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National News

The North Eastern Railway (NER) has launched its longest-ever freight train, ‘Awadh Mahashakti’, which operated from Gonda to Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. The train, with an average speed of 42 kmph, covered a total distance of around 160 km in 3 hours and 50 minutes.

The Mumbai Police has asked for the help of Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organisation, through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in serving a proclamation order against the six Pakistani nationals for an in absentia trial in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case. The names also include Lashkar-e-Taiba handlers Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

World News

NASA has announced that its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory would re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere later this year after a private mission to rescue the ageing space telescope failed. The Swift Boost mission, worth $30 million, was awarded to Arizona-based aerospace startup Katalyst Space in 2025 to boost Swift into a higher orbit. However, the mission failed due to an electrical malfunction.

Six Indians have been hijacked by pirates off Somalia’s Puntland coast on MV LUTUF, owned by Polar Movement Shipping. The vessel, carrying Turkish weapons, was last located in East Africa. The 10-member crew aboard the ship includes six Indians, one Turkish national, one Georgian, and two Serbian security guards.

Sports News

Achieving a historic feat for India, World No 39 Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have won the BWF World Championships 2026 by defeating Chinese opponents, Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian, in the women’s doubles quarterfinals at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi.

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is all set to compete in the Lausanne Diamond League 2026, also called Athletissima. The event is being hosted at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Switzerland. This is Chopra’s third league in the 2026 season after winning a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2026.

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Business News

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, M N Chandrababu Naidu, said the southern states could build a $10 trillion economy by 2047 and called for greater cooperation among the states, including better connectivity. Naidu also proposed a bullet-train network connecting Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

In accordance with the draft rules released by the Department of Atomic Energy, the SHANTI Act will review nuclear accident liability caps every five years, allowing the government to amend them based on changing circumstances

Education News

A Supreme Court bench including Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohanaraised raised concerns over the implementation of the CBSE’s three-language policy for Class 9 students. The bench sought that the implementation of this policy should be examined.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued clarification on the issues raised by candidates over the processing fee of Rs 200 charged for challenging an answer key. Supporting the need for the processing fee, the agency said it is “intended to discourage frivolous challenges”.