1.Singapore celebrated 60 years of independence, SG60, with a National Day Parade (NDP) by the Armed Forces and civil units at the Padang Saturday.

2.On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday distributed Rs5,000 crore to around one crore women as the third instalment under the Subhadra Schem

3.Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh Saturday said the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and a large aircraft during Operation Sindoo. The remarks were made at the 16th Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Memorial Lecture here.

4.The Higher Education department has directed all state public universities and government/non-government aided colleges to establish a Shaktishree Empowerment Cell.

5.‘Operation Garuda’ was launched August 1 for curbing crime, smuggling, and anti-social activities, ADG (Law and Order) Sanjay Kumar said, addressing a press conference.

6.Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has termed the alleged attack on Catholic priests and nuns in Odisha’s Jaleswar as Hindutva vigilantism.

7.Senior advocate Tushar Kanti Satapathy of the Orissa High Court has been appointed as a judicial member of the state bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT).

8.Ukraine will not cede its land, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Saturday, rejecting US suggestions that a deal with Russia could involve swapping territories as Washington and Moscow prepared for talks between their leaders on ending the war.

9.The worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Israel’s plans to expand military control over the enclave have pushed Germany to curb arms exports to Israel, a historically fraught step for Berlin driven by a growing public outcry.

10.The Income Tax Department, Saturday, released the ITR-5 Excel Utility for Assessment Year 2024–25. This utility can be used by partnership firms, Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), and cooperative societies to file their annual returns.

11.ICICI Bank has raised the minimum balance requirement for its new savings bank accounts opened on or after August 1 by five times to Rs50,000.

12.Tata Motors Limited's (TML) net profit for the first quarter of the first financial year (Q1 FY26) stood at Rs4,003 crore, down 62 per cent year-on-year (YoY), as per an exchange fi ling Friday.

13.The spotlight will shine on Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Sunday as it hosts the Indian Open 2025 World Athletics Bronze Level Continental Tour, marking India’s first-ever Bronze Level meet under the prestigious Continental Tour banner..

14. A strong performance from world No. 5 Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi saw him defeat American GM Ray Robson to stay in sole second position behind Germany's Vincent Keymer after three rounds of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters, here Saturday.

15.New Zealand recorded its biggest-ever test win when it crushed Zimbabwe by an innings and 359 runs in the second test to wrap up a lopsided series 2-0 Saturday.