1.At least 60 people have been killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, as ceasefire prospects inch closer.

2.The chariots of sibling deities - Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath - Saturday reached the destination Gundicha Temple, a day after the Rath Yatra began in Puri.

3.Parag Jain, one of the brains behind the meticulous planning of 'Operation Sindoor', has been appointed as the new Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), according to an offi - cial order issued here Saturday.

4.The Union government Saturday extended the tenure of CBDT Chairman Ravi Agrawal by one year, till June 2026.

5.Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and his family members attended the Rath Yatra here and offered prayers to the sibling deities Saturday.

6.Renowned Balasore-based artist Kesu Das has been selected for this year’s prestigious Asit Mukherjee Memorial Honour. The award will be presented July 5 during the observance of the death anniversary of celebrated artist Asit Mukherjee, to be held at Sri Ramachandra Bhawan in Cuttack.

7.Ahead of the high-stakes Bihar Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has commenced a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, aimed at verifying the eligibility of every voter in the state.

8.More than 21,000 newly recruited police personnel in Bihar Saturday received their appointment letters at a function here, where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that the state now has the “highest number of women in uniform”.

9.Chief Justice of India BR Gavai Saturday said Dr BR Ambedkar envisioned one Constitution for the country to keep it united and never favoured the idea of a separate constitution for a state.

10.The Election Commission’s special intensive revision of the electoral roll is a “sinister move” to bring the National Register of Citizens (NRC) through the backdoor, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien claimed Saturday and compared it to ‘ancestor passes’ in Nazi Germany.

11.In a ceremony refl ecting the glorious traditions of the Indian Army, Commander-in Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command, Lt Gen Dinesh Singh Rana, has taken charge as the 23rd Colonel of the Regiment of Garhwal Rifles.

12.The Supreme Court has ordered immediate release of a law student in Madhya Pradesh from preventive detention after being booked under the National Security Act (NSA), saying it is “wholly untenable”.

I13.ndia imposed restrictions on the import of jute and allied fibre products from Bangladesh in view of its “unfair trade” practices including circumvention of anti-dumping duty that harmed Indian farmers, people familiar with the matter said Saturday.

14.France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and sports venues, at beaches and bus stops, in a perimeter around all schools, and anywhere children could gather in public.

15.The US Senate has proposed to reduce remittance transfer tax from 3.5 per cent to just 1 per cent, offering considerable relief to non-resident Indians (NRIs).