1.The Supreme Court Friday questioned the “tearing hurry” on the part of the lieutenant governor's office for holding the polls for the sixth member of the MCD's standing committee and "interfering" with the electoral process.

2.The Supreme Court Friday set up a five-member independent SIT to probe the allegations of animal fat used in preparing Tirupati laddus to “assuage the feelings of crores of people” while making clear that the court cannot be used as a “political battleground”.

3.Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that Iran and its regional allies will not back down, after an Israeli attack on Beirut that is thought to have targeted the heir apparent to the assassinated leader of Tehran-backed Hezbollah.

4.Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that a decision to remove the Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations had been “taken at the highest level”, the state TASS news agency reported.

5.Sri Lanka Friday released 50 Indian fishermen arrested by its Navy for allegedly poaching in the island nation’s waters, the Indian mission said.

6. Russia knocked out around 80% of critical infrastructure in the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Ukraine’s east, as Moscow’s troops inched forward, a local official said Friday

7.India Friday announced that External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October.

8.India’s forex reserves jumped by $12.588 billion to a new all-time high of $704.885 billion for the week ended September 27, the Reserve Bank said Friday.

9.The Supreme Court Friday cautioned authorities in Gujarat over demolitions in the state, saying if it finds that they acted in contempt of its recent order against such action, it will ask them to restore the structures.

10.The biggest operations against Maoists in Chhattisgarh, security personnel killed 36 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in Bastar region Friday.

11.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to give appointment letters to 16,009 junior teachers (schematic) during an event at Kalinga Stadium here Saturday.

12.The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its judgment which held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes for granting reservation.

13.Gold prices rose by `150 to hit a fresh alltime high of `78,450 per 10 grams in the national capital Friday on increased demand from jewellers and retailers driven by the ongoing festive season.

14.Odisha youngster Aahan bagged a double crown in the IVth Ganeshwar Mishra Memorial TAB AITAOTA Championship Series (CS7) tennis tournament which ended Friday at the Kalinga Stadium tennis complex .

15.The muchawaited Hockey India League (HIL) will return after seven long years in a new avatar, where both the men’s and women’s teams will participate in the event beginning December 28 and ending February 1, 2025.