1.The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends less than 5 grams of salt per person per day, studies show that urban Indians consume around 9.2 grams/ day, and even in rural areas it is around 5.6 grams/day - both higher than recommended.

2.Former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case Ujjwal Nikam, Kerala BJP leader C Sadanandan Master and historian Meenakshi Jain have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha (RS).

3.Field-level functionaries of the Election Commission (EC) have found ‘a large number of people’ from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar during house-to-house visits made for the ongoing intensive review of voters' list in Bihar.

4.A couple in Peda Itiki village under Bargi panchayat of Narayanpatna block in the district was subjected to humiliating punishment for marrying within the same clan as a kangaroo court allegedly forced them to plough the village road with a wooden yoke tied to their backs, a report said.

5.A day after bird fl u (H5N1) outbreak was confirmed in a poultry farm in Puri district, the state government has swung into action as it has culled over 6,700 birds as part of containment measures.

6.Four persons, including a woman, were killed due to lightning strikes in Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur and Bhadrak districts Sunday, police said.

7.The Odisha government has started working on securing copyright for the rituals of Srimandir to protect its traditional cultural expressions, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, the titular king of the pilgrim town, said.

8.To safeguard child rights and welfare, the state has launched the Orphan Survey 2025. Anganwadi workers will conduct door-to-door visits to identify orphaned children and gather detailed information using a standardised form.

9.The Jharkhand government has decided to adopt Bihar's Rajgir model for setting up its fi rst tiger safari in Palamau to boost tourism in the area once affected by Maoists.

10.The Election Commission has activated its poll machinery across states for a possible roll out of pan-India special intensive revision (SIR) next month just like the one being carried out in Bihar.

11.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said that the Brahmos missile proved instrumental in Operation Sindoor and since then, more than a dozen countries have expressed interest in it.

 12.Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 30 people on Sunday, including six children at a water collection point, local health officials said, despite attempts by mediators to bring about a ceasefire.

13.Emergency services raced Sunday to the scene of a small plane crash at London Southend Airport.

14.India's import of crude oil from Russia rose to an 11-month high in June as refi ners topped up tanks amid the Israel-Iran war, analysts said.

15.Nearly 10 years after its initial launch in 2015 to highlight viral hits, breaking news and top music releases, YouTube, the largest video sharing platform in the world, is formally discontinuing its Trending Page.