1.The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict.

2.A Maoist was killed and a policeman was injured during a gunfi ght between security forces and red rebels in Jineliguda forest near the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, police said Thursday.

3.Billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged by US prosecutors for allegedly being part of an elaborate scheme to pay USD 265 million (about Rs2,200 crore) bribe to Indian offi cials in exchange for favourable terms for solar power contracts.

4.The state government Thursday commenced the celebrations of the 125th birth anniversary of former chief minister Utkal Keshari Harekrushna Mahtab.

5.The Ministry of Ayush, in collaboration with Vedanta Aluminium, has expanded its ‘Swarna Prashan’ initiative to Rayagada district. ‘Swarna Prashan' is an ancient Ayurvedic practice that involves administering a blend of gold particles, honey, and ghee to children, which is believed to improve memory, boost immunity.

6.The rupee depreciated 8 paise to settle at an all-time low of 84.50 against the US dollar Thursday, dragged down by massive selloff in domestic equity markets and surging crude oil prices amid a volatile geopolitical situation.

7.Achyuta Samanta, the visionary founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), and Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) has been recently honoured with the prestigious lifetime achievement award by the World Academy of Art and Culture (WAAC).

8.Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena Thursday distributed appointment letters to 47 survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot.

9.The Delhi High Court Thursday refused to stay for now the proceedings against former CM and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to purported irregularities in the state Excise Policy 2021-22.

10.As Parliament gears up for a stormy start next week over the Adani issue, the government has listed 16 Bills, including one to amend the waqf law and fi ve new ones, for the winter session.

11.A draft text released early Thursday on a new climate finance package for the developing world was rejected by every single country signatory to the UN climate convention.

12.India added 16.4 gigawatt (GW) of solar capacity during JanuarySeptember 2024, posting a 167 per cent year-on-year rise on account of commissioning of delayed projects, Mercom Capital said.

 13.Private telcos Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea cumulatively lost over one crore wireless subscribers in September, even as state-owned BSNL surprised with net adds of almost 8.5 lakh mobile users, as per monthly data released by TRAI.

14.Odisha began their campaign Thursday in style in the Santosh Trophy football tournament routing Madhya Pradesh 6-1 in a match played at the GNDU Stadium in Amritsar.

15.As Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios prepares to step back onto the court after a two year injury hiatus, he has said that modern tennis is a bit ‘bland at the moment’ as new crop of players are each other’s best mates.