Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday allocated portfolios to his council of ministers, keeping home, finance and several other departments to himself, according to an order issued by the Raj Bhavan. Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo was given the charge of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment and Energy departments.
A Delhi court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar till June 22. Kumar is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on May 13 at the chief minister's official residence. Bibhav Kumar was produced through video conferencing before the duty metropolitan magistrate, who extended the custody and directed the Delhi Police to produce him on June 22.
Delhi Congress workers organised a 'Matka phod' protest in Krishna Nagar against water crisis in the national capital. Congress workers alleged that Delhites are being cheated as the BJP and AAP government play the blame game.
PM Modi on Friday, June 14, left for home after concluding his day-long visit to Italy during which the prime minister attended the G7 summit and held bilaterals with several world leaders including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis, PTI reported. Addressing a session of the G7 summit in Italy's Apulia region, PM Modi called for democratisation in technology and said it must be made creative to lay the foundation of an inclusive society. He spoke at lengths on the importance of ending the monopoly in technology with a particular emphasis on the technology around artificial intelligence.
The Group of Seven (G7) countries expressed their determinations to tackle what they called "unfair business practices" by China that were undermining their workers and industries, according to a draft statement on the final day of their annual summit. The G7 statement also warned of action against Chinese financial institutions that helped Russia obtain weaponry for its war against Ukraine. Notably, China is among the biggest buyers of Russian crude oil. Pope Francis also joined the leaders of Italy, the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany and Japan in southern Italy on Friday, in a historic appearance at a G7 Summit. He participated in the discussion regarding artificial intelligence.
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