- The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether education is a service within the Consumer Protection Act, in response to an appeal from a bereaved father who has held a school responsible for his son’s death. A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and B.V. Nagarathna noted that a similar legal issue was pending adjudication in another case and tagged the matter along with it.
- The Narendra Modi government has finally buckled under pressure from consumers, voters and the Opposition and slashed excise duties on petrol by Rs 5 a litre and on diesel by Rs 10 a litre.
- The World Health Organisation on Wednesday issued an “emergency use listing” for Covaxin that could boost the global acceptability of India’s home-grown Covid-19 vaccine
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told a group of chief ministers and district magistrates that Covid vaccines should now be taken door-to-door, a demand already made by many states.
- Bihar is going to get 17 ethanol production plants which will produce at least 35.2 crore litres of the fuel every year.
- The Delhi Assembly has given 16 more days to Facebook to depose before a committee probing the company’s alleged role in communal riots in the capital that claimed 53 lives last year.
- The defence ministry on Tuesday approved the procurement of arms and military equipment worth Rs 7,965 crore, including 12 light utility helicopters from the State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
- The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences in Bhubaneswar signed a statement of intent with the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday to work for tribal development and sustainable development in Odisha
- The Orissa High Court on Monday granted permission for the sale and bursting of green crackers in the state during the Diwali festival on November 4.
- Nine BJP-ruled states - Assam, Tripura, Karnataka, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand - have announced additional cuts in prices of petrol and diesel on Wednesday.
- According to the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry, the two judicial officers were appointed to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court as judges, while an advocate was appointed to the Orissa High Court as a judge.
- Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will set up 10,000 electric vehicle charging stations in the next three years and is drawing up plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its operations to aid the country's net zero carbon target by 2070, its chairman said.
- Priests of Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamnotri dham are opposing the Devasthanam Board Act, enacted during Trivendra Rawat's tenure as CM.
- Former Minister Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo resigned from the primary membership of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today evening.
- The President of India today appointed Advocate Aditya Kumar Mohapatra as the new Judge of the Orissa High Court.
- Schools across Odisha will reopen for the students of classes 6 and 7 after Diwali, informed School & Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash.
- Employees working in different departments under the Odisha government but engaged by outsourcing firms will get a 25% hike in their monthly salary. This was announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
- As part of its Diwali celebrations, the Delhi government is building a miniature replica of Ayodhya’s Ram temple at Thyagaraj Sports Complex.The Ram temple replica will reportedly be 30-feet-high and 80-feet-wide.The replica of the temple is a part of the government’s ‘Dilli ki Diwali’ celebrations.
- Odisha FC has announced its official squad for the Hero Indian Super League 2021-22. The Bhubaneswar-based team is gearing up for the opening match against Bengaluru FC on November 24 at Tilak Maidan, Vasco.
- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced financial assistance of Rs 33.03 crore under KALIA scheme for 1.65 lakh farmers in Puri district.
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