0 Domestic cooking gas (LPG) price has been hiked by up to Rs 32 per cylinder - the

steepest increase in six years - following implementation of the Goods and Services Tax
(GST).

1 The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the Industrial Investment and Employment Policy,
2017 to boost investments and employment opportunities in the state.

2 Tamil Nadu will launch Amma Health Radio Service to provide awareness messages on
public health, Health Minister, C Vijayabaskar announced in the Assembly.

3 French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveiled an ambitious programme of tax cuts
and reduced public spending designed to boost corporate investment and end the
country''s reliance on state borrowing.

4 North Korea will make an "important announcement" following its launch of a ballistic
missile, the South''s Yonhap news agency.

5 The RBI released Rs 2,600 crore for the banking community in Telangana for lending to
farmers in the ongoing kharif season.

6 The Reserve Bank is expected to introduce Rs 200 notes in the coming months to ease
pressure on lower-denomination currencies that are in short supply.

7 President of India inaugurates restored heritage buildings in the Presidents Estate

8 Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will lead a
month-long drive to plant saplings to mark Van Mahotsav starting on July 5. The
plantation drive will be organised at Ram Lila Park, C. C Colony, Model Town tomorrow
and in District Park, Paschim Vihar on July 6.

9 The Union Finance Ministry has finalised the board contours of the electoral bonds
scheme that was announced this budget, and is expected to forward it to the Reserve
Bank of India.

10 Mahila Vahini took the initiative to start RPF Sakhi - through which it conects with
woman commuters via Whatsapp.

11 Health Minister J.P. Nadda also headed abroad- to China, for the health ministers'
meeting of the BRICS nations.

12 5 million customers transacted on BHIM of NPCI,an umbrella organistion for all retail
payments system in India.

13 Sebi to e-auction Sahara property in Uttarakhand: Captial Markets regulator Sebi will
auction a property owned by Sahara in Uttarakhand for a total reserve price of little
14 Indian bank has revised its interest rates on foriegn currency non-resident banking
deposits.

15 Freight transport via naional waterways rises 32% btween FY14 & FY 16.

16 Restrictions on cash dealings of Rs 2 lakh or more will not apply to credit card bill
payments,business correspondants appointed by banks and issuers of prepaid
instruments, the revenue department has said.The Finance Act 2017 banned cash
transactions of Rs 2 lakh or above with effect April 1,2017.

17 Magsaysay awardee Rajendra Singh, who is known as "Waterman of India".

18 Devotees can now have hassele-free darshan at the Sri Venkateswara temple.

19 The Law Ministry issued a notification for the appointment of Election Commissioner
Achal Kumar Joti, a 1975-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre,as the next Chief Election
Commissioner.

20 Speaking at the Delhi Dialogue IX,a platform for discussion between ASEAN and
INDIA,Vietnamese Deputy Prime minister Pham Binh Minh.

21 About 97% of the total outstanding debt of all state power distribution companies
(discoms) has been covered under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), the
government announced.

22 The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved bankruptcy proceedings against
Mumbai based EPC firm Jyoti Structures, making it the first among the 12 cases referred
by the central bank under Indias new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC).

23 more than 80 lakhs firms are registered with the GSTN already.

24 ICICI Bank said the joint venture agreement between it and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd
has been terminated ahead of the IPO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company -- a
JV between the two entities.

25 Kamarajar Port, formerly known as Ennore Port, has started constructing three coal
berths that would be ready by March 2018, said a top official.

26 Drug major Sun Pharma and South Korean firm Samsung BioLogics on Tuesday
announced a long-term manufacturing agreement for Tildrakizumab to be used for
treatment of psoriasis.

27 Asian Athletics championship, the Odisha government was quick to open its doors and
roll out the red carpet.