- India was on Wednesday ranked 135 among 146 nations in terms of gender parity by the World Economic Forum (WEF). According to the annual Gender Gap Report 2022 released in Geneva,
- People in the 18-59 age group can get free precaution doses of the Covid vaccine at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive likely to begin from July 15, the government said Wednesday.
- In a startling development, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has claimed that actress Rhea Chakraborty and others were allegedly involved in a major criminal conspiracy to run a drugs racket, for Bollywood and other high society people.
- A woman was seriously injured after some unidentified miscreants allegedly hurled acid on her in Cuttack district Wednesday, police said. The incident took place at Nuapatana village under Tigiria PS area at around 4am when the 36-year.
- India was Wednesday ranked low at 135th place in terms of gender parity, despite an improvement of five places since last year on better performance in areas of economic participation and opportunity.
- The Bank Note Paper Mill (BNPM) India Private Limited is planning to set up a bank note paper mill in Balasore district with an investment of Rs 2,500 crore, officials said Wednesday.
- The student wing of the Naba Nirman Krushak Sanghathan (NNKS) has called for Odisha Bandh on July 19 demanding proper probe into the death of Ruchika Mohanty, who was a student of BJB Autonomous College here. NNKS Convenor Akshaya Kumar informed about the state-wide shutdown at a presser here Wednesday.
- Dengue is reportedly spreading its tentacles in Bhadrak district with six cases having been detected so far. The health officials have expressed concern over the issue and advised people to take precautionary measures, as per a report.
- As many as 700 teachers retired several years ago are still deprived of pension allegedly due to negligence of the School and Mass Education department and litigation against some teachers, a report said.
- A special court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cases here Wednesday allowed Aryan Khan’s plea seeking his passport back. The court also cancelled his bail bond.
- The Karnataka government has decided to release 84 prisoners lodged in different jails across the state on the occasion of celebration of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ on the basis of good conduct, sources said Wednesday. It has been a tradition in the state to release prisoners during the celebration of Independence Day every year.
- The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear next week a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state.
- The rupee declined by 22 paise to close at a record low of 79.81 against the US currency Wednesday after the dollar surged to a 20-year high in overseas markets and foreign investors continued to withdraw funds from Indian stocks.
- India on Wednesday reported a total of 16,906 new COVID-19 cases, taking the coronavirus tally to 4,36,69,850. The death count climbed to 5,25,519 with 45 new fatalities in the last 24 hours.
- The family members of Dinanath Bhargava, a co-artist in the team that had designed the original national emblem of India, said that in order to accomplish the task, he kept visiting a zoo in Kolkata for three months to closely observe lions.
- The Himachal Pradesh High Court ordered dismissing all charges against a journalist who conducted an 'expose' on the state government e-pass system during the Covid pandemic.
- An assortment of more than 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and around 500 detonators have been recovered by CoBRA commandos during a recent anti-Maoist operation in Bihar, official said on Wednesday.
- So far, less than 1 per cent of the target population of 77 crore in the 18-59 age group have been administered the precaution dose, news agency PTI reported.
- The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine allegations of “pick and choose” bulldozing of “a particular community’s” properties at many places but refused to pass an omnibus order restraining authorities from demolishing illegal structures.
- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass an interim direction staying demolition of properties of accused involved in violent protests across various states.
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