1.ISKCON has rejected the plea of Puri’s Jagannath temple to “reconsider” holding Rath Yatra and other Jagannath festivals on random dates across the globe, and said it “respectfully bows out of the discussion once and for all”.

2.India and Australia have taken a major step towards deepening their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing a series of agreements covering uranium supply, defence cooperation, maritime security, trade, energy and critical technologies.

3.Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan Thursday launched the Letter of Authorisation (LoA) for sustainable harnessing of fisheries in the high seas and the Odisha Deep Sea Fishing Mission document.

4.Food safety regulator FSSAI Thursday said it has issued a notice to alcoholic beverage manufacturers over unauthorised use of added flavours and non-compliance with age-related claims.

5. A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor boy under these police limits in Nabarangpur district, police said Thursday. Police detained the minor boy in this connection.

6.Telangana High Court Thursday granted conditional bail to Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar's son, Bageerath, who was arrested in connection with a POCSO case registered against him.

7.Twenty-eight people were killed in a massive fire at a shoe factory in China's Jinjiang City Thursday, local authorities said. Videos of the incident showed the fire engulfing the building and the nearby structures

8. The BJP Thursday fielded Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Prakash Chik Baraik as its candidates for the July 24 Rajya Sabha bypolls in West Bengal, hours after the three former TMC MPs joined the party. 

9.In a rare medical case, a woman in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district gave birth to quadruplets -- three daughters and a son, at the Hira Kunwar Ba Women's Hospital.

10.The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again.

11.India's economy remains resilient despite the headwinds of higher global oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said as it marginally lowered the country's 2026 growth forecast to 6.4 per cent.

12.The Odisha government has announced a massive Rs 12,400 crore investment over the next five years for bridges and water conservation structures across the state’s villages.

13.Hirakud Reservoir Opens 10 Gates as Water Level Rises.

14.Heavy monsoon rain in Maharashtra’s Raigad district triggered an unusual incident when floodwaters washed away nearly 3,000 LPG cylinders from a bottling plant into the Patalganga River.

15.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow warnings for several districts in Odisha from July 10 to July 15