1. What next in Maharashtra?  Embattled Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced his resignation from the post on Wednesday, moments after the Supreme Court refused to stay Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's direction to the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday. He asked Shiv Sena workers not to take to the streets in protest. Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs have landed at the Goa airport, and have moved to a hotel for an overnight stay. The MLAs had originally planned to return to Mumbai on Thursday 2. Udaipur tailor beheading | NIA begins probe Investigators on Wednesday were looking into a possible link between one of the men who killed an Udaipur tailor and an Islamist outfit in Pakistan, as Rajasthan Police remained on vigil a day after the hate crime now being probed by the National Investigation Agency. 3. Assam floods worsens  The flood situation in Assam worsened on Wednesday following incessant rain, with five more people losing their lives in the deluge and the number of affected people rising to 24.92 lakh, while Silchar town in Cachar district continued to remain inundated for the last 10 days, officials said. 4. Presidential poll | Scrutiny of nominations on Thursday As many as 115 nominations for the Presidential elections were filed till Wednesday, the last day of filing of papers for the July 18 polls, and 87 of them remain for scrutiny, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said. 5. Countdown begins for ISRO's PSLV-C53 mission "PSLV-C53/DS-EO mission: The countdown leading to the launch on June 30, 2022, at 18:02 hours IST has commenced," the space agency said in a tweet on Wednesday. PSLV-C53 is the second dedicated commercial mission of New Space India Limited (NSIL), which is designed to orbit DS-EO satellite along with two co-passenger satellites from Singapore.. 6. Zubair in police custody  Alt News co-founder Mohd. Zubair will be taken to Bengaluru today in connection with the probe. The anonymous Twitter handle, a complaint from which led to Mr. Zubair's arrest, does not exist on the microblogging website anymore. Sources in the Delhi Police said the Twitter handle that had raised the issue of Zubair's tweet has been deleted. 7. Amarnath Yatra kicks off Leaders of many mainstream Jammu and Kashmir political parties on Wednesday attended a "high tea" meeting with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here where smooth conduct of the Amarnath Yatra was discussed. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti skipped the meeting. 8. T.N. girl forced to sell oocytes attempts to end life The 16-year-old-girl who was allegedly forced to sell her oocytes to private hospitals through a forged Aadhaar card attempted to end her life at a government home at R.N. Pudur here on Tuesday night. Hospital authorities said she would be kept in the facility for treatment till Thursday. 9. Ease of doing business: UT, states' ranking to be released today The government will release the ranking of states and Union Territories (UTs) in terms of ease of doing business on June 30, the Commerce and Industry ministry said on Wednesday. 10. Neeraj Chopra primed to win medal in Stockholm Diamond League  Buoyed by a strong start to the season, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is primed to clinch his maiden Diamond League medal in his first appearance in four years in the prestigious one-day meet in Stockholm on Thursday. 11. Rohit Sharma decision left until last minute India will make a last-minute decision on Covid-hit captain Rohit Sharma's availability for Friday's Test against England .Rohit has been in isolation since testing positive for Covid-19 last week. | 
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