1.The Union Cabinet has cleared Rs11,718 crore for the first-ever the 2027  digital census, marking a major technological shift in India’s 16th decadal population count. About 30 lakh enumerators will collect micro-level household data through mobile apps, supported by a new Census Management & Monitoring System.

2.The rupee depreciated by 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the US dollar.

3.Veteran Congressman Shivraj Patil, who served as the Lok Sabha speaker and was Union home minister during the 26/11 attacks, passed away at his hometown Latur at the age of 90 in Maharashtra .

4.The Odisha government is working on a policy to lease out land for renewable energy (RE) projects, as part of its push to meet ‘Net Zero’ commitments, a senior official said Thursday.

5.Residents of Daringbadi in Kandhamal distrixt are questioning the accuracy of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) temperature gauge after the hill town reported visible frost for two consecutive days despite offi cial readings of 7°C Thursday and 6.5°C Friday.

6.The Delhi government has notified the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fee) Act, 2025, bringing into effect a new framework for regulating fees in private schools.

7.Meta India Friday named Aman Jain as the new head of public policy, tasking him with steering policy strategy and engagements in a market the US-headquartered social media giant considers strategic.

8.The scheme the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee will now be renamed as 'Poojya Bapu Grameen Rozgar Yojna', and the number of workdays under it would be increased from 100 days at present to 125 days.

9.The Election Commission has deployed ‘special roll observers’ in eight states to oversee the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

10.The Gen Z movement in Nepal that led to the fall of the K P Sharma Oli-led government caused damage worth Rs 84.45 billion and led to the deaths of 77 people, according to a report.

11.Thailand’s Parliament was dissolved Friday for new elections early next year as the country engaged in deadly fi ghting with Cambodia.

12.Silver prices strengthened for the third straight day and jumped Rs 5,100 to hit a new peak of Rs 1,99,500 per kilogram in the national capital Friday.

13. Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (Omfed) has been honoured with the ‘Trust Brand of Odisha’ award by Network18 at its ‘Atmanirbhar Odisha’ event held Thursday.

14.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed to raise the foreign investment limit to 100 per cent from the existing 74 per cent in the insurance sector.

15.IndiGo said on Friday that it has estimated the compensation amount will exceed Rs 500 crore for customers whose flights were cancelled within 24 hours of departure and who were left severely stranded at certain airports across the country.