1.The process of shifting valuables from the inner chamber of Srimandir Ratna Bhandar in Puri was completed within seven hours Thursday.
2.In a bid to deter highway users from deliberately not fixing FASTag on the windscreen of the vehicle, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued guidelines to collect double user fee from such users entering the toll lane with non-affixed FASTag on the front windshield from the inside, an official release said Thursday
3.Newly established Jajati Keshari Medical College and Hospital (MCH) in Jajpur district will commence MBBS course from this academic session following approval for 50 seats from the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC.
4.The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned `288.61 crore towards the construction of a flyover in Sambalpur .
5.Aahaar scheme will continue in the state as it serves common man’s interest, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Thursday
6.The Assam Cabinet approved a Bill to abolish the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules of 1935, which permitted underage marriages under specific conditions, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
7.The Supreme Court Thursday said it will hear in the second week of September the cross-pleas of Google and the Competition Commission of India challenging a verdict of an appellate tribunal in a case related to the tech giant’s alleged anti-competitive practices in the Android mobile device matter.
8.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Thursday said it will contest all 90 assembly seats in Haryana.
9.India advised its citizens residing in Bangladesh to avoid travel and minimise their movement after ongoing protests demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs turned violent and left at least six people dead across the country.
10.Flipkart, India's homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Thursday announced its first-ever G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time) sale, slated for July 20-25, with early access starting July 19, offering attractive deals on a wide array of products such as large home appliances.
11.Rupee depreciated 5 paise and settled at its all-time low of 83.63 against the US dollar Thursday, as the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and overnight surge in crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiments.
12.Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice N Kotiswar Singh Thursday took oath of office and became the first judge to have been elevated to the Supreme Court from Manipur.
13.The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said media reports stating that India has a high number of 'zero dose children', who did not receive any vaccine, in comparison to other countries based on UNICEF report.
14. KIIT felicitated Thursday 11 students from the institution who are in the Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics starting July 26. Founder of KIIT and KISS Dr Achyuta Samanta announced an award of `7 lakh to each of the athletes, encouraging them to give their best on the field and bring glory to the country
15.Badminton ace PV Sindhu has said that she will be ‘going all-out’ in her quest to become the first Indian to win an unprecedented third individual Olympic medal in Paris, drawing on her experience from a successful past.
1.Around 15 lakh devotees thronged the pilgrim town to witness the majestic Suna Besha (golden attire) of Lord Jagannath and His siblings— Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra – on their respective chariots parked in front of the ‘Singha Dwar’ (Lion’s Gate) of Srimandir here, Wednesday.
2.The Asian Development Bank maintains India’s GDP growth forecast at 7 per cent for the current financial year.
3.The State Government appointed Cuttack Collector Arindam Dakua as Private Secretary to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, while Jagatsinghpur Collector Anupam Saha has been appointed as Additional Secretary to the CM.
4. Odisha may soon witness ‘bulldozer action’ as adopted in states like Uttar Pradesh, with the state government Wednesday warning that illegal constructions made on government land will be demolished.
5.BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik has asked party MLAs to closely monitor the activities of different government departments and raise issues pertaining to those in the Assembly, a party release said Wednesday.
6.The state government of Karnataka has put on hold a bill mandating companies to give 50%-70% of jobs to locals following a huge backlash from various quarters.
7.Miss Universal Petite, a beauty pageant designated for ladies 5’6 feet or less, has for the first time an Indian winner.
8.The Railway Protection Force (RPF), during last seven years, rescued 84,119 children from railway stations and trains, preventing them from falling into wrong hands, a press statement from the Railway Ministry said.
9.The first instalment under Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin scheme will be released during Rakshabandhan next month, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Wednesday
10. Eight out of 13 Indians onboard a Comoros-flagged cargo vessel that capsized off Oman coast three days ago have been rescued, official sources said Wednesday
11.The Delhi government has shown lack of sensitivity over protecting the environment, the Supreme Court said while rapping it for granting permission to the Delhi Development Authority to chop 422 trees in the Southern Ridge’s reserve forest area for the construction of a road.
