# Twitter grilled

• Members of the standing committee on information and technology, headed by congress leader Shashi Tharoor questioned Twitter official over non-compliance with the new IT new rules.

• Senior manager of public policy Shagufta kamran and Twitter India legal counsel Ayush kapoor were present at the meeting.

• The committee members unanimously were critical about Twitter dragging its feet on complying with the new IT rules.

# Jammu & Kashmir

• Jammu & Kashmir is witnessing heightened political activity as the centre mulls inviting all political parties from the union territory to New Delhi in the last week to June.

• Central government is trying to start a political engagement, which is likely to pave the way for the restoration of statehood.

• Several constituents of the Gupkar alliance, an amalgam of five political parties fighting for pre august 5, 2019 position of j&k, met in Srinagar on friday to “discuss the future course”.

# Third wave

• A third wave of covid-19 infections is likely to hit India by october.

• The pandemic will remain a public health threat for atleast another year, according to a Reuters poll of medical experts.

# Covid-19 situation

• India recorded 47046  new cases and 1462 deaths on friday.

• Around 19.29 lakh samples were tested in the country on thursday, for which results were available on friday.

• About 32.59 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the country on friday.

# Iran presidential poll

• Iranians voted on friday in a presidential election to elect new president.

• A conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to victory after all serious rivals were barred from running.

• The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, cast the first vote in Tehran and then urged Iran’s nearly 60 million eligible voters to follow suit.