1.Canadian author Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

2.Odisha has been conferred the prestigious Wind India 2026 Award for “Leadership in Wind Energy De-risking” at the Windergy India 2026 summit.

3.The Member of the Board of Revenue, Satyabrata Sahu, has issued a landmark ruling rejecting the private mutation of prime government land valued at over Rs 100 crore.

4.The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a plea seeking recall of its recent split verdict on whether challenges to the 2023 law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners should be referred to a larger Constitution bench.

5.In a decisive step toward eliminating tuberculosis (TB) from the nation, the national launch of ‘JOSH’ (Joint Squad for Health) took place today at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

6.The “GST 2.0,” the 57th GST Council, revoked the arrest powers previously held by GST tax officers and increased the minimum threshold for launching criminal prosecution from Rs1 crore to Rs5 crore

7.Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw formally launched the World Bank Group’s World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in New Delhi.

8.Delhi Police have registered a fresh First Information Report (FIR) against senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, citing allegations of assaulting police personnel and obstructing government work.

9.The scheduled student union election at Vyasanagar Autonomous College in Odisha's Jajpur district was cancelled Thursday after miscreants allegedly hurled crude bombs on the campus.

10.The East Coast Railway has loaded 120.76 million tonnes (MT) of freight up to September 2026, compared to 116.78 MT during the corresponding period of 2025-26, registering a growth of 3.4 per cent.

11.Thirty people were killed, and at least 18 were injured by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine that included an attack on a public bus.

.12. Forty-two former judges and retired veterans of constitutional office have issued an open letter expressing “grave” concern over what they describe as a sustained campaign to undermine the Election Commission of India (ECI).

13.CJP founder Abhijit Dipke on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "murdering democracy" and alleged "vote theft", saying protests would continue until Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resigns.

14.Customs officials at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport have seized 2.043 kg of suspected ganja worth around Rs 71.50 lakh from an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok.

15.The Supreme Court has ordered fresh elections in 50 municipal wards in Punjab after a fact-finding commission reported widespread obstruction during the nomination process in the local body polls.