THE SAVERA NEWS CAPSULE: AFTERNOON ROUNDUP

July 1, 2026

Catch up on the top national, political, business, sports and entertainment stories in The Savera News Capsule Afternoon Roundup:

Big Relief: US lifts sanctions on four Indian companies, accused of aiding Russia

The US has removed four Indian companies from its sanctions list; these companies had previously been sanctioned for allegedly supplying technology and equipment to Russia’s military-industrial sector. They have been removed from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list maintained by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

ATF Prices Slashed by Nearly ₹5 Per Litre Following Decline in Crude Oil Rates

State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have reduced aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by nearly Rs 5 per litre, effective from Wednesday, following a decline in international crude oil prices after easing geopolitical tensions in West Asia. According to the latest price notification, the price of jet fuel in Delhi has been cut to about Rs 110 per litre, coming into effect from July 1.

Bengal court issues fresh summons to Abhishek Banerjee for collection of voice samples

A district court in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, on Wednesday issued a notice to Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, to be present at the court so that the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths can collect his voice samples in a case where he is accused of making violence-inciting statements and threatening Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a campaign rally.

Gujarat: Three spans of Ahmedabad’s old Subhash Bridge safely demolished as removal work progresses

Ahmedabad’s civic authorities on Wednesday successfully completed the controlled demolition of three spans of the old Subhash Bridge over the Sabarmati River, marking another milestone in the dismantling of the ageing structure that is set to be replaced with a new bridge.

Ketan Murder Case Update: Death scene reenacted at Lohagarh Fort; dummy thrown into 300-foot gorge

On Wednesday, the Pune Rural Police conducted a crime scene reconstruction at Lohagad Fort in connection with the high-profile murder case of Ketan Agarwal. To better understand the sequence of events, investigating officers threw a fiber dummy—matching Ketan’s height and weight—into a gorge over 300 feet deep. The day prior, on Tuesday, the police had analyzed the movements (gait analysis) of the second accused, Chetan Chaudhary.