1. India’s 16th Census with caste enumeration will be carried out in 2027 with the reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like Ladakh and of March 1, 2027 in the rest of the country.

2.India has been elected to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term starting next year with a commitment to championing development, getting 181 out of the 187 valid votes cast.

3.The Monsoon session of Parliament will be held from July 21 to August 12, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said Wednesday.

4.A century-old dream of connecting the Kashmir Valley by rail is finally turning into reality as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to flag off the first Vande Bharat train from Katra to Kashmir Friday.

5.Australia backs India's fight against terrorism and it considers ties with New Delhi crucial for Canberra’s national interest, Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said Wednesday.

6.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday said it has arrested an alleged mastermind in a multi-crore land “scam” in Goa. Rohan Harmalkar.

7.The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has told the Supreme Court that illegal mining has continued and intensified in Assam's Parkup Pahar area near the Kaziranga National Park, despite a 2019 top court order banning all mining and related activities in and around the park's eco-sensitive zone.

8.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that abandoning uranium enrichment was “100%” against the country’s interests, rejecting a central US demand in talks to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

9.The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and Meta have launched an initiative to equip 25K women traders across India with digital skills using the WhatsApp Business App.

10.The government has not made any amendments to the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for countries sharing land border with India, sources said Wednesday.

11.The state government today issued a notification for the appointment of Vice Chancellors in 13 public universities in Odisha.

12.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday launched development projects worth Rs 308 crore in Dhenkanal district.

13.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will lay the foundation stones for 12 industrial projects worth Rs 28,120 crore at Chhatrapur in Odisha’s Ganjam district on June 5 (Thursday).

14.Odisha Vigilance arrested Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Babita Suna of Mahila Police Station, Berhampur, while she was accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a complainant in connection with a case she was investigating.

15.A duplicate engine oil manufacturing unit operating in the Sunariban area near Khairapol under Jagatpur police limits in Cuttack

16.Police, in a joint raid today, rescued around 300 cattle from various locations in Betnoti block of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.

17.Reaffirming the state government’s commitment to making land administration modern and people oriented, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said no one in Odisha will remain landless.

18.The Odisha Police Wednesday claimed to have so far recovered 3.8 tonnes of the five tonnes of explosives looted by Maoists from near a stone quarry in Sundargarh district .

19.French wildcard entry Lois Boisson upset sixth-ranked Mirra Andreeva 7-6 (6), 6-3 Wednesday in front of a boisterous and largely partisan crowd at Roland-Garros to reach the semifi nals of the French Open.

20.A lacklustre India lost 0-2 against Thailand in an international football friendly in a reality check ahead of their crucial Asian Cup qualifying round match, here Wednesday