The southwest monsoon is likely to make an onset over Kerala on June 1 as it has gained momentum since Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department said on Thursday.

The IMD, had earlier on May 15 said the monsoon is likely to hit the southern state on June 5, four days after its normal onset date. However, a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal is likely to help in the progress of monsoon. The normal onset of monsoon over Kerala is June 1.

The Jammu and Kashmir administration informed that internet access across the Union Territory with internet speed restricted to 2G only and internet connectivity with Mac-binding will continue till June 17.

The directions to remain in force unless modified earlier, the administration stated.

Shares of Eicher Motors were trading higher for the third straight day, up 4 per cent at Rs 15,589 on the BSE on Wednesday after the company announced stock split plan to make the stock more affordable for the small retail investors and increase liquidity. The company manufactures the iconic Royal Enfield brand of motorcycles which leads the premium motorcycle segment in India.

A section of mobile manufacturers has approached the Labour Ministry to seek wage compensation under the insurance benefits of ESIC schemes.

According to a conservative estimate, mobile factories employ around 2 lakh people who get an average pay of Rs 10,000 per month, India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said.

The coronavirus pandemic continues to trouble India as the number of confirmed cases is rapidly increasing.

Over the major part of the last week, the country has marked significant and consecutive highest jumps in the COVID-19 tally.

The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 1.58 lakh-mark on Wednesday, while the death toll has topped the 4,500-mark as well.

The launch of NASA and SpaceX's Demo-2 mission to take two veteran astronauts of the former to the International Space Station (ISS) was postponed minutes before it was to go into flight due to bad weather.

Just 16 minutes to go, NASA decided to defer the blast off citing thunderstorms and lightning. The next opportunities to launch are Saturday at 3:22 pm and Sunday at 3 pm Eastern Time.

In a piece of good news for the people living in north India facing severe heatwave, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light rains over a few places including West Delhi, parts of Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh.

As per the weather agency, a few places of West Delhi, Rohtak, Kosli, Hodal, Palwal, Manesar, Rewari, Sohana, Nuh, Bhiwadi, Etah, Moradabad, Amroha are likely to receive showers during the next two hours.

After social media heaped praises on ‘bicycle girl’ Jyoti Kumari, a 15-year-old teenage girl who cycled all the way from Gurugram in Haryana to Bihar's Darbhanga district with her incapacitated father Mohan Paswan seated on the carrier during the coronavirus pandemic, a famous mathematician, and Super 30 founder Anand Kumar has offered to give free IIT-JEE entrance exam coaching to the teenage girl.

An improvised explosive device (IED) recovered from a Santro car in the Ayengund area of Rajpora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was defused by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad in the early morning of Thursday.

A police officer said that a joint team of forces including 44 Rashtriya Rifles(RR), Pulwama police, and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recovered the improvised explosive device (IED) after searching the vehicle.

As China has slowly returned back to normalcy after coronavirus cases began to dip in early April, the nation's government has used the pandemic as an excuse to tighten its grip on civil society. The Communist nation has released an app which monitors the health of citizens, posing serious questions about the privacy of each individual in the country.

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