1.The government Wednesday raised the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by 5.35 per cent to `2,300 per quintal for the 2024-25 kharif marketing season.

2.Approximately 4,300 millionaires are expected to leave India this year, with a significant number choosing the UAE as their permanent destination, according to a report by international investment migration advisory firm ‘Henley & Partners’. Last year the same firm had reported that 5,100 Indian millionaires had relocated abroad.

3.Former CM Naveen Patnaik said Wednesday he would be the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Legislative Assembly.

4.Senior BJP leader and Ranpur MLA Surama Padhy filed Wednesday her nomination papers for the election to the post of Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.

5.The State Transport Authority (STA) has undertaken a host of measures, including special buses from Cuttack and Bhubaneswar to Puri and police assistance at bus stops, to ensure devotees reach the Holy City and take back pleasant memories during Rath Yatra.

6.State Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj Wednesday said that the government is committed to implementing the New Education Policy (NEP) in order to promote poor and meritorious students of the state.

7. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has urged the people to give their suggestions and participate in the Budget-making process.

8.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will mark this year’s International Day of Yoga June 21 in Srinagar during which he will address the gathering and also participate in a yoga session.

9.“We will never go with those who tried to finish off the Shiv Sena “ said  Uddhav Thackeray. SHIV SENA (UBT) CHIEF.

10India has received 20 per cent below normal rainfall since the start of the monsoon period June 1, and overall precipitation for the entire month will also be subpar, the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

11.The Tibetans have the right to self-determination and should be allowed to practise their religion freely, US House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Michael McCaul said Wednesday after he led a delegation here to meet spiritual leader Dalai Lama.

12.Delhi Water Minister Atishi Wednesday said that she has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the water crisis in the national capital and threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike from June 21 if the issue is not resolved within a couple of days.

13.Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, with India and China recording 2.1 million and 2.3 million fatalities, respectively, according to a report released Wednesday.

14.A diplomat in Saudi Arabia said Wednesday that 68 Indian nationals died during the hajj pilgrimage this year marked by searing heath, bringing the overall tally to more than 600.

15.The Indian automobile industry grew 19 per cent to `10.22 lakh crore in FY24 driven by a robust growth in the utility and sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment, a report said .