1.Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama was awarded the prestigious Gold Mercury Award for Peace and Sustainability at a special ceremony held at his residence in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh Monday.

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for Thailand, where he will attend the 6th BIMSTEC Summit. He will then visit Sri Lanka for two days, which follows Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in December.

3.Kerala Minister for Local Self-Governments MB Rajesh Monday announced that 1,021 out of 1,034 local self-government institutions in the state have been declared ‘waste-free’.

4.Waqf Bill Clears Lok Sabha With 288 Votes In Favour, 232 Against.

5.Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favourite Iceman in ‘Top Gun’, donned a voluminous cape as Batman in ‘Batman Forever’ and portrayed Jim Morrison in ‘The Doors’, has died. He was 65.

6.Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Wednesday informed the Assembly that 391 people and 27 elephants died due to electrocution in the state during the last five financial years

7.Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Wednesday said the government has no plans to provide 300 units of free electricity in the state.

8.The Odisha government has not taken effective steps to recover a fi ne of Rs3,966.34 crore (with interest) imposed by Supreme Court for illegal mining in the state, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said in a report tabled in the Assembly Wednesday.

9.Parliament approved a Bill to regulate immigration, entry and stay of foreigners in India, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod Wednesday. The Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 was passed in Lok Sabha March 27, 2025.

10.At a time when social media users are caught up in the frenzy of Ghibli-style AI image, cyber security experts have warned of privacy and data risks associated with the new image generator.

11.A four-lane marine drive will soon be constructed along the coastal stretch of Sunapur-Gopalpur in Ganjam district, a detailed project report (DPR) of which is being prepared, offi cials said.

12.Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday said that thousands of refugees settled in the state since 1960s with the knowledge of the authorities and those people were provided assistance for rehabilitation.

13.Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced in the Assembly Wednesday that the Delhi government will introduce a new policy for issuing Pollution Under Control (PUC) certifi cates to vehicles from other states, in a bid to tackle air pollution.

14.Pakistani troops violated the ceasefi re by resorting to unprovoked fi ring after a mine exploded along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said Wednesday.

15. Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population.