1.Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty, star of films like “Mrigayaa”, “Surakshaa”, “Disco Dancer” and “Dance Dance”, was Monday named recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the government’s highest recognition in the field of cinema.

2.When spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev got his own daughter married, why is he encouraging young women to tonsure their heads and renounce worldly lives to live like hermits, the Madras High Court has questioned.

3.Filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s period drama Ponniyin Selvan Part – 2, superstar Shah Rukh Khanstarrer Jawan and Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal bagged three awards each in technical categories at the 2024 IIFA Rocks .

4.The oil marketing companies on Tuesday announced a hike in the prices of commercial LPG gas cylinders, effective from today (October 1st), according to the sources.

5.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday booked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and some others in a money-laundering case linked to Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), taking cognisance of a recent state Lokayukta FIR, official sources sai

6.Odisha  The Single Window Committee (SWC) of the Energy department accorded in-principle approval for investment proposals worth Rs 4,671.81 crore in the renewable energy (RE) sector.

7.Senior IPS officer Suresh Dev Datta Singh who took charge as the twin city police commissioner said his first priority as the unit commander will be to make the force more compassionate and gentle towards complainants, especially at police stations.

8.The Himachal Pradesh unit of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Monday urged the Modi government to repeal the Waqf Act, claiming it was enacted just to appease Muslim voters.

9.The Supreme Court Monday granted interim protection from arrest to Malayalam film actor Siddique in a rape case and directed him to cooperate in the investigation.

10.The Karnataka High Court Monday stayed the investigation into an FIR registered against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others in the extortion case linked to the nowscrapped electoral bonds scheme.

11.The Delhi High Court has refused to recall its order directing the Centre to release Rs10 crore to the AIIMS here to continue the treatment of 18 patients suffering from DMD, Gaucher disease and MPS.

12.The Supreme Court Monday came to the rescue of a Dalit youth, who had lost his seat in IIT Dhanbad after missing the deadline to deposit a fee, by asking the institute to admit him to the BTech course.

13. Chinese scientists claimed to have cured a chronic type-1 diabetes patient using cell transplants in what was stated to be the first such case in the world.

14.The country’s current account deficit widened marginally to USD 9.7 billion or 1.1 per cent of GDP in April-June 2024, as against USD 8.9 billion or 1 per cent in the year-ago period, Reserve Bank of India said Monday

15.Trying to force a result in the limited time available, India played a sensational T20-style cricket to take a 52-run first-innings lead against Bangladesh in the second Test, infusing life into the rain-hit contest here Monday