1.Pakistani army chief, General Asim Munir has mentioned the involvement of Pakistan army in the Kargil war as he listed the 1999 conflict with India among the major wars fought with the eastern neighbour.

2.1987- batch Odisha cadre IAS officer Tuhin Kanta Pandey was appointed the Union Finance Secretary, official sources said Saturday.

3.The formal exercise for holding the Delhi Assembly polls, due early next year, will begin with a special summary revision of the electoral rolls from next month, officials said.

4.Seers of Haridwar on Thursday pitched for removal of Urdu words like 'shahi' used in Hindu religious contexts and suggested replacing them with their Hindi or Sanskrit substitutes.

5.Arun Goel has been appointed as India's next ambassador to Croatia, the Ministry of External Affairs said Saturday.

6.As many as 258 officer cadets and 39 women officer cadets were commissioned into various arms and services of the Indian Army at an impressive ceremony at the Officers Training Academy, Chennai, Saturday.

7.All new applicants for Aadhaar cards in Assam need to submit their NRC application receipt number (ARN), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Saturday.

8.Tata Groupowned Air India shaved off its losses by 60 per cent to Rs 4,444.10 crore in FY24 over the previous year, according to the Tata Sons annual report for 2023-24.

9. Banks are mulling to hire graduates under 25 years of age as apprentices in a month, a top industry official said Friday.

10.Vigilance sleuths Saturday arrested Keonjhar district jail superintendent Satya Prakash Swain after finding him in possession of disproportionate assets (DA) to the tune of 89 per cent of his known sources of income, official sources said

11.A Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) of Nuapada was caught with ‘ill-gotten’ cash to the tune of Rs 1.32 lakh, Saturday. Vigilance sleuths intercepted Bijay Kumar Behuria near Khurda Hospital Square while he was proceeding towards the City from Nuapada in a

12.Tata Power-led Odisha Discoms have awarded contracts worth `11,481 crore to local contractors and suppliers, an official said.

13.India’s Navdeep Singh claimed silver medal with a personal best effort of 47.32 metres in a dramatic men’s javelin throw F41 final at Paris Paralympics Saturday.

14.Veteran sports administrator Randhir Singh is set to be elected as the first Indian president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in the 44th General Assembly of the Asian body here Sunday.

15.The Odisha state is bracing for a wet spell for the next four days as the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a depression Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, Saturday.