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1.Parliament passed eight bills during the relatively short winter session, with the opposition and treasury benches engaging in sharp exchanges on some of the legislations and during debates on electoral reforms and the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram.
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2.At least eight elephants were killed and one calf injured after a herd collided with the Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in Assam's Hojai on Saturday morning, leading to disruption of rail services.
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3.The national capital, Delhi, woke up to a thick layer of smog blanketing the city with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 380, falling under the 'very poor' category.
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4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new terminal building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati.
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5.A case of snake-bite death in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district has now been exposed as a murder, allegedly planned and executed by the victim's own sons to claim large life insurance payouts.
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6.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court's order refusing to take cognisance of its charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald case.
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7.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday asserted that Odisha is poised to emerge as one of India’s key growth engines, highlighting the Odisha Investor Meet as a vital platform for converting investment intent into tangible outcomes.
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8.A total of 97.4 lakh voters have been removed from the Tamil Nadu voter list, following the enumeration phase of the SIR exercise and the state’s electoral roll now has 5.43 crore voters, Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik said Friday.
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9.US President Donald Trump Thursday signed an order directing the loosening of federal regulations on marijuana, a move that could further reverse decades of tough-on-weed policy.
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10.Former president of Institution of Engineers (India) and an alumnus of NIT, Rourkela, Ashok Basa has been appointed as the internal auditor of World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) for the period 2025 to 2027.
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11.In a relief to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, the Delhi High Court Friday set aside an order of the Lokpal granting sanction to the CBI to fi le a chargesheet against her in the alleged cash-for-query scam.
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12.As many as 73.73 lakh voters were removed following the special intensive revision (SIR) drive in Gujarat, reducing the number of registered voters in draft electoral rolls to 4.34 crore from the earlier 5.08 crore, officials said.
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13.The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a married person cannot legally enter into a live-in relationship with a third party without first obtaining a decree of divorce.
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14.A court in Ahmedabad in Gujarat has directed the Congress and four of its leaders to remove a deep fake video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani from social media platforms.
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15.Karnataka Legislative Council Friday passed a bill to curb hate speech, amid strong protest from Opposition BJP and JD(S), which called it “draconian”, “direct attack on free speech” and “dangerous tool for political vendetta”.
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16.Pope Leo named Bishop Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most prominent Catholic figure in England and Wales.
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17.Ukraine thanked the European Union Friday for deciding to provide it with 90 billion euros ($105.46 billion) of support over the next two years - even if the bloc failed to agree on an ambitious plan to finance it using frozen Russian assets.
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18.Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar Friday accused India of consistently attempting to undermine the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), claiming the current material breaches strike at the heart of the pact.
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19.Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood Friday announced that air purifi ers will be installed in 10,000 classrooms to ensure clean air for students.
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20.State Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari Friday asserted that the Kotia region belongs to Odisha and will continue to remain so.