*TODAYS TOP CURRENT AFFAIRS* --------------------------------------- 1. PM Modi is scheduled to participate in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) 81st Annual General Meeting at New Delhi’s Bharat Mandapam. 2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to participate in the International Air Transport Association IATA’s 81st Annual General Meeting at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi today. 3 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar attended a special event in Agra to mark the 300th birth anniversary of Lokmata Ahilyabai Holkar. 4. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reached out to the Chief Ministers of four northeastern states-Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh – offering full support as the region battles severe floods and landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains. Rescue teams, including the NDRF, SDRF, fire services, and local authorities, are working around the clock to help those affected areas. 5. The government is organising various competitions for young minds on the account of the 78th Independence Day beginning today. The first competition is a bilingual essay contest on ‘Operation Sindoor – Redefining India’s Policy against Terrorism’. The top three winners of the contest will win a cash prize of ten thousand rupees each and get an exclusive chance to attend the 78th Independence Day celebrations at Red Fort in New Delhi. 6. The Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela will begin on 31 October 2026, with the traditional hoisting of flags at the two prominent pilgrimage towns, while the first 'Amrut Snan' or ritual dip in the Godavari river will take place on 02 August 2027. 7. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall over Northeast India during the next 7 days. 8. Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati has announced the first list of 16 candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections in Uttar Pradesh. The BSP candidates in the list cover all the constituencies which will go to polls in the first phase of polling. Voting to be held for 4th phase of Lok Sabha polls on 13th May. 9. India's 'Tiger Man' Valmik Thapar dies: Valmik Thapar, one of India's most eminent wildlife conservationists and authors who devoted his life to the protection of tigers, died at his residence Saturday morning. He was 73 and had been diagnosed with cancer in 2024. 10. A free medical consultation camp on cervical spondylitis will be held at Sharada Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital, Talapady, Karnataka on June 4 and June 5. --------------------------------------- *LEGAL REPORT* --------------------------------------- 1. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted search operations at 15 locations in eight states in a Pakistan-linked espionage case. 2. Delhi high court has passed an order protecting the personality and publicity rights of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, and restrained various rogue websites and unknown entities from misusing his personality traits through the use of Artificial Intelligence in any medium or platform. 3. Uttar Pradesh MLA Abbas Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari has been disqualified as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after he was convicted in a hate speech case. 4. The Supreme Court on Friday issued directions that the post-graduate medical entrance exam scheduled on June 15 be conducted in a single shift, saying holding it in two shifts 'creates arbitrariness'. ------- *MISHAPS*------------ 1 killed as heavy rain lashes Tripura; over 10K people evacuated. The state's capital Agartala witnessing a record rainfall of around 200 mm in just three hours --------------------------------------- *FINANCE* --------------------------------------- *INDIAN RUPEE VALUE* *USD* ₹ 85 (Approx) 💷 *GBP* ₹115(Approx) € *Euro* : ₹ 96 Approx) *🇨🇳 China Yuan ¥* : ₹ 12 🇦🇪 *UAE Dirham* : ₹ 23 🇵🇰 *Pak Rupee* : ₹ 0.30 🇧🇹 *Bhutan ngultrum* : ₹ 1.00 🇧🇩 *B'desh Taka** : ₹ 0.70 🇱🇰 *Sri Lanka Rupee* : ₹ 0.28 🇳🇵 *Nepal Rupee* : ₹ 0.62 🇲🇻 *Maldives Rufiya* : ₹ 5.52 --------------------------------------- *BSE SENSEX* 81,451.01 −182.02 (0.22%)🔻 *NIFTY* 24,750.70 −82.90 (0.33%)🔻 --------------------------------------- *Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai* *GOLD* : ₹ 97,400/ 10gm (24 krt) *SILVER* : ₹ 99,900/KG The price of 19 KG commercial LPG cylinders has been reduced by 24 rupees by oil companies from 01 June. The revised retail price for these cylinders is now 1723.50 rupees in Delhi. --------------------------------------- *ENTERTAINMENT NEWS* --------------------------------------- Thudarum OTT release date: Malayalam blockbuster movie Thudarum, starring Mohanlal and Shobhana, which hit the big screen a month ago on April 26, made its OTT debut. The Malayalam movie will be available online in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Thudarum, superstar Mohanlal's second big hit of the year after L2 Empuraan. --------------------------------------- *DEFENCE News* --------------------------------------- 1. The 17th edition of the India-Mongolia joint military exercise - Nomadic Elephant is underway at the Special Forces training centre at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. 2. Indian Army is conducting trials of next-generation defence technologies at key locations across the country, including the Pokhran Field Firing Ranges, Babina Field Firing Ranges, and Joshimath. --------------------------------------- ✈ *INTERNATIONAL NEWS* --------------------------------------- 1. Paraguay President Santiago Peña Palacios will pay a three day state visit to India from 2 June to 04 June. 2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with President of Asian Development Bank Masato Kanda in New Delhi on Sunday. 3. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal commenced his three-day official visit to France yesterday. The visit reflects India’s continued commitment to deepening strategic and economic ties with key European partners and advancing a shared vision for resilient and inclusive global growth. 4. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today met his counterpart from Eritrea, Osman Saleh in New Delhi. 5. All-party parliamentary delegations on Sunday emphasised a unified global stance against terrorism and asserted that future dialogues with Pakistan should focus solely on reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 6. Terrorism is a global menace to be addressed by humanity in unison was the all-party delegation's message to Algeria as it concluded its visit to the North African country on Sunday. --------------------------------------- 🌎 *WORLD NEWS* 🌍 --------------------------------------- 1. Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday indicted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others on several charges, including mass murder, for their alleged role in the violent crackdown on student-led protests last year. 2. Ukraine conducted a major drone attack on Sunday, hitting over 40 Russian military aircraft. 3. China has warned the United States over Taiwan in response to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calling China a threat to the region at a high-profile summit in Singapore. 4. In Russia, a freight train locomotive and three of its empty cars derailed after a railway bridge collapsed in Russia's Zheleznogorsk district of the Kursk region. 5. US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, citing a “thorough review” of Isaacman’s prior associations. --------------------------------------- 🚣🚴🏇🏊 *SPORTS* --------------------------------------- 1. Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, presented award money of 5.67 crore rupees to 448 sportspersons, including 8 international and 23 national-level athletes, with special recognition given to para-athletes for their exceptional contributions. 2. On the first day of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 12 Player Auction, Iranian all-rounder Mohammadreza Shadloui became the first-ever player in PKL history to breach the 2-crore rupees mark for three consecutive seasons. Moreover, last season’s standout raider Devank Dalal became the second most expensive player after Bengal Warriorz signed him with a massive bid of 2.2 crore rupees. -------------------------------------- 🇮🇳 *FACTS ABOUT BHARAT* 🇮🇳 ======================= The state of Telangana was officially formed on *2 June 2014* and 29th youngest state of India. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao was elected as the first chief minister of Telangana. On November 1, 1956, Telangana merged with the State of Andhra, carved out of erstwhile Madras, to form Andhra Pradesh, a united state for the Telugu-speaking populace. ... But the push intensified in 2001, when K. Chandrasekara Rao floated the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to revive Telangana movement