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As many as 334 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours.Out of the 334 cases, 53 are children below 18 years of age. Khurda district reported highest 187 fresh infections.
- While issuing the Covid SOP for the malls and business establishments, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated hand sanitizers and thermal screening must be kept mandatorily at the entry point.
- Five Aam Aadmi Party MLAs on Monday were inducted as ministers in the Punjab government as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expanded his cabinet. It was the first Cabinet expansion since the party came to power in Punjab.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said he had been suppressed for a long time and rebellion led by him was a fallout of unfair treatment meted out to him, an apparent reference to his old association with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.
- Newly-elected Rajinder Nagar Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Durgesh Pathak took oath of office on the first day of the Delhi Assembly session here on Monday.
- The Centre said Monday the use of cellular signal jammer, GPS blocker or other signal jamming device is illegal, except specifically permitted by the government, warning ecommerce platforms against illegally selling such wireless mobile jammers online.
- Noted Bengali film director, Tarun Majumdar, an Padma Shri awardee, passed away at a city hospital here Monday. He was 91. Besides Padma Shri, he had won multiple honours like National Award, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award and Filmfare Awards (East).
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik virtually interacted with two-time Grammy Award-winning Indian music composer and environmentalist Ricky Kej during his talk on “My Earth Song” at the Convention Centre of Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar, Monday, as part of the 25th Odisha Knowledge Hub Lecture Series. Senior officials of the state government were also present at the event.
- A youth Monday ended his life after losing lakhs by playing online games. The victim has been identified as Debendra Parida, son of Bhagaban Parida of Bhuasuni village under Balikuda police limits in Jagatsinghpur district.
- The National Commission of Women (NCW) has written a letter to the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh seeking action against Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav for his tweet against suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma.
- NCP leader Ajit Pawar was Monday named the leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly. He succeeds BJP's Devendra Fadnavis, who was sworn in as Deputy CM June 30. Speaker Rahul Narvekar announced that Pawar will take over as Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, adding NCP has emerged as the single largest opposition party in the 288-member House.
- The process of filing nominations for the August 6 Vice-Presidential polls will start from Tuesday and go on till July 19.
- Rashtriya Janata Dal president and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad was admitted to Patna's Paras hospital Monday morning after his condition worsened following a fall from the stairs.
- The Crime Branch team of Valsad Police Sunday night raided a BJP leader's liquor party and arrested 41 persons including a minor. All have undergone medical examination and investigation is going on.
- The Delhi Assembly Monday passed bills pertaining to over 66 per cent hike in salaries and allowances of its members, the first raise in last 11 years for the legislators who are considered the lowest-paid lawmakers in the country.
- Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Monday informed that 90 per cent of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated with both vaccine doses against Covid-19.
- India on Monday reported at least 16,135 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the total number of Covid cases to 4,35,18564. India's death tally rose to 5,25,223 with 24 new coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours.
- The Supreme Court agreed to hear on July 11 a fresh plea of Uddhav Thackeray faction challenging the decision of newly-elected Speaker of the Maharashtra legislative assembly to recognise the new party whip of Shiv Sena rebels led by Eknath Shinde.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched numerous digital portals and said that India's leading the fourth industrial revolution. He said, "India is not just part of the Industry 4.0 Revolution but is actually leading it."
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi on July 7. He will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of multiple development initiatives worth over ₹ 1,800 crore.
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