1.In a unanimous resolution, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has raised objections to the ‘radical changes’ made to the statue of Lady Justice and the top court’s emblem without consultation with the Bar.

2.Justice Sanjiv Khanna was Thursday appointed as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI). He will take oath November 11, a day after incumbent Justice DY Chandrachud demits office on attaining the age of 65.

3.The landfall process of Cyclone Dana commenced around midnight as it touched the Odisha coast close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara.

4.Flight operations at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar, which were suspended in view of Cyclone Dana, resumed today at 8 AM, informed airport authorities.

5.The Odisha government has made necessary arrangements to provide uninterrupted telecom service to people even if severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ causes damage to the telecommunications infrastructure.

6.The Supreme Court Thursday directed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to use the ‘clock’ symbol in its publicity material in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections with a disclaimer that the matter was sub-judice before it.

 7.Chinese startup Deep Blue Aerospace sold its first two tickets for seats on a rocket that will take passengers to space in 2027, charging 1.5 million yuan ($211,000) for the experience, the ‘Global Times’ reported Thursday.

8.Puri district bore the maximum brunt of the four cyclones that hit the state in the past six years in terms of damage and destruction of properties.

9.Nineteen employees from different departments of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) were felicitated under Shabash Scheme in a function organised at the conference hall of ED (Works) Office by Alok Verma, ED (Mines) with Additional Charge of ED (Works) who presided over the function and handed over the appreciation letters.

10.Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has agreed to transfer the Rourkela Airport land to the state government after a prolonged discussion between the steel major’s management and the Government of Odisha (GoO) represented by Sundargarh Collector and Rourkela ADM.

11.Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the next of kin of each deceased in a building collapse here, and said the government will bear the full medical expenses of those injured.

12. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Thursday said it is planning to expand its built-up area by over 75 per cent to 16 lakh sq metres to accommodate increasing number of students and introduce flipped classrooms to maximise learning.

13.As many as 18 small cold storages will be built in Ganjam district soon to help farmers and traders store vegetables and fruits.

14.The government has asked social media platforms Meta and X to share data about hoax bomb threat messages to airlines and has started identifying those behind such activities, even as more than 80 flights received the threats Thursday.

15.President Droupadi Murmu Thursday appointed Mazhar Asif as the vice chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia, according to Union Ministry of Education officials.

16.The Supreme Court Thursday set aside an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had accepted Aadhaar card for determining the age of a road accident victim to grant compensation.

17.At least 17 Palestinians, including children, were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on a school in Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, where people displaced by the fighting were sheltering, Nuseirat’s Al-Awda hospital said

18.Gold and silver prices retreated from record levels in the national capital Thursday due to tepid demand from jewellers, according to the All India Sarafa Association.

19.Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday, said that India has 360 proposals for ropeway and cable cars worth USD 7.93 billion.

20.Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh scored a brace each to hand India a 5-3 win over world champions Germany in the second hockey Test. However, as the series was tied at 1-1, the shootout was implemented. Germany won the shootout to emerge winners in the two-Test series at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here Thursday.