1.The UK Monday announced a fresh set of sanctions which the government claims will ramp up pressure on Russia’s critical oil industry and “shadow fl eet operation,” draining its “war chest” against Ukraine.

2.Dhankhar resigned from his post to prioritize healthcare and abide by medical advice with immediate effect. He sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu.

3.Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be stepping down from her role in August 2025 to return to academia at Harvard University

4.The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Lading Bill, 2025, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in March this year, to replace the 169-year-old colonial era shipping law with a simplified, updated legal framework for shipping documents.

5. The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday the suo moto case registered in the wake of the practice of probe agencies issuing summons to legal professionals for rendering their opinion to clients or for representing them before judicial forums.

6.The Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Scheme, earlier known as the mid-day meal scheme, covers about 11 crore children in more than 10.35 lakh schools across India, said Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan in Parliament on Monday.

7.Crypto thefts in 2025 had crossed $2.17 bn before last week's $44 mn CoinDCX hack, underlining relentless cyber threat escalation.

8.Nineteen years after seven train blasts here killed more than 180 persons, the Bombay High Court Monday acquitted all the 12 accused, saying the prosecution “utterly failed” to prove the case and it was “hard to believe the accused committed the crime”.

9. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has amended affiliation norms to mandate schools to install CCTVs with real-time audiovisual recording at all places other than toilets, an offi cial said Monday.

10.The Supreme Court Monday used “shame” and “unfortunate” to describe the incident wherein a 15-year-old girl of Balanga in Puri district was set on fire, while underscoring the need for providing safety net for women, especially those in rural areas.

11.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today met Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati at the Raj Bhawan in the capital city here, giving impetus to the speculations regarding the expansion of the Cabinet in Odisha.

12.The principal and a faculty member of a college in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district have been suspended in connection with the mistreatment of a girl student in January this year.

13.An 18-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by two youths in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district.

14.The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Monday constituted a fact-fi nding committee to investigate the rape allegations against the party’s student wing president Udit Pradhan who has been suspended by the NSUI.

15.The odisha state government has completed all formalities for establishing the state's first Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Bhubaneswar, marking a significant leap in creating aviation-linked economic ecosystems.

16.The TDP-led NDA government in Andhra Pradesh will launch a free travel scheme for women in Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses from August 15.

17.The Andhra Pradesh government will promote India's largest ecosystem for producing green hydrogen and its derivatives through its recently announced ‘Green Hydrogen Valley' initiative, unveiled by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

18.The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has amended affiliation norms to mandate schools to install CCTV cameras with real-time audio-visual recording at all places other than toilets, an official said Monday.

19.The Enforcement Directorate is “crossing all limits”, the Supreme Court said Monday as it expressed serious concern over the agency summoning advocates for offering legal advice or representing clients during investigations.

20.Israeli tanks pushed into southern and eastern districts of the Gazan city of Deir al-Balah for the first time Monday, an area where Israeli sources said the military believes hostages may be held.