1.In view of the rising daytime temperatures, the state government Thursday asked district Collectors to start morning classes in schools from Friday.

2.Direct flight services between Bhubaneswar and Goa will commence April 1, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said Thursday.

3.Security forces killed at least 30 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) in two separate encounters in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region Thursday.

4.Social media giant ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit in the Karnataka High Court against Government of India, challenging, what it called, unlawful content regulation and arbitrary censorship.

5.Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati urged the Odisha Taxation and Accounts Services (OT&AS) probationers to be prompt, transparent, and accountable in their roles, during a courtesy call here, Thursday.

6.Researchers from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have developed an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart device to monitor the quality of ingredients in processed food.

7.The situation in Manipur’s curfew-bound Churachandpur district remained tense Thursday, two days after clashes between the Hmar and Zomi communities left one dead and several injured, police said.

8.The three new criminal laws, which were rolled out almost nine months ago across the country, have resulted in over 2.5 times higher conviction rate in Assam compared to the century-old colonial Acts of the earlier phase, a senior official said Wednesday

9.The Karnataka Assembly Wednesday passed several bills, including the one that gives legal support for electronic signatures, and enables payment of stamp duty by electronic means.

10.Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 91 Palestinians and leave dozens wounded Thursday.

11.Market investors get Rs17.43 lakh crore in four days of sharp rally in equities where the BSE benchmark Sensex jumps over 3%.

12.The government Thursday said 12.55 lakh refunds were made in 2024 for faulty toll collections on National Highways.

13. BJP leader and former Independent MLA from Jammu and Kashmir's Gurez Faqeer Mohammad Khan Thursday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself, party offi cials said.

14.India Thursday approved the capital acquisition of a plethora of military hardware worth more than Rs54,000 crore, including airborne early-warning and control-aircraft systems, torpedoes and engines for T-90 tanks

15.The BCCI announces a cash reward of Rs58 crore for the Indian cricket team that won the ICC Champions Trophy.