Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the passing of senior leader Yogeshbhai Patel, describing him as a "unique companion" of his public life and a true leader of the masses.

The eight-time BJP MLA from Vadodara's Manjalpur constituency passed away at the age of 79 following a prolonged illness.

In a heartfelt tribute on X, Prime Minister Modi stated that the senior legislator always championed public causes with deep commitment and integrity.

Odisha has emerged as a national leader in solar energy adoption and sustainable development by securing the prestigious PM Surya Ghar Excellence Awards for its performance during the ‘Month of Solar’ campaign last month.

The state ranked first among medium consumer-base states in three key categories of highest number of consumer applications, highest number of rooftop solar installations and highest number of discom inspection and verification. The state also secured third place nationally in the category of maximum vendor registration.

Announcing the achievements, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said, “Odisha has become a model for the country in the use of solar energy and sustainable development. This success will further strengthen Odisha’s renewable energy sector and contribute to building a self-reliant Odisha.

The stage is set for the swearing-in of 64-year-old DK Shivakumar as the 18th chief minister of Karnataka at 4.05pm on Wednesday along with 10 to 15 ministers, sources said. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Lok Bhavan’s Glass House where the oaths will be administered by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot.

The grand ceremony follows a day after Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah held extensive discussions on Tuesday with AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal and AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala, to finalise the composition of the new cabinet.

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic will provide access to its Mythos AI model to 150 organisations across more than 15 countries, significantly widening the availability of its advanced cyber security software beyond the United States and the United Kingdom.

Mythos is an AI model designed to identify cyber security vulnerabilities. Anthropic has previously described the technology as too powerful and potentially risky for unrestricted public release.

According to a report by the Financial Times, the company announced on Tuesday that it would expand “Project Glasswing”, an industry initiative that uses Mythos to detect and patch security vulnerabilities. The programme will now include companies and institutions across more than 15 countries.

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant administered the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court today. Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V. Mohana, took oath as judges of the apex court after the Centre cleared their appointments on the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium.

Acting on the Collegium’s recommendations made in its meetings held on May 22 and May 27, the Union government yesterday approved the elevation of the four High Court Chief Justices and senior advocate Mohana to the Supreme Court .

In a post on social media, Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal had announced that the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, had appointed Justices Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli, along with senior advocate V. Mohana, as judges of the apex court.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Tuesday that the Government will soon relaunch a state-wide public transport bus service, which was discontinued in 2005.

The bus service ‘Mukhya Mantri Sugam Parivahan Sewa’, Mr. Yadav said, would be launched in phases across Madhya Pradesh, with the government planning to start the services before Rakshabandhan.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has collected its first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object during a recent revisit to comet 3I/ATLAS. The findings were recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The observations were carried out using Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on two separate dates as the comet traveled back out of the solar system after passing around the Sun. The first observation took place from December 15 to 16, when the comet was about 205 million miles (329 million kilometres) from the Sun. A second observation followed on December 27, when the comet was about 236 million miles (379 million kilometres) from the Sun, reported NASA.

For the first time on an interstellar visitor, Webb directly detected methane gas. Scientists said methane is highly volatile and easily changes from solid ice into gas. Its delayed appearance in comet 3I/ATLAS suggests that it was buried beneath the comet's surface layer and remained protected from sublimation until heat from the comet's close approach to the Sun reached deeper icy regions. Researchers also found that the amount of methane relative to water was surprisingly high, with very few similar examples known in our solar system.

India’s seafood exports have sailed into uncharted waters, touching an all-time high of $8.46 billion (around Rs 72,000 crore) in 2025-26, driven largely by the global appetite for Indian shrimp.

The country exported 19.72 lakh tonnes of marine products, the highest ever, despite facing multiple challenges in international markets. The performance marks a strong rebound for the sector, with exports growing 16.13% in volume and 13.44% in dollar terms over the previous year.

The real star of the export basket continues to be frozen shrimp, which contributed nearly two-thirds of India’s seafood export earnings. Every second container of Indian seafood heading overseas appears to carry shrimp, underlining its dominance in the sector.

Global cryptocurrency exchange giant Coinbase has officially launches operation in India with with direct Indian Rupee rails. This means Indian retail investors can now add and withdraw money directly from the platform and it also ends peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions or other workarounds that were commonly used earlier to access crypto markets.

The company said, “Over the past few years, we've invested meaningfully in the Indian ecosystem. We're an investor in CoinDCX, one of India's leading crypto exchanges. Through Base, our Ethereum Layer 2 network, we've put over $1 million into the Indian builder community through hackathons, direct grants, and fellowships. More than 4,000 builders in India have built on Base, and around 150 of those projects have grown into real startups.”

The Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen satellite-based applications and advanced technologies for water resource assessment, monitoring and management, with 24 priority studies and areas of cooperation already identified.

The MoU is expected to be signed during the national workshop on R&D in Water to be held on June 1 at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre here, the ministry said in a statement.

A major highlight of the event will be the launch of MAHA on Water (Mission for Advancement in High-Impact Areas for Water), a joint initiative of the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to promote cutting-edge research in priority areas such as water resources management, drinking water, climate resilience and water-use efficiency.