- Ramachandra Nayak and Chandrasekhar Hota from Odisha won Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award 2020, Nayak was selected for Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020 in stories genre for ‘Bana Deula Re Suna Neula’. Similarly, Hota won Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2020 for ‘Chetanara Anwesana’ in essays genre.
- the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the technical education regulator, has made Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) optional for students opting for UG technical courses like biotechnology, textile or agriculture engineering
- Taking forward its industrialisation efforts, Odisha government Friday accorded in principle approval to eight proposals envisaging investment of around Rs 1214 crore and direct employment opportunities for 2427 persons.
- Wishes poured in for the parents of two-year-old Priyanshi Pattanayak of Chhend Colony in Odisha’s Rourkela city as the girl got her name registered in the India Book of Records.
- Indian Railway surpasses last year cumulative freight loading way before the year end. In spite of Covid Challenges, on 11th March 2021, Indian Railways achieved cumulative freight loading of 1145.68 million tonnes which is higher as compared to last year’s total cumulative loading (1145.61 million tonnes)
- Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has achieved a remarkable milestone amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as he added the highest wealth to his fortune in the world, as per the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
- The central government on Friday launched the “Mera Ration Mobile App” in the country to facilitate the ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ system-related services among the National Food Security Act (NFSA) beneficiaries.
- Retail inflation rose to 5.03 per cent in February mainly on account of higher food prices, government data showed on Friday.
- All passenger & express train services are likely to resume from April 1. In a major relief for the passengers, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) may restore all express and passenger trains from April 1.
- Odisha government’s massive youth engagement program, the Biju Yuva Vahini scheme, will cease to exist from this financial year.
- the Union government has decided to admit girl cadets in all Sainik Schools across the country from the next academic session of 2021-22.
- Odisha Assembly on Friday cleared the Odisha Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission & Fixation of Fee) Amendment Bill, 2021.
- As per the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, timely maintenance of vehicle is a must and using a defective vehicle can attract a fine of Rs 1,500 as it can be hazardous to road safety.
- The Odisha government on Friday announced to waive hostel fees of engineering and polytechnic students from the period of April 2020 to December 2020.
- Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam are among 20 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation’s commercial arm NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL), which started operations in 2019 and clocked a revenue of Rs 300 crore in the first year, is now looking at revenue of Rs 400 crore in 2020-2021. It is also looking to investment Rs 2,000 crore per year over the next five years,
- The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses will be conducted on August 1.
- The top court was hearing a plea filed by advocate Reepak Kansal and others seeking equal employment opportunity to transgenders and ensure non-discrimination.
- Mamata Banerjee was discharged from the hospital following improvement in health conditions and was spotted coming out in a wheelchair.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav', the government's initiative to mark 75 years of India's Independence.
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