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1.Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ones, a key economic concept known as “creative destruction”.
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2.The remaining 20 living israeli hostages were handed over by hamas, as nearly 2,000 palestinian prisoners, detainees were freed by israel.
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3.A team of senior officials from India will visit the US this week for trade talks, and negotiations on the proposed bilateral trade agreement.
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4.EPFO’s retirement fund body eases part withdrawal rules, allowing subscribers up to 100% withdrawal of funds.
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5.The City is home to 47,126 stray dogs, accounting for around 3.62 per cent of the state capital’s 13 lakh human population, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said Monday.
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6.Calling for an urgent political intervention to end the Mahanadi water dispute, retired Supreme Court judge Justice V Gopala Gowda Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Ministers of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to ‘come to the mediation table and settle it’.
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7.The state government has introduced an online payment facility under the one-time settlement (OTS) scheme for pending traffi c e-challans, enhancing convenience for citizens.
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8.The Forest department Monday arrested a retired forester of the Deogarh forest range for illegal possession of wildlife body parts.
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9.A woman from Patamunda hutting under Patamunda panchayat of Koida block in Sundargarh district allegedly sold off her newborn son to another person for `20,000, reportedly due to poverty.
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10.In a significant development towards achieving green energy sustainability, Rajasthan has set a new record with the lowest ever battery energy storage price in India at "Rs 1.77 lakh per megawatt (MW)", Amitabh Kant, former chief executive offi cer (CEO) of NITI Aayog, said Monday.
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11.Udaipur has taken a decisive step towards easing its traffi c woes -- Artifi - cial Intelligence (AI) will now manage traffi c signals at the city's busy Fatehpura intersection, officials said.
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12.The manufacturing licence of Tamil Nadu based Sresan Pharmaceutical company that allegedly produced the now banned adulterated cough syrup Coldrif has completely been revoked, and the company has been ordered to shut down, the state government said Monday.
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13.The Supreme Court Monday extended till November 20 its interim order staying proceedings against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a Lucknow court in a case related to his alleged derogatory remarks about the Indian Army during his 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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14.The Supreme Court Monday said around 60 per cent of judicial officers are women entering the judicial services on the basis of merit and not due to reservation.
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15.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday announced that Puri will be developed as a world-class religious city.