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1. Devender Singh became the second javelin thrower from the country to book a ticket for World championships in London with a stunning throw of 84.57m which won him a gold medal at the Indian Grand Prix Athletics meet.
2. India’s Vikram Malhotra won his fifth PSA title after beating Egypt’s Youssef Ibrahim in the final of the Abu Dhabi Open.
3. Punjab Government has made Aadhaar Cards mandatory replacing Ration Cards for all Financial Assistance schemes to ensure that only genuine people get the benefits of pension and other schemes.
4. The Centre has approved renaming of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Also, Elphinstone Road railway station has now been renamed to Prabhadevi.
5. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the Safidon drain project here and laid the foundation stone of 30 residential buildings to be constructed in the sub-division.
6. India and Russia are likely to soon ink a “milestone” pact to finalise the detailed design for the fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) and move ahead with the multi-billion dollar co-development project.
7. Israel’s leading hotel chain, Dan Hotels, is set to venture into India by opening its property in Bengaluru in July, its first overseas facility outside the Middle East.
8. A Chinese manned submersible named ‘Jiaolong’ has explored submarine turbidity currents in the South China Sea.