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Kerala 
- MP Rahul
Gandhi’s office was vandalised, and SFI leaders were held responsible for the same. 
 - Attack on
Rahul Gandhi's office: SFI dissolves its Wayanad District Committee.
 - Electricity
rates in the state were hiked by the Regulatory commission. 
 - Kerala
Youth Congress WhatsApp chats reveal pre-planning of protest against CM in the
Indigo flight. ‘Leaked’ WhatsApp chats suggest Sabarinathan was the mastermind.
He was arrested and later sent on bail. 
 - Man arrested
at Kochi airport for uttering the word Bomb. 
 - Intervene
in rising airfares, Nemom coaching terminal project: Pinarayi Vijayan to PM
 - Heavy rains
in Kerala, orange alert issued in five districts.
 - A Woman and her newborn die in a private hospital in Palakkad. 
 - Kerala
Culture Minister Saji Cherian Resigns After Sparking Row Over Indian
Constitution. Support for him stays intact in his home constituency of Chengannur.
 - Kerala
Assembly passes unanimous resolution to exclude populated areas from ESZ. 
 - CM Pinarayi
hands over portfolios of Saji Cheriyan to three ministers.
 - Youth kills
himself in broad daylight at the busy Kaloor junction in Kochi. 
 - Kerala, an
'ecotourism hot spot', is among TIME magazine's list of the world's greatest places of
2022. Ahmedabad from the rest of India also got featured. 
 - Aviation
Min Scindia praises Kochi and TVM airports for helping Lanka-bound planes. 
 - Actor and
filmmaker Pratap Pothen was found dead at a flat in Chennai. Kochi metro completes 60
million passengers record in five years. 
 - Kerala HC
allows abortion of a 15-year-old who is 24 weeks pregnant. 
 - Indigo Airlines
blacklists Minister E P Jayarajan for three weeks and Youth Congress workers
for two weeks for protesting on the plane. 
 - A day after
criticising PK Kunhalikutty in the party meet, KS Hamsa was removed from all positions
of IUML. 
 - Estonian
entity attempts to prevent Russian ships from entering Kochi port. 
 - MLA M M
Mani was forced to retract his statements on K K Rama MLA made in the assembly. 
 - No more
boys-only or girls-only schools in Kerala orders Child Right Commission. 
 - India
Rubber Meet 2022 Begins at Kochi. 
 - Ernakulam
archbishop 'decides to step down after a visit by a Vatican representative. 
 - CM Pinarayi
Vijayan announces a food kit with 14 items for Onam-2022. 
 - New collectors
take charge in the state in the recent reshuffle. 
 - Kerala tops
Indian states in promulgating ordinances. 
 
India 

- The case against Nupur Sharma for comments against Prophet Muhammed combined into a single one.
 - Udaipur killing shocks the country.
 - Govt approves deregulation of domestic crude oil.
 - Lashkar member arrested in Kashmir has ties with BJP.
 - Talib Hussain Shah, Terrorist Arrested From Jammu after villagers helped the police in arresting two armed Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.
 - Eknath Shinde wins the floor test in Maharashtra Assembly to continue as the CM. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met Sharad Pawar at midnight.
 - Floods were reported extensively in Assam.
 - Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi resigns as Union minister a day before the end of the RS term. BJP no more has any Muslim MP or MLA.
 - Muslim man arrested after he sold meat-based food packed with a newspaper that had Hindu goddess. The family claims it was rotis and not chicken.
 - P T Usha was nominated for Rajya Sabha.
 - KSRTC to cut 5098 permanent posts, plans to introduce single duty system.
 - Congress's Manish Tewari Refuses To Sign Opposition's Letter on Agnipath.
 - Supreme Court extends interim bail granted to Mohammed Zubair in a case registered in Sitapur.
 - Rocket-propelled grenade attack on Punjab Police Intelligence HQ in Mohali.
 - 65 words are banned in Parliament as they are termed unparliamentary.
 - Flood was also reported in Surat and Telangana.
 - NIRF rankings for colleges and universities released.
 - Draupadi Murmu vs Yashwanth Sinha Presidential Election- Draupadi Murmu wins the election to be India’s first Tribal President.
 - National Film Awards 2022 announced Soorarai Pottru wins best feature film.
 - India tweaks its flag code, now flag can be flown at night also.
 - Sivadasan, Rahim, Santhosh Kumar, and 16 other opposition MPs were suspended from Rajya Sabha for a week.
 - BJP youth wing worker hacked to death in Karnataka.
 - ED sends notice to Sonia Gandhi, the President of INC; Rahul Gandhi was detained during Congress protest against Sonia Gandhi's questioning. 
 - Youth hacked to death in Mangaluru, section 144 imposed.
 - '750 Kg Pulao, 1.2L Pieces of Sweets': What Remained 'Uncancelled' After Bommai's Event Was Called Off.
 
