- The Odisha government Monday enhanced the pre-matriculation scholarships for the students belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities. The pre-matriculation scholarship for boy students has been increased to `950 from `750. Similarly, the girl boarders will now be entitled to get `1,000 from `800.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as Chancellor of all the state-run health, agricultural, and animal & fishery sciences universities. A formal decision was taken Monday by the state Cabinet to replace the Governor with the Chief Minister as the visitor of private universities operating in the state.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will embark on his second foreign trip since assuming office in March 2005, this month. The last time Naveen went on a foreign trip was in May 2012 when he visited the United Kingdom for eight days. Official sources said, Naveen will leave the state capital for a trip to the UAE and Rome starting June 28. He will attend several events, including an industrial and and investors’ meet. The CM is also likely to meet non-resident Odias in the Gulf and in Rome.
- The Supreme Court Monday took strong note of continuing ‘illegal mining’ of minerals by some firms in Odisha without obtaining forest clearance (FCs) from authorities under the garb of ‘status quo’ orders, and asked the state high court to dispose of such matters in six months.
- The government is planning to establish oldage homes in every district of the country and has identified 250 districts where it will be tying up with local NGOs of the area, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said Monday.
- The US and South Korean militaries launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea Monday in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display a day earlier that extended a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations.
- Elon Musk may walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire Twitter Inc if the social media network fails to provide data on spam and fake accounts, the billionaire warned in a letter to the company Monday.
- The finance ministry Monday released the third monthly instalment of revenue deficit grant of Rs 7,183 crore to 14 states.
- India’s gold imports in May jumped 677% from a year ago to the highest level in a year as correction in prices just before a key festival and wedding season boosted retail jewellery purchases, a government source said Monday.
- Retail sales of passenger vehicles grew last month but the sales of two-wheeler and commercial vehicles remained low compared to the pre-Covid month of May 2019, according to automobile dealers’ body FADA.
- More than 3,300 workers at 70 UK companies start working a four-day week from Monday for six months with no loss of pay in the world’s biggest trial of the new working pattern.
- Expressing displeasure that government officials were not following the orders of the High Court, a division bench of the Karnataka HC Monday made an observation that “it's time an IAS officer is sent to jail.”
- India Monday successfully carried out a “training launch” of the Agni-4 Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, marking a significant boost to the country’s military capabilities.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday purchased the first ticket of IndiaSouth Africa T20 match, to be held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack June 12, a CMO official said.
- The heatwave condition is very likely to continue over western part of Odisha and high humidity may make life miserable in coastal areas for next three days.
- Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with The Fishing Cat Project (TFCP) recently conducted world's first fishing cat census at Chilika lake, Asia's largest brackish water lagoon.
- India on Monday reported at least 4,518 new coronavirus infections, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,81335. The daily positivity rate was recorded above one per cent after 34 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated.
- The Kejriwal government will soon open 100 more Mohalla clinics across the city to provide primary healthcare services to residents. Preparations for these upcoming clinics are underway and will be completed soon.
- The diplomatic outrage over the remarks on Prophet Muhammad by BJP leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal continued even as the government sought to defuse the anger in various countries, asserting that it respects all religions.
- Facebook parent Meta Platforms has appointed Guy Rosen, a company vice president as chief information security officer (CISO). He will be the first person to fill that role at the social media company.
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