1.The state Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Wednesday, approved a proposal to create `200-crore corpus fund for taking a slew of initiatives towards revival of ‘Odia Asmita (pride)’ and promotion of art, culture and heritage of the state.

2.The Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police claimed to have busted an interstate gang of cybercriminals involved in a series of crypto, stock and IPO investment frauds, with the arrest of its 15 members Wednesday.

3.The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), led by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, approved 26 investment proposals worth ` 5,992.92 crore, Wednesday.

4.Centre’s high-level Network Planning Group (NPG) under PM Gati Shakti has fast-tracked two new railway line projects in Odisha, entailing an investment of `4,882 crore, official sources said Wednesday.

5.There is a surge in the population of native birds in the worldrenowned Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, following the activation of the monsoon in the state. More than 50,000 birds have flocked to regions such as Mathadia, Durgaprasaddia, and Lakshmiprasaddia of the sanctuary in Kendrapara district, according to a report.

6.The Punjab and Haryana High Court Wednesday ordered the Haryana government to remove within a week the barricading set up at the Shambhu border near Ambala where farmers have been camping since February 13 when their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march was stopped.

7. The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to set aside the anticipatory bail granted to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) leader and rape accused Prajwal Revanna, in a kidnapping case involving one of the victims of her son’s alleged sexual assaults.

8.The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it will July 12 pronounce order on whether to grant bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar in the case pertaining to alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal.

9.India has no right to carry out development in the area China calls South Tibet, China’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday in response to a Reuters report on New Delhi’s plans to speed up hydropower projects in the border state.

10.The Punjab and Haryana High Court Wednesday ordered the Haryana government to remove within a week the barricading set up at the Shambhu border near Ambala where farmers have been camping since February 13 when their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march was stopped.

11.Seniormost Supreme Court judge Sanjiv Khanna Wednesday recused himself from considering pleas seeking review of the apex court’s judgement last year declining legal recognition to same-sex marriage, sources said.

12. Russia’s Parliament Wednesday approved a bill that would raise income taxes for the rich, in a move to help fill government coffers during the fighting in Ukraine.

13.Russia Wednesday said it is hoping for quick resolution of the issue relating to India’s call for return of Indians recruited into the Russian Army as support staff and asserted their recruitment was purely a commercial matter.

14.Norway will donate six F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help it in defense efforts against Russian air attacks, the Norwegian government said in a statement Wednesday as NATO leaders attended a summit in Washington.

 15.Stateowned oil companies are conducting an Aadhaar-based eKYC authentication of LPG customers to weed out bogus ones, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.