Researchers from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and Similipal Tiger Reserve have discovered a new scorpion species in Odisha. Named Liocheles similipalensis, it is the first confirmed record of the genus Liocheles in the state and takes the genus's known species count to seven

BJP's National Spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said in a press conference that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the opposition leaders are liked to violent protest. He emphasized that leaders in the opposition are linked to key anarchic figures.