- Odisha’s unemployment rate rose to a six-month high of 2.9 per cent in September, according to the latest data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE).
- The unemployment rate, which stood at 9.7 per cent in March 2022, came down to 1.5 per cent in April before rising to 2.6 per cent in May. It nosedived to 1.2 per cent in June and further to 0.9 per cent in July before rising to 2.6 per cent in August and 2.9 per cent in September this year, the CMIE data showed.
- The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Odisha government and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a petition seeking probe in multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha.
- Chief Justice of India UU Lalit Tuesday recommended to the Centre the name of the senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud as his successor.
- Following the hue and cry over fixation of High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) in vehicles, the state government has asked the transport commissioner to reconsider the deadlines for fixing the number plates in vehicles registered prior to April 1, 2019. The department asked the commissioner to review the situation at ground level and fix the deadlines accordingly.
- Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated the office of the Deputy Solicitor General of India on the High Court premises in Cuttack, Tuesday. Orissa HC Chief Justice S Muralidhar and other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.
- Playing video games may lead to life-threatening irregular heartbeat in susceptible children whose predisposition may have been previously unrecognised, according to a study.
- The Higher Education department Tuesday directed the Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar (BJB) Autonomous College, to submit feasibility report in respect of Youth Organisation for Urban and Rural Services (YOURS) Trust opening of self-financing courses.
- The Punjab government will soon complete the process of regularising the remaining 28,000 contractual employees in the state.
- The Election Commission allotted ‘two swords and a shield’ as the poll symbol to the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The Shinde faction, which is now named as ‘Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’, will be able to use the symbol for the Andheri East assembly by-poll.
- India voted to reject Russia's demand for a secret ballot in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on a draft resolution to condemn Moscow's “illegal” annexation of four regions of Ukraine, with New Delhi favouring a public vote on the text along with over 100 other nations.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday flagged off 50 lowfloor CNG-powered cluster buses and said they will improve connectivity to the rural belts of the national capital.
- Russian forces showered Ukraine with more missiles and munition-carrying drones Tuesday after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people in what the U.N. Human rights office described as a “particularly shocking” attack that could amount to war crimes.
- Pakistan's health ministry approved the purchase of over 6 million mosquito nets from India, as the country scrambles to contain the spread of malaria and other vector-borne diseases due to the unprecedented floods, according to a media report on Tuesday.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its projection of India's economic growth in 2022 to 6.8 per cent, as it joins other global agencies that have trimmed forecasts.
- The rupee rebounded from its all-time low to close 19 paise higher at 82.21 against the US dollar Tuesday amid softening crude oil prices.
- India were overwhelmed by a formidable USA in their opening match of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup as they suffered a 0-8 thrashing in a lopsided Group A match bhubneswar.
- The railways' passenger revenue in the period between April 1 and October 8 was around `33,476 crore, an increase of 92 per cent over the corresponding period last year, the national transporter said in a statement.
- After the delivery of medicines at the doorsteps in Tamil Nadu, the state government will now deliver books at the doorsteps of readers. The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Libraries will launch the Noolangam Nanbaragal or Friends of Library scheme in 2,500 libraries across the state.
- Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav was cremated with full state honours at his native Saifai village in Uttar Pradesh .
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