- 1. The Supreme Court Thursday reiterated its appeal to the doctors protesting over the rape and killing of a Kolkata medic to resume work and directed no coercive action against them. The court said judges and doctors cannot go on a strike since they deal with matters involving life and liberty.
- 2. In a major revelation, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda Thursday said the SIM boxes set up here and in Ranchi were directly controlled from Dhaka in Bangladesh.
- 3. The Odisha government would soon order an administrative probe by the RDC into the liquor case in Ganjam district, Excise Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said in the Assembly Thursday.
- 4. Botswana says one of the largest diamonds ever found has been unearthed at one of its mines.
- 5. Even as the spurious liquor tragedy at Chikiti in Ganjam district- that left a trail of 2 deaths with 20 more still battling for life - rocked the Odisha Assembly, the State Excise Department Thursday claimed to have seized 20,746 litres of illicit country liquor during multiple raids carried across the state during the past two-days.
- 6. A sprawling farmhouse, multiple properties in Odisha and Hyderabad are among the ill-gotten riches of Forest Range Officer (Dhenkanal) Bibhudananda Mishra unearthed during searches at several locations, the Vigilance claimed, Thursday.
- 7. With the purpose of meeting growing industry needs, World Skill Center (WSC) has launched a new programme in Precision Engineering under its School of Engineering here recently.
- 8. Educationist and philanthropist Achyuta Samanta has been appointed as senior adviser to the President of the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Guinea, Dansa Kourouma. The appointment was approved by the cabinet of the NTC of the Republic of Guinea.
- 9. Hirakud dam authorities again opened six sluice gates to discharge excess floodwaters from the reservoir, Thursday.
- 10. BJD’s Lilita Das was Thursday elected uncontested to the post of the chairperson of Kendrapara Zilla Parishad. The post of Kendrapara ZP chairperson is reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Caste category.
- 11. A computer trainer and former JNU employee, Vinod Kumar Chaudhary, has surpassed cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 19 Guinness World Records.
- 12. The Bombay High Court Thursday expressed outrage over the police’s handling of the case related to sexual assault of two kindergarten girls at a school in Badlapur near Mumbai, while describing the crime as “absolutely shocking.”
- 13. The Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill held its marathon first meeting Thursday amid objections by Opposition MPs over a host of provisions as the Union minority affairs ministry made a presentation in the proposed law.
- 14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will award certificates to 11 lakh new ‘Lakhpati Didis’ August 25 and hold an interaction with them, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Thursday. The prime minister will honour the women who have achieved an annual income of `1 lakh or more, as they have pull their families out of poverty.
- 15. The Supreme Court passed a slew of directions Thursday while hearing a suo-motu case related to the rape and killing of a post-graduate medic at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
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