12.Over 3.38 lakh devotees have performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra so far as another group of 3,740 pilgrims left for Kashmir Wednesday amid tight security.
13.More than 14,000 child marriages have been prevented across 265 districts in 17 states and Union Territories by civil society, a report by an NGO said.
14.With coastal erosion and natural calamities such as cylones taking alarming proportions due to climate change, the Ganjam district administration has planned to take up mangrove plantations along the coast to combat this situation.
15.The Odisha state is expected to experience a heavy rainfall from July 19 onwards due to the likely formation of a fresh low-pressure area over west-central Odisha and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal (BoB), India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin said Wednesday.
1.The seers and priests of Kedarnath have launched an agitation in protest against the construction of a temple in Delhi replicating the centuries-old Himalayan temple in Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region.
2.A selfstyled godman has allegedly built an unauthorised temple in the Suderdhunga river valley close to a sacred lake originating from a glacier in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district, angering locals who have accused him of desecrating the lake by bathing in it.
3.The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday decided to suspend its order for digital attendance of teachers till further orders and constituted a committee to submit its report on the issue.
4.Edtech company Byju's, which was once India's most valuable start-up worth an estimated USD 22 billion, will face insolvency proceedings for failure to pay `158.9 crore to cricket board BCCI.
5.The Opposition Congress Tuesday demanded that the state government publish a white paper on Ratna Bhandar of Puri Srimandir.
6.Opposition BJD and Congress Tuesday renewed their demand for action against Governor Raghubar Das’s son Lalit Kumar over allegations that he assaulted a Raj Bhawan official July 7.
7.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday asked the ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare department to upgrade at least 14 high schools into higher secondary institutions.
8.The Kendrapara Collector has issued show-casue notice to 50 persons accused of constructing illegal commercial (hotels, homestays and restaurants) and residential structures on forest land in Bankual, Durgaprasad Mauzas and Rajnagar telshil under the Bhitarkanika National Park area.
9.The Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) launched a project Tuesday to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages in the next five years.
10.The Supreme Court Tuesday sought responses from the CBI and ED on AAP leader Manish Sisodia’s pleas seeking bail in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
11.The government has convened an all-party meeting July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament which will start next Monday, the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said.
12.Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh’s capital, authorities and students said Tuesday
13.Israeli airstrikes killed more than 60 Palestinians in southern and central Gaza overnight and into Tuesday, including one that struck an Israeli-declared “safe zone” crowded with thousands of displaced people.
14.Observing that India has a longstanding relationship with Russia, the US has said that it has encouraged New Delhi to utilise that relationship with Moscow and urge President Vladimir Putin to end the illegal war against Ukraine.
15.The International Monetary Fund Tuesday raised India's growth forecast for 2024-25 to 7% from 6.8% on the back of improving private consumption, particularly in rural India.
1.Winding up the annual nine-day Rath Yatra festival in Puri, chariots of sibling deities Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra reached the Srimandir here Monday.
2.Senior IPS officer Ravi Kant, who was Odisha’s Resident Commissioner in New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Home department, official sources said Monday here.
3.Senior IPS officer DS Kutey has been posted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Home department, official sources said Monda
4.Baikuntha Pradhan, the assistant section officer (ASO) at Raj Bhavan here was transferred Monday and posted at the Home department. Pradhan had recently alleged that he was assaulted by Governor Raghubar Das’s son Lalit Kumar at the Raj Bhavan in Puri.
5.SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Padhee threw out Monday a non-servitor who was inside the chariot yard near the Gundicha Temple here.
6.Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja was given additional charge of the Chairman of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), Monday.
7.Odisha is bracing for prolonged rainfall in the next four days due to a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, the IMD said Monday. While one low pressure area was formed, another is likely to follow July 19, the IMD said.
8.Despite tall claims being made about the implementation of a host of measures for malaria prevention, occurrences of the vector-borne disease continue to remain high and showing an upward trend in several regions of the state.
9.Artificial Intelligence-enabled cameras with facial recognition technology have now been installed in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly that will record arrival and exit time of members, as well as the duration of their presence in the House.
