1.The East Coast Railway (ECoR) plans to install the Kavach, train collision avoidance system, an official said.

2.In order to have 50 per cent of the country's students in universities, India needs to double the varsities’ strength to 2,500, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam has said.

3.The state government Saturday extended the tenure of Justice (Retd) Chitta Ranjan Dash panel, probing the alleged torture of an Army offi cer and sexual assault of his female friend at Bharatpur police station here, by another 60 days to January 31, 2025.

4.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida inaugurated the newly-installed Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines and Sanitary Napkin Disposal Machines at Lok Seva Bhawan here Saturday.

5. The Odsha state government is planning to formulate a special policy for road construction that will enhance traffi c management and address construction-related challenges.

6.Higher reaches of Kashmir valley received light snowfall Saturday as the plains witnessed light rain.

7. In a historic fi rst, Srinagar is set to host a three-day event of World Craft Council to commemorate its 60th Jubilee, themed “Craft, Creativity and Compassion,” scheduled for November 25 to 27.

8.A day after the bodies of three persons out of six missing people were recovered from a Manipur river, protestors attacked the residences of three state ministers and six MLAs Saturday,

9. Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since they invaded six weeks ago before pulling back Saturday after battles with Hezbollah militants, Lebanese state media reported.

10.The domestic spice exports market is likely to reach $10 billion by 2030, entering newer geographies, according to Ramkumar Menon, chairman of the World Spice Organisation (WSO).

11.Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, tendered his resignation Saturday as the Shiromani Akali Dal president, a position he held since 2008.

12.In the first ever census, the population of Indian Bison or Gaur (Gayala in Odia) has been estimated at 659 in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district

13.A sandstone sculpture looted from Madhya Pradesh in 1980s and another in green-grey schist, looted from Rajasthan in 1960s are among the over 1,400 antiquities collectively valued at USD 10 million that the US returned to India.

14.In a raid by police teams from Hyderabad and Odisha, a huge amount of cash was recovered from a heap of cow dung at a village in Balasore district, an officer said on Saturday

15. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday embarked on a fourday visit to Singapore to present the state’s investment opportunities to global investors.