1.President Droupadi Murmu, Governor Raghubar Das, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Union Home Ministers Amit Shah Sunday greeted the people on the occasion of Nuakhai, a festival mostly celebrated in the western parts of the state.

2.The trial run of Tata-Berhampur Vande Bharat Express, the fourth semi high-speed train for Odisha, was successfully conducted Sunday.

3.C h i e f Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced that second All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state will come up in Sambalpur.

4.TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), a joint venture of Tata Power and the state government has set an ambitious target of installing one lakh rooftop solar power system for residential consumers in order to reduce carbon dioxide emission.

5.Farmers under Sergad block in Ganjam district have demanded the state government to ensure sponsorship along with cold storage facilities so that they continue yam cultivation in the area.

6.The Congress Sunday said the SEBI investigation into “the Adani Group’s brazen attempt”to bypass regulations is still languishing and the capital markets regulator has a lot to explain.

7.National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is travelling to Russia this week against the backdrop of calls for India’s possible role in finding a solution to the Ukraine conflict following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Moscow and Kyiv.

8.Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived here to a warm welcome Sunday as he kick-started a two-day maiden visit to India to further boost bilateral ties in a range of areas, including energy and connectivity, amid escalating tensions in West Asia.

9.Union minister Amit Shah Sunday said Parsis have made silent but immense contribution to India’s development, and lauded the role of Gujarati newspaper Mumbai Samachar in that journey.

10.Bangladesh will take necessary steps to extradite deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India to try her on charges of mass killings during the student-led mass movement against her government, the newly-appointed chief prosecutor of the country’s International Crimes Tribunal said Sunday.

11.Israelis again poured into the streets for another large protest over the government’s failure to secure the return of remaining hostages in Gaza, while hospital and local authorities said Israeli air raids in the territory killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday.

12.President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria’s presidential election, granting him another term leading the gas-rich North African nation five years after pro-democracy protests led to the ouster of his predecessor.

13.Foreign investors infused nearly `11,000 crore in domestic equities in the first week of the month owing to resilience of the Indian market and expectations of rate cut in the US.

14.TMC MP Jawhar Sircar Sunday wrote to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, the chief of his party, and said he has decided to quit Rajya Sabha.

15.As the Centre is providing Rs6,000 to each farmer under PM Kisan scheme in three instalments every year, the farmers of Odisha will now get Rs 10,000 annually in their bank accounts, he said. As preparations for Rabi crop begin from Nuakhai, the first instalment has been disbursed during the day.

16.The GST Council Monday is expected to deliberate on a host of issues, including taxation of insurance premium, GoM's suggestions on rate rationalisation, and a status report on online gaming, sources said

17.Veteran sports administrator Randhir Singh Sunday became the first Indian to be elected as the president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) during the 44th General Assembly of the continental body .

18.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday said the well-marked lowpressure area in the Bay of Bengal has turned into a depression and the state is likely to face heavy rain for the next three days.

19.India achieves their most successful performance in Paralympic history at the Paris 2024 Games, securing a total of 29 medals.

20. In a dramatic turn of events at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Navdeep Singh’s silver medal was upgraded to gold after a decision taken by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).