1.Union Health Minister JP Nadda Friday said that India will meet the target of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) from the country by the end of this year, five years ahead of the global target.

2.Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 2 per cent Friday, mirroring deep losses in global markets as the latest announcement of additional 10 per cent tariff on Chinese products rattled investors.

3.US President Donald Trump cuts short talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday after an unprecedented blow up between the leaders right in front of the American media at the Oval Office.

4.Bollywood star couple Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra Friday announced that they are all set to become parents.

5.Bhubaneswar DCP Pinaka Mishra was replaced by Cuttack DCP Jagmohan Meena. Mishra, a 2011-batch officer, was appointed as the DIG, STF, Bhubaneswar.

6.The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) approved a Budget of Rs 1,000 crore for the fiscal year 2025- 26, Friday.

7.Around 59 per cent vehicles plying in the state are uninsured, leaving many vehicle owners exposed to financial risks and legal consequences, according to a survey by Commerce and Transport department.

8.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Friday that the state received investment proposals worth Rs 5,18,295 crore, including the MoUs signed at the district level, in the recently concluded business summit.

9.For the first time, to regulate unprecedented tourism development in the countryside, four gram panchayats that fall in the biodiversity-rich Tirthan Valley, adjacent to the UNESCO site Great Himalayan National Park in Kullu district, have evolved and adopted a vision document under the Himachal Panchayati Raj Act.

10.Images from ISRO's Aditya-L1 -- India's first mission to the Sun -- reveal a solar fl are 'kernel' in the lower layers of the atmosphere, providing new insights into the star's explosive activities, according to an analysis.

11.India and the European Union (EU) Friday decided to work on a major security and defence partnership, and explored ways to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific based on global law and respect for sovereignty amid China's military muscle flexing in the region.

12.The Supreme Court Friday said incidents of suicides in IITs and IIMs were “extremely unfortunate” and assured a robust mechanism to check such cases.

13.An Israeli delegation in Cairo is negotiating to extend the fi rst phase of the Gaza ceasefi re when it expires Saturday rather than move to the second phase as originally planned and as Hamas wants, two Egyptian security sources said Friday.

14. Russia has offered the United States to restore direct air links between the two countries during the latest round of consultations with Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.

15.Netfl ix’s hopes for claiming an Academy Award for best picture appear to have vanished after a series of embarrassing social media posts resurfaced..