1. The Odisha BJP government, in its first Cabinet meeting, approved a proposal to reopen all four gates of the Srimandir in Puri early Thursday morning. The Cabinet decided to constitute a corpus fund of `500 crore to look after the issues of the 12th-century shrine. Majhi said the state government will also take steps to raise the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy to `3,100 per quintal.

2. Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth term Wednesday.  

3. India has slipped two places on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index to 129th place, while Iceland retained its top position in the rankings published, Wednesday.

4. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin June 24 for oath or affirmation of the newlyelected members, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said Wednesday. The session will conclude July 3.

5.  The Border Security Force (BSF) discovered explosives, including Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and a few more items in a Maoist hideout in the jungles of Malkangiri district.

6.  Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray Wednesday asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Manipur after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on the situation in the north-eastern state.

7. Aday after the Congress accused Uddhav Thackeray of unilaterally announcing his party’s candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, the two parties finalised the deal Wednesday with the Shiv Sena (UBT) deciding to contest three out of four seats, while the grand old party will fight one.

8. : A total of 669 candidates filed their nominations for the elections to the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Nagaland that will be held June 26.

9. SKM MLA Mingma Norbu Sherpa was unanimously elected the speaker of the Sikkim Assembly Wednesday.

10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Italy Thursday to attend the annual summit of G7 advanced economies.

11. The mercy petition of Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq convicted in the nearly 24-yearold Red Fort attack case has been rejected by President Droupadi Murmu, officials said Wednesday.

12. Two employees of a Ghaziabad-based chartered accountant were robbed of ₹ 50 lakh at gunpoint near Akshardham Temple in east Delhi, police said on Wednesday.

13. Prime accused in the sex videos case, former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna was handed over to the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with a rape case by a court on Wednesday.

14. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar has approached the Delhi High Court seeking regular bail in the case of alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.

15. West Indies knocked former runners-up and last edition's semifinalist New Zealand out of the T20 World Cup with a 13-run victory in their Group C match in Tarouba.