President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday conferred the Bhoomi Samman 2023 on 19 districts of Odisha at a function held here for achieving saturation of the core components of Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP).

Expressing concern over misuse of interest-free loans for purchase of electric vehicles (EVs) by some of its employees, the state government introduced additional regulations to bring transparency in releasing sops under Electric Vehicle Policy 2021.

Odisha Sahitya Akademi secretary Prabodh Kumar Rout breathed his last at a private hospital in Cuttack, Tuesday. He was 5

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday announced that the amount of insurance coverage for journalists has been hiked from `2 lakh to `5 lakh per annum. This will benefit 8,717 working journalists and their families of the state covered under Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana.

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Tuesday conferred the Special Jury award on Odisha State Transport Authority (STA) for its initiatives ‘Operation Rakshak' & 'National Road Safety Short Film Festival' taken by it to prevent road accidents.

An event, “Ask Subroto Bagchi”, was jointly organised by Gopabandhu Academy of Administration (GAA) and Revenue Officers Training Institute (ROTI) Tuesday. Former chairman of Odisha Skill Development Authority Subroto Bagchi interacted with IAS, OAS and ORS officer trainees (OTs) and advised them to make their serving places better than before.

Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy, who served as the chief minister of Kerala twice, died here Tuesday, his family said. He was 79. The Kerala government has announced two days’ mourning as a mark of respect to the late former CM.

The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear July 21 a plea of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi challenging the Gujarat High Court’s verdict which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark.

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) won International Green Gown Awards 2023 for ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion in sustainability’ for its Project Uday that aims to create leaders and change makers from tribal communities. The award was recently presented to the institute at an event organised as part of the ‘UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development’.

Roads in this city have turned into a deathtrap due to the presence of bovines. A student met with an accident Monday evening here after a cow rammed his two-wheeler. Luckily the boy escaped with minor injuries. A few days back, a woman, also on a two-wheeler panicked and fell as a herd of buffaloes surrounded her.

Rajasthan Tuesday became the fourth state to pass a law against organised crime, with the government saying there is an urgent need for stringent measures to effectively tackle such activities.

The Centre Tuesday started the process to refund Rs 5,000 crore of depositors whose funds are struck in four cooperative societies of Sahara Group, a move that is likely to help crores of small investors awaiting return of their hard-earned savings.

Pakistan’s major ruling coalition partners have agreed to dissolve the National Assembly August 8, a few days before the completion of its five-year term, to get extra time for general elections, according to a media report Tuesday. The five-year constitutional term of the incumbent National Assembly expires August 12 at midnight — four days after the date on which both parties have reportedly agreed to dissolve the legislature.

 Russia struck Ukrainian ports Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a UN-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the offensive.

India’s second-largest software services exporter Infosys said Monday it has signed a deal with an existing client to provide artificial intelligence (AI) and automation services that will span over five years, with a target spend estimated at $2 billion.