1.From 2026, Class X students will be able to take CBSE board exams twice in an academic session or choose between the two editions--one in February and another in May, officials said.

2.As per NITI Aayog, 36 per cent of government schools in India had fewer than 50 students and nearly 10 per cent had fewer than 20.

3.The Supreme Court Tuesday ordered “immediate” reinstatement of an RJD MLC who was expelled last year for misbehaving inside the House with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

4.Cyber criminals have duped Berhampur University Vice Chancellor Prof Geetanjali Dash of Rs14 lakh by impersonating an Enforcement Directorate (ED) official and issuing her a threat of “digital arrest”

5.A Delhi court Tuesday awarded lifeterm imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

6.India and the European Union will this week take stock of their negotiations for an ambitious free trade deal and broadly firm up a new strategic agenda at a time Europe is looking at de-risking its relations with China.

7.Senior OPS officer and litterateur Dr Chandra Sekhar Hota was appointed as the secretary of Odisha Sahitya Akademi Tuesday.

8.Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare (FS&CW) Minister Krushna Chandra Patra Tuesday clarifi ed that eligible ration card holders, who are fi ling I-T returns, will not be removed from the Public Distribution System (PDS) list.

9.In a first in India, the state vaccine store here has received the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 certification from United Ackreditering Services Limited (UASL) for quality management under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), official sources said Tuesday.

10.The state government has announced that paddy procurement for the current season will conclude March 31, urging farmers to complete deliveries on time to avail the benefits of the scheme.

11.Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, along with First Lady Jayashree Kambhampati, took a holy dip at Triveni Sangam during the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj Tuesday.

12. In a bid to promote scientific awareness and innovation, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar launched the Vigyan Rath, a mobile science exhibition that toured various institutions across Odisha from February 19 to 22.

13.Russia and Indonesia took steps Tuesday to strengthen their defence ties with a meeting between a top Russian security official and Indonesia’s defence minister in the capital of Jakarta as Moscow’s war on Ukraine entered its fourth year.

14. Gold prices jumped by Rs250 to Rs89,350 per 10 grams Tuesday extending gains for the second day amid depreciation in rupee, according to the All India Sarafa Association.

15.The Indian women's hockey team Tuesday stunned reigning Olympic champions and world No 1 Netherlands in shootout after the two sides were locked 2-2 in regulation time to end their home leg of the FIH Pro League on a winning note here.