1.The new BJP government in the state tabled a Rs2.65-lakh crore Budget for financial year 2024-25 Thursday.

2.For promotion and propagation of Odia Asmita, a corpus fund of Rs200 crore has been created.

3.In its attempt to boost renewable energy, Rs100 crore has been allocated under state support Roof Top Solar Projects (PM Surya Ghar).

 4To boost renewable energy, Rs100 crore has been allocated under state support Roof Top Solar Projects (PM Surya Ghar). Likewise, Rs10 crore has been provided towards solar-based streetlight at gram panchayat level.

5.The government has allocated Rs50 crore for Mahanadi River front Development Project to develop the areas alongside the Mahanadi River in Sambalpur and Cuttack into a World Class River Front Project.

6. There is no evidence to conclude that the entire result of NEET-UG, 2024 was vitiated and there was a “systemic breach” in the sanctity of the examination, the Supreme Court has said while trashing pleas for re-test on grounds of paper leak and other malpractices

7.Venues for different ceremonial functions, Rashtrapati Bhavan’s iconic ‘Durbar Hall’ and ‘Ashok Hall’ were Thursday renamed ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Mandap’, respectively.

8.:Foreign investors sold nearly $1 billion worth of Indian equities in the two days since the government raised taxes on derivatives trades and on capital gains from equity investments in its annual budget.

9.In a setback to the Centre and huge revenue boost to mineral-rich states like Odisha, the Supreme Court Thursday overruled its 1989 verdict by holding that royalty payable on minerals is not a tax and that states have the legislative competence to impose taxes on mines and mineral-bearing land.

10.The chief executive officer (CEO) of Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) Poonam T Guha and the national heads of 10 project implementing agencies (PIAs) signed 13 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) here Thursday.

11.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government that no sand mining in Subarnarekha river passing Balasore district can be carried out without submission of a fresh District Survey Report.

12.Hirakud dam will discharge this season’s first floodwater from the reservoir July 28, official sources said.

13.As the country celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas on Friday, the families of the soldiers remembered the bravery and dedication of their loved ones and paid tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in the 1999 Kargil War.

14.After being denied special status by the Centre, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government has decided that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will not attend the NITI Aayog meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 27.

15.The Uttar Pradesh government has firmly opposed petitions challenging its directive requiring shop owners along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their names prominently.In a detailed submission to the Supreme Court, the state government said that the directive was issued to ensure a peaceful and orderly pilgrimage.

16.Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on July 24 said the State Government has shut around 600 schools, which were either non-functional or had zero enrolment.

17.The Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary launched the 'Model Skill Loan Scheme' in New Delhi.

18.The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended fresh one-year term for nine additional judges of the Calcutta High Court.

19.Nita Ambani has been re-elected unanimously to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a second term, just days before the Paris Olympics.

20.External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar yesterday reached Vientiane, Laos for a three days visit to take part in the to participate in the Foreign Ministers’ Meetings under the ASEAN union.