2.South Korea's president apologised Saturday for public anxiety caused by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this week hours ahead of a parliamentary vote on impeaching him.

3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday reaffirmed the Centre's commitment to providing quality school education to every section of society, aligning with the National Education Policy (NEP).

4. President Droupadi Murmu Friday turned emotional as she danced with tribal women while visiting her birthplace Uparbeda village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district and said she never considered the village as just a place but as a family, reflecting her deep emotional connection with her.

5.More than 12.13 lakh jobless youths, who registered themselves with different employment exchanges in Odisha over the last five years, are waiting for jobs, the state government informed the Assembly Friday.

6.The Navy is gearing up to commission its latest addition, INS Tushil, on December 9, at a ceremony in Kaliningrad, Russia.

7.Women Home Guards would be provided 180 days of maternity leave while the daily allowance for Home Guards during deployment outside the State would be increased from ₹ 60 to ₹ 500, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday.

8.The decked up East Side Station Building (facing National Highway 16) of the century-old Cuttack railway station will be dedicated to people by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the presence of several distinguished leaders, including Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, December 7.

9.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Friday approved establishment of eight new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in Odisha.

10.Sam Pitroda, Chairperson of the Indian Overseas Congress, on Saturday said that his server has been hacked and hackers have issued threats, demanding payment of tens of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency.

11.The Central government has approved the release of ₹ 944.8 crore to the Tamil Nadu government as two installments of central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to help it provide relief to people affected by cyclone Fengal.

12.In a big relief to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the Income Tax department has cleared properties worth over ₹ 1,000 crore seized in 2021.

13.Faith in her boyfriend and his promise of marrying her has led to a 20-year-old from Bengaluru losing ₹ 2.5 crore of her family's money.

14.The Union Cabinet approved on Friday the 26.463-km Rithala-Kundli corridor of the Delhi Metro's Phase-IV project that will further enhance connectivity between the national capital and neighbouring Haryana.

15.Two days after a woman died and her son was critically injured at a theatre during the premier show of 'Pushpa 2: The Rule', actor Allu Arjun said on Friday that he is 'deeply heartbroken' and announced an assistance of ₹ 25 lakh for the family.