1.India crosses a record milestone of 1bn tonnes of coal production in current fiscal, showing its commitment to energy security.

2.Justice Harish Tandon was Friday appointed as the next Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, the Law Ministry said. He is at present a judge of the Calcutta High Court.

3.Following reports of alleged cash discovery from sitting Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma’s official home, the Supreme Court Friday said the Delhi HC Chief Justice had initiated an in house inquiry against him.

4.The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has once again set a milestone in freight loading, becoming the fi rst railway zone in the country to achieve 250 million tonne (MT) of originating freight in the fi nancial year 2024-25.

5.The Kota coaching fraternity Thursday hailed the bill tabled in the state Assembly Wednesday to control and regulate coaching centres and termed it a step towards a “structured learning environment” and “need of the time” to check financial and mental exploitation of the student.

6.Karnataka Legislative Assembly Friday passed a Bill to provide 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in public contracts, amidst strong protests by Opposition BJP.

7.India Friday said it hopes to rebuild ties with Canada based on "mutual trust and sensitivity", blaming the downturn in the relations to the "licence" that was given to the "extremist and secessionist elements" in that country.

8.Several villages in the state still lack Venkateswara Swamy temples and to collect funds to construct temples in those villages we will establish a trust  said N CHANDRABABU NAIDU.

9.The Aam Aadmi Party Friday announced a major organisational rejig by appointing former minister Saurabh Bharadwaj as the new president of its Delhi unit and senior leader Manish Sisodia as its in-charge for Punjab.

10.Nearly 9,000 people have died last year attempting to cross borders, the UN agency for migration said Friday. The death toll set a new record for the fifth year in a row. The International Organization for Migration recorded at least 8,938 migrant deaths in 2024.

11.Billionaire Elon Musk held a meeting for more than an hour at the Pentagon Friday morning as the close ally of President Donald Trump called for the prosecutions of any Pentagon offi cials leaking false information about his visit.

12.A top Russian security offi cial met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang Friday and thanked him for the country’s support of Moscow’s war efforts in Ukraine, according to Russian state media.

13.Equity investors have become richer by `22.12 lakh crore in the fiveday stock rally which saw the benchmark BSE Sensex jumping more than 4 per cent.

14.India’s domestic air passenger traffi c increased 11.04 per cent to 140.44 lakh in February over the same month last year, according to monthly traffi c data by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

15.Senior Congress leader and former MLA Devendra Sharma died . He was 66.