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1.US Vice President JD Vance headed Friday to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
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2.Thousands of fisher folk along Odisha’s coastal belt are set to face a livelihood crisis as a two-month ban on sea fishing begins April 15. Once the ban comes into force, families dependent on daily catches will face a sudden loss of income with no immediate alternative means of sustenance.
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3.Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma, who was facing heat after wads of burnt currency notes were recovered from his residence here last year, has submitted his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu.
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4.A boat carrying tourists, primarily from Punjab, capsized in the Yamuna in Vrindavan Friday afternoon, leaving at least 10 people dead, 22 injured and five missing.
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5.The Odisha government Friday announced the Atal Bus Stand scheme to establish bus stands across the state with a budgetary provision of Rs 3,400 crore for a period of six years.
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6.State Higher Education department issued a comprehensive Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for all state public universities, government and private degree colleges, and teacher education institutions to reinforce discipline, academic integrity, and mutual respect on campuses.
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7.The state government has directed all District Collectors to complete reservation of seats for SC, ST, OBC and women categories for various posts in the panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) for the upcoming rural polls, officials said Friday.
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8.A POCSO court in Angul Friday awarded death penalty to a 40-year-old man after finding him guilty of raping and killing a four-year- and 10-month-old girl under the Industrial Police Station (Nisa) limits in the district in 2025.
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9.A total of 4,691 LPG cylinders have been seized, 31 FIRs have been lodged, and 5 individuals have been arrested for their involvement in illegal hoarding and black marketing activities during raids and inspections at 2,136 locations in 30 districts of the state.
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10.Out of the 27 lakh names deleted from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following adjudication, only two have been restored so far, both following intervention by the Supreme Court, even as the final voter list was frozen as per rules, officials said Friday.
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11.The Patanjali Research Foundation has once again underscored its commitment to scientific innovation by securing First Prize in the Private Industry Category at the Dr. P. D. Sethi National HPTLC Awards 2025.
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12.In some relief to senior Congress leader Pawan Khera, the Telangana High Court Friday granted transit anticipatory bail for one week to the party spokesperson in a case registered against him by the Assam police over his allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife.
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13.The Income Tax Department disposed of 2.22 lakh appeals during the last financial year, a nearly 29 per cent increase compared to the previous fiscal as part of its efforts to reduce disputes with taxpayers.
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14.Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
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15.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Friday projected India's GDP growth to remain "robust" at 6.9 per cent in the current fiscal, and rise to 7.3 per cent in next fiscal driven by strong domestic demand, and supported by easing financing conditions and lower US tariffs on Indian goods.