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1.The Supreme Court Friday gave the Centre four weeks to file its response on a batch of pleas seeking restoration of statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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2.A new urban sanitation scheme, Swachha Odisha, with an outlay of Rs1,600 crore over five years, was approved to support waste management in urban local bodies.
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3. The Odisha Cabinet extended the In-Stream Storage Structures (ISS-2.0) scheme with a Rs19,941-crore outlay for 2025–30. It also approved a new Intra-State River Linking Scheme with Rs1,790-crore allocation to connect water-surplus and deficit regions.
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4.The Cabinet also approved the Odisha Jan Vishwas Ordinance, 2025, which seeks to amend 16 state laws by replacing criminal penalties for minor violations with civil fines.
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5.GRIDCO has signed renewable energy (RE) banking agreements for 50 MW with M/s ReNew E-Fuels Private Limited and 6.25 MW with M/s UltraTech Cement Ltd to advance Odisha's renewable energy and green hydrogen initiatives.
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6.Panic gripped the outskirts of Angul town Friday after a herd of about 45 elephants entered Kangula, Bentapur and nearby areas, damaged houses and destroyed crops on farm lands.
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7.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that Kerala has become the first state to pass a Bill amending the Central Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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8.The Supreme Court Friday said a complete ban on bursting of fire crackers in Delhi-NCR is “neither practical nor ideal” as such restrictions were often violated and balancing of equities is needed.
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9.The Supreme Court Friday sought responses of the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking recognition of voting rights for nearly 4.5 lakh undertrial prisoners lodged in jails across India.
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10.A press conference addressed by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi saw participation restricted to a handful of reporters while women journalists were conspicuous by their absence.
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11.Thousands of displaced Palestinians trekked over the wastelands of Gaza to return to the ruins of their abandoned homes Friday, after a ceasefire took effect and Israeli troops began pulling back under the agreement to end the war.
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12.President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia was developing new strategic weapons and it would not be critical for Moscow if the United States declined to extend the warhead limits set out in a nuclear arms treaty that expires next year
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13.NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise, Steadfast Noon, will be hosted by the Netherlands and start next week, with 71 aircraft from 14 nations taking part.
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14.United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella organisation of nine unions, Friday registered a strong protest against the government decision to open top positions in PSU banks to candidates from the private sector.
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15.The rupee appreciated 7 paise to close at 88.72 against the US dollar Friday, on strength in the domestic markets and broad weakness in crude oil prices.