1.Mid-day meal (MDM) programme would be extended to Class IX and X students at government and government-aided schools in Odisha.

2.Lightning strikes have claimed 1,418 lives in the Odisha state over the past fi ve years.

3.A team of Airport Authority of India (AAI) offi cials has completed the pre-feasibility study of Rourkela Airport. The team, which arrived Monday, toured the airport site and nearby areas like Sector-13 and the OMFED plant Tuesday.

4.Lok Sabha passed the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 Thursday.

5.Commissioner of Railway Safety Brijesh Mishra recently inspected the newly-constructed 26.888 km rail line between Boudh and Purunakatak, a key segment of the Khurda Road-Bolangir rail project.

6.The Delhi government Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BIG Institute and Physics Wallah Limited, to offer free crash courses to students for CUET and NEET preparation after Class 12.

7.CBSE students not found attending regular schools will not be allowed to appear for Class 12 board examinations, officials said and added that the onus of taking admission in "dummy schools" lies with students and parents.

8. Milk prices in Karnataka will increase by Rs 4 per litre starting from April 1, said state Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna Thursday.

9.CRUT chairperson Anu Garg, the board reviewed operations and discussed the introduction of Ama Bus services in new cities, including Angul, Jharsuguda, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Baripada, Jeypore (Koraput), Balasore and Rayagada.

10.A network of around 100 advanced AI-powered cameras will be installed in Ghumusar North and South forest divisions in Ganjam district to deploy such surveillance devices across the state’s forests with an aim to curb poaching and illegal tree felling.

11.The Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) has admitted a breach of privilege notice against standup comedian Kunal Kamra for allegedly insulting Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during a recent performance.

12.President Donald Trump said he was placing 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports.

13.North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February in continued support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, South Korea’s military said Thursday in its latest assessment.

14.The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator drones for its military, an estimated purchase worth nearly $2 billion.

15.The Centre plans to raise Rs 8 lakh crore through dated securities during April-September period of 2025-26 to fund the revenue gap, the finance ministry said Thursday.