1.Rupee pares initial gains and settles 6 paise lower at 89.22 against the US dollar, weighed down by negative cues.

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs a puja ahead of hoisting a saffron flag atop Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Tuesday as RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath  present.

3.The Supreme Court Tuesday said custodial violence and death is a “blot” on the system, and the country will not tolerate this. While hearing a suo motu case concerning lack of functional CCTVs in police stations.

4.BJD Rajya Sabha MP Debashish Samantaray has refused to accept the post in the rank of vice president of the party’s senior citizen cell.

5.The Odisha  state government Tuesday approved 20 projects worth Rs4,353 crore. The investment is poised to generate over 7,815 employment opportunities for the youth across 11 districts.

6.The Khurda Road Railway Division of East Coast Railway achieved a remarkable operational milestone by becoming the fastest division in Indian Railways to handle 200 Million Tonnes (MT) of freight traffic during the current financial year.

7.A natural compound found in long pepper can be an effective and cost-efficient agent against colon cancer cells, said researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela .

8.Police in Malkangiri district arrested a 46-year-old man accused of raping three children after luring them with chocolates and toys.

9.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in the Assembly Tuesday that singer Zubeen Garg's death while swimming in the sea in Singapore is a case of “plain and simple murder”.

10.India and the Russia-led EAEU group will start formal negotiations for a trade agreement from Wednesday, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Tuesday.

11.Nearly one in four Indian adults is now obese, a study inaugurated by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in Delhi Tuesday claimed.

12.India Ratings and Research (IndRa) Tuesday raised India's GDP growth projection for the current fiscal to 7 per cent on the back of high growth in the June quarter and less impact of the US tariff hike on global growth and trade.

13.Gold prices climbed Rs3,500 to Rs1,28,900 per 10 grams in the national capital amid for the wedding festivities, according to the All India Sarafa Association

14.Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest aluminium producer, has installed 30 water purification units in government schools across Kodigamali in Koraput district, ensuring access to safe drinking water for more than 3,000 students.

15.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Tuesday said Odisha is unlikely to receive rain in the next seven days even though two weather systems are developing over the Bay of Bengal (BoB), one of which may intensify beyond a depression.