1.The Union Cabinet approved health coverage to all persons aged 70 years and above under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana irrespective of their income.

2.President Droupadi Murmu Wednesday conferred the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award 2024 on Odisha’s Sanjukta Sethi and 14 others at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

3.The Palestinian Hamas group said on Wednesday that its negotiators reiterated its readiness to implement an "immediate" ceasefire with Israel in Gaza based on a previous U.S. proposal without new conditions from any party.

 4.The Union health ministry has approved the commencement of MBBS programmes at five new medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh. Also, the number of seats at the medical colleges in Kanpur Dehat and Lalitpur has been increased from 50 to 100.

5.At least three persons, including a minor girl, succumbed to scrub typhus, a disease caused by bacteria, in Bargarh district within a week.

6.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced a hike in exgratia amount for construction workers in case of accidental death at workplace to Rs 6 lakh from the existing Rs4 lakh.

7.The Odisha state government has set a target for the establishment of over 200 ‘goshalas’ over the next five years and is providing up to 90 per cent subsidy to private entities for the purpose.

8.Forest department personnel belonging to Similipal south and Baripada divisions arrested four poachers from Manikpur village under Udala police limits in Mayurbhanj district.

9.The Enforcement Directorate said it has attached fresh assets worthRs29.75 crore of fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi under the anti-money laundering law.

10.The Supreme Court on said establishment of Gram Nyayalayas across the country would help improve access to justice.

11.The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved an outlay of Rs 12,461 crore to support the development of 31,350 MW hydropower projects to be implemented over the next eight years.

12.Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi evacuated thousands of people living near the swollen Red River as its waters rose to a 20-year high, flooding streets days after Typhoon Yagi battered the country’s north, killing at least 179 people.

13.A special NIA-Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) court in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday awarded life sentence to 12 people, including Islamic preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui and Islamic Da’wah Centre founder Mohammed Umar Gautam, in a 2021 case of an illegal religious conversion racket.

14.Actor-model Malaika Arora’s stepfather Anil Mehta allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a building in Mumbai Wednesday morning, a police official said.

15.India seal semifinal spot after thrashing Malaysia 8-1 for their third consecutive win in the Hero Asian Champions Trophy.