World/International

- Taliban hikes
the price of Afghan Coal. 
 - Massive
shooting takes place on July 4th- Independency of the US. 
 - Highland
Park shooting: Man arrested after 4 July mass shooting.
 - Australian
PM visits Kyiv in civilian clothes. 
 - UK ministers
quit forcing, PM Boris Johnson to resign. New PM will be decided by the
Conservative party. 
 - Shinzo Abe:
Japan ex-PM injured after reported gunshot attack in the city of Nara; His death
confirms assassination. World leaders express their condolences. 
 - Killer of
George Floyd Sentenced to 21 Years for Violating Civil Rights.
 - Protesters
set the Sri Lankan prime minister's private residence on fire. 
 - Dutch
police open fire on a farming protestor in a tractor. 
 - Shinzo
Abe's party sweeps to election victory in Japan days after his assassination.
 - AIADMK
expels O Panneerselvam, supporters; defiant leader announces similar action
against EPS.
 - Sri Lanka's
President Rajapaksha was blocked from leaving the country by airport staff. Sri Lankan
president flees the country; lands in the Maldives. He resigns later. 
 - Sri Lanka
Declares Emergency As President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Flees. 
 - Sri Lanka
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed acting president, wins Presidency later on.
Protest continues. 
 - Mario
Draghi resigned as prime minister of Italy. 
 - US House
Votes For India Sanctions Waiver Over Russian S-400 Missile Deal. 
 - Biden,
Saudi Crown Prince met in a Meeting with the U.S. Looks to Reset Ties With Riyadh. 
 - Wildfires
rage in France and Spain amid a heat wave, while the UK faces the hottest day ever. 
 - Japan’s passport was declared the most powerful. 
 - 60% of
Americans approved of the Supreme Court last July. Now, it's 38%, according to
a new poll. 
 - Ukrainian
First lady addressed the US Congress during her visit to Washington D. C. and appealed
for more arms. 
 - Bipartisan
House delegation meets with Zelensky in Kyiv. 
 - The US reports
1st polio case in nearly a decade. 
 - House votes
to guarantee contraception access in federal law. The majority of the Republicans
opposed it. 
 - Dinesh
Gunawardena was Appointed Sri Lanka's New Prime Minister. 
 - Israeli air
raid kills three Syrian soldiers. 
 - Steve
Bannon was found guilty of criminal contempt charges. 
 - WHO declared
monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. 
 - President
Joe Biden Tested positive for COVID-19; tested negative only to be positive again.
 - The US state of
Kentucky sees massive flooding with deaths in double digits. 
 - U.S. Congress passes a long-awaited bill to boost chipmakers and compete with China. 
 - Biden clashed with China's Xi over the economy, and Taiwan during the call.
 - North Carolina's town police department resigns after a Black woman joins forces.
 - US House of Representatives passes a bill banning certain semi-automatic guns.
 
Technology 

- Byjus sacks
hundreds of its employees.
 - Digilocker can
now be accessed through WhatsApp. 
 - India bans single-use plastics from July. 
 - India bans
service charges at hotels and restaurants.
 - Price of domestic
LPG cylinder hiked in India.
 - HRDS
company sacks Swapna Suresh who is involved in the Gold Smuggling case. 
 - KFON gets
operational permission from the Centre: Kerala first state to have its own internet
company run by the government. 
 - Kerala
MVD’s AI cameras are catching traffic violations, but cannot impose fines yet.
Fine to be paid via e-Challan. 
 - India’s
first underwater metro construction going on in Kolkata. 
 - Elon Musk
wants to terminate the $44 billion Twitter deal. Twitter takes him to court. 
 - TDB to take
over control of the Sabarimala virtual queue system. 
 - 8 richest
tech leaders lost more than $250 billion in 2022: Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos take a
hit. 
 - James Webb's
telescope takes a super sharp view of the early cosmos. 
 - Indian
policymakers are not happy that 8 out of 10 UPI transactions are being done
through PhonePe and Google.
 - Indian PM
Modi inaugurated Bundelkhand Expressway; roads were damaged later due to rain. 
 - Higher
secondary schools in Kerala are equipped with robotics labs. 
 - Forbes
India releases the list of top 100 digital stars of India. 
 - CBSE Class
10th and 12th results released.  
 - Google Maps
in India finally gets Street View.
 - Meta
crosses $1 bn annual revenue run rate for Reels ads. 
 - Kerala Man Builds His Own Airplane To Travel Around Europe With His Family.
 
Business and Finance
- Cooking Oil
to Get Cheaper as Indian Govt Asks Companies to Cut MRPs by Rs 10/Litre from the first week. 
 - Gita
Gopinath Features on Wall of Former IMF Chief Economists. 
 - Russian
McDonald’s pulls out Fries from its menu due to a shortage of Potatoes. 
 - Lulu mall was inaugurated
in Lucknow, hit by controversy from day 1. 
 - Donald
Trump says Elon Musk voted for him; Musk calls him a liar.
 - China tries
to stem growing anger over frozen bank deposits. 
 - Sudhir Chaudhary
leaves ZEE News TV and joins Aaj Tak. 
 - GST Council
imposes 5% GST on packed food items. 
 - Kerala
opposes 5 per cent GST on pre-packed, labelled food items: Minister tells
Assembly. Price of curd, lassi, and buttermilk soar from Monday; Milma to reduce the quantity of some products. Kerala says no state GST to be levied on items from
Kudumbashree, small stores.
 - ED issues
notice to Former Kerala Minister Thomas Isaac for KIIFB enquiry. 
 - Indian
Railways' new rule for lunch, dinner, and breakfast onboard trains. 
 - Indian
Rupee falls to a record low of Rs 80 vs Dollar. 
 - The dollar is now
a strong currency, with both Euro and Dollar falling parity with each other.  
 - Cabinet
approves Rs 1.64 lakh crore revival package for BSNL. BSNL gets Rs 1.64 lakh
crore revival package; cabinet clears BBNL, BSNL merger. 
 
Sports 
- Citing Kashmir, Pakistan pulls out on Chess Olympiad eve.
 - 'A new
beginning': Kerala Blasters FC announces the launch of a senior women's team
 - Neeraj
Chopra was ruled out of Commonwealth Games due to a groin injury. 
 - 1.2 million
tickets sold, Indo-Pak cricket tie to be one of CWG highlights. 6
 - CWG Games
begin in Birmingham, UK. 
 - Indian Flag
hoisted at CWG Village in Birmingham. 
 - Chennai
hosts World Chess Olympiad 2022. 
 
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