1.The first phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha Monday was peaceful barring some sporadic incidents of violence, with a voter turnout of over 64 per cent, officials said. The electoral fate of 280 candidates contesting in four Lok Sabha seats and 28 Assembly segments in the first phase was sealed in the EVM.

2. A voter turnout of over 64 per cent was recorded Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections covering 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union territories, with scattered incidents of violence reported in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

3.A day before filing his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a six-kilometre-long roadshow Monday evening and said the warmth and affection of people is “unbelievable”.

4.More than 9,600 children were wrongly incarcerated in adult prisons across India between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021, a new study has found.

5.India’s retail inflation rate eases slightly in April, partly due to lower fuel prices, although food prices remained elevated .

6.Governor Raghubar Das appointed Dr Manash Ranjan Sahoo as vice-chancellor (VC) of Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) here, Monday.

7.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge will visit Odisha May 15 and May 16, respectively to address election rallies.

8.The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal as the Delhi chief minister after his arrest in a money laundering case, holding that the petitioner had no legal right to seek his ouster.

9.The Delhi government has informed the high court here that 143 toilets have been constructed in the national capital for exclusive use by transgender persons.

10. In a goodwill gesture, India has decided to extend vital budgetary support to the Maldives government with the rollover of a $50 million Treasury Bill for another year on the Maldivian government’s special request, it was announced Monday.

11.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman said Monday that India has fared relatively well compared with other countries as far as the government debt to GDP ratio is concerned and the country is the third least indebted nation among low- and middle-income countries (LMIC)

 12.Varun Beverages Ltd, a franchise partner of PepsiCo, Monday reported a 25 per cent rise in consolidated profit after tax at `547.98 crore in the first quarter ended March 2024.

13.Online food delivery firm Zomato Ltd Monday reported a consolidated net profit of `175 crore in the March quarter on the back of higher revenue.

14.Star Indian javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena have been given direct entry into the Federation Cup finals here May 15, having already bettered the minimum qualification mark of 75m multiple times in their careers.

15.An academically-inclined child is a dream realised in most Indian households and that’s why Olympic-bound runner Jyothika Sri Dandi aspired to be a doctor before she realised that her father would be happier seeing her excel in sports.