1.The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) Thursday declared the Class X and Class XII results for 2026, with overall pass percentages of 99.18 per cent and 99.13 per cent, respectively.

2.Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan will visit Odisha May 1, 2026, to launch a major rural road projects worth Rs 1,698 crore in Rayagada.

3.India slipped six places to rank 157 out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, published early Thursday by the French media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), also known as Reporters Without Borders.

4.Five members of a family were burnt alive while the driver was seriously injured after a car caught fi re on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, police said Thursday.

5. A minor cannot be forced to bear a pregnancy, the Supreme Court said Thursday while pulling up the Centre and asking it to amend the law to permit rape survivors to terminate unwanted pregnancies even beyond 20 weeks.

6.Two Odisha Education Service (OES) officers and a physical education teacher of a government-run school in Bargarh district were arrested on the charge of sexually harassing a woman employee.

7.As the fi rst direct Vande Bharat Express from Jammu chugged into the Kashmir valley Thursday, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw promised to focus on connecting remote areas like Poonch, Rajouri and Uri to the country’s rail network.

8.Seeking to eliminate the possibility of unauthorised persons entering counting centres May 4, the Election Commission has introduced a QR code-based photo identity card system.

9.Israel has intercepted aid ships bound for Gaza in international waters near Greece, fl otilla organisers said Thursday, decrying the move as an “escalation of Israel’s impunity”.

10.Some 287 candidates will be considered for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Thursday, with US President Donald Trump likely to be among the nominees.

11.PhonePe announced that it has crossed the milestone of 700 million (70 crores) life-till-date registered users on its platform as of April 29, 2026.

12. State-run Nalco Thursday reported a 16.6 per cent drop in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,722.44 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, on the back of lower revenue and higher expenses.

13.ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/ NS India) Thursday announced inauguration of a production line at Hazira, Gujarat for the manufacturing of advanced high strength steel (AHSS) to meet the growing needs of the automotive industry.

14.Potapova turned tennis heartbreak into history by becoming the fi rst lucky loser to reach a WTA 1000 semi-fi nal with her thrilling 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3 victory over Karolina Pliskova at the Madrid Open Wednesday.

15.The opening day of the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) events at the Junior & Senior Artistic Gymnastics National Championships 2026–27 witnessed impressive performances in the Junior WAG Team Final, setting a strong tone for the competition ahead.