India News LIVE: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) scheduled for Sunday June 28, 2026, has been postponed after a paper leak was detected in Bhiwandi. According to a press note issued by the Secretary of the Maharashtra State Council of Examination, police found that individuals in Bhiwandi had questions that were present in the real test paper.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Seychelles to attend the country’s Golden Jubilee National Day celebrations. Calling Seychelles a valued maritime neighbour and an important partner in India’s Vision MAHASAGAR and Global South initiatives, Modi said he looks forward to talks with President Patrick Herminie, addressing the National Assembly, and interacting with the Indian community.
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US President Donald Trump is expected to visit India in early 2027, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor told IANS, adding that preparations for the trip are already underway. Gor said he would travel to India to finalise the visit and described the Trump-Modi relationship as central to growing cooperation in trade, energy, defence and technology.
The mortal remains of 8 Indian nationals who tragically died in the Ras Laffan accident in Qatar were sent back to India on 26 June. Earlier, the remains of 4 of the 12 deceased were repatriated on 25 June. Embassy officials also met injured Indian nationals in Al Khor. On June 22, Embassy of India in Doha informed thar out of the 13 workers who were killed in the explosion, 12 were Indian nationals.
US President Donald Trump thanked India after a road near the US Consulate in Hyderabad was renamed Donald Trump Avenue, calling it an “unprecedented honour” in a post on Truth Social.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture Bhagirath Choudhary received a Rs 99 lakh subsidy for a cucumber farm in Rajasthan under a horticulture scheme run by his own ministry. As MoS Agriculture, Choudhary is ex-officio Vice-President of the board that approved his project — one of only 467 approvals issued last year. His aide has said further details will be disclosed to the government. The list of beneficiaries under the Centre’s scheme also includes the wife, son and mother of an IAS officer.
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