- Eminent Odia litterateur and Jagannath culture expert Rajat Kumar Kar, a Padma Shri awardee, died at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Sunday. He was 88 years old and had heart-related ailments.
- Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm Sunday evening as it moved northwestwards in the direction of north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts, the Met department said
- Khalistan flags were found tied on the main gate and slogans scrawled on the walls of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly complex, police said Sunday
- The mercury hovered above 40 degrees Celsius in western Odisha Sunday with Bolangir town recording the maximum temperature in the state at 42.3 degrees Celsius, the Met office said.
- Increasing deposits of silts and earth due to soil erosion in the catchment area has substantially reduced the water retaining capacity of Kolab reservoir in Koraput district. For the last few years, the district has been witnessing erratic rainfall, which is being touted as another factor responsible for the declining water level in the reservoir
- A 23-year-old woman from Jaipur has alleged that Rohit Joshi, the son of Rajasthan Minister Mahesh Joshi, raped her on multiple occasions over a year, following which the Delhi Police has registered a zero FIR, officials said Sunday
- Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said he will meet Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Monday to discuss the revival of the state's economy, days after he had called the CM a "younger brother" and an "honest man"
- Over 79,000 calls, including those related to pension, Covid support and abuse, have been received by the national helpline for the elderly since October last year, according to official data
- A petition has been filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court seeking directives to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to open 20 rooms inside the Taj Mahal in Agra to ascertain whether the Hindu idols and inscriptions are hidden there.
- Britain said it would provide a further 1.3 billion pounds ($1.60 billion) in military support and aid to Ukraine, making the pledge ahead of a planned video call on Sunday by Group of Seven leaders with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Union home ministry has granted security clearance to Jet Airways that is planning to relaunch commercial flight operations in the next few months, according to an official document.
- India witnessed a slight decrease in COVID-19 cases with the country reporting 3,451 fresh infections in a day, pushing the active cases of the disease to 20,635, according to Union Health Ministry data.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that many attempts were made to destroy the Shiv Sena but they all proved futile.
- Ahmedabad ,A total of 24 students of the city-based National Institute of Design (NID) have tested positive for COVID-19 in three days, with 16 cases being reported on Sunday alone, officials said.
- Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said his party would not enter into an alliance with other outfits as it intended to partner with 130 crore people of this country.
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