1.“Bharat” and “India” will be used interchangeably in NCERT textbooks as is the case in the country's Constitution, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani has said.

2.At least five Maoists, including two women, were killed in an encounter with security forces near Lipunga, under Gua police station in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district Monday.

3.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said Collectors would take decisions on reopening of schools after the summer vacation, keeping in view the prevailing weather conditions in their respective districts.

 4.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will keep the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and vacate Wayanad seat in Kerala from where his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said Monday.

5.Senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer and Keonjhar Sub-Collector Trilochan Mohanty was appointed as Joint Secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Monday.

6.Prepare a 100-day worksheet to implement key initiatives of the Mission Shakti scheme, deputy CM Pravati Parida instructed officials while holding a review meeting here, Monday.

7.The Gujarat government Monday instructed authorities in Panchmahal district to reinstall centuries-old Jain idols at their original place near the stairs leading to Kalika Mata temple on Pavagadh hill after community members staged protests over their alleged removal from the site.

8.The UNESCO has shortlisted seven most beautiful museums in the world for the prestigious Prix Versailles Award, including the Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum of Bhuj.

9.An Artificial Intelligence based app, PadhAI, scored over 170 marks out of 200 in the UPSC preliminary exams 2024 solving the entire paper within seven minutes and qualifying above the general score which usually remains under 100. The score places PadhAI’s score in the top 10 nationally, if not rank 1, an official release said

10.The government is considering lowering personal tax rates for certain categories of individuals, which could help boost consumption in the Asia’s third-largest economy, two government sources told Reuters.

11.The Kanchanjunga Express was travelling from Agartala in Tripura to Sealdah in Kolkata when a goods train hit it from behind near Rangapani station, close to New Jalpaiguri Monday morning, resulting in the deaths of nine people and injuries to 41.

12.Nine nuclear-armed nations including the US, Russia, France, China, India and Pakistan, continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several of them deployed new nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2023, a Swedish think-tank said on Monday.

13.Delhi's Water Minister Atishi on Monday appealed Haryana government to release the water and solve the problems of the people of Delhi amid the escalating water crisis and sweltering heat.

14.Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will talk to both Meitei and Kuki communities at the earliest so as to bridge the ethnic divide in Manipur.

15.Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday resigned as the MLA from his traditional Budhni seat in Madhya Pradesh, days after getting elected to the Lok Sabha from Vidisha in the state.