1.Minister Narendra Modi Saturday warned the Congress and its allies that the women of India will severely punish them for “the sin of foeticide” after they killed a bill on women’s reservation in Parliament and state assemblies.

2.A convoy of 14 India-bound ships carrying crude oil and gas were stopped by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by firing at two of them while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz, leading to 13 of the vessels returning to different locations in the Persian Gulf.

3.A man in Leipzig, Germany successfully defended himself in court using an AI chatbot, despite major errors in his legal arguments.

4.The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, Asia’s largest and a major tourist attraction here, witnessed a sharp decline in footfall this year, with visitors dropping by more than 50 per cent.

5.An additional 5,000 tonnes of diesel started flowing into Bangladesh from India through the India–Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline, reinforcing Dhaka’s fuel security amid the maritime uncertainty in West Asia affecting energy imports, reports said.

6.The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has restrained its order directing an FIR against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the alleged dual citizenship controversy.

7.first batch of Indian pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia Saturday for the annual Haj pilgrimage, the Indian mission in Riyadh said. A total of 1,75,025 pilgrims are expected to visit Saudi Arabia for Haj this year.

8.The Central  Government Saturday increased Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) by 2 per cent, benefiting about 50.46 lakh Central government employees and 627 lakh pensioners.

9.The SWAGAM portal of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has undergone demo testing for its integration with the government’s main portal and is being readied for public use, as the civic body prepares to roll out the regularisation process for 1,511 unauthorised colonies.

10.Undeterred by the rejection of their earlier notices, Opposition parties are planning a fresh move to seek the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar sources said .

11.Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) Saturday concluded an eviction drive in Shampur mouza under Bharatpur police limits, reclaiming nearly 61.4 acres of government land from illegal encroachment.

12.Odisha has recorded a 16.6 per cent rise in mangrove cover over the past decade, increasing from 222 sq. km to 259.06 sq. km, according to India State of Forest Report (ISFR) data. Kendrapara district alone has added around 9.43 sq. km of mangroves.

13.The Supreme Court has cautioned the high courts against the growing tendency to publicly criticise subordinate judicial officers, observing that “the high court is expected to act as the guardian of officers in the district judiciary”

14.Ninety per cent of the synthetic tracks currently used in the country are substandard "material-wise, laying-wise, marking-wise", said Athletics Federation of India (AFI) spokesperson Adille Sumariwalla in a shocking revelation Saturday.

15.Heatwave conditions continued to prevail across Odisha Saturday, with mercury crossing the 40-degree Celsius-mark at 15 places of the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said