1.Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore flew on a Boeing Starliner to the space station on June 5 last year and returned in SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft this morning.

2.US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discuss moves to end the Ukraine war.

3.The Competition Commission of India(CCI) has raided the offices of many global advertising giants, including GroupM, Dentsu and Interpublic Group, and a broadcasters' industry group over alleged price collusion, people with direct knowledge told Reuters on Tuesday.

4.Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefi re took effect in January. The strikes have killed more than 400 people and wounded over 500, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

5.The Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police Tuesday began a fresh investigation into the killing of former minister Naba Kishore Das, a senior minister said in the Assembly.

6.Poachers killed two Royal Bengal Tigers (RBTs) and a dozen leopards in forest areas of the state in the past three years, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia informed the Assembly Tuesday.

7.The route of proposed metro train service in the Capital City will be extended to make it a viable project, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said here Tuesday.

8.The police in Boudh confiscated 22.67 gm brown sugar and arrested three persons in connection with the peddling of the narcotics during a raid at a hideout in the district.

9.The Election Commission Tuesday decided to explore linking voter cards with Aadhaar and said technical consultations between its experts and UIDAI for the exercise would "begin soon".

10.India Tuesday slammed Pakistan for “spreading lies” on Kashmir and said that the country which continues to actively promote cross-border terrorism should “vacate” the Indian territory held under its illegal and forcible occupation.

11.India and the U.S. are “proactively engaged” in boosting trade between the two countries, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on Monday.

12.Delhi Transport Minister Pankaj Singh on Monday chaired a meeting with top department offcials and asked them to expedite the procurement of 1,000 electric buses by the end of March.

13. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said that only those who study in their mother tongue are excelling across the world and a misconception is prevalent that only English language can guarantee knowledge.

14.The Telangana govern-ment on Monday set in motion the process to enhance reservation to the Backward Classes (BCs) to 42% in education, jobs, and polls to local bodies.

15.India exported services worth $35.03 billion and imported services worth $16.55 billion in Fe-bruary 2025. These numbers were $28.33 billion and $15.23 billion, respectively, in February 2024.

16.The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a plea challenging the sole prerogative of the Centre, acting through the President, to appoint the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.