- The southwest monsoon arrived in Odisha and will cover the entire state in the next two days, the regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here said.
- The Odisha government announced that an investment of `10 lakh will be considered for registered transgender persons interested in individual entrepreneurship in sectors including production, marketing and setting up of service centres that will generate employment.
- Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik sanctioned Rs 20 crore from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to the state level Aahar-committee. Aahar centres are operating in various hospitals, bus stands and in other crowded places in urban areas to provide healthy and balanced food to poor people at only Rs 5 per meal.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned Rs 2.49 crore for reconstruction of Bahanaga High School, a portion of which has so far been demolished after being used as a morgue to keep bodies of people killed in the Balasore triple train crash.
- A Management Information System (MIS) and GIS web-based application for real time monitoring of the activities under the Odisha Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture (OIIPCRA) was launched .
- Taking forward the state’s vision of creating inclusive cities and enhancing the liveability of all sections across the urban Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has recently approved the action plan for each ward under the Mukhyamantri Karma Tatpara Abhiyan (MUKTA) for the FY2023-24.
- As a part of its community welfare programme, the JSW Foundation awarded ‘Udaan Fellowship’ to 104 meritorious students of Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts in Odisha .
- Asserting that people are happy since the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution were abrogated in Jammu and Kashmir, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said the Article was temporary but still lasted for 70 long years.
- A Delhi court Thursday transferred the alleged sexual harassment case against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM).
- The flood situation in Assam deteriorated drastically with one person losing his life and nearly five lakh people reeling under the deluge across 12 districts, an official bulletin said.
- India has decided to join the Artemis Accords, which brings likeminded countries together on civil space exploration, and NASA and ISRO have agreed to a joint mission to the International Space Station in 2024, the White House said.
- The Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to submit a status report on the work done for providing healthcare rights and toilet facilities for the third gender.
- The railways Thursday shunted out five top officials of the South Eastern Railway, including those responsible for operations, signalling and safety, weeks after a triple train accident killed more than 280 people in Balasore district in Odisha.
- Salman Sufi, who heads the Pakistan Prime Ministers Strategic Reforms Unit, said Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain had asked the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to withdraw a notification in which it took exception to the Hindu festival of Holi being celebrated at a university.
- An explosion damaged a bridge that is one of the few links between Crimea and Ukraine's mainland, Russiabacked officials said Thursday, as the early stages of a Ukrainian counteroffensive unfold.
- Computer storage chip maker Micron will set up its semiconductor assembly and test plant in Gujarat entailing a total investment of $2.75 billion (around `22,540 crore), the company said Thursday its first factory in the country.
- Funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches and other financial institutions, declined by 11 per cent in 2022 to 3.42 billion Swiss francs (nearly `30,000 crore), annual data from Switzerland’s central bank showed Thursday.
- The Indian economy is expected to clock a higher growth of 6.3 per cent -- one of the highest in the world -- in current fiscal year aided by sustained momentum in manufacturing output and infrastructure spending, Fitch Ratings said Thursday.
- Industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra are among the guests attending the state dinner hosted by US President Joe Biden in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's honour at the White House
- Promising cyclist from Odisha, Kalpana Jena bagged a silver medal in 2 km time trial event in the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2023 being held at Berlin, Ger many. While Kalpana clocked 5:42.42, Shivani from India clocked 5:22.41 to bag the gold and Ana Zumbado of Costa Rica bagged the bronze by clocking 5:46.63.
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