1.The United States Trade Representative (USTR), under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, has proposed to impose an additional 12.5 per cent tariff on India and 59 other economies over allegations of using forced labour to produce imported goods. 

2.US military said that Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain failed or were shot down, and that the US launched strikes on an Iran facility in response.

3.A coaching institute of educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as 'Khan Sir', was allegedly vandalised and pelted with stones in Patna, police said Wednesday.

4.Hackers have reportedly manipulated Meta's AI-powered support chatbot to gain control of several prominent Instagram accounts, according to cybersecurity researchers.

5.Odisha government Tuesday issued a notification for implementing the enhanced quota for SC and ST and introducing a quota for the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) in medical and technical education starting from the academic year 2026-27.

6.President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Odisha government's second anniversary celebrations at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district June 20.

7.Sonam Wangchuk Tuesday expressed support for the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) campaign demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and said he would join the group's planned protest in Delhi June 6.

8.Senior bureaucrats Lokhande Prashant Sitaram and Varun Bhardwaj were Tuesday appointed as the CBSE's new chairperson and secretary.

9.A total of 31 persons have been named in chargesheets filed by the NIA in four separate cases linked to alleged road blockades and illegal detention of judicial officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal's Malda.

10.Maharashtra government acquires Air India building in south Mumbai for Rs 1,601 crore to consolidate offices.

11.DK Shivakumar will take the oath as the chief minister of Karnataka today.

12.The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (Indian Air Force) have successfully conducted flight-tests of the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform.

13.Dr. Kanwar Vishal Singh, IPS, assumed charge as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Special Task Force (STF), Odisha.

14.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Odisha has become a national example in sustainable development and solar energy use.

15.Tigress Jinnat gave birth to four healthy cubs in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve on May 28, marking a major success for tiger conservation efforts.