1.Ukraine attacks Moscow with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences, in one of the biggest drone strikes on the Russian capital.

2.Around 150 personnel of CISF are being deployed at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital following an order of the SC.

3.As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing such cases, according to a recent report by a poll rights body.

4.Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment KV Singh Deo launched the eFarming app and portal to facilitate crop production and processing by implementing the digital survey policy in agriculture at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here Wednesday.

5.The day-long Bharat Bandh call by Dalit and Adivasi groups to protest against the Supreme Court’s recent verdict on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) partially affected rail and road communications in the state, Wednesday.

6.A research team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Bhubaneswar has developed a solar-powered microwave pyrolysis reactor designed to recover valuable resources from both segregated and mixed waste materials, including biomass and plastics.

7.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Wednesday announced that the state plans to promote tourism in its famed tea gardens, and select tea estates would be given Rs 2 crore as grant by the government.

8.More than 65 lakh students from across the country did not clear Class X and XII board exams last year with the failure rate being higher in state boards than the national boards, according to Ministry of Education (MoE) officials.

9.The Centre Wednesday accorded the highest category of armed VIP security cover -- Z plus -- to Nationalist Congress Party (NCPSP) chief Sharad Pawar.

10.Jailed Kashmiri parliamentarian Rashid Engineer has moved a Delhi court seeking regular bail in a 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case.

11.Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren Wednesday said he would not quit politics, asserting that an option to float a new political outfit was always open to him.

12.Online vendors have generated 15.8 million jobs in India, including 3.5 million for women, with about 1.76 million retail enterprises participating in e-commerce activity, says a report released Wednesday.

 13.Amul has been ranked as the world’s strongest food brand by consultancy firm Brand Finance, UK.

14.Two weeks after winning his historic silver medal at the Paris Olympics, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will resume action at the Lausanne Diamond League (DL) meeting here Thursday. He will be seeking to reclaim the DL trophy at the season-ending finale next month.

15.BCCI president Jay Shah is all set to become the next ICC chairman once incumbent Greg Barclay’s tenure ends in November.