1.Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani to be New Chief Of Defence Staff, Will Take Over From General Anil Chauhan.

2.Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan has been appointed as the next Chief of Naval Staff and will take charge on May 31.

3.Vijay's party TVK secured letters of support from the Congress, CPI and CPI(M), with the two Left parties extending outside support.

4.Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari will be the first BJP chief minister of West Bengal,

5.The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Friday declared the results of the Indian Forest Service examination 2025.

6. DGP Yogesh Bahadur Khurania Friday advised adolescents to focus on educational content on social media and use it to build a brighter future.

7.Odisha has emerged as the top-performing state in the country in completion of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana–Urban(PMAY-U2.0)).

8.Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C. Joseph Vijay Friday formally staked a claim to form the government in Tamil Nadu.

9.Former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam Friday said he has resigned from the tribunal, which was hearing appeals challenging the exclusion of names from the electoral rolls following the SIR exercise.

10.The Union  Health Ministry has stepped up surveillance measures following a Hantavirus outbreak onboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, with authorities closely monitoring the situation in coordination with national and international health agencies. 

11.The CBI sleuths arrested the Superintendent, CGST, in Odisha’s Balasore on charges of taking Rs 50,000 as bribe from the owner of a firm.

12.A person was allegedly beaten to death in Balipatna area on the outskirts of the Odisha capital on Friday.

13.Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida  has written to all MLAs in Odisha, urging them to actively support the construction, timely completion,  quality maintenance of Anganabadi centres   in their respective constituencies.

14.Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Bishnu Mohanty passed away at the age of  74.

15.The government has launched JANANI (Journey of Antenatal, Natal and Neonatal Integrated Care), a QR-enabled digital healthcare platform to track maternal and child health  services, an official statement said on Thursday.