- On the eve of Republic Day, President Ram Nath Kovind said justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity, outlined in the Preamble of the Constitution, are sacred to everybody in the nation.
- DRDO conducted the successful maiden launch of Akash-NG (New Generation) Missile from the Integrated Test Range off the coast of Odisha today. Akash-NG is a new generation Surface-to-Air Missile meant for use by the Indian Air Force with an aim of intercepting high maneuvering low RCS aerial threats.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi, Orissa High Court judges, all MLAs and MPs of the state to adopt schools under the Mo School initiative.
- With an aim at including the Self Help Groups (SHGs) for successful implementation of various schemes of the State, the Government has decided to provide mobile phones to all Anganwadi workers
- The Covid pandemic has led to a rise in inequality, and it would take an unskilled worker 10,000 years to make what Ambani made in an hour during the pandemic and three years to make what Mukesh Ambani made in a second.
- The Election Commission is likely to engage 1 lakh central security personnel in the upcoming Bengal Assembly elections.
- Irked by the recent exodus from her party, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that those who wanted to shift sides must quit immediately and the TMC’s door will remain shut for the turncoats in the future.
- The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre, Press Council of India (PCI) and News Broadcasters Association (NBA) on a PIL seeking setting up of a media tribunal to adjudicate on complaints against media, channels and networks.
- This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards.
- Sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo will be conferred with the Padma Vibhushan award for the year 2021. He is among the seven who will receive the highest civilian Award.
- Five personalities from Odisha from different fields were awarded Padma Shri this year.Shanti Devi was awarded Padma Shri for her distinguished service in the field of Social Work.Purnamasi Jani will receive Padma Shri for the work in Art field. Rajat Kumar Kar will get the award in Literature and Education, Krishna Mohan Pathi in Medicine and Nanda Prusty in Literature and Education field.
- Anvesh Subham Pradhan from Bhubaneswar was one among the 32 Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees who joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a virtual interaction at 12 PM on 25.01.21
- Odisha government will provide Braille textbooks for visually impaired Plus-II Arts students this academic year. The printing of these Braille textbooks has begun at the Braille Printing Press in Berhampur.
- The Ram temple in Ayodhya will be built in around three years and the construction cost of the project will exceed Rs 1100 crore, a prominent functionary of the temple trust has said.
- As many as 13 police personnel from Odisha have been conferred with the prestigious President’s Medal in various categories on the eve of Republic Day-2021.
- The Covid pandemic has led to a rise in inequality, and it would take an unskilled worker 10,000 years to make what Ambani made in an hour during the pandemic and three years to make what Mukesh Ambani made in a second.
- Colonel Santosh Babu, who was among the 20 soldiers that died in the line of duty in a brutal hand-to-hand combat with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley last year, has been awarded with the second highest wartime gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra, for showing "conspicuous bravery in face of enemy, exemplary leadership and astute professionalism."
- The Election Commission on Monday rolled out the electronic version of the voters' photo identity card which can be stored on mobile phones and downloaded on personal computers.
- Jyoti Kumari, the 16-year-old girl who carried her ailing father for 1,200 kilometres from Haryana to Bihar's Darbhanga on a cycle during the coronavirus lockdown last year, is among the thirty-two children to be awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar.
- President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the conferring of Jeevan Raksha Padak awards for meritorious acts of saving lives to 40 people, including a Kerala man who will be honoured with the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak posthumously.
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