1.India Friday night repelled fresh drone attacks from Pakistan at 26 locations in the country’s north and west including Srinagar airport, as it accused Islamabad of using its civilian planes as a “shield” for its aerial strikes endangering their flight.

2.Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian fl ight operations till May 15.

3.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday approved the immediate disbursement of about $1 billion to Pakistan under the ongoing Extended Fund Facility, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here said.

4.Investors’ wealth eroded by Rs7 lakh crore in two days as stock markets became jittery following the escalation of the India-Pakistan conflict.

5.The Indian Premier League (IPL) was Friday suspended because of the deepening military confrontation between India and Pakistan.

6.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday said his government has prepared 36 fl agship programmes to build a prosperous and 'Viksit Odisha' by its centenary year in 203

7.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday approved the proposal of providing pensions to 23 persons imprisoned under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and Defense and Internal Security of India Rules (DISIR) during the Emergency period.

8.The Forest department has successfully apprehended poachers using artifi cial intelligence (AI) integrated TrailGuard cameras installed in the Similipal National Park for wildlife protection. Acting on footage from the cameras, forest offi cials arrested three poachers and forwarded them to court.

9.The government Friday said the country has ample food stocks to meet domestic demand but warned traders and wholesalers against hoarding of essential food items creating artifi - cial shortage.

 10.A soldier from Andhra Pradesh has been killed in the heavy shelling by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

11.Bangladesh’s interim government vowed a quick decision on banning Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League after NCP student activists rallied overnight outside Chief Professor Muhammad Yunus’s residence demanding its dissolution.

12. Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the US has said it is not going to get involved in a war that’s “fundamentally none of our business”

13.Inflow in equity mutual funds dipped 3.24 per cent to Rs 24,269 crore in April as concerns over potential US tariffs and a shift in investor preference toward debt and hybrid strategies weighed on sentiment.

14. India has ample stocks of petrol, diesel and cooking gas LPG, and there is no need for panic buying, oil companies assured the public Friday.

15.Odisha girls pulled off a massive upset by beating defending champion Maharashtra in a close encounter 34-31 in Kho-kho competition of the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar at the BIPARD Sports Complex here Friday. Maharashtra, however, had sweet revenge and also maintained its dominance in the boys’ final, beating Odisha 34-25.