1.Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Friday announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to families of those who died in the recent fl oods and Rs 15,000 each to the families for submergence of their houses.

2.Two nurses from Kerala, travelling to Abu Dhabi from Kochi on their fi rst international fl ight, saved the life of a fellow passenger after he suffered a cardiac arrest twenty minutes into the journey, local media reported.

3.Jharkhand Public Service Commission member Jamal Ahmad presents a copy of ‘Baba-e-Jharkhand’ to Chief Minister Hemant Soren at the latter’s residential offi ce on Kanke Road in Ranchi.

4.The Supreme Court Friday issued a slew of directions to curb arbitrary summoning of lawyers by probe agencies for rendering advice, and said investigating officers (IOs) cannot summon them in criminal probes unless approved by the superintendent of police.

5.Rohit Arya, the man who took 17 children and two adults hostage inside R A Studio in Powai before being shot dead in a rescue operation mounted by Mumbai police, had installed motion detection sensors at the windows and doors and also turned CCTVs in one direction to protect himself, an offi cial said Friday.

6.Kathmandu Seventeen new political parties have applied for registration at the Election Commission (EC) to contest Nepal’s March 5 general elections, according to an official.

7.Pakistan Friday confi rmed that the next round of talks with Afghanistan would be held November 6 and expressed hope for a “positive outcome” from the dialogue.

8.Air India is seeking at least Rs 100 billion ($1.14 billion) in fi nancial support from owners Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

9.Patanjali Foods Ltd, which is mainly into edible oils, Friday reported a 67 per cent increase in its consolidated net profi t to Rs 516.69 crore for the second quarter of this fi nancial year.

10.Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd Friday reported a 37.9 per cent decline in consolidated profi t after tax to Rs 3,479 crore during the September quarter due to "an exceptional item outgo"

11.State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) Friday reported an 8 per cent fall in net profit to Rs 4,809 crore for the second quarter ended September as interest income moderates.

12. Google will offer 18-month free access to its Gemini AI service for all 505 million telecom users of India's Reliance Jio, a tie-up that follows similar freebies from rivals including OpenAI to boost adoption in the world's most populous nation.

13.India's Jemimah Rodrigues said she has struggled with anxiety at the Women's World Cup but her determination to contribute helped her overcome being dropped earlier in the tournament to score a match-winning century in their semi-final against Australia.

14.Josh Hazlewood clinically dismantled a famed Indian top-order with a probing spell to kill the contest as Australia cantered to a four-wicket victory in the second T20 International here Friday.

15.Former Indian men's hockey team goalkeeper and member of the 1972 Munich Olympics bronze medal-winning side Manuel Frederick died in Bangalore Friday morning. Frederick was 78.