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1.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday announced a life insurance cover of Rs10 lakh for sanitation workers, and a compensation of Rs30 lakh if they lose their lives on duty.
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2.The NCERT is developing a special classroom module on Operation Sindoor to help students learn about India's defence strategy and diplomatic response, according to sources.
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3.A woman in Bihar alleged that she was gang-raped inside an ambulance which drove her to a hospital after she fainted during a government recruitment test, police said Saturday.
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4.The state government Saturday terminated the appointment of Samaresh Jena as Additional Standing Counsel.
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5.Vigilance sleuths Saturday arrested Jeypore Forest Range Deputy Ranger Rama Chandra Nepak for possessing disproportionate assets (DA) to the tune of 501 per cent of his known sources of income.
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6. Gift cards worth Rs 1.86 crore meant for distribution among coal mine workers were looted from a vehicle near Badakathia jungle on Koshala-Kumunda road under Gopalprasad police limits here in Angul district Saturday afternoon, police said.
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7.Several state governments in the North East have sounded a high alert along inter-state borders with Assam, apprehending that displaced people may attempt to cross into their states following the Assam government’s eviction drive in several districts, officials said Saturday.
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8.Registration of marriages made mandatory under the UCC in Uttarakhand has picked up with an average of 1,634 marriages being registered every day under the act since its implementation January 27.
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9. The Lok Sabha will take up Monday a special discussion on India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ that was carried out in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam, after a weeklong virtual washout of Parliament proceedings.
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10.The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma’s plea seeking invalidation of a report by an in-house inquiry panel which found him guilty of misconduct in the cash discovery row.
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11.About 20% of the employees at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are set to depart the space agency, a spokesperson said. Around 3,870 individuals are expected to depart, but that number may change in the coming days and weeks, the spokesperson said
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12.The RBI has extended the tenure of the oversight committee of IndusInd Bank by one month till August 28 as the lender looks to find new MD and CEO following resignation of incumbent Sumant Kathpalia.
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13.Kotak Mahindra Bank's net profi t for the fi rst quarter of the current financial year (Q1 FY26) stood at Rs4,472.18 crore, down over 39 per cent year-on-year, the private sector lender said in an exchange filing Saturday.
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14. Formula One champion Max Verstappen won a "cat and mouse" Belgian Grand Prix sprint Saturday in Red Bull's fi rst race under the leadership of Laurent Mekies following Christian Horner's dismissal.
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15.The Centre has proposed a unique model for the 39th National Games, asking all eight northeastern states to co-host the event, an official said