1.A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia Monday, killing at least 69 people.

2.The 8th Central Pay Commission has not yet submitted its recommendations to the government, Parliament was informed Monday.

3.US Monday announced that it had revoked more than 1.75 lakh visas during President Donald Trump's tenure for a range of crimes from reckless driving to sexual assault.

4.A woman was allegedly raped by three persons when she went for a photo shoot at a pine jungle in Odisha's Koraput district.

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

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

7.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.

8.The CID arrested former JPSC Chairperson L Khiangte on Monday amid the ongoing JPSC‑JSSC protests in Ranchi, intensifying the agitation over alleged recruitment exam irregularities.

9.The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee to travel abroad for three weeks for eye treatment.

10.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised boxer Lovlina Borgohain for raising concerns over an incorrect depiction of the Indian map at a restaurant in Glasgow during the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

11.A section of graduating students at NALSAR University of Law has opposed the reported decision to invite Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant as the chief guest for the 2026 convocation ceremony.

12.AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj has alleged that the Delhi government was planning a ₹22,000-crore subsidised rice scam over three years, claiming rice meant for poor people was instead being sold to a private company for profit.

13.US court permanently dismisses criminal charges against Adani chairman Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani.

14.40-year-old SG Imran was found lying in a pool of blood in the toilet with his neck slit. The bodies of his daughters, aged 10 and 5, were discovered just metres away.

15.JLKM leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has been on a hunger strike for nine days over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations, was admitted to a hospital here as his health condition deteriorated.