1. The state government has decided to open 82 new primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS), 21 primary milk cooperative societies and to make five PACS as multi-purpose societies in Ganjam district, an official said Sunday

2. BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Sunday said her party doesn’t agree with the recent Supreme Court’s verdict allowing sub-classification within Scheduled Castes.

3. Several RJD leaders joined JD-U Sunday in the presence of Bihar ministers Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Ashok Chaudhary who welcomed them into the party

4.Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, confirming the longawaited arrival of the US-made fighter jets more than 29 months since Russia’s invasion

5.Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike hit two schools in Gaza City Sunday, killing at least 30 people, while the military reported it had struck Hamas command centres.

 6.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to keep the key interest unchanged at 5 per cent Thursday, and wait for more macroeconomic data before taking a call on rate cut in line with expectations, experts said.

7.The India Meteorological Department has forecast isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Madhya Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharastra.

8.Union Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday inaugurated the e-evidence, Nyay Setu, Nyay Shruti and e-summon systems built to augment the criminal justice apparatus in Chandigarh. 

9. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday launched 500 farmer service centres, which will offer comprehensive support for farming and related activities.

10.The Preamble to the Constitution has been dropped from several Class III and Class VI textbooks issued by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) this year.

11.Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered Iran to strike Israel directly, in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

12.Turkey issues open threat to invade Israel over war in Gaza : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan escalated tensions with Israel on Sunday, suggesting the possibility of military action against the Jewish state amid ongoing conflict with the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah.

13.As South Korea sizzles under a heatwave, nearly 400 people have been treated at hospital emergency rooms for heat-related diseases last week.

14.In Bangladesh, 55 people,  including 13 policemen killed in fresh clashes over demand for resignation of government. Mobile internet has been shut down again on Sunday, on the instructions of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). Protesters in Bangladesh demand PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, Reject proposal for talks.

15. Turkey blocked access to Instagram for its 85 million people, the country’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority announced on 2 August.  The Turkish government did not disclose a reason for the ban nor how long it would be in place॰