1.Senior BJP leader and former minister Samir Dey has been admitted to a private hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack city.

2. One more steel manufacturing plant will come up in Odisha as JSW Steel and Posco have evinced interest to set up a plant jointly in Kendujhar district.

3.As many as 15 new species will be added to Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) in Odisha under the animal exchange programme. A 9-member team has moved to Pilikula Zoo in Mangaluru in this regard.

4.Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Friday said preliminary findings from the ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) suggest there are no secret tunnels or chambers in the Ratna Bhandar of Puri’s Jagannath temple.

5.Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy passed away Friday.

 6.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida will attend the ‘Tourism Odyssey: Strengthening Ties with Diaspora and Industry Leaders’ during her week-long tour to London from Saturday.

7.West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose Friday launched a mass outreach initiative for the welfare of the weaker society.

8.The Congress Friday hit out at the Election Commission after it rejected allegations of “irregularities” in Haryana Assembly polls, saying if the poll panel’s goal is to “strip itself of the last vestiges of neutrality”, then it is doing a “remarkable job” at creating that impression.

9.Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Kerala Friday celebrated their formation day with their chief ministers highlighting how their states have contributed immensely to nation-building.

10.Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Friday launched ‘Deepam - 2’, a free cooking gas cylinder distribution scheme part of his ‘Super Six’ promises, at Eedupuram village in Srikakulam district.

11.The Election Commission Friday accepted the Jharkhand government’s proposal to appoint Alka Tiwari as the Chief Secretary of the poll-bound state.

12.North Korea boasted Friday that the new intercontinental ballistic missile it just test-launched is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation.

13.OpenAI is launching a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put the artificial intelligence company in direct competition with Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking news, sports scores and other timely information.

14.Gross GST collection in October rose 9 per cent to over `1.87 lakh crore, the second-highest ever, on pick-up in domestic sales and improved compliance.

15.Gold demand in India jumped this week amid festival purchases, although volumes were lower than usual due to record-high prices.

16.The Indian rupee will trade in a tight range around current levels against the dollar over the coming year as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) routinely dips into its foreign exchange (FX) reserves to manage the currency’s stability, a Reuters poll found.

17.Three days after historic flash floods swept through towns in Spain and killed at least 205 people, the initial shock was giving way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity Friday.

18.Three more wild elephants have died in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) after consuming a toxic substance, taking the toll to ten so far this week, a forest department official said.

19.The state government has downgraded the security of the state's fivetime former chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who is also the Leader of Opposition (LoP), from Z to Y category, an official said Thursday.

20.India’s batters lost the plot in a matter of 20 minutes, leaving the side at a jittery 86/4 after Ravindra Jadeja (5/65) and Washington Sundar (4/81) gave the hosts the early bragging rights by dismissing New Zealand for 235 on an eventful day one of the third and final Test here Friday.