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.

Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty on Monday assumed charge as the 20th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), India’s only tri-service operational command, at Sri Vijaya Puram.

A recipient of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM), Vice Admiral McCarty succeeds in leading the strategically important command responsible for safeguarding India’s interests in the Indian Ocean Region and the wider Indo-Pacific.

Commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1989, the Flag Officer is a specialist in gunnery and missile warfare and brings more than 36 years of experience across operational, training, staff and tri-service appointments. He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and the National Defence College, New Delhi.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday suspended Cricket Canada's membership with immediate effect after finding serious breaches of its membership obligations, following Board meetings held in Ahmedabad.

The decision was among a series of measures approved by the ICC Board aimed at strengthening governance, supporting women's cricket, improving global competition structures and encouraging innovation across the sport.

Despite the suspension, the ICC said it was committed to protecting Canadian players from the fallout of the governance issues affecting the national governing body. As a result, Canada's national representative teams will remain eligible to participate in ICC events during the suspension period.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has notified the Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introducing key changes to registration timelines and the appeals mechanism under the Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025.

The amendment allows registration to be completed at any time before the expiry of 180 days from arrival in India. Previously, registration had to be completed within 14 days after the end of the 180-day period. However, late registration beyond this period will now be permitted only under emergent circumstances.

India will host the Second BRICS Culture Working Group Meeting in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, from the 4th to the 5th of this month. The announcement was made by the Culture Secretary Vivek Aggarwal at a press conference in New Delhi.

The two-day meeting will facilitate structured multilateral dialogue on cultural cooperation in keeping with India’s BRICS 2026 theme: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. Mr Aggarwal said that the 2026 BRICS Culture Working Group deliberations are structured around three major thematic priorities, including creative economy and AI, Heritage Protection, Culture and Sustainable Development.