1.National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee Om Birla was elected Lok Sabha Speaker Wednesday.

2.President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Odisha July 6, officials said Wednesday. The President is likely to attend Rath Yatra in Puri July 7.

3.A Delhi court Wednesday sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to three-day custody of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) .

4.The Gujarat government has set up a high-level committee tasked with framing modalities for unhindered movement of Asiatic lions in and around the Gir sanctuary area to protect them from railway accidents, the High Court was told Wednesday

5.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday reappointed Sam Pitroda as chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress.

6. A Bangalore court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of rape and sexual harassment in multiple cases.

 7.A staggering 80 per cent of marginal farmers in India have suffered crop losses due to adverse climatic events over the past five years, according to a report released Tuesday

8.Five people were killed and three others sustained injuries in separate incidents of lightning in Bargarh and Bolangir districts.

9. The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned Rs 183.89 crore towards construction of a flyover that would help ease train traffic issues at Titlagarh Junction under Sambalpur

10.Odisha may go Bihar way soon as the newly-elected Mohan Charan Majhi government reportedly plans to ban liquor sale and consumption in the state.

11.Odisha Police is prepared to implement the three new criminal laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), director general of police (DGP) Arun Sarangi said, Wednesday.

12.The state government has made elaborate arrangements to ensure devotees have a smooth darshan of Srimandir deities during the Rath Yatra.

13.In a welcoming step for waste management during the Rath Yatra, Puri district administration and municipality, in partnership with Hindustan CocaCola Beverages (HCCB), announced ‘used PET bottle-free’ initiative.

14.A defamation suit filed by noted Odia poet Haraprasad Das against the publisher and the editor of an Odia daily was dismissed by a local court here.

15.The Talibanordered crash in opium production in Afghanistan, long the world’s dominant supplier, could drive up overdose deaths as heroin users switch to synthetic opioids already proving deadly in Europe, a UN report said Wednesday.