency and another candidate was arrested in Miami on suspicion of conspiring to import cocaine to the US.

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• Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka. This may sound par for the course unless contextualised by the fact that it will be the first time a Chinese President has stepped on Japanese soil since 2010.


• The lack of high-level visits between the world’s second- and third-largest economies is testament to just how strained bilateral relations between them have been, despite their deeply intertwined nature.


• According to the Japan External Trade Organisation, China-Japan trade stands at about $350 billion.

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• The Centre may soon come out with a national policy aimed at revising the existing toll rates for national highways and reclassifying vehicle types, according to officials with knowledge of the matter who said the charges for private cars may be increased.


• The ministry of road transport and highways has hired consultancy firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to prepare a draft policy in collaboration with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to revamp the toll system, which was last revised in 2008.

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• India announced a hike in customs duties on as many as 28 US products, including almond, pulses and walnut, in response to higher tariffs imposed by Washington on Indian products like steel and aluminium.


• The increased customs duties will come into effect from, an official notification said.


• The move will hurt American exporters of these 28 items as they will have to pay higher duties, making those items costlier in the Indian market.

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• Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting of Chief Ministers of States ruled by the United Progressive Alliance to discuss key issues that the Congress would like to take up during the NITI Aayog meeting.


• Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh), Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan), Bhupesh Bahgel (Chhattisgarh), V. Narayanasamy (Puducherry) and H.D. Kumaraswamy (Karnataka) attended the meeting at the Congress headquarters.

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• Vacancies created by Shah, Irani’s election to Lok Sabha; 2 MPs elected to Odisha Assembly By-elections to six Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha, Gujarat and Bihar will be held on July 5, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Saturday.


• The counting of votes would be done the same day.

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• South Indian Bank said it will raise Rs 500 crore through issuance of debt securities on private placement basis in domestic and overseas markets.


• The board approved a proposal of raising of funds in Indian/ foreign currency by way of issuance of debt securities including but not limited to non-convertible debentures, bonds, of up to Rs 500 crores in domestic and/ or overseas market, on a private placement basis and/ or for making offers and/or invitations, the bank said in a BSE filing.

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• South Africa revived their World Cup hopes with a nine-wicket victory over Afghanistan in Cardiff.


• Having failed to win any of their first four matches, they dismissed a winless Afghanistan for 125 after two rain delays cut the match to 48 overs.


• Imran Tahir struck twice in his first over and took 4-29 as Afghanistan lost five for eight in 29 balls.

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• The wait is finally over. Miss India 2019 has been announced. We present to you Suman Rao, Miss India 2019 from the state Rajasthan.


• Miss India 2018 Anukreethy Vas crowned Suman, a CA aspirant, who'll go on to represent India at Miss World. Sanjana Vij of Telangana was runner-up, while Bihar's Shreya Shanker was crowned Miss India United Continents 2019.

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• The Shiv Sena on Saturday appointed Member of Parliament from Maharashtra's Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency, Vinayak Raut, as the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha.


• Raut was previously elected as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Vile-Parle for 1999-2004.


• Shiv Sena has a strength of 18 members in the 17th Lok Sabha.

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• The Florence native directed stars including Elizabeth Taylor in the 1967 film Taming of the Shrew and Dame Judi Dench on stage in Romeo and Juliet.


• Italian media said Zeffirelli died after a long illness which had grown worse in recent months.


• The two-time Oscar nominee also served in the Italian Senate for two terms as a member of Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.

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