1.Padma Shri awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has set a new world record, earning recognition from the World Records Book of India for his spectacular sand art installation titled “World’s Biggest Apple and Sand Installation of Santa Claus.”

2.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said official work at district and block level offices will go paperless soon.

3.Security forces killed top Maoist leader Ganesh Uike, who had a bounty of Rs1.1 crore on his head along with three others, in an encounter in Kandhamal.  

4.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) described the air quality at Balasore, Talcher and Baripada as very poor in its Air Quality Index (AQI).

5.A man in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district allegedly chopped off the genitals of his neighbour’s minor son over a petty dispute.

6.Barsha, the wife of Odia comedian Gulua, has made serious allegations against her husband, accusing him of having extramarital affairs with multiple women.

7.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a fog alert for several districts of the Odisha for the next five days.

8.Indian Railways (IR) has sanctioned Rs 432 crore for rebuilding a key bridge in West Bengal. The infrastructure project estimated at Rs 431.76 crore.

9.The Indian Army has brought a change in its social media guidelines under which its personnel can now sign up on Instagram, but with a rider that they can use it only as ‘passive observers’ without putting up posts or comments on the platform.

10.President Droupadi Murmu released the Constitution of India in the Santhali language during an event at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

11.The Railway Ministry Thursday officially notified a hike in train ticket prices by 1 paise per km for ordinary class beyond a journey of 215 km, and 2 paise per km for non-AC classes of mail/express trains and AC classes of all trains.

12.The village elders in Rajasthan’s Jalore district have withdrawn the ban imposed on women using smartphones after the decision faced opposition in several places.

13.Shivank Avasthi was found with a gunshot wound on Tuesday, in what the police said was Toronto's 41st homicide case this year.

14.Around 40 unidentified persons have been charged for vandalising Magneto Mall on VIP Road in Raipur during the state-wide 'Chhattisgarh Bandh' on Wednesday.

15.India's golf legend Jeev Milkha Singh ended a 13-year title drought after securing the IGPL Invitational Sri Lanka with a perfect fi nish to the inaugural season of the IGPL here Thursday