- The Odisha government Thursday announced that the annual Class XII board examinations for Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams will be held in offline mode from April 28.
- Poland’s Karolina Bielawska has been crowned Miss Universe for the year 2021, besting contestants from 96 other countries, including Miss India Manasa Varanasi, who stood 11th at the international beauty pageant.
- The Sixth Vrindaban Mahotsav organised by Vrindaban Gurukul of Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia in association with Tourism department, Govt of Odisha will be held at Rabindra Mandap March 19, 2022.
- As per a bulletin issued by the IMD, the heatwave condition is likely to prevail over some districts till March 18. The yellow warning has been issued for Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Subarnapur, Boudh, Bolangir, Angul and Nayagarh districts.
- In a bid to ensure better monitoring and coordination for early execution of irrigation projects, the state government has asked the district Collectors to hold Secha Samikshya—a monthly district-level meeting to review irrigation scheme.
- Ashok Basa, the maker of Odisha’s first and famous suspension bridge (pedestrian) at Dhabaleswar, has been elected as the Executive Vice President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) which happens to be the largest professional body in the world having 100 countries as its members representing 30 million engineers.
- The steel city has bagged the award as it is establishing an economic approach to food system transformation. The city is supporting solar-powered cold storage and women entrepreneurship to reduce waste.
- The BARC released data for Week 10 for the current year (2022) on Thursday as per its new 'Augmented Data Reporting Standards for News & Special Interest Genres' after conducting a nationwide consultative process with all the stakeholders.
- SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal Thursday announced that he will not accept pension as an ex-MLA. The five-team chief minister was defeated from his home constituency Lambi in the recently-concluded Punjab assembly polls
- The concept of climate change has been incorporated in the curriculum and in the textbooks developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). This curriculum is a part for the subjects like Social Sciences and Geography for classes 7 and 11.
- HappyPlus Consulting’s India-focussed ‘State of Happiness’ report has found that Indians are happier than before and the country's life-evaluation score is 6.84.
- US President Joe Biden has called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "war criminal", prompting an angry response from the Kremlin which denounced it as "unforgivable rhetoric" from a head of state.
- Ukraine has legalised cryptocurrency as the country received donations worth tens of millions of dollars from individuals and groups to help it fight the Russian invasion.
- Net collections of direct taxes until March 16, 2022, in the fiscal year that started April 1, 2021, stood at `13.63 lakh crore compared to `9.18 lakh crore in the same period a year back, an official statement said.
- India’s oil demand is projected to jump 8.2 per cent to 5.15 million barrels per day in 2022 as the economy continues to rebound from the devastation caused by the pandemic.
- Mercedes-Benz India Thursday said it will increase prices of entire model range by up to 3 per cent from April 1 in order to partially offset the impact of increase in input costs.
- The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench has directed the Tamil Nadu government to regulate the use of mobile phones of government employees during office. It asked the government to frame rules and regulations for the use of mobile phones and cameras inside office premises during office hours.
- India on Thursday reported a total of 2,539 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections to 4,30,01,477. While death count rose to 5,16,132 with 60 fresh Covid-related fatalities.
- Indian-American public health expert Dr Ashish Jha will take over as President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Response Coordinator next month, the White House announced on Thursday.
- A fresh plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear a Hijab inside the classroom.
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