Despite the widespread outrage over the alleged death of Jayaraj and Bennix in Police custody in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, the cops at the police station refused to cooperate with the Magistrate who had gone there for investigation.

A three-page report by the Magistrate to the Madras High Court registrar has revealed that the cops were lax in their response and even verbally abused the official.

With an eye on assembly elections next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced an extension of free ration for poor till June 2021.

Her announcement came within an hour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation in which he announced the extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the scheme to provide free ration to the poor during the COVID-19 pandemic, till the end of November.

Shares of Ashok Leyland were trading lower for the fifth straight day, down 2 per cent at Rs 47.30 on the BSE on Tuesday. The stock has slipped 16 per cent in one week on weak results for the quarter ended March 2020 (Q4FY20).

Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja Group, reported a net loss of Rs 57 crore in Q4FY20 due to lower revenue on account of the drop in volumes.

The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council has said it is flooded with distress calls from its member companies over acute disruption in manufacturing of products during the past few days due to non-clearance of imported raw materials at various ports.

A senior official of the ministry of commerce said most of the goods that have to be cleared by the customs came from China.

While the entire world is still fighting the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a new swine flu type virus with the potential of triggering a pandemic has been discovered in China.

According to a study published on Monday in the US science journal PNAS, the virus named G4 genetically descended from the H1N1 strain, which caused a pandemic back in 2009.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday said 4.15 million mobile subscribers were added in February.

Reliance Jio added a whopping 6.25 million users and Vodafone Idea lost 3.5 million users during the same month. Subscribers of Bharti Airtel and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) rose by 922,946 and 439,318, respectively.

Charter flights are helping airlines earn cash amid uncertain travel demand and rising fuel costs.

GoAir will be operating an additional 150 charter flights to bring home Indian citizens from West Asia, an airline spokesperson said on Tuesday. Until Monday, GoAir operated 51 charter flights carrying 8951 passengers to India.

The government on Monday issued guidelines for ‘Unlock 2’ or the second phase of Unlock, effective from July 1-31, following over two months of strict lockdown across the country of coronavirus.

Lockdown shall continue to remain in force in containment zones till July 31, according to the new guidelines. In containment zones, only essential activities to be allowed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation today (i.e. June 30, Tuesday) at 4 PM, his office had informed on Monday.

Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 4 PM tomorrow, read a tweet from the Prime Minister`s Office dated Monday.

The Central government on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps including popular short video making platform TikTok.

These apps are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order, the government said.

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