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1.India’s first solar observatory Aditya-L1 played a key role in helping scientists decode why the strongest solar storm in more than two decades that struck Earth in May 2024 behaved so unusually, ISRO said Tuesday.
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2.Anant Ambani has been honoured with the Global Humanitarian Award in the United States for his outstanding contribution to wildlife conservation and animal welfare through Vantara.
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3.2025 is currently tied with 2023 to be the second-warmest year on record, according to new data published by Europe’s climate agency Copernicus.
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4.A fire swept through a seven-storey office block in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta Tuesday, killing 22 people, police said.
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5.The Assembly Tuesday passed four Bills on the last day of the Winter Session to increase the salaries and allowances of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, ministers, MLAs, and other office-bearers. The pension for former MLAs has also been revised.
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6.The revised structure will take effect retrospectively from June 5, 2024. The salary of MLAs has gone up from Rs35,000 to Rs90,000. The pension of former MLAs has been increased from Rs30,000 to Rs80,000, and they will also receive a monthly travel allowance of Rs12,500. The CM’s salary has been increased from Rs41,000 to Rs1 lakh per month, the vehicle allowance from Rs17,000 to Rs91,000, and the sumptuary allowance from Rs40,000 to Rs1,83,000.
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7.The Civil Aviation Minister has asked for a 10 per cent cut in planned IndiGo flights to help restore order at India’s biggest airline.
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8.As many as 136 wild elephants died in Odisha between April 2024 and September 2025 due to multiple causes, including electrocution, disease, poaching and accidents.
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9.At least 518 migrant workers from Odisha died while working outside the state between 2021 and November this year.
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10.The Centre Tuesday approved Rs 44,771 crore for major national and state highway projects in Odisha, giving a substantial boost to the state’s infrastructure.
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11.Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Tuesday unveiled the world’s second-largest khadi national flag at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.
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12.The cabinet of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday approved proposals to create three new departments and change the names of three others, offi cials said. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Kumar Tuesday.
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13.Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan made it to the list of 67 Most Stylish People of 2025 released by the ‘New York Times’.
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14.The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign in Gujarat is now 99.97 per cent complete with the verification of all of the state’s 5.08 crore voters almost over.
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15.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Tuesday announced plans to invest $17.5 billion in India to help build infrastructure and sovereign capabilities for the country's AI-first future