1.The seers and priests of Kedarnath have launched an agitation in protest against the construction of a temple in Delhi replicating the centuries-old Himalayan temple in Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region.

2.A selfstyled godman has allegedly built an unauthorised temple in the Suderdhunga river valley close to a sacred lake originating from a glacier in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district, angering locals who have accused him of desecrating the lake by bathing in it.

3.The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday decided to suspend its order for digital attendance of teachers till further orders and constituted a committee to submit its report on the issue.

4.Edtech company Byju's, which was once India's most valuable start-up worth an estimated USD 22 billion, will face insolvency proceedings for failure to pay `158.9 crore to cricket board BCCI.

5.The Opposition Congress Tuesday demanded that the state government publish a white paper on Ratna Bhandar of Puri Srimandir.

6.Opposition BJD and Congress Tuesday renewed their demand for action against Governor Raghubar Das’s son Lalit Kumar over allegations that he assaulted a Raj Bhawan official July 7.

7.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday asked the ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare department to upgrade at least 14 high schools into higher secondary institutions.

8.The Kendrapara Collector has issued show-casue notice to 50 persons accused of constructing illegal commercial (hotels, homestays and restaurants) and residential structures on forest land in Bankual, Durgaprasad Mauzas and Rajnagar telshil under the Bhitarkanika National Park area.

9.The Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) launched a project Tuesday to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages in the next five years.

10.The Supreme Court Tuesday sought responses from the CBI and ED on AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s pleas seeking bail in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

11.The government has convened an all-party meeting July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament which will start next Monday, the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said.

12.Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh’s capital, authorities and students said Tuesday

13.Israeli airstrikes killed more than 60 Palestinians in southern and central Gaza overnight and into Tuesday, including one that struck an Israeli-declared “safe zone” crowded with thousands of displaced people.

 14.Observing that India has a longstanding relationship with Russia, the US has said that it has encouraged New Delhi to utilise that relationship with Moscow and urge President Vladimir Putin to end the illegal war against Ukraine.

15.The International Monetary Fund Tuesday raised India's growth forecast for 2024-25 to 7% from 6.8% on the back of improving private consumption, particularly in rural India.