1.The houselisting operations for the forthcoming Census will begin from April 1, 2026, marking the start of the first phase of the decennial exercise, the Registrar General of India has said.

2.Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) will be closed for tourists and visitors from July 1 because of monsoon, an offi cial order said Sunday.

3.Russia launches its biggest aerial attack against Ukraine, part of an escalating bombing campaign.

4.Indian Railways has initiated the redevelopment of key railway stations in Odisha under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS).

5.The government Sunday decided to appoint ‘sevikas' to take care of children in all 'sishu vatikas' across the state to support pre-primary education and reduce the non-teaching workload of school teachers.

6.The Maharashtra government’s decision to start 10 new Deputy Regional Transport Offices in the past two years has come in for criticism from some quarters over the need and timing of the expansion, especially at a time when 77 per cent of services are available online.

7. Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Sunday said that an administrative inquiry into the Puri stampede incident that left three people dead and 50 others injured would be completed within 30 days.

8.In the backdrop of curbs over the use of loudspeakers, half-a-dozen mosques in Mumbai have registered on a dedicated mobile phone application which relays the 'azan', or call to prayer, directly to the faithful in real-time.

9. In a major breakthrough under ‘Operation “Yatri Surakshya’, the Detective Wing of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) arrested a six-member criminal gang from the Coaching Complex in Puri.

10.Odisha is witnessing a worrying rise in heart-related ailments among its younger population, mirroring a nationwide trend that experts are calling a silent epidemic. According to state government data, heart attacks account for 282 deaths per lakh population.

11.Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday ruled out any talks with Maoists and said the cadre of the proscribed outfi t should give up arms, surrender before police, and join the mainstream.

12.The Election Commission will soon upload the 2003 Bihar electoral roll on its website to facilitate the nearly 4.96 crore voters whose names figure on it extract the relevant portion to be attached with the enumeration form for the special intensive revision of the voters’ list.

13.Facing mounting Opposition to the introduction of Hindi language in Maharashtra schools from Classes I to V, the state cabinet Sunday decided to withdraw two GRs (government orders) on the implementation of the three-language policy.

14.Deepinder Goyal, founder of Zomato, is now eyeing the regional air travel segment with LAT Aerospace, according to a LinkedIn post by the aerospace startup co-founder Surobhi Das.

15.Indian IT majors are aggressively repositioning themselves as AI-native fi rms, focusing on high-margin applications and integration over high-risk, capital-intensive foundational research.