1.Advocate General (AG) Ashok Kumar Parija, two advisors to the Chief Minister and the IT Principal Secretary Thursday resigned from their posts after the fall of the BJD government in the state.

2. Actor and BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut said she was hit in the face and abused by a woman CISF constable during security check at the Chandigarh airport Thursday, the ugly fracas breaking out two days after she was won from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh.

3. Eminent singer Sekhar Ghosh being conferred with ‘Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Dash Memorial Award’ during a function organised by Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Dash Foundation at Soochana Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

4. The model code of conduct (MCC) that came into force March 16 with the announcement of the Lok Sabha election has been lifted.

5. The Chief Minister of Odisha’s maiden government of the BJP is likely to be selected during its Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi Friday, leaders of the saffron camp said.

6. As many as 251 (46 per cent) of the 543 newly elected Lok Sabha members have criminal cases registered against them, and 27 of them have been convicted, according to an analysis by poll rights body Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR).

7. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will form a committee to examine the cause of its defeat in the elections, a party leader has said.

8. High levels of sodium, commonly consumed through salt, could increase the risk of eczema, an inflammatory condition of skin marked by dry and itchy patches, a new study has found.

9. ITI Berhampur has joined forces with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in a new initiative to educate the public about reducing plastic bottle use and keeping the planet clean.

10. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has launched a campaign to create awareness among students about the threat to soil due to the use of pesticides.

11. Expressing concern over alleged post-poll violence in certain areas of West Bengal following the conclusion of the Lok Sabha elections, the Calcutta High Court Thursday issued a directive allowing affected people to submit complaints to the state’s Director General of Police (DGP) via email.

12. The acute shortage of drinking water has become an “existential problem” in Delhi, the Supreme Court observed Thursday and directed the Himachal Pradesh government to release 137 cusecs of surplus water to the national capital Friday and Haryana to facilitate its flow.

13. Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has accorded sanction to prosecute six persons under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for their alleged involvement in the Parliament security breach incident, Raj Niwas officials said Thursday.

14.  Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi state convener Gopal Rai Thursday said his partys alliance with the Congress was only for the Lok Sabha elections and hinted that the ruling party in the city will go solo in next year’s Assembly polls here.

15. The Congress has convened a meeting of its working committee June 8 to discuss the Lok Sabha poll result and future course of action.

16. Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das will announce the next set of monetary policy Friday morning amid expectations of a status quo on the benchmark interest rates.

17. Domestic air passenger traffic grew 5.1 per cent year-on-year to an estimated 138.9 million in May and was significantly higher by around 14 per cent than pre-Covid levels, credit ratings agency Icra said Thursday.

18. Pakistan, Somalia, Denmark, Greece and Panama were Thursday elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-year term beginning 2025.

19.Rohit Sharma’s bruised bicep is expected to heal before the game Sunday against Pakistan but the Nassau County ground’s track, which is ‘bordering on dangerous with huge open cracks’, has become a concern for stakeholders of the game trying to sell cricket in America through the ongoing T20 World Cup.

20. Sabrina Wittmann has been appointed the permanent head coach of German third-tier club Ingolstadt, marking the first time a female coach has been given the role with a men’s team in the country’s top three national divisions.