1.A total of 1,492 people died in India during extreme weather events in the 2024 monsoon season, according to data compiled by the India Meteorological Department.

2.A SC bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan said said it will lay down pan-India guidelines on demolition of properties and any religious structure encroaching upon a road, water bodies, or rail tracks.

 3.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over the first AL-31FP aero engine, manufactured under the 240 engine contract, to the Indian Air Force at Koraput in Odisha.

4.The Orissa High Court Tuesday quashed the September 25, 2023 ruling of the Salipur JMFC court that had taken cognisance of offences against Pratap Jena as an accused in the sensational case.

5.Rohit Patro, a first year student of the Mathematics department at the Central University of Odisha (CUO) in Koraput, has been selected to represent India at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships, set to begin October 4 in South Africa.

6.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said the state government is mulling to replace ‘chhatua’, a food item served to children in Anganwadis, with some alternative instant nutritional food like millet.

7.The Andhra Pradesh government has notified a new liquor policy, allowing private retailers to sell spirits on the lines of Haryana and others with the state expecting to rake in Rs 5,500 crore revenue.

8.Andhra Pradesh DGP Ch Dwaraka Tirumala Rao Tuesday said that the state government constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) will temporarily stall its probe into the alleged ‘adulteration’ of Tirupati laddus with animal fats case as the matter is sub-judice in the Supreme Court.

9.Although trams have become a “white elephant” for the West Bengal government, immediate suspension of services is not on the cards as projected in a section of the media, a senior transport official said.

10.Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Tuesday questioned the ED slapping a money laundering case against him in the MUDA 'scam' and once again ruled out his resignation over the issue.

11.A voter turnout of 68.72 per cent was recorded in the third and final phase of voting Tuesday in the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.

12.Japan’s Parliament Tuesday formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country’s new Prime Minister.

13.The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said 98 per cent of the Rs 2,000 denomination notes have been returned since its May 2023 move to withdraw the currency notes.

14.Goods and services tax (GST) revenue growth rate declined to 6.5 per cent in September at Rs 1.73 lakh crore as the rise in collections from domestic transactions as well as imports slowed.

15.Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe Tuesday admitted that his team was blown away by India’s “not-seen-before” aggressive batting that eventually forced a result in the weather-hit second Test.