1.Narendra Modi was sworn-in as Prime Minister Sunday for a recordequalling third term, heading a Cabinet that emphasised continuity and experience while also rewarding partners in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government.

2.Three state BJP MPs - Jual Oram, Dharmendra Pradhan and Ashwini Vaishnaw – were inducted into the Modi 3.0 Cabinet, Sunday.

3.Kendu leaves worth crores of rupees were reduced to ashes after a massive fire broke out in a godown at MV-3 village in Malkangiri district, Saturday.

4.The Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) had in the past received the open defecation free certification (ODF). However, sources informed here Friday that MC has lost its ODF++status.

5. Mumbai and its neighbouring areas received heavy rains in the last 24 hours, bringing down the mercury and providing relief to residents from the hot and humid weather, officials said Sunday

6.With the Maratha quotas starting to boil again, the Maharashtra Congress Saturday reiterated its demand for giving reservations to Muslims and Dhangars as well as immediately conducting a nation-wide caste census.

7.China’s social media landscape has been rocked by a debate over a waterfall, to the point that the water body itself had to respond with an explanation.

8.The swearing-in ceremony for the first BJP government in Odisha  state has been rescheduled from June 10 to June 12, party leaders Jatin Mohanty and Vijaypal Singh Tomar confirmed here Sunday.

9.Outgoing Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Sunday congratulated TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu for his party’s success in the recently concluded elections.

10.Forrmer bureaucrat and ex-CM Naveen Patnaik’s close aide VK Pandian Sunday announced his withdrawal from active politics following Biju Janata Dal’s drubbing in recently held Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, exactly six months and 13 days after he joined politics.

11.The newlyelected Khurda MLA Prasanta Jagadev was discharged from SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) here Sunday morning.

12.Canada’s intelligence agency chief David Vigneault paid two under-thewraps visits to India in February and March to apprise Indian officials of the case relating to the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, people familiar with the matter said.

13.A threemember special investigation team has been formed in connection with the incident in which BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut was allegedly slapped by a CISF woman constable, a senior police officer said Sunday.

14.Terrorists opened fire at a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district Sunday evening, killing nine people and injuring 33, police said.

15.Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced into further areas of Rafah in a bid to seal off part of the southern city, residents and Hamas media said.