1.RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says the question of change of stance on interest rate is quite premature given the gap between current inflation and 4% target.

2.China Thursday hit out at NATO for terming it as a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war against Ukraine, lodging a diplomatic protest to the Western alliance for the “provocative” remarks and asking it not to bring the same “chaos” to Asia.

3.A Saudi Airlines flight from Riyadh caught fire upon landing at Pakistan’s Peshawar airport Thursday, prompting a swift evacuation of all 276 passengers and 21 crew members to safety.

4.Indians have been allowed wider usage of foreign currency accounts at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City, boosting business prospects for a finance hub pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

5. The state government Thursday appointed senior IAS officer Arabinda Kumar Padhee as the Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), removing VV Yadav from the coveted post.

6. An additional district magistrate (ADM) collapsed on the stage while singing a bhajan during a get-together of government officials at Paralakhemundi in Gajapati district and later died, an official said Thursday. The deceased, identified as Birendra Kumar Das, was serving as ADM (Revenue) in the district.

7.A day after a major reshuffle among IAS officers, Usha Padhee assumed charge as Principal Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department Thursday.

8.Seventy eight students have enrolled for free civil services coaching programme for the academic year 2024-25 under Dr Ambedkar Centre of Excellence, Central University of Odisha (CUO) in Koraput.

 9.Khadi and Village Industries' annual turnover crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time in FY 2023-24 with over 10 lakh new jobs generated during the fiscal, its Chairman Manoj Kumar has said.

10. With real estate companies worth $36 billion in 2024, India is accelerating to become the real estate capital of Asia, pushing away China in terms of growth rate, a new report said Thursday.

11.Import of vegetable oils, comprising edible and non-edible oils, rose 18 per cent in June to 15.5 lakh tonnes on higher imports of crude palm oil and crude sunflower oil, according to trade data.

12.Several NEET-UG candidates from states like Odisha, Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh who appeared for the exam at a centre in Gujarat’s Godhra were asked by the accused to choose Gujarati as the language for the test, the CBI told a Gujarat court while seeking custody of the accused.

13.The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Friday a petition seeking a probe into the recent Hathras stampede that left 121 dead. The plea has sought the appointment of a five-member expert committee under the supervision of a retired apex court judge to probe the July 2 stampede incident.

14.The Supreme Court Thursday summoned the Chief Secretaries (CS) and Finance Secretaries of states and Union Territories which are defaulting on the implementation of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission’s (SNJPC) recommendations.

15.Former Union minister Smriti Irani, who lost the recently held Lok Sabha elections, has vacated her official bungalow at 28 Tughlak Crescent in Lutyens’ Delhi, officials said Thursday.