1.Nepal’s Supreme Court refuses interim relief to ex-PM KP Sharma Oli, arrested over Gen Z movement crackdown.

2The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, Monday asked people to provide accurate information to census enumerators, asserting that individual data will remain confidential and cannot be used as evidence or to obtain any benefit under any scheme.

3.Names of 7.68 lakh voters in Odisha have been deleted from the electoral roll for various reasons between June 2025 and March 22 this year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi told the Assembly Monday.

4.The state government will celebrate Odia Pakhya, a 14-day cultural festival, from April 1 to 14 across Odisha.

5.A woman Maoist surrendered before Odisha Police Monday, a day ahead of the March 31 deadline to make India “Naxal-free”.

6.The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to reinstate Deogarh Municipality chairperson Shanti Manjari Dei, who was removed from office earlier this year.

7.The Indian Navy Monday received three new ships constructed by state-run Garden Reach Shipbuilding and Engineers Ltd (GRSE).

8.US President Donald Trump Monday threatened widespread destruction of Iran’s energy resources and other vital infrastructure if a deal to end the war with Tehran is not reached soon.

9.Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war, the defence minister said Monday.

10.The first hearing of the fast-track Sessions Court, set up by the Gauhati High Court for day-today trial proceedings in singer Zubeen Garg’s death case, was held Monday, with the counsel for arrested singer Amritprava Mahanta making a submission on her behalf.

11.The Jharkhand High Court Monday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Hazaribag district.

12.President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran’s energy plants and oil wells would be obliterated if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran described US peace proposals as “unrealistic” and fi red waves of missiles at Israel.

13.Precious metal prices rebounded by about 3 per cent in the national capital Monday, with silver jumping by Rs7,000 to Rs2.37 lakh per kilogram, and gold advanced to Rs1.51 lakh per 10 grams on the back of fresh buying by jewellers ahead of the wedding season.

14.BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday said BJP MP Nishikant Dubey needs to consult a “mental doctor” for making “outrageous” remarks against freedom fighter and former Odisha CM Biju Patnaik.

15.The government Monday left interest rates unchanged for various small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the eighth straight quarter, beginning April 1, 2026