Australia's Travis Head and Steven Smith at the end of the first day's play in World Test Championships Final. Photo: Reuters/Paul Childs

WTC Final

World Test Championship Final Day 2 Live Updates: Rohit Sharma's India have fallen behind on the first day. Travis Head's 146* and Steve Smith's 95* took Australia to 327/3 at the end of Day 1

WTC Final Live Score, IND vs AUS Day 2: Rohit and co search comeback window

Business Standard

trade

A robust and easy trade finance ecosystem is important for India to achieve the USD 2 trillion exports target by 2030, a senior government official said on Thursday.
Additional Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) S C Aggarwal said  easy availability of affordable trade finance helps promote export competitiveness.
Traders and the government have to work on issues like obtaining easy finance both for domestic and cross-border trade, he said.
"A robust and easy trade finance ecosystem is very important for moving us to achieve this goal (of USD 2 trillion)," Aggarwal said here at an event.
India has set an ambitious target to take its total goods and services exports to USD 2 trillion by 2030.
According to the commerce ministry's data, exports of goods and services in 2022-23 rose 14.68 per cent to USD 775.87 billion as against USD 676.53 billion in 2021-22.
He suggested the industry to focus on how to make it easier to get the finance and ways to strengthen this ecosystem.

A robust and easy trade finance ecosystem is important for India to achieve the USD 2 trillion exports target by 2030, a senior government official said on Thursday.

Robust trade ecosystem crucial to achieve $2 trn exports by 2030: DGFT

Press Trust of India

European Union

European Union interior ministers on Thursday made a fresh attempt to overcome one of the bloc's most intractable political problems as they weighed new measures for sharing out responsibility for migrants entering Europe without authorisation.
Europe's asylum system collapsed eight years ago after well over a million people entered  most of them fleeing conflict in Syria  and overwhelmed reception capacities in Greece and Italy, in the process sparking one of the EU's biggest political crises.
The 27 EU nations have bickered ever since over which countries should take responsibility for people arriving without authorisation, and whether other members should be obliged to help them cope.
Arriving for the meeting in Luxembourg, the EU's top migration official, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said it was an extremely important day to resolve what has been a marathon issue for Europe.
Of this marathon, we have maybe 100 metres left. So, we are so close to actually find an ...

European Union interior ministers on Thursday made a fresh attempt to overcome one of the bloc's most intractable political problems as they weighed new measures for sharing out responsibility for migrants entering Europe without authorisation.

EU makes fresh attempt to overcome yearslong crisis over migrants

S Jaishankar, EAM S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday criticised Rahul Gandhi, saying he has a habit of criticising India abroad and it is not in the interest of the country to take its internal matters to the outside world.
Referring to Gandhi's recent remarks made at an event in the US, the minister said, "The world is watching us".
"Rahul Gandhi has a habit of criticising India abroad," he said, replying to a question.
"I don't think taking national politics out of the country is in national interest," Jaishankar said.
Gandhi, currently on a visit to the US, has criticised the government on a number of issues.
At an event in the US, Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to drive the Indian car by only looking in the rear-view mirror which will lead to "one accident after another.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday criticised Rahul Gandhi, saying he has a habit of criticising India abroad and it is not in the interest of the country to take its internal matters to the outside world.

Rahul Gandhi has habit of criticising India abroad: EAM Jaishankar

Young Indian wrestlers Tannu and Priya become World Champions

wrestling

IOA has called the open selection trials of U-15 and U-20 wrestlers a 'fair and transparent' affair, and a 'much-needed break' for the 2500 participants

IOA calls wrestling trials 'much-needed break' for 2500 participants

IANS

Karnataka BJP party is holding a series of day-long meetings on Thursday to introspect the humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Assembly polls

Karnataka BJP holds meeting to introspect on Assembly election defeat

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the creator of AI chatbot ChatGPT, has said that the company is not presently training GPT5 -- the successor to GPT4

OpenAI not training GPT-5 for now, will take a lot of time: Sam Altman

TMC MLA threatens to restrict movement of central agencies in Bengal

"Actually, Trinamool Congress is nothing better than a gutter and anyone getting in the gutter gets acclimatised to its ambience," BJP leader said

Jaishankar, EAM Jaishankar

India does not get swayed by coercion, inducements and false narratives, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday while citing the country's approach towards the situation along the Northern border and its opposition to China's Belt and Road Initiative.
Addressing a press conference on nine years of Modi government, Jaishankar also said that India has de-legitimised cross-border terrorism.
In his remarks, the minister highlighted various aspects of Indian foreign policy, including its handling of different situations as well as the country's ties with key countries.
Jaishankar said large parts of world now see India as a development partner and that the Global South perceives India as a reliable partner.
The external affairs minister also said that India is making significant economic impact that has been recognised globally.

India does not get swayed by coercion, inducements and false narratives, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday while citing the country's approach towards the situation along the Northern border and its opposition to China's Belt and Road Initiative.

India does not get swayed by coercion, false narratives: Jaishankar

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advises on formation transactions of Cube Highways Trust and its initial offer

Mumbai (Maharashtra)/ New Delhi [India], June 8: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised in relation to the initial offer and listing of ordinary units, of the Cube Highways Trust (Cube Trust, acting through its Investment Manager, Cube Highways Fund Advisors Private Limited), a privately placed infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), aggregating to INR 52,258.27 million. The Firm also advised on the formation transactions of the Cube Trust, being, the transfer of 18 special purpose vehicles to the Cube Trust. Pursuant to such formation transactions, the Cube Trust issued Ordinary Units and Subordinate Units to its Sponsors, Cube Highways and Infrastructure Pte. Ltd. ("CH-I") and Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Pte. Ltd. ("CH-III").

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