1.Israel bombed southern Lebanon Thursday and said it had thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios

2.The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued summons in the name of the Government of India and high-ranking Indian officials like National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and former R&AW chief Samant Goel after Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun filed a civil lawsuit, accusing India of plotting his assassination.

3.Amid the controversy over the alleged use of substandard ingredients and animal fat in the preparation of the world renowned Tirupati laddu, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Thursday claimed that the adulteration has been confirmed by a Gujarat-based livestock laboratory.

4.Agitating junior doctors announced that they will ‘partially’ lift their ‘cease work’ and partially rejoin their duties at emergency and essential services in state-run hospitals from Saturday as the West Bengal government has accepted most of their demands.

5.Lebanese authorities Thursday banned walkietalkies and pagers from being taken on flights from Beirut airport, the National News Agency reported, after thousands of such devices exploded during a deadly attack on Hezbollah this week.

6.The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan (PM-JUGA) with a total outlay of Rs79,156 crore (Central share Rs56,333 crore and state share Rs22,823 crore), a move that would benefit more than 10 lakh tribal households in 27 districts of Odisha.

7.As the flood situation remained grim in Balasore district Thursday, the state government stepped up its relief and rescue operation by evacuating 21,076 people to safer places.

8.A teenage tribal girl was allegedly gangraped under Kutra police station limits in Sundargarh district, police said Thursday adding that three suspects, including two juveniles, have been detained in connection with the incident.

9.The SubDivisional Judicial Magistrate, Rayagada, has convicted two wildlife criminals and sentenced them to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) along with a fine of Rs10,000.

10.The six-member high-level delegation from Bhutan attended the orientation by Odisha Urban Academy. Later, the team visited the wealth centre and different facilities such as Micro Composting Centre (MCC) and Material Recovery Facility (MRF).

11.A regional meeting of eastern states – Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh – will be held here Friday to deliberate on labour reforms, social protection and other issues.

12.Ravichandran Ashwin’s unbeaten century puts India in a strong position against Bangladesh in the first Test at Chennai.

13.India is on track to becoming the third-largest economy by 2030-31, driven by a projected annual growth rate of 6.7 per cent this fiscal, S&P Global said in a report Thursday.

14.Mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control & Prevention warns.

15.Confined to a wheelchair with a brace around her neck, Bharatpur police atrocity victim and friend of Army officer Major Gurvansh Singh cried for justice while narrating the alleged violence and sexual assault perpetrated on her by IIC Dinakrushna Mishra and his staffers in the  police station.