1.Odisha Assembly was adjourned for about an hour Friday due to a din created by opposition Congress and BJD MLAs over the controversial Polavaram Dam project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

2. The Reserve Bank of India Friday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the 11th time in a row but sharply lowered the GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent for the current fiscal, as against earlier projection of 7.2 per cent. 

3.A special tribunal in Bangladesh Thursday banned the publication of any speeches by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in exile in India after being ousted in August following mass protests.

4. Syrian insurgents entered the central city of Hama Thursday after days of intense clashes with government forces as they push forward with their week-long offensive that brought large parts of Syria under their control.

5.Jajang iron ore mine in the Joda mining circle of Keonjhar district is set to shut down reportedly due to the depletion of mineral reserves.

6.Seven-year-old Sanjisha Panda of Ramakrishnapur village under Abajhuna panchayat in this block of Balasore district has been crowned ‘Little Miss Northern Alberta Canada 2025’. By winning this prestigious title, Sanjisha has brought immense pride to both Odisha.

7.he Reserve Bank Friday enhanced the collateral-free agriculture loans limit to Rs 2 lakh per borrower from the existing Rs 1.6 lakh in view of inflation and rise in farm input costs.

8.Former terrorist Narain Singh Chaura, who opened fire at Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal outside the Golden Temple, was sent to a three-day police remand by a court in Amritsar Thursday.

9.Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as the new chief minister of Maharashtra while allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy CMs at a grand ceremony in Mumbai

10.As many as 350 posts of High Court judges, almost a third of the sanctioned 1,114 positions, are lying vacant across the country.

11.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Thursday successfully sent the European Space Agency (ESA) Proba-3 Sun observation mission atop the PSLV-C59 launch vehicle into space.

.12.  Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday said that despite the government's continuous efforts to reduce deaths in road accidents, there have been 1.68 lakh road accident deaths this year. 

13.Hemant Soren took oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister for a record fourth time, he expanded his cabinet Thursday with 11 MLAs sworn in as ministers as they took the oath of office and secrecy. 

14.Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck received a warm welcome from External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar upon his arrival in New Delhi Thursday for his two-day official visit to India.

15.Sebi on Thursday restrained five entities, including Mishtann Foods and its promoter and CMD Hiteshkumar Gaurishankar Patel, from the securities markets till further orders for alleged financial mismanagement, fraudulent transactions.