. A little over a month after changing the colour and design of school uniforms for Class IX and X students of government and government-aided schools, the BJP government in the state has taken yet another decision to change the dress code for employees of the nursing service cadre.

2. Eleven suspected Kuki militants were killed in a fierce gunfi ght with security forces Monday after the insurgents in camouflage uniforms, armed with sophisticated weapons.

3. The Odisha  government has ordered the removal of Minati Behera as the Chairperson of the Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) over ‘unsatisfactory performance.

4. The state’s disaster response apparatus got a much-needed shot in the arm as the Centre Monday approved Rs201.10 crore for expansion and modernisation of fire services in Odisha.

5. The East Coast Railway (ECoR) handled as many as 657 special trains between October 1 and November 10 during the Puja festivals.

6. Researchers from the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) have recently uncovered a stone inscription dating back to nearly 827 years in Maduthuru village, located in Achutapuram mandal, Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh.

7. The Tamil Nadu Police has cautioned public to remain vigilant as cybercrimes continue to rise, leading many to fall victim to scams and losing signifi cant amounts of money.

8. The Tamil Nadu government is set to launch an Artifi cial Intelligence (AI)-based application to detect land and property encroachments across the state, starting with a pilot programme in Coimbatore.

9. Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category Monday with an AQI reading of 352, while four monitoring stations reported air quality levels in the ‘severe’ zone.

10. Justice Sanjiv Khanna heard 45 cases on his first day as the 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI), and thanked lawyers and bar leaders for wishing him well.

11. The Supreme Court Monday denied bail to former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, accused of rape and sexual assault. Rejecting the plea, a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma observed Revanna was a “very infl uential person”

12. As Indian stock markets continue to outperform compared to a global market, the number of total demat accounts increased to 179 million in October, from 175 million in September, a report showed Monday.

13. A man has been arrested for issuing a death threat to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.  

14. India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Parvathaneni Harish, on Monday stressed the need for UN Security Council reform, noting that despite decades of discussions, there have been no significant changes since 1965.

15. The year 2024 is on course to become the hottest year ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching unprecedented levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned.