2.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida inaugurated Wonderla Bhubaneswar, an amusement park of Wonderla Holidays spread over 50-acre area at Kumbharbasta, on the outskirts of the City here, Friday.

3.The City University of New York (CUNY) Friday announced the establishment of a research institute on its premises in the name of KIIT and KISS founder Achyuta Samanta.

4.Tata Steel Friday commissioned country’s largest blast furnace at its Kalinganagar plant, which will help increase the production capacity to 8 million tonne per annum from 3 million tonne per annum, the company said in a release.

5.The impact of mobile phone service tariff hike was evident in July with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea reporting loss of customer base, which resulted in an overall decline in telecom subscribers in the country. State-run BSNL was the only player that added new subscribers.

6.The General Officer Commanding and Colonel of the Mechanical Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant General PS Shekhawat Friday urged the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court to take suo motu cognizance of the Bharatpur incident in which Major Gurvansh Singh and his female friend were subjected to custodial torture and sexual assault by the cops.

7.From October 2 - the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi - spinners and weavers in the country will receive a wage hike of 25 per cent and 7 per cent, respectively

8.The Bombay High Court Friday held as unconstitutional and struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules which sought to identify fake and false content on social media against the government.

9.The Supreme Court’s YouTube channel was hacked Friday and showed videos promoting a cryptocurrency developed by USbased company Ripple Labs.

10.Jharkhand’s lac production is a vital source of income for the tribal community said Droupadi Murm .

11. The Israeli military targeted a top Hezbollah military commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday, two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iranbacked group.

12.The Supreme Court Friday rapped the CBI for making "scandalous allegations" against the courts in its plea seeking transfer of cases relating to the 2021 post-post violence cases outside West Bengal.

13.The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to provide information about the numbers and names reiterated by the apex court Collegium for appointment as judges in higher judiciary with reasons why they were not considered so far and at what level they were pending.

14. India’s headline inflation may average 4.5% in the second half of the fiscal year, aided by weaker crude oil prices, although volatility in food prices can pose a challenge, the central bank said in its monthly bulletin Friday.

15.Madhuri Meheta will lead a 16-member Odisha team that will participate in the Senior Women’s T20 cricket tournament which will be played in Vadodara, Gujarat.