1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday inaugurated the world’s highest railway bridge over the Chenab river, which was completed at a cost of Rs1,486 crore in more than eight years.

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said he will be attending the G7 Summit later this month in Canada and that he looked forward to meeting his newly elected Canadian counterpart Mark Carney.

3.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates by a larger-than-expected 50 basis points Friday, and unexpectedly reduced the cash reserve ratio for banks to make available more money to lend in a bid to boost the economy.

4.A total of 45 kilograms of pure gold has been used in the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, according to Nripendra Mishra, the chairman of the Ram Temple Construction Committee.

5.The Delhi government will launch a pilot project to install 20 water ATMs through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, providing cold drinking water to the public.

6.The Supreme Court Friday allowed the National Board of Examination (NBE) to conduct August 3, the NEET-PG 2025 exam in one shift in line with the top court's directions

7.A sessions court here has enhanced the compensation granted to a woman from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 1 crore in a domestic violence case, ruling that her husband was “rolling in money”.

8. As the total Covid-19 cases in Odisha reached 38, state health services director Amarendra Nath Mohanty advised people with symptoms for the infection not to visit Puri during the upcoming Rath Yatra later this month, official sources said Friday

9.The government is committed to providing government jobs to 1.5 lakh people in five years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said that so far, 27,428 youths were given appointments in a span of 12 months.

10.The state Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Friday approved four proposals including the launch of two new schemes -- Mukhyamantri Sahari Bikash Yojana (MSBY) and 'Development of Biotechnology'.

11.Senior minister Suresh Pujari Friday asked officials to prepare a roadmap for the overall development of the disputed Kotia region within one month. Twenty-one of the 28 villages of the Kotia cluster are claimed by both Odisha and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, and a case over the dispute has been pending with the Supreme Court since 1968.

12. Senior BJP leader and former MLA Mohammad Rafi q died at a private hospital in Bargarh district Friday.

13.The population of Indian bison (Gaur) in Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary has increased to 788 from 659 in six months.

14.Russian air defence forces shot down three drones attempting to attack Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, the Russian capital’s mayor, said Friday.

15.Security Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered the attachment of bank accounts and shares and mutual fund holdings of Mehul Choksi to recover dues Rs2.1 crores in a case of violation of insider trading rules in the shares of Gitanjali Gems.