2. Reliance Industries Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani to become the richest Indian.

3.Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling Thursday said that no person has been infected with bird flu in the state so far.

4.The state government plans to elevate the promotion of Shree Anna value chains and to make the state a millets hub in the country, an official said Thursday.

5.India's monsoon rains are likely to be prolonged into late September this year due to the development of a low-pressure system in the middle of the month, two weather department officials told Reuters.

6.Two YSRCP members of the Rajya Sabha -- Beedha Mastan Rao Jadhav and Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi -- have tendered their resignation from House membership, parliamentary sources said Thursday.

7.The Assam Assembly Thursday passed a bill for compulsory government registration of marriage and divorce of Muslim people. The Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and Divorces Bill, 2024 was introduced by Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan Tuesday.

8.Moody’s Ratings Thursday raised India’s GDP growth forecast for 2024 and 2025 calendar year to 7.2 per cent and 6.6 per cent, respectively, on strong broad-based growth.

9.Industrialist Tara Ranjan Patnaik has been featured in the Hurun India Rich List 2024. With the assessed net worth of `4,900 crore, Patnaik and family have been ranked 540 in the rich list for this year. Patnaik is one of the promoters of Falcon Marine Exports. Falcon Group,

10.Under fire over the collapse of a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Thursday asserted he would not hesitate to touch the feet of the warrior king 100 times and apologise for the incident if required.

11.The Karnataka High Court Thursday held as “non-maintainable” a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the Congress government’s decision to withdraw consent to it for investigating a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

12.Moody’s Ratings raises India’s GDP growth forecast for 2024 and 2025 to 7.2 per cent and 6.6 per cent, respectively, on strong broad-based growth.

13.The Tripura Disaster Management Authority (TDMA) amid the visit of an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) to take stock of the damages and losses caused by the recent week-long floods and landslides has declared the entire state as a "Natural Calamity Affected Area".

14.The Odisha government spent Rs 15,26,91,933 on advertorials featuring former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and former 5T Chairman VK Pandian between January 2023 and May 2024.

15. A lioness today gave birth to five cubs at Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) in Odisha capital here