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1.Israel Thursday claimed to have eliminated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri, responsible for ‘leading the closure of the Strait of Hormuz’.
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2.Nayara Energy, India’s largest private fuel retailer, Thursday raised petrol prices by Rs5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 a litre, passing on part of the recent surge in global oil prices.
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3.A US proposal for ending nearly four weeks of fighting is “one-sided and unfair”, a senior Iranian official told Reuters .
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4.The odisha government Thursday unveiled a comprehensive threeyear excise policy, introducing its first de-addiction cess on alcohol, raising licence fees, and overhauling the revenue framework.
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5.A total of 4,953 people have lost their lives in different natural disasters in Odisha during the last two years.
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6.UPI has emerged as the dominant payment method among lenders, driving 91.89 per cent of transactions on the platform, far ahead of net banking, IMPS, and debit cards, a report said.
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7.A POCSO court in Berhampur Thursday awarded death penalty to a 30-year-old man after holding him guilty of raping and attempting to kill a 10-year-old girl in Ganjam district in 2021.
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8.Donations to national parties surged by 161 per cent in 2024-25 compared to the previous fiscal, with the ruling BJP accounting for the overwhelming majority, more than ten times the combined total received by all other national parties, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
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9.The Delhi government has directed all schools to ensure that students, teachers and staff do not create reels or short videos during school hours.
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10.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday will interact with the chief ministers of all states, barring those which are going to polls, and review their preparedness and plans in the wake of the West Asia conflict.
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11.India has about 60 days of oil stock cover and has arranged one full month of LPG supply, the government said.
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12.The Supreme Court has voiced concern over growing "menace" of litigants and lawyers citing non-existent judgements generated by artificial intelligence.
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13.Indian airlines are set to operate a little over 23,000 weekly domestic flights during the summer schedule starting from March 29, which is 10 per cent less than the services fl own during the same period a year ago.
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14.The first phase of the IPL 2026 runs from March 28 to April 12. The final is slated for May 31 in Bangalore.
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15.The second phase of the IPL 2026 will begin April 13 and conclude May 24, the BCCI announced.