DH Evening Brief: Retail inflation dips to over 2-year low of 4.25% in May; IOA plans to hold WFI elections on July 4
Retail inflation dips to over 2-year low of 4.25% in May
Retail inflation declined to a 25-month low of 4.25 per cent in May mainly on account of softening prices of food and fuel items. Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 4.7 per cent in April and 7.04 per cent in May 2022.
IOA plans to hold Wrestling Federation of India elections on July 4
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday appointed former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar as the returning officer to conduct the impending Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections on July 4.
Centre rubbishes CoWIN data breach allegations
A few hours afterTrinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhaleallegedthat the data of several citizens, including politicians and journalists who took Covid vaccine, has been leaked, the Government of India has clarified that "CoWIN portal of Health Ministry is completely safe with safeguards for data privacy."
No bike-taxi in Delhi for now as Supreme Court stays HC order
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the High Court order by which it had essentially allowed bike-taxi aggregators Rapido and Uber to operate in the national capital by asking the Delhi government not to take any coercive action against them till a new policy was formulated.
Cyclone Biparjoy: Gujarat on alert, schools closed, villages evacuated
With the impending danger of a severe cyclonicstorm - Biparjoy - expected to hit Saurashtra and Kutch coastline on June 15, the Gujarat government on Monday announced the closure of schools in Kutch, Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, and Junagadh districts as one of the many precautionary measures being undertaken to minimise the possible damage.