- Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- Around 3,700 dams in India will lose 26 per cent of their total storage by 2050 due to accumulation of sediments which can undermine water security, irrigation and power generation in future, warns a new study by the United Nations (UN)
- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Monday filed a chargesheet in a court here against lady blackmailer Archana Nag and other accused involved in a high-profile sextortion racket. The ED has been investigating the illegal financial transactions angle in the sextortion racket.
- Cold wave conditions gripped the state Monday with the mercury dipping to as low as 3.7 degrees Celsius in Semiliguda in Koraput district, the weather office said.
- School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash Monday started the distribution of textbooks for 2023- 24 academic year. The minister directed the officials concerned to complete the distribution of textbooks by March 31 at all the schools in 314 blocks of the state.
- State Vigilance Monday arrested Bijayananda Sahoo, an engineer, after detecting disproportionate assets worth `3.13 crore, an official said.
- ‘The Odisha Development Leadership Summit’ was organised by Odisha CSR Forum to felicitate the corporate with ‘Odisha CSR Excellence Award 2022’ for their CSR work at Hotel Mayfair here recently. At least 17 industry head were given away the award.
- Eminent litterateur, critic and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Purashkar award winner Chandrasekhar Hota was awarded with the prestigious Mathkhai Samman-2023 at the Mathakhai Mahotsav and All India Multi-Lingual Drama festival organised by Bhumika in this town, officials said Monday .
- Brown sugar worth rupees one crore was seized Sunday in Nayagarh district, police said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) of the state police conducted a raid at Narayani Pitha locality in Kantilo under Fategarh police station late Sunday night .
- The Supreme Court Monday asked the Union government to file its reply to a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law which prohibit filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947.
- Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Monday staged an unprecedented walkout from the state Assembly following a faceoff with Chief Minister MK Stalin over the former's customary address to members of the house in its first session of the year.
- Observing that religious conversion is a serious issue which should not be given a political colour, the Supreme Court Monday sought the assistance of Attorney General R Venkataramani on a plea seeking direction to the Centre and states to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversions.
- Amid tight liquidity condition, banks have issued a record quantum of bonds, with gross issuances hitting an all-time high of ` 91,500 crore so far this fiscal, and are likely to close the financial year with around `1.4 lakh crore.
- Switzerland’s government will not receive a payout from the Swiss National Bank for 2022, as the central bank projects the biggest loss in its 116-year history, the media reported.
- India were left with a mixed feeling on the eve of their ODI series against Sri Lanka as on one hand they will have stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli returning to the side while on the other, unfit pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will yet again miss the action.
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