1.The Mohan Charan Majhi-led state government has directed the Collectors of districts affected due to the recent unseasonal rainfall to carry out proper assessment of the damages to crops, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Sunday.

2.Forest personnel are monitoring the movement of a tigress which strayed from Similipal Reserve Forest and is currently in West Bengal’s Purulia district, an offi cial said Sunday

3.A court here has summoned Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to appear before it January 7 for his remarks related to the Economic Survey during the Lok Sabha polls. District and Sessions Judge Sudhir Kumar Saturday issued notice to Gandhi.

4.Former MLA Bijaya Kumar Mohanty died here Sunday. He was 60.

5.Experimental run for the proposed new ‘darshan’ system at the Srimandir in Puri will start December 30 and will continue till the next day, to ensure that the system is introduced seamlessly from January 1.

6.Acknowledging the crucial role of trees in maintaining ecological balance and ensuring a disease-free society, Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia initiated a medicinal tree plantation drive at his official residence here Sunday.

7.Six among the 21 Vietnamese crew members aboard cargo ship MV Debi who have been detained at the Paradip Port since November 30 last year, were released by the Sunday evening following an order of the Orissa High Court Saturday.

8.Works on a new bridge, connecting Rayagada with Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, on Jhanjabati river near the Majhighariani temple here is on its last leg.

9.The PCS prelims, hit by large-scale protests at the beginning, were concluded Sunday, with only about 42 per cent of the candidates appearing.

10.The CPI(M) Sunday demanded the immediate withdrawal of an election rule amendment preventing public inspection of certain electronic documents such as CCTV camera and webcasting footage.

11.Amid reports claiming that Delhi’s tableau has missed the cut for next year’s Republic Day parade, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal Sunday accused the Centre of playing politics over the issue.

12.Ukraine’s air defences downed 52 of the 103 Russian drones launched overnight, the Ukrainian military said Sunday.

13.Syria’s de facto ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt Sunday in another effort to reassure minorities they will be protected after Islamist rebels led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad two weeks ago.

14.Israel ordered the closure and evacuation Sunday of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in a besieged area on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, forcing medics to search for a way to bring hundreds of patients and staff to safety.

15. Markets regulator Sebi has uncovered a front-running scheme involving PNB MetLife India Insurance Company equity dealer Sachin Bakul Dagli and eight other entities, who generated illegal gains of `21.16 crore.