- Boris Johnson claims Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an ‘extraordinary’ phone call.
- The Budget session of Parliament begins Tuesday with the maiden address of President Droupadi Murmu to the joint sitting of both Houses.
- From jowar vegetable upma to ragi dosa, bajre ki tikki to bajra khichdi -- these food items made of millets will now be part of the menu of Parliament House canteens.
- In the 5th edition of the India Reading Olympiad, City-based Bakul Foundation was awarded in the “Most Innovative Library” category at the prestigious Hyderabad Literary Festival recently.
- Air Marshal AP Singh has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force, officials said Monday.
- With the approval of Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik allocated the State’s Health and family welfare department to Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari.
- The Odisha Vigilance on Monday apprehended Soil Conservation Overseer of Rampur block in Kalahandi district while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000.The accused has been identified as Dhanujaya Dhoba.
- Popular Odia film singer Humane Sagar and his wife Shriya Mishra decided to put behind their long-running argument and start afresh after their dispute was settled in the second round of counseling held at the Mahila Police Station here Monday
- In a bid to maintain absolute transparency in the investigation into the murder of Minister Naba Kishore Das, the State government on Monday urged the Orissa High Court to appoint a judge who will monitor the entire investigation process.
- At least 61 people were killed and more 150 injured after a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Peshawar city, PTI reported quoting officials.
- Former India opener Murali Vijay on Monday announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. In an emotional post on social media, Vijay remembered his career and thanked all those who were a part of his journey.
- Asaram Bapu was accused by a Surat-based woman of repeatedly raping her while she was at his ashram in Ahmedabad’s Motera around 10 years ago. The Gandhinagar sessions court, which convicted Asaram Bapu today, will pronounce the punishment in the case on Tuesday.
- The mahant of Hanumangarhi temple here on Monday announced a bounty of Rs 21 lakh to anyone who “beheads” Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya, who has been in headlines since his comments on Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas.
- Trial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a report has said. Also, 539 prisoners were on death row by the end of 2022, which was the highest since 2016 and the number of prisoners living under death sentence saw an increase of 40% since 2015, the report added
- Billionaire Gautam Adani’s embattled group clutched on to a USD 400-million investment by Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Co. in its flagship firm’s share sale to restore confidence in the conglomerate that saw nearly USD 70-billion rout in value after a tiny New York short seller came out with a damning report.
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday asserted that he will "rather die" than realign with the BJP, stung by the saffron party's decision that there will be no alliance with the "unpopular" JD(U) leader.
- The Bharat Jodo Yatra ended Monday in an opposition show of strength with leaders of several parties joining Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as he capped his ambitious 145-day journey that covered some 4,000 km from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
- Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of colleges in the country, followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to the government's All India Survey for Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21. The top 10 states in terms of number of colleges in India include Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana and Kerala, each having at least 29 or more colleges per lakh population.
- Granting relaxations, the government Monday said the 30-minute daily obligatory public service broadcast by private broadcasters could be embedded in programmes telecast by other television channels.
- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) have become the only group of institutions in the country to be the associate sponsor of Indian Rugby Football Union (IRFU) for the next three years, with the deemed to be universities signing a pact with the IRFU, also known as Rugby India, in this regard Monday.
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