1.UNESCO has added 74 new documentary heritage collections to its Memory of the World Register, including manuscripts of the Bhagavad Gita and Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra from India.

2.The government Friday clarified that it is not mulling to levy GST on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000.

3.Chief Minister M K Stalin Friday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah for accusing the DMK regime of using issues such as NEET and delimitation as diversionary tactic and challenged him to give "clear answers" to prove his point.

4.US airstrikes targetting an oil port held by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed 74 people and wounded 171 others, the group said Friday, marking the single-deadliest known attack under President Donald Trump's new campaign targetting the rebels.

5.Senior IAS offi cer Nikunja Bihari Dhal, who is currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister of Odisha, has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs .

6. Amidst allegations of illegal coal mining and smuggling in Sundargarh district, the state government Friday dispatched two ministers to conduct an onthe-spot inquiry.

7.In a bid to ensure expeditious clearance of forest land for various development projects, the state government Friday decided to hold weekly review meetings every Tuesday.

8.In a move aimed at strengthening Public Distribution System (PDS), the state government is set to issue new ration cards to eligible beneficiaries under National Food Security Act (NFSA) and the State Food Security Scheme (SFSS).

9.Mahendra Hembram, 48, who spent 25 years in prison for the 1999 killing of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in Manoharpur village, was released this week and says he will now dedicate his life to social service and the protection of Sanatan Dharma.

10.Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to travel to the International Space Station next month as part of an Axiom-4 mission, four decades after Rakesh Sharma’s iconic spacefl ight onboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Friday.

11.A rare exposition of the sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha began Friday in Sri Lanka’s central town of Kandy after a gap of 16 years, according to an offi cial statement.

12. Israeli airstrikes hit about 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said Friday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war.

13.A portrait of a young Palestinian boy who lost both arms as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza was honoured Thursday as World Press Photo of the year.

14.After registering negative growth, the country's gold imports, which impact Current Account Defi cit (CAD), jumped by 192.13 per cent to $4.47 billion in March. Gold imports stood at $1.53 billion in January 2024.

15. Former West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh tied the knot with party colleague Rinku Majumdar in an intimate ceremony Friday.