1.Global technology shares sank Tuesday, as a market rout sparked by the emergence of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model entered its second day, making investors question the sky-high valuation and dominance of AI bellwethers.

2.Two back-to-back deaths of trained kumki elephants - Mahendra and Bhabani - in Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary within a span of just 15 days have sparked concern over safety of the gentle giants

3.Pope Francis called on the Indian Bishops to prioritise the poor and the vulnerable in their misery, urging them to open the doors of the Church, in his message at the 36th plenary assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) at XIM University .

4.The District and Sessions Court, Khurda here Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to four persons after holding them guilty of killing an elderly couple in the City in 2012.

5.Divisional forest officer (DFO), Rourkela Jasobant Sethi has been conferred with ‘Elite 100 Changemakers of Odisha 2024’ award for innovative use of artificial intelligence (AI) in protection of wildlife.

 6.Adani Group Tuesday committed to investing Rs 2.3 lakh crore over the next five years across a host of sectors in Odisha.

7.Mining conglomerate Vedanta Tuesday said the company’s Rs 1-lakh crore aluminium refinery and smelter project will be set up in Rayagada district the fi rst phase of which is to be commissioned in the next three years, company Chairman Anil Agarwal said

8.Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) Tuesday said it will invest an additional Rs 70,000 crore in Odisha in the coming years. The announcement was made by the company’s Chairman Naveen Jindal during the ‘Utkarsh Odisha: Make in Odisha Conclave 2025’ here.

9.Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Group Tuesday inked a pact with the state government to set up a 5-million tonne per annum (MTPA) steel plant in Keonjhar district.

10.Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was released from a jail in Haryana’s Rohtak Tuesday after being granted a 30-day parole, a development which came ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls.

11.The Supreme Court has said police cannot serve notices to accused persons through WhatsApp or other electronic modes under the Criminal Procedure Code or Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

12.The UK government Tuesday updated its travel advisory for India for a second time within weeks to warn British nationals that they could be “fined or arrested” for carrying or operating satellite phones in the country without a licence.

13.India and China have agreed to resume direct air services after nearly fi ve years and work on resolving differences over trade and economic issues, New Delhi said, as relations continue to thaw after a deadly 2020 border clash.

14. India’s semiconductor market is projected to grow to $103.4 billion by 2030, powering the over $400 billion electronics market, the Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) said Tuesday.

15.Odisha FC triumphed 2-0 over Nita FA at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Tuesday in the Indian Women’s League 2024-25