1.Bangladesh’s Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the head of the country’s caretaker government Thursday, three days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to quit and flee the country following violent protests

2.Israeli forces stepped up strikes across the Gaza Strip Thursday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with Hamas-led militants as Israel braced for potential wider war in the region.

3.China has confirmed the discovery of a major gas field, estimated to be over 100 billion cubic metres, in the disputed South China Sea, which is expected to add fuel to the current round of military and diplomatic tensions between Beijing and other claimants in the region.

4. Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed nearly 1 per cent down Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the ninth time in a row.

5.In a thoughtful move, a 13-year-old girl child from Tamil Nadu, Harini Sri, performed Bharatanatyam for three straight hours to raise funds for the people affected by the Wayanad landslides in Kerala.

6.A special court in Chennai framed charges against former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Thursday in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs scam.

7.Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who will be remembered both for his commitment to the communist ideology and a pragmatic approach to industrialising the state, passed away at the age of 80 at his residence here Thursday.

8.The Odisha state government has decided not to open any new liquor shop in the current financial year, Excise Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said Thursday.

9.The Capital city of Bhubaneswar became the first place in the country to provide beneficiaries roundthe-clock access to public distribution system with the launch of Annapurti Grain ATM in Mancheswar area here, Thursday.

 10.Odisha has become a leading state in the entire nation to accord habitat rights to three Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) under the Forest Rights Act (FRA).

11.After meeting his political career’s first defeat earlier this year, BJD president and former CM Naveen Patnaik decided to undertake a statewide tour from November to meet people and party workers.

12.Vinesh Phogat announces her retirement from wrestling saying that her courage is broken and she cannot continue.

13.Arshad Nadeem from Pakistan hit the jackpot with his best-ever javelin throw to dethrone Neeraj Chopra and emerge as the Olympic champion here Thursday.

14.In Paris as the Indian hockey team claimed a second successive Olympic bronze medal for the first time in over half a century.

 15.National record holder Jyothi Yarraji failed to make the semifinals of women’s 100m hurdle after finishing fourth in her repechage heat at the Paris Olympics here Thursday.