- International School’s Amrutanshu Mohanty emerged topper from the state in the JEE (Main), the results of which were announced late evening Monday.
- Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake Monday and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighbouring Syria, with the discovery of more bodies raising the death toll to 6,200.
- The Delhi High Court said Tuesday that ‘virginity test’ conducted on a female detainee or accused is unconstitutional and in violation of Article 21 of the Constitution. The high court said that if such a test is conducted it interferes with the bodily integrity of the woman and also affects her mental health.
- Over 500 incidents of forest fires, 533 to be precise, have been reported from different parts of Odisha, a report released Tuesday by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), said. Among the total cases of forest fires reported, 23 are said to be major ones, officials informed .
- Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak has urged Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal to ensure expeditious release of Rs 14,249 crore food subsidy pending with the Centre.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a 1,000-seat auditorium at Rama Devi Women’s University here, Tuesday.
- Delhi police Tuesday launched the ‘Cyber Suraksha’ campaign in partnership with Meta with the aim to spread awareness about cyber safety and prevent people from falling prey to prevailing online frauds.
- Leading the Opposition attack over the AdaniHindenburg issue in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi Tuesday linked Gautam Adani's meteoric rise to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's coming to power and said "magic" happened after 2014 that propelled the businessman from the 609th to the second spot on the global rich list.
- The Supreme Court Tuesday denied bail to Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in AgustaWestland chopper scam cases, who is being probed by both the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.
- Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri took oath as additional judge of the Madras High Court Tuesday, minutes before the Supreme Court rejected a petition challenging her appointment over her alleged hate speech against minorities.
- The Goa State Commission for Persons with Disabilities Tuesday issued a notice to the director of Dabolim airport after a British national alleged that two airport staffers extorted Rs 4,000 from her to provide wheelchair service to her.
- A Supreme Court-constituted panel has asked the Union Environment Ministry to amend or withdraw guidelines related to setting up zoos and safaris within tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries to discourage the use of wildlife habitats for tourism activities which are non-site specific.
- Some 4.2 million girls are at risk of being subjected to this act of gender-based violence during 2023 alone. We need urgent investments and action to reach the Sustainable Development Goals target of eliminating female genital mutilation by 2030 said Antonio Guterres ,U N Secretary-General.
- A statue of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has been reported missing from a park in San Jose, California. The statue at the Guadalupe River Park was a gift from Pune, San Jose’s sister city, and it was the only statue of Shivaji Maharaj in North America.
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday announced the creation of four new or repurposed ministries to create an energy-focussed department as he undertook a mini reshuffle of his Cabinet.
- Fintech firm PhonePe Tuesday said its users will now be able to pay to international merchant outlets in five countries, including the UAE, Nepal, and Singapore, using Unified Payments Interface system.
- Google owner Alphabet Inc Monday said it will launch a chatbot service and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers, an answer to Microsoft Corp in their rivalry to lead a new wave of computing. Microsoft, meanwhile, said it planned its own AI reveal soon.
- A Telangana-based chartered accountant, formerly employed with KCR's daughter K Kavitha, was summoned to the national capital and arrested by the CBI in the Delhi liquor policy case.
- India reported 89 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, taking tthe total number of coronavirus infections to 4,46,83,543.
- Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala on Tuesday told Lok Sabha that India is the highest milk producer in the world contributing twenty-four per cent of global milk production in the year 2021-22.
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