-
1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Gyan Bharatam Portal on Friday at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, kickstarting discussions on revitalising India's rich manuscript heritage at an international conference on traditional knowledge.
-
2.The Delhi government is considering lowering the legal age of drinking beer from 25 to 21, aiming to align the National Capital with neighbouring states and curb the sale of unregulated alcohol.
-
3.IT services giant Infosys on Thursday said its board has approved the company's largest-ever share buyback programme worth Rs 18,000 crore.
-
4.Calling itself the ‘custodian of the Constitution’, the Supreme Court (SC) Thursday asked if it could ‘sit idle’ if a constitutional functionary like Governor failed to discharge duties as it reserved the verdict on the presidential reference on grant of assent to Bills.
-
5.The rupee slumped 24 paise and closed for the day at an all-time low of 88.35 against the US dollar, as ongoing tariff issue between India and the US weighed heavily on the domestic currency’s vulnerability.
-
6.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday approved the ambitious Mahanadi Riverfront Development Project, a flagship initiative to transform riverbanks into vibrant cultural, tourism, and ecological hubs. The three-year project (2025–26 to 2027–28) will be implemented with an estimated outlay of RS 240 crore.
-
7.Circulation of daily newspapers has registered a healthy growth of 2.77 per cent during January-June period of 2025, as compared to July-December period of the previous year, a release issued by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) said Thursday.
-
8.The state government has decided to establish a model ‘goshala’ (cow shelter) here to ensure the care and protection of stray cattle, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said Thursday.
-
9.The state government Thursday said 23 pilgrims and tourists from the state, who were stranded in Nepal in the wake of violence, have been rescued and brought back to India through a special initiative.
-
10.Paradip is set to become home to Odisha’s fi rst mud crab hatchery, with the state government investing Rs2.31 crore in the project aimed at boosting aquaculture and supporting coastal livelihoods.
-
11. India Thursday urged its citizens to stay away from offers to join the Russian Army and demanded Moscow to end its practice of recruiting Indians as support staff into the Russian military.
-
12. India Thursday urged its citizens to stay away from offers to join the Russian Army and demanded Moscow to end its practice of recruiting Indians as support staff into the Russian military.
-
13.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday visited Dehradun to review relief and rescue operations in the disaster-ravaged parts of Uttarakhand and announced a fi nancial assistance of Rs 1,200 crore for the affected areas.
-
14.South Korea’s president said Thursday that Korean companies will likely hesitate to make further investments in the United States unless Washington improves its visa system for their employees, as US authorities released hundreds of workers who were detained at a Georgia factory site last week.
-
15.DMK Panchayat President, Vinayagam Palaniswami, was arrested in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district for allegedly murdering a man who had flagged irregularities.