1.The Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission (EC) to include Aadhaar as a 12th prescribed document for establishing the identity of a voter in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) .

2.Utkal University authorities, with the help of Commissionerate Police, launched a massive drive to evict non-students staying illegally in several hostels in the campus for a prolonged period and vacated nearly 200 rooms.

3.MLA Rajendra Dholakia, aged 68 who was suffering from kidney-related ailments, died at a hospital in Chennai Monday.

4.Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that it is the “right idea” to impose tariffs on countries making deals with Russia, without naming India.

5.State’s Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) has directed the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to reveal interview marks to a candidate who was not selected for the post of an assistant teacher in 2022.

6.The Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati has reappointed Prof Pravat Kumar Roul as the Vice-Chancellor for a second term.

7.Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Monday urged the Coffee Board and the Koraput district administration to draw up comprehensive plans for expanding coffee cultivation in the region.

8.RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale was admitted to AIIMS Jodhpur after he suddenly fell ill due to high blood pressure.

9.The Punjab Cabinet Monday decided to provide Rs20,000 as compensation for each acre of crops damaged and also gave its nod to a scheme allowing farmers to extract and sell sand deposited in their fields after the floods.

10. China’s growing civilian defence AI ties, backed by hundreds of civilian companies and universities outside the traditional defence technology network, may pose a major challenge for the US, an American think tank warned.

11.India has cut down the local remedies exhaustion period for Israeli investors to three years from the earlier fi ve years under the Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) signed Monday between the two countries.

12.Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed with gains in a volatile session powered by buying in auto and consumer discretionary shares and a firm trend in global markets.

13.Gold and silver prices rebounded to scale fresh record highs in the domestic futures market, tracking a rally in the global markets fuelled by weak US labour data and rising expectations of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

14.Navneet Kaur and Mumtaz Khan dazzled with a hat-trick each as India stormed into the Super 4s with a commanding 12-0 victory over Singapore in the women's Asia Cup hockey tournament.

15.India marked their debut appearance in the CAFA Nations Cup with a third-place finish, defeating higher-ranked Oman 3-2 on penalties for their first-ever victory against the West Asian side here Monday.