1.The Election Commission (EC) will soon initiate the process to hold polls to elect the next vice president after Jagdeep Dhankhar quit the post, sources indicated Tuesday

2.A total of 13,212 freedom fighters are still alive and receiving pension from the government, Parliament was informed Tuesday.

3.Citizens lost more than Rs22,845.73 crore to cyber criminals in 2024, a staggering increase of nearly 206 per cent from the previous year, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday.

4.The third edition of the Children’s Film Festival, organised by the Film Society of Bhubaneswar (FSB), is set to commence Wednesday at the GKCM Odissi Research Centre. The threeday event aims to introduce young minds to the world of global cinema and storytelling.

5.The state government Tuesday effected a major bureaucratic reshuffl e among 47 IAS and two OAS officers. Puri Collector Chanchal Rana has been appointed as the Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).

6.Eleven blocks of Odisha have been included in the Aspirational Block Programme of the NITI Aayog, according to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Offi ce (CMO) Tuesday.

7.The Vigilance Directorate Tuesday arrested Keonjhar Divisional Forest Offi cer (DFO), Kendu Leaf, Nityananda Nayak on the charge of possessing disproportionate assets (DA) to the tune of 218 per cent of his known sources of income.

8.Chief Electoral Offi cer (CEO) RS Gopalan Tuesday held a meeting with representatives of various recognised political parties here where he said that an additional 6,358 booths will be created across the state to avoid crowding during voting process.

9.The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) concluded its two-day Open Hearing and Camp Sitting here after reviewing 144 cases of alleged human rights violations. In several instances, the Commission recommended monetary relief totaling around Rs28 lakh for the victims.

10.The district administration here has issued termination letters for 29 employees who were drawing salaries with the funds available under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) scheme.

11.An organisation of clearing agents’ staffers at Petrapole border checkpost has written a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking her intervention to lift the Centre’s ban on imports of jute products and garments from Bangladesh via land routes.

12.The Election Commission of India has justified its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar saying it adds to the purity of the election by "weeding out ineligible persons" from the electoral rolls.

13.During house-to-house visit in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll in Bihar, poll officials have so far found that more than 52 lakh voters were not present at their addresses and another 18 lakh have died.

14.A Delhi court Tuesday granted to jailed Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid custody parole between July 24 and August 4 to attend the monsoon session of Parliament.

15.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will come under the National Sports Governance Bill 2025, set to be tabled in the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament, ministry sources told IANS Tuesday.