1.Distinguished Odia translator and journalist Suvash Satapathy has been awarded the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for translation for 2024, official sources said Friday. The award recognises Satapathy’s outstanding contribution to the literary world through ‘Kokishialira Ekaka Nrutya’, his Odia translation of Ruskin Bond’s autobiography ‘Lone Fox Dancing’.

2.The Ministry of Railways has decided to create permanent outside waiting areas at 60 major stations across the country, according to a statement.

3.With India generating an estimated 113,000 tons of menstrual waste annually from 12.3 billion discarded disposable pads, experts and advocates on ‘International Women's Day’ called for a shift to sustainable menstruation practices in the country.

4.Amid allegations of a cover-up over duplicate voter identity card numbers, the Election Commission (EC) Friday said it will address the ‘decades-long’ matter in the next three months. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) flagged the issue of duplicate voter identity card numbers in different states and accused the EC of a cover-up.

5.A total of 2,966 Agniveers, including 402 women, of the Indian Navy passed out from INS Chilka, the Navy's premier training establishment in Odisha, Friday.

6.The state government Friday instructed the Energy department not to cut power supply of consumers during the oncoming summer months in the event they failed to pay their bills.

7.Police officers will be suspended if they refuse to file FIRs, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi warned, Friday.

8.As many 26 SC and ST boarders died in the Odisha government-run hostels since July 1, 2024, of whom six were suicide victims, the Assembly was informed Friday.

9.The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Friday said that its researchers, in collaboration with an Australian university, have developed a sensor to detect toxic metals in water cost-effectively and efficiently.

10.In two incidents on a single day involving Indian Air Force's aircraft, a Jaguar fighter jet crashed shortly after taking off from the Ambala airbase in Haryana, while an AN-32 transport plane crash-landed in West Bengal's Bagdogra. In both incidents, the air crew ejected safely, according to officials.

11.Jazz legend Roy Ayers, renowned for his hit Everybody Loves the Sunshine, has passed away at 84.

12.Mumbai's Dharavi redevelopment project will continue to go on after the Supreme Court refused to stay it Friday.

13.India Friday voiced concern over Bangladesh releasing certain "violent extremists" and underlined that it is the responsibility of the interim government in Dhaka to protect Hindus and other minorities as well as their religious institutions.

14.The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear April 22 pleas seeking a probe into the alleged unauthorised use of Pegasus spyware for surveillance of journalists among others.

15.Russian forces damaged Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure overnight in their first major missile attack since the US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, piling pressure on Kyiv as President Donald Trump seeks a swift end to the war.