1.South Korean author Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday for what the Nobel committee called ‘her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.’

2.Delhi Tourism Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj Thursday inaugurated a 80-day-long ‘Heritage Walk Festival’ at the Mutiny Memorial in Kamla Nehru Ridge to celebrate the city’s rich legacy and culture. The festival, organised by the Delhi Tourism Department, will run from October 10 to December 31.

3.The Union Territory of Ladakh gets the Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) observatory, the world’s highest imaging Cherenkov telescope, located at an altitude of over 4,300 meters in Hanle.

4.Omar Abdullah was Thursday unanimously elected as the leader of the National Conference legislature party, party president Farooq Abdullah said here.

5.The Delhi government Thursday decided to raise the annual MLA-LAD fund from Rs10 crore to Rs15 crore to expedite development projects ahead of Assembly polls due early next year.

6.The apex child rights body NCPCR Thursday said it identified over 11 lakh children vulnerable to child marriage in 2023-24 and intervened through steps such as family counselling, school reintegration efforts, and coordination with law enforcement.

7.The Union government Thursday said it has released tax devolution of Rs1,78,173 crore to state governments, including Rs8,068 crore to Odisha, as against the normal monthly devolution of Rs 89,086.50 crore.

8.The Odisha state government named 16 senior officers in charge of aspirational districts under a NITI Aayog programme to ensure the development of backward areas in the state.

9.The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) reopened for tourists Thursday after four months of annual closure during monsoon, officials said. The national park was out of bounds for tourists from June 12.

10.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was city-hopping across Europe Thursday to promote a “victory plan” that he said “aims to create the right conditions for a just end to the war” against Russia, detailing the proposals to European leaders after a scheduled summit involving US President Joe Biden was derailed by Hurricane Milton.

11.Former Salipur MLA Prakash Chandra Behera has resigned from the primary membership of Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

12.The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Thursday revised the forecast for global trade growth marginally upwards to 2.7 per cent for 2024 though it said that rising geopolitical tensions continue to pose substantial downside risks.

13.From the time Sir Dorabji Tata sponsored a handful of Indian athletes to the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, the Tata Group has been a constant in India’s sporting landscape and the conglomerate’s involvement only grew under Ratan Tata, who considered sport a ‘way of life’.

14.While Uttar Pradesh is gearing up for bypolls in ten Assembly seats, a communally charged atmosphere is brewing, which could significantly impact voter behaviour and the electoral outcomes.

15.Rafael Nadal announced his impending retirement from tennis Thursday at age 38 after winning 22 Grand Slam singles titles during an unprecedented era he shared with his rivals in the so-called ‘Big Three’, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal said he will retire after next month’s Davis Cup finals.