- Lokayukta sleuths recovered unaccounted cash of more than `6 crore from the house of BJP MLA K Madal Virupakshappa’s son Prashanth Madal close on the heels of his arrest after allegedly accepting a bribe of `40 lakh.
- The Supreme Court has issued notice to Andhra Pradesh and the Union government on an original suit filed by Odisha government over Kotia border dispute.
- A milestone has been achieved under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), as over 25 crore health records have been successfully linked to the Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts.
- The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has recently launched a new security mechanism for Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication.
- The Union Health Minister recently announced that 9,082 Janaushadhi Kendras are being operated under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP). The target is to increase the numbers to 10,000 by December 2023.
- Dibang Hydropower Project multipurpose project(India’s largest-ever hydropower project) is being set up close to China’s border on the Dibang River, in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley District.
- India’s first prospective DNA vaccine against dengue is under clinical trials.
- Indian Medical Association has advised doctors to avoid prescribing antibiotics for seasonal fever, cold and cough as H3N2 influenza virus cases continue to be on the rise.
- The Ministry of Education (MoE) is set to launch a self-assessment platform for Indian students. SATHEE is a new initiative by the Ministry of Education in association with IIT Kanpur.
- It provides Indian students with a self-paced interactive learning and assessment platform to prepare for competitive and other exams. It will help students gain access to training and coaching for competitive examinations for free.
- Delhi government has decided to introduce six compulsory skill subjects at the secondary level in all government schools from the 2023-24 session. These subjects include retail, IT, financial markets, food production, marketing and sales, physical activity training, beauty and wellness and data science. Students must choose one skill subject from the list as per their interests.
- Former Chief Justice of India AM Ahmadi passed away aged 90 on Thursday.
- The ED arrested three people and seized ₹25 lakh in cash, diamonds and gold worth ₹10 crore after it searched a few companies based in Gujarat as part of money laundering probe against a Chinese-controlled money lending app.
- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said there were 70 projects, totalling 2,014 km and costing ₹ 33,540 crore, underway in Andhra Pradesh.
- Karnataka government on Friday announced that it would offer a 50% discount on pending traffic fines for 15 more days from Saturday.
- India received the GSMA Government Leadership Award 2023 at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023. The MWC was organized in Barcelona, Spain.
- The state government aims at spending `57,000 crore towards ensuring tap water to all households by 2024, an official said Friday.
- Childhood obesity in India is likely to see an annual rise of 9.1 per cent by 2035, if prevention, treatment and support do not improve, according to a global study released ahead of World Obesity Day.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday by a court in his native Belarus which found him guilty of financing protests in a ruling condemned by Germany as a "farce".
- India Friday named South Africa’s Craig Fulton as the new chief coach of the men’s national hockey team that finished a disappointing ninth in the World Cup at home.
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