- Around 13.1 per cent of the people involved in drug and substance abuse in India are below 20 years, which calls for further stepping up community intervention and preventive mechanism targeting adolescents, said a top United Nations official, here on Thursday.
- Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra along with senior officials today visited the Steel City here and reviewed the construction of Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, expansion of Rourkela airport and other peripheral development work ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup-2023.
- Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced the appointment of Sandhya Devanathan as the Vice President of Meta India, as several key executives leave the company in recent days. She will start her new role on January 1, 2023 and will report to Dan Neary, Vice President, Meta APAC.
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday launched the Mukhyamantri Siksha Puraskar Yojana, under which prizes worth Rs 100 crore will be given to students, teachers, alumni, school committee members and sarpanches.
- Abasar Beuria, former Indian ambassador from Odisha, passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here, late last night. He was 80.
- The Bombay High Court extended till December 19 its earlier order directing the Income Tax department to not take any coercive action against Reliance ADAG group chairman Anil Ambani.
- Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji went to court against CTR Nirmal Kumar, secretary of state BJP IT wing.
- A man allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping off the sixth floor of Mantralaya, the headquarters of the Maharashtra government in south Mumbai today but survived due to the safety net, police said.
- The removal of unauthorised construction at Union minister Narayan Rane's bungalow in Mumbai's Juhu area started on Thursday, a civic official confirmed.
- Russia again unleashes missile attacks on energy facilities, while its forces steps up attacks in eastern Ukraine.
- The BMC will soon be introducing guidelines for animal lovers who keep pets at home. Those have to be followed strictly and any deviation will invite action. Pet lovers, especially dog owners have welcomed the move as they feel it is necessary for a city like the Odisha capital.
- The Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela to complete the construction work by November 30.
- All the DEOs for conduct of Mid-Term Assessment for students of Class Ill to IX in all the government and government-aided schools from November 17 to 19, 2021.
- The Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) has bagged the ‘Most Innovative Bus Transit System in India’ award in the category of ‘Transit & Mobility’ at the Second Urban Infra Business Summit & Awards 2022.
- The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, is organizing a twoday national conclave with the theme ‘EthnopharmacologyTranslational perspectives towards modern medicine,’ in collaboration with Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, and the Society for Ethnophar macolo g y, Bhubaneswar chapter.
- The assistant block education officer (ABEO) of Betanoti block in Mayurbhanj district has been asked to pay a penalty of `15,000 for violating RTI rules.
- Ganjam district tops the list of fatalities due to road accidents in Odisha. However, sources said Monday that the lack of trauma care centres in the district is also contributing to the number of deaths due to road accidents.
- The Union government Thursday extended by one year the tenure of ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra, according to an official order.
- : The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider listing a petition against the collegium system of appointment of judges to the apex court and high courts, days after Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju said people were not happy with the practice of judges appointing judges.
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath Thursday said about 100 start-ups have registered with them and were working closely in various domains of the space sector.
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