1.The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation of survivors of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the Global South countries face the severe impact of conflicts in parts of the world, and called for restoration of peace at the earliest in Eurasia and West Asia through dialogue and diplomacy.

3.The Karnataka government Thursday decided to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and a Cabinet subcommittee to take further action on the report by the Justice Michael D’ Cunha Commission of Inquiry which investigated alleged irregularities in the purchase of equipment and medicines during the COVID-19 when the BJP was in power.

4.Residents of Himachal Pradesh will be able to access their marriage, birth, and death certificates online, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said Thursday.

5.Representatives of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), led by national president RV Asokan, met the agitating junior doctors who have been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding justice for their murdered colleague at RG Kar hospital.

6.The Congress government in Karnataka has decided to withdraw a criminal case registered against a mob which had attacked policemen with stones April 16, 2022 in Hubballi town.

7.The 6, Flagstaff Road bungalow in Civil Lines was formally allotted to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi Friday, two days after she was allegedly forcibly made to vacate it, officials said.

8.The National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance Friday staked the claim to form government in Jammu and Kashmir as Chief Minister-designate Omar Abdullah called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here.

9.Two peacekeepers were injured Friday after two explosions near a watchtower in southern Lebanon, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said, while its main base in the area was shaken by explosions for the second time in 48 hours as Israeli forces battled Hezbollah.

10. Net direct tax collection grew 18.3 per cent to about `11.25 lakh crore as of October 10 this fiscal, government data showed Friday.

11.Online ecommerce platforms in the country saw sales worth over `54,500 crore in the first week of the festive season, about 55 per cent of total sales projected during the next month.

12.India’s import of edible oils fell 29 per cent annually in September to 10,64,499 tonne due to lower inward shipments of crude and refined palm oils, according to industry data. Import of edible oils stood at 14,94,086 tonne in the same month last year.

13.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday waived the ground rent for Durga Puja pandals across Odisha. Puja organisers expressed their gratitude for the Chief Minister’s gesture.

14. Former legislator Niranjan Pradhan died while undergoing treatment at a hospital here, family sources said. He was 67.

15.Former Manchester United superstar Gary Neville will be present in India to support the grassroots football programme and motivate the young kids playing football in the country as part of the ‘United We Play’ initiative.