- A POCSO court here Tuesday awarded death penalty to two persons for gangrape and murder of an eight-yearold girl under Tirtol police limits here in 2014.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will launch the first pilot for retail digital rupee in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Bhubaneswar December 1, and later expand it to nine more cities in the initial phase.
- The Odisha government is expecting to receive intents worth over Rs 6 lakh crore during the state’s third flagship investors’ summit— Make in Odisha (MiO) Conclave 2022— which would be inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Janata Maidan here Wednesday, an official said Tuesday.
- India’s 100 richest got richer this year, with their cumulative wealth growing to a whopping $800 billion, according to the Forbes India’s 100 richest list.
- It was largely due to a recordbreaking achievement by business tycoon Gautam Adani. After nearly tripling his wealth last year, the infrastructure tycoon doubled his fortune in 2022 to $150 billion to become the new No 1.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday announced that interest-free loans for the women self-help group members (SHGs) has been enhanced to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 3 lakh.
- The state’s relentless effort at improving access to healthcare has yielded result, as with a 49 points fall from 168 in 2015-17 to 119 in 2018-20, Odisha has recorded the 2nd highest point decline in the country in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), according to the latest publication of SRS MMR bulletin, 2018-20. The state’s MMR currently stands at 119 per 1,00,000 live birth.
- The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL that sought a direction to the Centre and all states to double the number of judges in subordinate judiciary and high courts to effectively tackle the pendency of cases, saying such "populist” and "simplistic" measures cannot be the solution.
- A hundred companies in the United Kingdom have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all employees without cutting any pay. The 100 companies employ around 2,600 staff in total, but the 4 Day Week Campaign is hoping that they will be able to bring a transformative change in the country.
- General Asim Munir, a former ISI head, assumed charge as the Pakistan Army chief Tuesday, at a time when the cashstrapped country was in the midst of a political slugfest between the government and opposition leader Imran Khan over holding of snap polls and fresh threats from the dreaded Taliban militant.
- A peculiar medical case at Nijalingappa Medical College’s HSK Hospital and Research Centre has attracted eyeballs after a team of doctors surgically removed as many as 187 coins from the stomach of a 58-year old man here.
- The Sri Lankan Navy has reportedly detained 23 Indian fishermen from Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu.
- A Class 10 girl was allegedly-gang raped by five of her classmates and also blackmailed by video recording of the sexual assault under Hayathnagar police station limits on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
- A Delhi Court discharged two accused of the allegation of burning property during the North East Delhi riots. On the basis of photographs, the Court noted that the case of destruction of property by fire is not made out against the accused persons.
- The government cannot be held liable to compensate for the deaths due to an adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) post administration of Covid-19 vaccines, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
- Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission demanding polls in Jammu and Kashmir without further delay.
- To be called Uttarakhand Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2022, the bill seeks to make unlawful conversion a cognisable and non-bailable offence punishable with imprisonment and fine up to ₹ 25,000
- YouTube has removed over 17 lakh videos uploaded from India during the July-September quarter for violating the company's community guidelines, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday.
- The Adani Group has emerged as the highest bidder for the 259-hectare Dharavi Redevelopment Project, a top official said on Tuesday.
- The Supreme Court on Monday permitted Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to raise with the relevant authority its plea for felling 84 trees at Mumbai's Aarey Colony for constructing train ramps at its car shed project.
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