Morning Digest: Central Asian countries back India in fighting terrorism; PM Modi accepts Canadian PM Carney’s invitation to G-7, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest: June 07, 2025

The Foreign Ministers of Central Asian countries on Friday (June 6, 2025) “unequivocally condemned” the terrorist attack in Pahalgam and conveyed their “firm commitment” to fight terrorism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will represent India at the upcoming G-7 summit in Canada next week, he confirmed on Friday (June 6, 2025), after he was invited by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during a telephone call. The visit to Canada, Mr. Modi’s first since 2015, could mark a reset in ties after years of tensions over Khalistani separatists targeting Indian diplomats and the killing of Canadian and Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which the previous Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had blamed Indian government agents for. 

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday (June 6, 2025) launched the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) portal, a centralised digital platform for real-time uploading, verification, and monitoring of Waqf properties.

India’s active COVID-19 caseload crossed the 5,000-mark, with Kerala continuing to report the highest number of infections, followed by Gujarat, West Bengal, and Delhi, according to data released by the Union Health Ministry on Friday (June 6, 2025)

Bangladesh will have elections during the first half of April 2026, Chief Adviser of the interim government Mohammed Yunus announced on Friday (June 6, 2025). In a nationally televised speech ahead of the Id holidays, Mr. Yunus said Bangladesh is in a “state of war”, and accused the “domestic and international supporters of the defeated fascist government” of attempting to destabilise the interim government.

A day after the suspension of several senior police officers in connection with the M. Chinnaswamy stadium stampede case, MLC K. Govindaraj was sacked from the post of Political Secretary to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday (June 6, 2025) while Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Intelligence, Hemant M. Nimbalkar, was transferred out.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (June 6, 2025) launched the Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag (BBA), or Indian Languages Section, to provide an organised platform for all Indian languages to move towards “freeing the administration from the influence of foreign languages”.