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1.India has abstained again on a General Assembly resolution critical of Israel, saying that the efforts should be focused on bringing the two sides in the Gaza conflict closer to find a solution based on dialogue and diplomacy.
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2.In a tragedy that claimed the lives of 241 passengers, only one man survived the Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh. Currently undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, Ramesh is reported to be in stable condition.
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3.Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to attack key facilities and kill top generals and scientists -- a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon.
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4.The state Crime Branch (CB) has arrested a woman from West Bengal for her alleged involvement in a `75.10-lakh investment fraud case, an official said Friday.
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5.The Supreme Court Friday pulled up a litigant for filling repeated pleas and rejected his petition seeking revocation of the ‘Z’ plus security cover provided to industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family members, saying arm-twisting of the court’s process cannot be allowed.
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6.India has asked Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) to suspend a 13-year-old agreement on rare earth exports to Japan and to safeguard supplies for domestic needs, sources said, aiming to reduce India's dependence on China.
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7.The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, has approved 17 investment proposals worth Rs 3,878.86 crore in Odisha.
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8. Odisha government has announced plans to open Jan Poshan Kendras in every panchayat across the state. These centres will provide essential food items such as rice, atta, sugar, salt, and pulses at subsidised rates.
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9.The state government Friday hiked the daily duty allowance of civil defence volunteers from Rs31 toRs150, officials said. Similarly, the daily training allowance of volunteers has been enhanced to Rs140 from Rs28. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved a proposal in this regard. The new allowance will be implemented retrospectively from May 2025, the Chief Minister's Offi ce (CMO) said.
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10.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Friday said that shootat-sight orders will be in force at night in Dhubri district, bordering Bangladesh, as a communal group is trying to create disturbances which the government will not tolerate.
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11.Prathamesh Arvind Rajeshirke, a 2021-batch IAS officer, has been appointed as the Commissioner of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), said the notification. Rajeshirke was earlier serving as the Sub-Collector of Balasore with additional charge of Executive Officer, Balasore Municipality.
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12.The State Water Informatics Centre (SWIC), under the Department of Water Resources, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar (IIT BBSR) organised a technical workshop on ‘Introduction of Best Practices in Data Management and Digitization for Water Resources Monitoring using Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ .
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13.A fast track court here sentenced 16 men to life imprisonment for the murder of a local BJP leader in an altercation three years ago, a counsel said Friday.
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14. Aviation watchdog DGCA Friday ordered enhanced safety inspection of Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner fl eet powered by GEnx engines, a day after 241 people onboard died in the plane crash in Ahmedabad.
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15. The International Finance Corporation and the World Bank have approved a concessional loan of $700 million for a major mining and resource development initiative in Pakistan, according to a media report.