Morning Digest | June 18, 2025

The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (Center on the right) speaks when the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Center Left) and the Chief of Staff of Mr. Carney Marco Mendicino (Right) listen for a meeting on the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 17, 2025. | Photocredit: The Canadian Press via AP

PM Modi Meet World Leaders on G7 -Marges

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of bilateral meetings with his global counterparts on the margins of the G7 top, with discussions that focus on a series of issues such as trade, investments, terrorism and worldwide challenges.

PM Modi says that the relations of India-Canada ‘extremely important’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that relations between India and Canada are “extremely important” and the two countries have to work together to achieve a collaboration between Win-Win in different sectors. Premier Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney held bilateral discussions about the margins of the G7 top in Kananaskis, Canada, on Tuesday (June 17, 2025). This was the first meeting between the two leaders, because Mr Carney took office in May 2025.

Trump says we know where Iran’s Khamenei hides, wants unconditional surrender

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (17 June 2025) that the US know where the highest leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hides during the Israel-Iran conflict, but does not want him to be killed ‘for the time being’. Mr. Trump sought, in a placement of social media, the “unconditional surrender” of Iran while the five -day conflict continues to escalate.

Trump’s rates will offer India certain benefits, says Chief Economic Adviser

The mutual rates revealed by US President Donald Trump on 2 April can offer India certain tariff benefits compared to other countries, V. Anantha Negeswaran, Chief Economic Adviser of the Indian government, said. Dr. Naavaran spoke about ‘Global Economic Trends: India’s Challenges and Prospects’ in Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (17 June 2025).

Congress asks the silence of PM about American outreach to Pakistan

The Congress on Tuesday (17 June 2025) doubted the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar in the US who reached Pakistan while referring to Pakistani army chef Asim Munir’s visit to the country. In a post on X, Congres -Secretary General (Communication) Jairam Ramesh said: “So now it can no longer be denied by the drumbeaaters of the prime minister and the Trolleger of the BJP. The man whose fire winin, inflammatory and provocative comments were now direct with the Pahalgam Terroreston

India Bloc intact; SP-Congress to dispute polls together, says Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday (17 June 2025) that the India block is intact and claimed that the congress and the SP will dispute the elections of the 2027 in Uttar Pradesh as part of the opposition group.

Army facilitates the training of 10 manipur youth for induction as agniveers

The army has felicated the training of 10 young men from the Bishnupur district in Manipur under the Agniveer scheme. “These persons recently completed their fundamental military training as proud agnivists. The event was attended by the agnivists with their families and army officers, who met to celebrate this important milestone,” said the Ministry of Defense and added that they would soon add to the armed forces.

Father-son Duo held for persuading £ 64 Lakh from Indore Court Bank Account

The Indore Police has arrested a father-son duo from Gujarat’s Valsad for alleged transfer of more than £ 64 Lakh of a account of a State Bank of India (SBI) account of the Indore District Court for a period of three months, officials said Tuesday (17 June 2025).

Army Team leaves for joint exercise in India-French

A Army Contingent left for France on Tuesday (17 June 2025) to participate in the eighth edition of the India-French joint military exercise called ‘Shakti’, which will be performed in Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie, from June 18 to July 1. The Indian contingent consists of 90 staff, mainly of a battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, Besides person from other services. The French contingent has 90 employees from the 13th foreign Legion Half-Brigade (13th DBL), said the Ministry of Defense.

Former Excise Commissioner Amit Prakash arrested in Jharkhand Liquor SCAM

The Anti-corruption agency (ACB) On Tuesday (17 June 2025), the former excise commissioner Amit Prakash arrested in connection with the Jharkhand Liquor Scam. The arrest comes weeks after the Senior IAS officer Vinay Kumar Choubey office was held on 20 May, coupled in a money laundering case to the same alleged scam.

Maharashtra Double fee of prisoners from emergencies

The Maharashtra cabinet, in a meeting, chaired by Minister President Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday (17 June 2025), doubled the monthly fee to persons from the state who were trapped during the emergency situation for more than a month.

Noord -Korea plans to send military construction workers and deminers to Russia

Noord -Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to support reconstruction work in the Russian Kursk region, said a top Russian officer on Tuesday (17 June 2025), the last sign of expanding the cooperation between the two nations.