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1.India has climbed to the ninth spot globally in total forest area and retained its third rank in annual forest area gain, according to a new report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)..
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2.India has donated 81 school buses to various educational institutions in Nepal, including in disasteraffected districts of Koshi province.
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3.Eknath Vasant Chitnis, who along with Vikram Sarabhai laid the foundation of India's space programme, breathed his last here Wednesday, family members said. Chitnis had turned 100 in July.
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4.A Belgian court has ruled that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, main accused in a Rs 13,000 crore PNB scam, faces "no risk" of being denied a fair trial or subjected to ill-treatment if he is extradited to India.
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5.BJP leader Pitabas Panda was gunned down by miscreants near his house in the Silk City, Berhampur Police Wednesday claimed to have cracked the gruesome murder by arresting BJD district unit president Bikram Panda and 11 others, and revealing that a Rs50-lakh contract was made for the execution.
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6.State government Wednesday recommended a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors (SIs) in various departments, including police, and fire and emergency services.
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7.A fire broke out at Unit-1 Haat, the largest daily market in the state capital, here Wednesday, destroying around 30 shops and damaging properties worth crores of rupees.
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8. Punjab recorded 415 farm fire incidents between September 15 and October 21 this year, down from 1,510 incidents during the same period last year, data showed.
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9.Delhi For many years, permission was not granted to perform Chhath Puja on the Yamuna banks. But this time, the government has allowed it and made preparations for the same.
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10.The Election Commission top brass Wednesday assessed the progress made on mapping the current electors with the voters as per the last SIR in different states.
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11.Russia said Wednesday it had carried out a major training exercise involving nuclear weapons, a day after the United States announced a delay in plans for a second summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on the Ukraine war.
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12.North Korea fi red what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, a week before a key Asia-Pacifi c leaders' meeting in South Korea.
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13.In a jolt to Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), the working permission for its Iron & Manganese mines at Roida in Keonjhar was revoked for allegedly violating forest norms.
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14.A 15-year-old boy died after being hit by a speeding train while attempting to shoot an Instagram reel near a railway track in Puri district, police said Wednesday.
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15.Light rain and thunderstorms are likely in Odisha over the next four days under the impact of two back-to-back low-pressure areas, the IMD said Wednesday.