1. The Supreme Court has directed courts across the country not to entertain fresh lawsuits or pass any orders, including surveys, in pending cases seeking to ‘reclaim’ religious places.

2.Time Magazine named Donald Trump its Person of the Year for the second time, recognizing his signifi cant political impact and historic comeback following his election victory over Kamala Harris November 5.

3.‘One nation, one election’ as the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the constitutional amendment Bill to roll out the concept of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls, sources said

4.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said that the state government will fill 10,000 vacant posts in the Home department, while 5,000 new home guard posts will be created, out of which 2,416 posts will be filled soon.

5. Cyber sleuths Thursday busted an online gambling den operating out of a rented fl at in Sundarpada area, and detained four of its alleged conduits who are suspected to be members of a pan-India syndicate.

6.A Badminton High Performance Centre (HPC) was inaugurated at the iconic Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar . City gets Rs75 crore badminton academy.

7.Utkal Sahitya Samaj, the oldest literary organisation of the state, has decided to confer Justice Dipak Misra Sahitya Samman to an eminent Odia writer from next year.

8.With Assembly polls drawing closer, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal Thursday announced the roll out of the Delhi government's Mukhya Mantri Mahila Samman Yojana, and promised to raise the monthly aid from Rs1,000 to Rs2,100 post-elections.

9.Displeased over the repeated absence of the Centre's advocates in several cases, the Supreme Court Thursday said it did not take pleasure in summoning government offi cers before it.

10.India’s industrial production (IIP) growth slowed to 3.5 per cent year-on-year in October 2024, mainly due to poor performance of mining, power and manufacturing, as per offi cial data released Thursday.

11.Several schools in Delhi received a bomb threat on Friday via email, the second time this week. The police have not found anything suspicious yet, officials said.

12.The Karnataka High Court Thursday quashed a first information report (FIR) registered by the Karnataka High Court against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya in an alleged case of spreading fake news regarding the suicide of a farmer.

13.In a major success for Make in India in defence sector, the Cabinet Committee on Security today cleared two major projects worth around ₹ 20,000 crore for 12 Su-30 MKI fighter jets for the Indian Air Force and 100 K-9 Vajra Self-propelled howitzers for the Indian Army.

14.Judges should avoid using social media and refrain from expressing their opinions about judgments online, the Supreme Court has said, observing that they must live like a hermit and work like a horse.

15.Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh Thursday became the youngest world chess champion at 18 years after beating title-holder Ding Liren in the last game of a nerve-wracking showdown to herald a new era of dominance for the country’s chess players.