- Veteran actor Biraj Dash died today at a private hospital here after a prolonged illness. He was 63. Dash was suffering from lungs cancer and had been admitted to the private hospital for past four months.
- India reported at least 2,124 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the total tally of coronavirus cases to 4,31,42,192, while the active cases increased to 14,971, according to the Union Health Ministry.
- The Delhi government has brought in a scheme under which financial incentive will be provided to those buying electric cycles. According to the scheme guidelines, e-cycle buyers will get a purchase incentive of 25 per cent of the price with a cap of maximum ₹ 5,500 a piece. An additional incentive of ₹ 2,000 will be given to the first 1,000 individual owners of e-cycles.
- A Jawaharlal Nehru statue was vandalised in Madhya Pradesh's Satna. A video circulating on social media showed a dozen people trying to damage the statue with sticks and rocks. One of them even tries to break the statue using a hammer.
- Bypolls to three Lok Sabha and seven assembly seats across six states will be held on June 23, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The 3 Lok Sabha seats are in Uttar Pradesh and in Punjab.
- Captain Abhilasha Barak Wednesday became the first woman combat aviator in Indian Army.
- The Chief Minister awarded nine banks for their performance in priority sector lending, namely agriculture, Mission Shakti and MSMEs He awarded `5 lakh to the banks for winning the first prize, `3 lakh for the second prize and `2 lakh for the third prize
- The 34th Executive Council Meeting of Mo School Abhiyan, chaired by School and Mass Education department Principal Secretary Bishnupada Sethi, Wednesday approved projects worth `21.90 crore in 26 districts.
- The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the sale of the government's residual 29.58 per cent stake in Hindustan Zinc Ltd, which at current prices would fetch over ₹ 38,000 crore to the exchequer, sources said.
- A total of 1,20,806 fatal accidents were reported during the calendar year 2020, and victims were largely young people in productive age groups, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today awarded nine banks for best performance in priority sector lending, namely Agriculture, Mission Shakti and MSMEs. The Chief Minister had decided to award these banks and districts in last SLBC meeting.
- Residents of the capital city here will soon have access to clean drinking water from tap round-the-clock. For this, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) will spend Rs 20 core under Smart City Mission.
- In a tragic incident, at least six persons were killed and 42 others sustained injuries as a bus carrying tourists from West Bengal overturned at Kalinga Ghat near Durgaprasad on Ganjam-Kandhamal border,
- The NIA court in New Delhi today awarded life imprisonment to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik. Malik was presented before Special NIA Judge Praveen Singh of Patiala House Court amid tight security in connection with the terror funding case.
- Senior leader and former minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday filed the nomination for Rajya Sabha as independent with Samajwadi Party’s support in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav.
- The Centre has allowed import of a quantity of 20 lakh tonnes, each of crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil per year, for a period of two years at zero customs duty
- Post the transformation of high schools in first and second phase of High School Transformation, over 2000 high schools out of the remaining 4310 schools will be transformed in the third phase of the programme.
- A 35-year-old woman was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district today. A 10-year-old, the woman's nephew, was also injured in the attack.
- Despite many difficulties, 10-year-old specially-abled Seema has not given up on her dream of becoming a teacher.
- School and Mass Education (S&ME) Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Wednesday said more and more parents are now showing their interest in government schools for the education of their children.
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