1.At least nine Srimandir servitors were injured Tuesday when the idol of Lord Balabhadra fell on them while it was being taken out from the chariot to the Gundicha temple as part of the Rath Yatra rituals here, an official said.

2.The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the Odisha government's response on a plea for premature release of a “repenting” Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving life sentence for the ghastly killing of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in Keonjhar district in 1999.

3.The Supreme Court Tuesday took strong note of the failure to set up Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs), meant to streamline the adoption process of abandoned and surrendered children, in 370 out of 760 districts across the country, and ordered the Chief Secretaries of 29 states and Union territories (UTs) to either comply with the order or face contempt proceedings

4.“Every judge of the Supreme Court is very experienced,” Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud told a lawyer Tuesday while admonishing him for complaining about another apex court judge.

5.Amid heavy rains across India, the water level of the country's main reservoirs has risen for the first time since September last year, the Central Water Commission (CWC) said

6.Justice Sheel Nagu was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court by Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit here Tuesday.

7.Patanjali Ayurved Ltd Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it has stopped the sale of the 14 products whose manufacturing licences were suspended by the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority in April.

8.India plans to spend $1 billion to expedite the construction of 12 hydropower stations in the northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, two government sources said, a move that could raise tensions with China that lays claims to the region

9.Investors pumped in a record `40,608 crore into equity mutual funds in June, 17 per cent higher than in May 2024, industry body Amfi said Tuesday.

10. The government may relax the requirement of making payments to MSMEs within 45 days of buying goods and services to check large corporate from looking at other sourcing avenues, sources said.

11.Heavy rainfall, accompanied with thunderstorm and lighting, will continue in several parts of the state for next five days, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre head Manorama Mohanty here, Tuesday.

12.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday met here the family members of Kirti Chakra recipient late Captain Anshuman Singh, whose mother later spoke out against the Agniveer scheme.

13.The Supreme Court has ordered appointment of a 100 per cent visually impaired candidate, who cleared the Civil Services Examination (CSE) in 2009, within three months while slamming the Centre for failing to implement provisions of the Persons with Disabilities Act and fill backlog vacancies.

14.Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday called upon states to work with the Centre as a team to strengthen the education ecosystem and replicate and amplify the best practices across all states and Union Territories (UTs).

15.More than two lakh devotees had ‘darshan’ inside the holy Amarnath cave shrine during the last 10 days as another batch of 5,433 Yatris left for the Valley Tuesday, officials said.

16.A court here Tuesday issued a production warrant for jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to ensure his appearance in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam case July 12.

17.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered for a probe into the water pollution in Sukinda mining valley in Jajpur district and directed the state government to supply safe potable drinking water to the residents of mineral bearing areas.

18.The ban on pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), founded by USbased lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has been extended by the Centre for five years for its relentless anti-India activities.

19.Supreme Court Tuesday rapped an advocate for not depositing a cost of `50,000 imposed on him for filing a ‘meritless’ plea, and directed him to submit the amount within two weeks.

20.Gambhir replaces Rahul Dravid whose tenure ended with India’s successful campaign in the T20 World Cup where the ‘Men in Blue’ emerged champions without losing a single game. Gambhir was widely tipped to take over from Dravid after his success as mentor with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in IPL-2024.