1.The Supreme Court Monday observed the country was not a “dharamshala” or a public shelter to accommodate foreign nationals from across the globe.

2.The Supreme Court Monday directed uniform pension benefits for all retired high court judges, irrespective of their mode of appointment or tenure, saying “one rank one pension has to be the norm in respect of a constitutional office”.

3.Schools near the India-Pakistan border in Jammu reopened Monday after nearly 12 days of closure due to recent hostilities. Institutions in 30 locations across Poonch, Rajouri, Jammu, Samba, and Kathua districts resumed as normalcy returns.

4.Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer, his office says.

5.Mutual Fund assets surge 23 per cent or over Rs12 lakh crore year-on-year to reach a record of Rs 65.74 lakh crore in FY25.

6.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday claimed that around 85 per cent of the grievances he has received so far have been resolved, and the process of addressing citizens’ concerns will continue.

7.State Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Monday said the government has already started the process of identifying Bangladeshis staying illegally in different districts of the state.

8.The Supreme Court Monday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah for his remarks on Colonel Sofi ya Qureshi and constituted a three-member special investigation team to probe the FIR lodged against him.

9.Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary committee Monday that the conflict between India and Pakistan was always in the conventional domain, and there was no nuclear signalling by the latter, sources said.

10. Uttar Pradesh government has launched a comprehensive state-wide campaign aimed at eradicating child labour by 2027, an official statement said Monday.

11.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday said it has arrested former UCO Bank CMD Subodh Kumar Goel on money laundering charges in an alleged bank loan fraud case of more than Rs 6,200 crore linked to a Kolkata-based company.

12.China has announced plans to accelerate work on a “fl agship” dam in Pakistan to ease pressure on its all-weather ally, weeks after India placed the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack.

13.Falcon Agrifriz Foods Private Limited inaugurated its state-of-the-art, fully automated frozen potato products manufacturing facility in Mehsana, Gujarat.

14.The BCCI Monday termed as "speculative and imaginary" the report which claimed that it has decided to pull out of men's Asia Cup and women's Emerging Teams Asia Cup.

15.Abhishek Sharma smashed half a dozen sixes in his 20-ball 59 to ensure a convincing six-wicket win for Sunrisers Hyderabad and knock Lucknow Super Giants out of the IPL play-offs race here Monday.