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1.India and the United Kingdom have announced that their landmark Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will officially come into force on July 15, 2026.
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2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged world leaders to place human values at the centre of Artificial Intelligence (AI) development, calling for global cooperation to ensure the technology is deployed safely.
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3.US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a peace deal today, aimed at bringing an end to the months-long war in the Middle East.
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4.Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted Israel is not bound by any US-Iran agreement in its fight against Iran-aligned Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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5.The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has cleared the long-awaited NCR Regional Plan 2041, a comprehensive roadmap that will guide urban development, transport infrastructure, housing, environmental protection and economic growth across Delhi-NCR over the next two decades.
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6.Messaging platform Telegram has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the Central Government’s temporary restriction on its services in India ahead of the NEET UG 2026 re-examination scheduled for June 21.
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7. The Gauhati High Court has acquitted a man who spent nearly eight years on death row for the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Assam's Nagaon district.
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8.ChatGPT continues to be the world’s most popular artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, but it now faces intense competition in the generative AI space
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9.The Odisha government has officially notified the Viksit Bharat-Gramin Rozgar o Aajeevika Mission (Gramin), set to roll out across all gram panchayats from July 1, 2026.
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10.Odisha’s industrial ambitions, the state’s High-Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) has greenlit 20 major projects worth Rs 76,611.86 crore, promising over 50,517 new employment opportunities across nine districts.
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11.Naveen Patnaik Criticizes over 1,678 errors in Odisha Classes 1-8 Odia Textbooks.
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12.The Chameli Ojha controversy escalated on Wednesday as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Orissa High Court demanding a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe.
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13.Security forces uncovered a Maoist arms dump in Kandhamal district, seizing a large cache of weapons and explosives during a search operation in Kotagarh police limits
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14.The Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, will publish the Matric 2026 re-checking results on June 19, ensuring students receive revised marks well before the Plus II admission deadline.
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15.The Mayurbhanj district administration has restricted media entry into Pahadpur village on June 20, citing high-level security arrangements for the visit of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi