- 1. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that starting from only 700 Pani Panchayats, today 37,000 Pani Panchayats are functioning in the state. Similarly, this Pani Panchayat, which started on 3.32 lakh hectares of land, is now able to provide irrigation facilities to 23.46 lakh hectares of land.
- 2. Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Jaynarayan Mishra has been booked under various sections of IPC following a complaint lodged by Dhanupali police IIC Anita Pradhan.
- 3. Protection and restitution of cultural heritage will be the theme for the first G20 culture track meet which will be held February 22-25 in MP’s Khajuraho, Union Culture Secretary Govind Mohan informed Wednesday. He added that the second and third meetings on the same theme will be held in Bhubaneswar and Hampi, Karnataka respectively, the dates for which will be declared later.
- 4. The long awaited road overbridge (ROB) at Jatni near Khurda Road Railway Station is going to be completed soon, said sources at the East Coast Railway (ECoR). Bowstring girders (BGs) work on the bridge has started in the railway portion while the connecting road to the bridge has almost been completed.
- 5. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today condoled the loss of lives in a tragic accident at Mandiapalli village on the outskirts of Berhmapur in Ganjam district on Tuesday night.The Odisha CM has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased and conveyed his deep sympathies to the bereaved families.
- 6. As many as 2,674 vehicles were issued challans for not having the mandatory high-security registration plates (HSRP) and colour-coded stickers from February 1 to 11.The State Transport Authority (STA), through an official statement, said challans are being issued in accordance with the last date given for various series of vehicles.
- 7. Voting in 60 Assembly constituencies of Tripura is under way, with a little over 28 lakh people set to decide the fate of 259 candidates of different parties and independents who are in fray.
- 8. The micro-blogging site Twitter got a new CEO who is not a human but a pet dog.Elon Musk shared a pic of his dog Floki on social media with a caption “The CEO of Twitter is amazing”.
- 9. US says it supports the importance of free press, freedom of expression and freedom of religion as universal rights.
- 10. TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) has implemented One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme approved by Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to provide relief to customers for payment of the past outstanding arrears. This unique scheme provides up to a 30 per cent rebate on electricity arrears outstanding as on May31, 2020.
- 11. The state government is investing more than `2,500 crore in building sports infrastructure, which include 90 indoor stadia in urban local bodies (ULBs), sports secretary R Vineel Krishna said Wednesday at the two day Collectors’ conference that commenced Tuesday.
- 12. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Wednesday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of a woman and her daughter in Kanpur Dehat during an anti-encroachment drive, an incident which the opposition is set to raise during the assembly session beginning next week
- 13.In the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma entered her name into the history books during the recently concluded T20I match between India and West Indies at the ICC Women’s World Cup on Wednesday.
- 14. The CBSE board exams for classes 10 and 12 began on Wednesday with over 38 lakh students set to appear for the examinations at 7,250 centres.
- 15. The Bihar government has hired 13 professional shooters to kill wild boars and ‘ghodparas’ or nilgais to save crops, a forest official said Tuesday. Animal lovers have opposed the move and demanded that the government find a long term solution to the problem and not allow the killing of the animals.
- 16.The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear February 17 a fresh plea of a Congress leader seeking investigation under the supervision of a sitting apex court judge against the Adani Group of companies in light of the allegations made by the US-based Hindenburg Research.
- 17.The Income Tax department survey operation against the BBC India continued for the second day with the sleuths understood to be making copies of electronic and paper-based financial data of the organisation, officials said Wednesday.
- 18.Ahead of panchayat elections, the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal |government Wednesday presented a `3.39-lakh crore Budget for 2023- 24, focusing on farmers, an ailing tea sector, the state’s potential as a logistics hub and budding entrepreneurs.
- 19.Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets have been intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command said.
- 20.A North Korean food crisis appears to have deteriorated, South Korea said Wednesday, as a newspaper reported that North Korea has cut rations to its soldiers for the first time in more than two decades.
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