1.US President Donald Trump said that he expects Iran to agree to a final deal within 60 days of the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU).

2.President Droupadi Murmu Friday began her two-day visit to Odisha, reaching Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district by road from Kalaikunda Air Force Station in adjoining West Bengal after adverse weather conditions disrupted her scheduled helicopter journey.

3.Israel and the Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to renew their ceasefire after fighting postponed Iran-US talks.

4.Italy’s top diplomat cancels US trip as Premier Giorgia Meloni slams Trump’s claim she ‘begged’ for photo with him during the recent G7 summit

5.In a major relief for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), Odisha government Friday decided to reduce house registration charges to below 1%.

6.Trinamool Congress leader in Lok Sabha Abhishek Banerjee Friday met with Speaker Om Birla and submitted 20 petitions against its 20 rebel MPs, seeking their disqualification.

7. Odisha government has increased undergraduate (UG) seats by 10,372 across higher education institutions for the 2026-27 academic session to accommodate rising demand for degree admissions, the Higher Education Department said.

8.Odisha's horseshoe crab population could disappear within the next eight to 10 years unless urgent measures are taken to protect its breeding habitats, a scientist warned Friday. 

9. US-based Indian-origin theoretical physicist Jainendra K Jain has received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics for his discovery of composite fermions, a breakthrough that transformed the understanding of the fractional quantum Hall effect and continues to shape modern quantum physics. 

10.Trinamool Congress leader in Lok Sabha Abhishek Banerjee Friday met with Speaker Om Birla and submitted 20 petitions against its 20 rebel MPs, seeking their disqualification.

11.The right to walk on a demarcated footpath is a fundamental right, the Supreme Court   has ruled.

12.The Delhi High Court Friday adjourned the hearing on Hindi film industry actor Salman Khan’s plea seeking to restrain the release of the proposed film Kala Hiran, without granting any interim relief at this stage.

13.More than 37 lakh pilgrims have visited Uttarakhand since the Char Dham Yatra began in April, while 198 fatalities have been reported among the devotees during the ongoing pilgrimage season.

14.Union Culture Secretary Vivek Aggarwal was appointed as the vice president of the body at the conclusion of the plenary meeting held at its headquarters in Paris.

15.Five companies allegedly used virtual digital assets to facilitate unauthorised cross-border money transfers; bank accounts with around Rs 6 crore frozen.