- More than 300 flights have been cancelled and at least 25 airports, including Srinagar, have been temporarily shut for operations amid restrictions in the wake of the armed forces launching missile attacks on terror targets in Pakistan Wednesday morning.
- As many as 13 people, including four children, two women and a soldier, were killed and over 50 injured when the Pakistan army pounded forward villages in Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region and Baramulla and Kupwara in north Kashmir with artillery and mortar shelling.
- Twenty-two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces Wednesday in the forests of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district bordering Telangana during ‘Operation Sankalp’.
- The Supreme Court-appointed panel has confirmed the cash discovery allegations against Allahabad High Court’s Justice Yashwant Varma in its inquiry report, sources have said. Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna is also learnt to have nudged the judge to step down in view of the critical findings in the report.
- Russia Wednesday paid tribute to freedom fi ghter and former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik by unveiling a memorial plaque in his honour at its embassy in New Delhi.
- The Centre Wednesday extended the tenure of CBI Director Praveen Sood by one year.Sood took over as the CBI director May 25, 2023 for a two-year term.
- The state Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, approved eight proposals, including one to implement Mukhyamantri Bus Seva (MBS) across Odisha with 50 per cent rebate in ticket fare for women, transgenders, students, differently-abled and senior citizens travelling in buses under the scheme, Wednesday.
- Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday called for the integration of technology into Odisha’s justice system to enhance effi ciency and speed.
- Starlink, backed by billionaire Elon Musk, Wednesday received government nod for satcom services in India, as Department of Telecommunications issued a letter of intent (LoI) to it.
- Israeli strikes on a school housing displaced families and by a crowded market and restaurant in Gaza City killed at least 38 people Wednesday, local health authorities said.
- Gold prices surged Rs1,000 to breach the crucial Rs1 lakh per 10 gram-mark in the national capital Wednesday amid tensions between India and Pakistan.
- The rupee depreciated 42 paise to close at 84.77 against the US dollar Wednesday, as heightened cross-border tensions following India's military strikes against terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir weighed on the domestic currency.
- Banks have tightened their cyber security network to ward off any cyber threat in the wake of India launching missile attacks on Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Banks have also improved their security at the branches near border areas due to heightened threat of a counter attack.
- India as world's third largest oil importing and consuming nation, is likely to save approximately `1.8 lakh crore on import of crude oil and LNG shared Investment information and credit rating agency (Icra).
- Rohit Sharma Wednesday announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect ending all speculations about his future in the longest format
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