# Agnipath scheme

• Two persons were killed, one of them in police firing, and scores, including several cops, injured as protests against the centre’s Agnipath scheme which entered the third day on Friday turned violent in Bihar and other states.
• Defense minister Rajnath singh and three services chiefs once again stepped forward on Friday to defend the Agnipath scheme and declared the recruitment process would kick off within the next few days.
• General Manoj pandey said the initial notification for army recruitment will be issued in the next two days and training will start in December.
• Air chief marshal VR Chaudhary said the IAF’s selection process will begin on June 24.

# World Trade organization

• WTO members on Friday agreed to a first deal in nearly seven years, including a limited patent waiver for Covid -19 vaccines and an agreement to discipline fisheries subsidy, after over five days of intense negotiations.
• There were ministers and ambassadors from over 100 countries spend the last two nights inside the multilateral body’s office on the shores of Lake Geneva.
• India listed several gains from the meet and sought to position itself as a key proponent of many of the moves.

# Rainfall

• Mawsynram in Meghalaya, the wettest spot on earth, received 1003.6 mm of rain in 24 hours, the highest single day downpour recorded at the station.
• Neighbouring Cherrapunjee logged its third highest 24 hour rainfall.
• The Single day downpour at Mawsynram, which gets the world’s highest annual rainfall, was 16 times the average rainfall in India in June so far.

# Tax collection

• Next direct tax receipts from April to mid-June soared by 45% to over ₹3.39 lakh crore.
• Advance tax collections for Q1 jumped by 33% to ₹1.01 lakh crore.