1.India’s economy grew by 8.2 per cent in the fiscal year that ended in March, cementing the country’s position as the fastest-growing major economy in the world.

2.India has moved 100 metric tonne of its gold stored in the UK to domestic vaults in FY24, sources said Friday.

3.A court here Friday remanded the suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna to police custody till June 6.

4.The death toll in the firecracker explosion in Puri mounted to six Friday while 24 injured persons are undergoing treatment, a statement issued by the office of the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) .

5.Above 42 degrees Celsius in 13 different locations across Odisha coupled with high humidity levels, the state government Friday advised people to remain indoors from 11am to 3pm for the next three days.

6.After a hectic campaign, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was seen in a relaxed mood buying books at the Modern Book Depot in Master Canteen area, here, Friday.

7.The twin city Commissionerate Police Friday busted an interstate water pipe robber gang with the arrest of 11 of its members including Alok Bhola.

8.The Congress has decided not to participate in any Lok Sabha exit poll debates on the television channels and said it does not want to indulge in speculation and slugfest for TRP.

9.Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra Friday reiterated India’s commitment to safeguarding current and future generations from the health, social, environmental, and economic harms associated with tobacco.

10.Users of the Central Railway (CR)’s suburban services faced delays and overcrowding Friday morning after a 63-hour-long block commenced to widen platforms at Thane.

11. Delhi High Court has directed land-owning agencies the DDA and the MCD to frame rules to levy charges on squatters for illegal encroachment on public land and space.

12.The average water stock in nearly 3,000 dams in Maharashtra is down to 22.06 per cent, with the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division recording the lowest at 8.78 per cent, an official said Friday.

13.The average water stock in nearly 3,000 dams in Maharashtra is down to 22.06 per cent, with the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division recording the lowest at 8.78 per cent, an official said Friday.

14.India Friday reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the country.

15.Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Friday said its subsidiary company has signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Tanzania Ports Authority to operate and manage a terminal at the Dar es Salaam Port in the east African country.

16.Stock markets snapped the five-day losing run Friday with benchmark Sensex closing higher by 75 points on value-buying and investors turning their focus on exit polls to be released after the close of the last phase of elections June 1.

17. India’s infrastructure output in April rose 6.2% year-on-year, compared with a revised 6% growth in March, government data showed Friday, backed by strong electricity and steel output.

18.India men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh feels his side are playing good hockey but only in patches and this will have to be ironed out in the upcoming FIH Pro League games here as the team prepare for the ultimate test at the Paris Olympics.

19.The Sports Ministry approved Thursday reigning Olympic and World Champion Neeraj Chopra’s plan to train in Europe for 60 days along with coach Klaus Bartonietz and physio Ishaan Marwaha as preparations for the upcoming Paris Games. Chopra will be training at different venues in Europe May 29 to July 28.

20.Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali continued her dream run to defeat veteran GM Pia Cramling of Sweden, while her brother R Praggnanandhaa went down fighting against Hikaru Nakamura of USA in the fourth round of the Norway Chess tournament here.