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  NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||15/07/2025. TUES DAY| VOL—IV/2025/JULY/567 OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION. The young president of Senegal, Basiru Diomaye Faye, has said: 'I do not want to see my picture in your offices because I am neither God nor an icon. I am a servant of this ‘country.' Instead, put up pictures of your children in the office and whenever a decision needs to be made, look at that picture. And if the temptation to steal arises in any way, look deeply at that picture of your family and ask yourself if this family would like to be known as the family of a thief who has deceived the country.”                                                               ...

 

NEWS & VIEWS|||SARASIJ|||04/06/2025.

FRIDAY| VOL—IV/2025/MAY/540

OPINIONATED, FOR FREE CIRCULATION.

"ज्ञान व्यक्ति को विनम्र बनाता है, विनम्रता से पात्रता उत्पन्न होती है, पात्रता से धन और समृद्धि उत्पन्न होती है, समृद्धि से सही आचरण की प्राप्ति होती है और सही आचरण से संतोष प्राप्त होता है।"

INDIA: (GOI, SWARAJYA, VISHWAMITRA, HINDU POST).

1.      The sacred ritual for Pran Pratishtha of Ram Darbar on the first floor of Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya started yesterday. The three-day religious rituals will culminate with consecration on June 5.

2.      "We must keep our culture, civilization and values alive, preserve and enhance our spirituality and diversity, while continuously modernizing technology, infrastructure, education and health systems.” These are the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that reflect his vision, which has been a cornerstone of Bharat’s cultural and civilizational resurgence over the last 11 years.

3.      "Sharmishta Panoli case: Trinamool Congress is painting a target on the head of 22-year-old Hindu girl to appease its Muslim vote bank", Opindia, June 2, 2025.

4.      Maharashtra School Education Minister Dada Bhuse today announced that the state will introduce basic military training for students from Class 1.

5.      Amid the Centre’s crackdown on illegal immigration and cross-border terror networks, the Border Security Force (BSF) has sought the help of the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for deployment of advanced surveillance systems — including drones, radars and satellites — along a critical 113-km stretch of the Sundarbans on the India-Bangladesh border.

6.      The Uttar Pradesh government has approved 20% reservation for former Agniveers in direct recruitment for the posts of police constables, Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), mounted police, and firemen.

WORLD:

A.     US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick reiterated that the US aims to bring advanced manufacturing back and to reduce the trade deficit and that the US would like businesses to have reasonable access to the markets of India.  THAT IS FINE, USA. DO IT THROUGH FAIR COMPETITION!

B.     Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner swap and exchanged memos that revealed a large gap in their demands for ending the war. Turkish officials mediated the low-level talks. The two parties each agreed to return heavily wounded and ill prisoners as well as those under the age of twenty-five. WHAT IS THIS? EXCHANGE ALL WAR PRISONERS!!

C.    South Korean opposition Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-Myung is leading the vote count after today’s presidential election, according to an exit poll. Turnout was high and may have surpassed a previous record, national broadcaster KBS reported. 

D.    Hundreds of U.S. troops withdrew from Syria in recent weeks as part of a planned drawdown, an unnamed U.S. official told Al Arabiya. Separately, the U.S. special envoy to Syria said that the Trump administration now approved the integration of foreign fighters into the Syrian military, which Washington had opposed until at least early May. 

E.     The U.S. proposal for a nuclear deal shared with Iran over the weekend would allow Iran to keep enriching uranium at limited amounts, two unnamed sources told Axios.

F.     Otherwise FRAGILE Dutch Government is likely to collapse. A snap election could delay a decision on increasing military spending in line with new NATO targets.

G.    The United Kingdom (UK) will build up to twelve new attack submarines and at least six new munitions plants as part of a military strategy overhaul, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced yesterday. Separately, the European Commission approved a partnership yesterday between Italian, Japanese, and UK firms to produce a next-generation fighter jet. All of them offered BEFORE INDIA to be a partner.

H.    Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai resigned today after losing a parliamentary confidence vote in the wake of anti-government protests. 

I.       European Union (EU) countries voted yesterday to limit Chinese medical device makers’ access to their government procurement contracts, unnamed sources told multiple news outlets. The measures follow a 2022 EU law that aims for reciprocity in public procurement contracts.

J.      Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's four-nation regional diplomacy tour last week that aimed at making an outreach to the international community following Operation Sindoor failed miserably.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT:

Delhi Police has unearthed a pan-India cybercrime syndicate involved in large-scale banking frauds and arrested 15 persons in the case. The network operated through multiple verticals, including fake loan call centres and a meticulously orchestrated sextortion racket.

Punjab Police have arrested a spy with strong links to Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and Pakistan based Khalistani supporter Gopal Singh Chawla. The accused, Gagandeep Singh, was arrested in Tarn Taran last evening. 

Intelligence Branch of the Rajasthan Police has arrested Assistant Administrative Officer Shakoor Khan working in Jaisalmer’s Employment Office on charges of spying for Pakistan. Shakoor Khan is accused of sending confidential information of strategic importance to Pakistan.

"Assam Police to seek custody of Wazahat Khan Qadri from West Bengal: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma", Opindia, June 2, 2025.

Environmental: -

The Telangana government issued orders under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, designating a vital tiger corridor linking Kawal Tiger Reserve (Telangana) and Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) as the Kumram Bheem Conservation Reserve.

Flood situation in Assam and Bangladesh got worst.

Twin earthquakes shake Greece and Turkey:  A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Dodecanese Islands in Greece near the Turkey border early this morning. Around the same time, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the coastal town of Marmaris, Turkey. 

GAMES & SPORTS: --

RCB win IPL 2025: Rajat Patidar, the soft-spoken man of steel, lead RCB to their first ever title.

Indonesia Open badminton: Sindhu advances to second round, Sen bows out.

DAS KAPITAL:

RBI may opt for 50 bps jumbo rate cut to counter uncertainty: SBI report

Stock Market Highlights: Sensex settles 636 pts lower, Nifty below 24,550.

*BSE SENSEX*80,737.51. *NIFTY* 24,542.50

Exchange Rates:

*USD*: ₹ 85/-*GBP*: ₹115/-*Euro*: ₹ 96/- 

* Yuan ¥*: ₹ 12/- *UAE Dirham*: ₹ 23/-

*Pak Rupee*: ₹ 0.30/- *Bhutan ngultrum*: ₹ 1.00/-

*B’desh’s Taka**: ₹ 0.70/- *Sri Lanka Rupee*: ₹ 0.28/- 

*Nepal Rupee*: ₹ 0.62/- *Maldives Rufiyaa*: ₹ 0.17/- 

*GOLD*: ₹ 97,400/ 10gm (24 krt) 

 WHAT IS NEXT:

·         Today, Australia’s prime minister and deputy Défense minister visits Sri Lanka.

·         Tomorrow, top UK and U.S. trade officials meet on the sidelines of a G7 ministerial meeting in Paris.

·         Tomorrow, higher U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum are due to take effect.

THE END.

 

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