10.The West Bengal government Monday reinstated Rajeev Kumar as the Director General of Police (DGP), replacing Sanjoy Mukherjee, an official statement said.
11.Seasoned diplomat Vikram Misri, widely regarded as an expert on China and national security, assumed charge as India’s new Foreign Secretary Monday.
12.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he aimed to have a plan ready in November to enable Kyiv to hold a second international summit on his vision of peace in Ukraine, and that representatives of Russia should attend.
13.The Indian government has released the first tranche of $2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as part of its annual contribution of $5 million for the year 2024-25, the Representative Office of India here said Monday.
14.Record immigration caused the population of England and Wales to rise by 6,10,000 to 60.9 million in mid-2023, the largest annual increase in 75 years, official data showed Monday.
15.Wholesale inflation in the country surged to a 16-month high of 3.36 per cent in June on account of rise in prices of food articles, especially vegetables and manufactured items.
16.Rupee depreciated 10 paise and settled for the day at an all-time low of 83.61 (provisional) against the US dollar Monday, weighed down by the overall strength of the American currency in the overseas market.
17.India is exploring ways to boost its exports to Russia, including by encouraging rupee-rouble trade and pushing Moscow to lift non-tariff barriers, New Delhi said Monday, in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow
18.Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) Monday said it has contributed `13,195 crore to the exchequer in the last financial year, representing about 46 per cent of its total revenues.
19.Food-delivery firm Zomato has hiked the platform fee to `6 from `5 per order in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
20.Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the world to reverse such a ban had been closely followed by activists abroad.
1.Ratna Bhandar, the revered treasure trove of Srimandir, was reopened Sunday after 46 years for an inventory of valuables and the repair of its structure, officials said. Ratna Bhandar was last opened in 1978. At that time, it took 70 days to prepare the inventory of the valuables.
2.KP Sharma Oli, the leader of Nepal’s largest communist party, has been appointed Nepal’s Prime Minister for a fourth term.
3.Automobile exports from India rise 15.5% year-on-year in the June quarter with all verticals barring three-wheelers
4.The National Testing Agency (NTA) has decided to conduct a retest for over 1000 candidates of CUET UG July 19.
5.In the wake of fire mishaps in two private hospitals in Cuttack city Saturday, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja has issued direction for formation of a joint task force to conduct periodical audit of fire and electrical safety in all hospitals and nursing homes within its jurisdiction, a release from Health and Family Welfare department said Sunday.
6.Continuing its drive against violation of traffic regulations, the Commissionerate Police Saturday night seized 102 vehicles and collected a fine of `37,000 in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
7.The number of school dropouts is witnessing a gradual increase in Ganjam district, even as the authorities have decided to collect enrolment fees from the students to address the issue.
8.During the last 15 days since it started on June 29, nearly three lakh devotees performed Amarnath Yatra as another batch of 4,889 enthusiastic pilgrims left for Kashmir valley Sunday.
9.A key accused in the murder of BSP Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong was shot dead here Sunday after he attempted to assault police personnel and flee from custody, police said
10.Gaurav Gogoi will be the deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha and a letter regarding the decision has been sent to Speaker Om Birla.
11.Climate related stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, droughts, diseases and rising sea levels affect education outcomes and threaten to undo educational gains of recent decade, according to the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM).
12.Islamist group Hamas has not withdrawn from ceasefire talks after this weekend’s deadly Israeli attacks in Gaza, one of the group’s senior officials said Sunday.
13.With digital adoption fast gaining currency, India is likely to see retail digital payments double to USD 7 trillion by 2030 from current levels, a study by Kearney and Amazon Pay said. The survey noted that 90% of the respondents preferred digital payments when making online purchases.
14.The U-WIN portal, a replication of the Covid-19 vaccine management system Co-WIN, is set for a pan-India launch likely by the end of August, aiming to maintain an electronic registry of routine immunisations, official sources said.
15.India defeat Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the fifth T20 game to wrap up the five-match series 4-1 in a comprehensive manner.
