1. At least 20 people were killed, and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation.

2.The bodies of three Nepalese climbers, who were among the 10 killed in an avalanche in Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir July 30, will be brought to Kathmandu August 12.

3.Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will hoist the National Flag in Bhubaneswar.

4.Odisha Chief Minister approved the promotion of two 1994-batch IPS officers -- Sanjeeb Panda and Yeshwant Kumar Jethwa -- to the rank of Director General, ahead of the selection of a new state police chief.

5.Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak has been recommended for transfer to Gujarat High Court, Justice Krushna Ram Mohapatra has been recommended for transfer to the Chhattisgarh High Court.

6.Two kanwariyas were swept away by strong currents in the Lingara canal near Tipirisingha in Anugola district .

7. At least 13 kanwariyas, including the driver, sustained injuries when a mini truck they were travelling in overturned Sunday on National Highway 16 near Mayapatana Square under Chamakhandi police limits in Ganjam district.

8.The Odisha government has decided to seize vehicles plying on the roads without valid insurance coverage.

9.A stray dog attacked and bit near ly 130 people within seven hours in an area in Kalyan (west) in Thane district of Maharashtra.

10.Youth power and their contributions to national development as well as 150 years of 'Vande Mataram' will be the theme of this year's Independence Day celebrations August 15.

11.A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said.

12. Centre Notifies 11 New International Ports For Foreigners With E-VisasThe newly added land ports are Darranga, Gede, Ghojadanga, Haridaspur, Jaigaon, Dawki, Moreh, and Attari (Road), along with the airports in Bhopal and Tirupati.

13.‘During the at the 16th state-level ‘Nijukti Mela’ in Bhubaneswar appointment letters were distributed to 1,326 candidates across nine departments.

14.Nirmala Sitharaman said the UPI-related amendment is only an enabling provision and does not itself impose any tax or transaction charge on users.

15. IIT Kharagpur and DAV Public School, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar emerged champions in the senior and junior categories, respectively, at the grand finale of the Orissa POST Mettle Meet 2026,