1.The Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) has expressed deep concern over the persistently high mental health treatment gap in India, noting that nearly 80-85 per cent of individuals suffering from psychiatric disorders do not receive timely or appropriate care.

2.No ad-hoc judges have been appointed in high courts so far to tackle pending criminal cases, nearly a year after the Supreme Court cleared the decks for it, as the high courts have not evinced interest.

3.At least 30 villagers have been killed and several others are missing after gunmen raided a village in northern Nigeria’s Niger state, police said Sunday.

4.The United States might have taken charge of Venezuela’s oil sector, but that is unlikely to change oil prices immediately as years of neglect and sanctions have damaged the industry there.

5.The first ‘Patha Utsav’ of 2026, organised by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), turned out to be a huge success, drawing a massive crowd Sunday.

6.A Bhubaneswar court sentenced drug peddler Sk Hasim Bux to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fi ne of Rs1 lakh for traffi cking contraband brown sugar.

7.Swachh Sathis who achieve 90 per cent collection of user fees will receive special incentive of Rs5,000, announced Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das recently.

8.Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested CRRI Police Station, Cuttack Inspector In-Charge (IIC) Bijay Kumar Barik while accepting Rs 40,000 as bribe from a licensed liquor vendor.

9.Khariar King Dr Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo, a noted historian, archaeologist and researcher, passed away Sunday in his palace at Khariar town under Nuapada district. He was 80.

10.The Uttar Pradesh government Sunday launched the state's first Barille library with a collection of more than 4,000 books, an official statement said.

11.Braving the bitter cold, devotees thronged the Sangam Sunday for a holy dip in the Ganga during the ongoing Magh Mela.

12.Former union minister Maneka Gandhi Sunday advocated a nationwide ban on the sale and use of firecrackers in the country to check air pollution.

13.India Sunday voiced “deep concern” over the US capturing Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in a military operation, and said it is closely monitoring the unfolding situation in the oil-rich South American country.

14.Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples and is currently lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana's Rohtak, was again granted a 40-day parole, said sources Sunday.

15.Authorities here have barred courier companies and parcel services from transporting narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and other contraband without a valid permit, and directed them to ensure police verification of all their employees.