1. About 20.8% elders surveyed lost family members or friends to COVID-19: Report Marking "World Elder Abuse Awareness Day", HelpAge India on Tuesday released the findings of its six-city survey, "The Silent Tormentor: Covid 19 and the Elderly", delving into the impact and challenges faced by India's elders during the pandemic. 2. Recruitment for clinical trial of Covaxin in 6-12 age group to startThe recruitment for the clinical trial of India's first indigenously-developed COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin among children in the age group of 6-12 years will begin at the AIIMS here from Tuesday. This will be followed by the clinical trial of children in the age-group of 2-6 years.  3. Curfew extended for another week in Uttarakhand, chardham yatra opened for locals The Uttarakhand government extended the COVID-19 curfew in the state till June 22 but announced some important relaxations such as opening the chardham yatra for locals on the condition of a negative RT-PCR test report. 4. Parts of north India to wait little longer for monsoon as IMD predicts its slow progress The IMD had predicted that the southwest monsoon was expected to reach the national capital by June 15. However, under the current circumstances, it is unlikely to happen, IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said. 5. Centre to provide over 96,490 COVID-19 vaccine doses to states, UTs in next 3 days More than 1.40 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories to be administered and over 96,490 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days, the Union Health Ministry said. Over 26.68 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and Union Territories so far through the Government of India and direct state procurement category. 6. Teachers called to school in Aurangabad All teachers in Aurangabad city and 50% of them in the rural areas of the district will have to be present in their respective schools in Tuesday, an official said. 7. First draw for EWS, DG admissions in Delhi schools The first computerised draw for admission to entry-level classes for seats reserved under the Economically Weaker Section, Disadvantaged Groups and Children With Special Needs in the private schools will be announced on Tuesday, according to the Directorate of Education.
8. Odds of settling U.S.-EU trade rifts? Hope may outrun progress U.S. President Joe Biden meets with European Union leaders in Brussels on Tuesday. The prospect of forging an accord to resolve their differences — and perhaps form a united front against an increasingly confrontational China — may be stymied by European scepticism.  9. Euro 2020 | Hungary hosts defending champion Portugal Hungary faces a Portugal team with scoring talent and one particular player looking to make history. Cristiano Ronaldo needs six more goals to become the all-time leading scorer for a men's national team. 10. Euro 2020 | France and Germany in rare early meeting France and Germany usually play each other in the latter stages of major soccer tournaments. Not this time. The teams will meet in the group stage of a European Championship or World Cup for the first time on Tuesday when they open their Euro 2020 campaigns in Munich. 11. Chhetri one goal off entering all-time top-10 as India meet Afghanistan Goal-machine Sunil Chhetri will look to add to his tally and enter the all-time top 10 scorers' list as a buoyant India meet Afghanistan in the joint 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. 12. Coronavirus in India | West Bengal extends curfew The West Bengal government extended the ongoing restrictions to combat the pandemic for 15 more days till June 30. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 2,95,68,730 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 3,77,035.  Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day's biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter. | 
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