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Chennai local court on Friday granted the Enforcement Directorate 8 days custody of arrested TN minister Senthil Balaji. Tamil Governor RN Ravi refused to allow V Senthil Balaji to continue any longer as a Member of the Council of Ministers on Friday, as he is facing criminal proceedings for moral turpitude and is currently in judicial custody. The portfolio held by him has been allocated to ministers S Muthusamy and Thangam Thennarasu in addition to the subjects already held by them.
India's forex reserves dropped by $1.318 billion to $593.749 billion for the week ended June 9, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. The overall reserves had jumped by $5.93 billion to $595.067 billion for the previous reporting week. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of $645 billion. The reserves have been declining as the central bank deploys the kitty to defend the rupee amid pressures caused majorly by global developments.
Delhi on Friday witnessed a sudden change in weather as the heavy rains lashed parts of NCR under the influence of cyclone Biparjoy. India Meteorological department earlier sounded an 'Orange alert' for parts of Rajasthan -- Barmer, Jalore, Jaisalmer, Sirohi, Jodhpur, Pali and nearby places -- and predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday. IMD officials said that the 'severe' cyclonic storm Biparjoy lay centred over the Saurashtra-Kutch region and is expected to move northeastwards, adding that heavy rains are expected in Rajasthan on Friday.
In a historic commemoration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a yoga session for the first time at UN Headquarters here on the 9th International Day of Yoga to be celebrated on June 21.
The consular teams of the US have been making a "huge push" to process as many visa applications as possible in India, US Department of State official spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a press briefing on Thursday (local time). He called it a "top priority" for the US government and acknowledged that "there is more that can be done."